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DropBox vs SugarSync
March 07, 2025 | Author: Michael Stromann
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Dropbox is a Web-based file hosting service that uses cloud computing to enable users to store and share files and folders with others across the Internet using file synchronization. There are both free and paid services, each with varying options. In comparison to similar services, Dropbox offers a relatively large number of user clients across a variety of desktop and mobile operating systems.
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SugarSync makes it easy to backup, share and access your files, anytime, anywhere. With SugarSync you get online cloud storage for all your files — documents, music, photos, and video. When you make a change or add files on any of your PC or Mac computers, SugarSync automatically syncs your files to the cloud, where you can access them from any Internet-connected device — including your smartphone or iPad.
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Dropbox and SugarSync are both, at their core, attempts by humans to avoid the dreadful fate of losing important files to the digital abyss. They allow you to store things in the cloud, which, contrary to popular belief, is not an actual cloud but rather an enormous collection of computers humming away in distant, cold rooms. Both services let you access your files from different devices, share them with others (whether they want them or not) and assure you in soothing technical terms that your data is quite, quite safe—until, of course, you forget your password.
Dropbox, having emerged in 2007 from the great land of the United States, is essentially a big, friendly storage box into which you drop things and hope they’ll still be there later. It insists that you use a special "Dropbox" folder for syncing, presumably to maintain order in an otherwise chaotic universe. It plays particularly well with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, meaning it’s very good at making sure all your tedious office work is saved before you inevitably close the wrong tab. It also has a vast network of integrations, so that no matter which shiny new productivity app you’re using, Dropbox will be lurking nearby, ready to store your unfinished projects forever.
SugarSync, which burst into existence in 2008, also from the United States, takes a slightly different approach, presumably after watching how Dropbox did it and deciding it could do it with more flair. It lets you sync any folder, because why should you be constrained to one? It also includes a handy remote wipe feature, ideal for those who accidentally leave their laptops in taxis or, more excitingly, need to erase evidence of their dubious browsing history. It lacks Dropbox’s vast integration empire, but what it lacks in popularity, it makes up for in precision—offering a level of folder-level control that appeals to those who find joy in tweaking settings that most people never dare touch.
See also: Top 10 Cloud Storages
Dropbox, having emerged in 2007 from the great land of the United States, is essentially a big, friendly storage box into which you drop things and hope they’ll still be there later. It insists that you use a special "Dropbox" folder for syncing, presumably to maintain order in an otherwise chaotic universe. It plays particularly well with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, meaning it’s very good at making sure all your tedious office work is saved before you inevitably close the wrong tab. It also has a vast network of integrations, so that no matter which shiny new productivity app you’re using, Dropbox will be lurking nearby, ready to store your unfinished projects forever.
SugarSync, which burst into existence in 2008, also from the United States, takes a slightly different approach, presumably after watching how Dropbox did it and deciding it could do it with more flair. It lets you sync any folder, because why should you be constrained to one? It also includes a handy remote wipe feature, ideal for those who accidentally leave their laptops in taxis or, more excitingly, need to erase evidence of their dubious browsing history. It lacks Dropbox’s vast integration empire, but what it lacks in popularity, it makes up for in precision—offering a level of folder-level control that appeals to those who find joy in tweaking settings that most people never dare touch.
See also: Top 10 Cloud Storages
