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Dropbox vs Google Cloud Vision API: What are the differences?
Developers describe Dropbox as "Build the power of Dropbox into your apps". Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more. On the other hand, Google Cloud Vision API is detailed as "Understand the content of an image by encapsulating powerful machine learning models". Google Cloud Vision API enables developers to understand the content of an image by encapsulating powerful machine learning models in an easy to use REST API.
Dropbox can be classified as a tool in the "File Storage" category, while Google Cloud Vision API is grouped under "Image Analysis API".
Some of the features offered by Dropbox are:
- 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.
On the other hand, Google Cloud Vision API provides the following key features:
- Powerful Image Analysis
- Insight From Your Images
- Detect Inappropriate Content
According to the StackShare community, Dropbox has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1070 company stacks & 958 developers stacks; compared to Google Cloud Vision API, which is listed in 25 company stacks and 8 developer stacks.
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
Pros of Google Cloud Vision API
- Image Recognition9
- Built by Google7
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Cons of Dropbox
- Personal vs company account is confusing3
- Replication kills CPU and battery1
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