Comments on: SugarSync Vs DropBox : File synchronization war is on!

By: dikoy

dikoy — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:56:19 +0000

can nexus one open MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF?

By: @heyclay

@heyclay — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:30:16 +0000

I just got a blackberry today so i will be looking into this as soon as sugarsync opens up from the scheduled maintenance. Thanks for the post.

By: @quality_equip

@quality_equip — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:29:57 +0000

Just used dropbox for the first time and it is exactly what i need. It synchs in realtime between 2 PC's and a laptop. The added benefits of being able to publish a file to the web and sharing folders with specific people is great. I'll still use the NAS box to backup less than critical files, but Dropbox will now be used for mission critical files.

By: Serge

Serge — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:04:41 +0000

One important things for me is the possibility to install my own server on my own network. Dropbox say they think of it, not sugarsync…

By: Marcus Hamaker

Marcus Hamaker — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:51:16 +0000

My issue is that Sugarsync does not have a free account. I don't need more than the 2GB that Dropbox offers for free so it's a no-brainer for me. I suppose that the Sync to Blackberry is enticing though :)

By: Matt L

Matt L — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:29:30 +0000

Yes you can. Just make a symlink to th folder you want to backup in your dropbox folder.

By: Greg Davis » Dropbox over Sugarsync

Greg Davis » Dropbox over Sugarsync — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:44:22 +0000

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By: AmirMC

AmirMC — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:31:11 +0000

Philippe H, Thanks for your comment. It's helped me understand where it's best to use each one.

By: Harald

Harald — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:27:31 +0000

I haven't tried sugarsync, but it does not support linux, wich dropbox do.

By: Philippe H

Philippe H — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:49:07 +0000

They are both great products, each in their specific area, I'm using both.

For collaboration with others:
Dropbox wins and really beats SugarSync.
Tou have the entire team's files locally, whether you're offline or online, with SugarSync you must be online and have the possibility to access the web to get access to shared folders. Sugarsync said this about my feature request: "I am hesitant to promise you a date because our roadmap is very dynamic based on user input.", but no indication on when.

For synchronizing your personal files:
Sugarsync wins and beats Dropbox in most use cases.
Given that you want to synchronize more than one folder you should use SugarSync. If you can have everything to synchronize in one folder, Dropbox will have you covered. If you want to keep a backup of and synchronize your Music, Documents, Document Archive and other stuff between your computers and don't want to be restricted to what the software offers (read DropBox), use SugarSync. DropBox said this about my feature request: "We are working on giving Dropbox the ability to watch any folder", but no indication on when.

If you need to have both personal file synchronization and collaboration, you probably need both for the moment, I hope to be able to only have one tool for both needs as it would simplify things, let's hope for that.

Cheers!