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AeroFS vs Dropbox: What are the differences?
Developers describe AeroFS as "Enterprise File Sharing and Collaboration. Like Dropbox, but behind your firewall". Your files are never stored on AeroFS servers. AeroFS enables you to share and collaborate while keeping full control over your data, even when sharing with your customers, vendors, and partners. On the other hand, Dropbox is detailed as "Build the power of Dropbox into your apps". Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.
AeroFS and Dropbox can be categorized as "File Storage" tools.
Some of the features offered by AeroFS are:
- Unlimited Storage
- Your Own Private Cloud
- One-click installation of AeroFS clients.
On the other hand, Dropbox provides the following key features:
- Dropbox Chooser- Get files from Dropbox into your web app with just a few lines of JavaScript.
- Sync API- Read and write to Dropbox from iOS & Android as if it were a local filesystem.
- Core API- The basics. Upload, download, search, and more from your web or mobile app.
Key criteria for that choice. I needed a collaborative backup tool for a 15 people team. All people would have access to both their individual private space that should synchronize automatically to/from their desktop and various shared spaces, with various kinds of access rights. Only Box would allow high fine tuning of the access rights. Multi-platform was important too. The ease to transfer ownership of a folder from one departing colleague to their N+1 was a real plus.
Pros of AeroFS
Pros of Dropbox
- Easy to work with434
- Free256
- Popular216
- Shared file hosting176
- 'just works'167
- No brainer100
- Integration with external services80
- Simple77
- Good api49
- Least cost (free) for the basic needs case38
- It just works11
- Convenient8
- Accessible from all of my devices7
- Command Line client5
- Synchronizing laptop and desktop - work anywhere4
- Can even be used by your grandma4
- Cross platform app3
- Sync API3
- Reliable3
- Mac app3
- Backups, local and cloud2
- Everybody needs to share and synchronize files reliably2
- Delta synchronization2
- Ability to pay monthly without losing your files2
- Extended version history2
- Beautiful UI2
- YC Company1
- What a beautiful app1
- Easy/no setup1
- So easy1
- The more the merrier1
- Easy to work with1
- For when client needs file without opening firewall1
- Everybody needs to share and synchronize files reliabl1
- Easy to use1
- Official Linux app1
- The more the merrier0
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Cons of AeroFS
Cons of Dropbox
- Personal vs company account is confusing3
- Replication kills CPU and battery1
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