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Pros of Amazon Elastic Transcoder
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      Easy to work with
    • 256
      Free
    • 216
      Popular
    • 176
      Shared file hosting
    • 167
      'just works'
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      No brainer
    • 80
      Integration with external services
    • 77
      Simple
    • 49
      Good api
    • 38
      Least cost (free) for the basic needs case
    • 11
      It just works
    • 8
      Convenient
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      Accessible from all of my devices
    • 5
      Command Line client
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      Synchronizing laptop and desktop - work anywhere
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      Can even be used by your grandma
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      Cross platform app
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      Sync API
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      Reliable
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      Mac app
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      Backups, local and cloud
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      Everybody needs to share and synchronize files reliably
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      Delta synchronization
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      Ability to pay monthly without losing your files
    • 2
      Extended version history
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      Beautiful UI
    • 1
      YC Company
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      What a beautiful app
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      Easy/no setup
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      So easy
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      The more the merrier
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      Easy to work with
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      For when client needs file without opening firewall
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      Everybody needs to share and synchronize files reliabl
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      Easy to use
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      Official Linux app
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      The more the merrier

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    Cons of Amazon Elastic Transcoder
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        Personal vs company account is confusing
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        Replication kills CPU and battery

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      What is Amazon Elastic Transcoder?

      Convert or transcode media files from their source format into versions that will playback on devices like smartphones, tablets and PCs. Create a transcoding “job” specifying the location of your source media file and how you want it transcoded. Amazon Elastic Transcoder also provides transcoding presets for popular output formats. All these features are available via service API, AWS SDKs and the AWS Management Console.

      What is Dropbox?

      Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.

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        What are some alternatives to Amazon Elastic Transcoder and Dropbox?
        AWS Elemental MediaConvert
        AWS Elemental MediaConvert is a file-based video transcoding service with broadcast-grade features. It allows you to easily create video-on-demand (VOD) content for broadcast and multiscreen delivery at scale.
        Zencoder
        Zencoder downloads the video and converts it to as many formats as you need. Every output is encoded concurrently, with virtually no waiting—whether you do one or one hundred. Zencoder then uploads the resulting videos to a server, CDN, an S3 bucket, or wherever you dictate in your API call.
        Google Drive
        Keep photos, stories, designs, drawings, recordings, videos, and more. Your first 15 GB of storage are free with a Google Account. Your files in Drive can be reached from any smartphone, tablet, or computer.
        CloudFlare
        Cloudflare speeds up and protects millions of websites, APIs, SaaS services, and other properties connected to the Internet.
        Dropbox
        Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.
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