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OneDrive vs SugarSync
March 09, 2025 | Author: Michael Stromann
27★
Tools for online file/docs storage and collaboration. Contains Web versions of Microsoft office editors (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote). Excel web version allows simultaneous document editing in real time.
4★
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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OneDrive and SugarSync are both marvelous examples of the modern human desire to put things somewhere else and then retrieve them later, often with a faint sense of bewilderment. They both store files in the mysterious and infinite void of "the cloud," ensuring that documents, photos and occasional regrettable decisions made in spreadsheets are accessible from anywhere. They work on all the usual devices, let people share files with others (sometimes even intentionally) and keep track of previous versions of things in case someone, somewhere, does something catastrophically stupid and needs to undo it.
OneDrive, being the brainchild of Microsoft (a company notorious for both world domination and error messages), has been around since 2007 and is particularly fond of working with Word, Excel and other software people love to hate. It comes with 5GB of free storage, which is enough for a few thousand memes or about three PowerPoint presentations. It’s deeply embedded in Windows, meaning that if you so much as sneeze near a Microsoft device, it will politely suggest saving your soul (or at least your files) to OneDrive. It’s ideal for businesses, students and anyone who has ever been forced into using Microsoft 365 against their will.
SugarSync, on the other hand, started life in 2009 with the noble mission of allowing users to sync absolutely any folder they like—an idea that sounds wonderful in theory but can lead to absolute chaos in practice. Unlike OneDrive, it refuses to hand out free storage like some kind of digital street magician and instead charges users from the very start. It’s particularly loved by power users and small businesses who enjoy the thrill of real-time file synchronization, presumably because they like living on the edge. While OneDrive is busy trying to integrate itself into your digital existence, SugarSync is more like a highly competent but slightly paranoid personal assistant, ensuring everything is backed up, synced and ready to go, whether you remember asking for it or not.
See also: Top 10 Cloud Storages
OneDrive, being the brainchild of Microsoft (a company notorious for both world domination and error messages), has been around since 2007 and is particularly fond of working with Word, Excel and other software people love to hate. It comes with 5GB of free storage, which is enough for a few thousand memes or about three PowerPoint presentations. It’s deeply embedded in Windows, meaning that if you so much as sneeze near a Microsoft device, it will politely suggest saving your soul (or at least your files) to OneDrive. It’s ideal for businesses, students and anyone who has ever been forced into using Microsoft 365 against their will.
SugarSync, on the other hand, started life in 2009 with the noble mission of allowing users to sync absolutely any folder they like—an idea that sounds wonderful in theory but can lead to absolute chaos in practice. Unlike OneDrive, it refuses to hand out free storage like some kind of digital street magician and instead charges users from the very start. It’s particularly loved by power users and small businesses who enjoy the thrill of real-time file synchronization, presumably because they like living on the edge. While OneDrive is busy trying to integrate itself into your digital existence, SugarSync is more like a highly competent but slightly paranoid personal assistant, ensuring everything is backed up, synced and ready to go, whether you remember asking for it or not.
See also: Top 10 Cloud Storages
