This is a guest post by Nick Reese. Nick is a fellow internet marketer and blogger. Follow Nick on Twitter.
Following Markus’ post on Top 5 Online Data Backup Services, he asked me to do a review of both SugarSync and Dropbox knowing that I have used both for over 9 months now.
Markus’ request couldn’t have come at a better time. Just a few weeks ago, my hard crashed wiping out all my entire desktop. Fortunately, I had installed both SugarSync and Dropbox so retrieving most of my data wasn’t an issue, I can’t imagine if I hadn’t.
Being Proactive to Protect your Files:
Lets remember during this review, data backup and multiple computer syncing is the goal. Both products work well, however they differ in their features and thus their uses. Both products allow the consumer to use a passive backup approach, as compared to manually backing up files on a external hard drive.
Passive Data Backup and Syncing:
Passive Data Backup is not something that should be overlooked, when you buy an external hard drive it is all to easy to say “I’ll remember to back things up.” Lets face it, its too easy to forget. By having software that uploads your files in the background you can go about your daily business worry free.
Comparison:
Dropbox – Bottom Line:
Dropbox is best used as a digital flash drive that can be accessed from anywhere. Try Dropbox
SugarSync – Bottom Line:
SugarSync is more of a comprehensive backup and syncing solution (and a flash drive if you want to). Try SugarSync
Closing:
Over the 9 months I have used both products, SugarSync’s ability to backup any folder has been a real game changer. This feature allows you to backup and sync some very important things such as application data, which will allow your configurations of specific programs to carry over from one computer to another.
Furthermore SugarSync’s mobile support is another major plus. The ability to access your files on your phone is really useful for users who live a very mobile lifestyle.
Give SugarSync or Dropbox a try today! Whichever product you decided fits your needs best try the free trial, you will be glad you decided to start backing up your files.
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I think you should make a review about http://www.dmailer.com/dmailer-backup.html . Their software is free and they offer better space and prices for online storage that many of the softwares do.
And also the software can be used by all people as it is a really easy to use software.
Nice post Nick. IMHO Dropbox is much better since you can take it to 19 GB for free. Here is a nice step-by-step tutorial for doing so:
http://maxyourdropbox.blogspot.com/
I’ve been using SugarSync for about a year now and I’m really satisfied. Very little system load compared to other similar products I’ve tried and has never once crashed.
If you sign up via my referral link below we both get an extra 500 MB if you sign up for a free account or 10 GB if you sign up for a 30 GB account or larger:
https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=hvcrnjz57xeq
Pros:
Many features, very stable, easy on system resources
Cons:
Sometimes if you choose manually to move the files to all synchronizing computers (instead of just moving them to the shared folder of ONE computer and then letting SugarSync sync the others via the internet) Sugarsync creates duplicates even though we’re dealing with completely identical files (same checksums). Sugarsync renames the duplicates according to where they we’re found again so you’ll get to versions of the same file (but with different names) on your computers.
Sometimes you can circumvent this by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-R thereby ordering SugarSync to do a clean restart. But how it really works I don’t know….