What are the differences between Dropbox and Wasabi?

Let us understand the concepts of Wasabi and Dropbox before learning the differences between them.

Dropbox

Dropbox is operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc. and was released in the year 2008. It is a file hosting service.

Dropbox is placed in a high position in a competitive market. In comparison to all the cloud storage platforms, Dropbox has been highly effective in capturing the largest share of the cloud market.

It is important to mention that cloud platforms like Google Drive, Microsoft One Drive, Apple cloud have some disadvantages which are readily covered by Dropbox.

Furthermore, it has some secured data servers that are highly competitive in comparison to the other companies. Hence, it can be said that Dropbox is positioned well so that work can be done effectively.

Features

The features of Dropbox are as follows −

• Store and access files from anywhere

• Bring all your content together

• Work smarter from your desktop

• Dropbox Give permissions to the right people for right access

• Disaster-proof your files

• Keep company data in safe hands

• File sharing

• Productivity tools

• Content collaboration

Advantages

The advantages of Dropbox are as follows −

• It is completely free.

• Easy to use

• It will access the latest version of each file

• It share files

• Multiple accounts

Disadvantages

The disadvantages of Dropbox are as follows −

• Right to delete information

• It concerns about the security

• It's not easy to drag copies of files

Wasabi

Wasabi is a hot cloud storage company. It delivers fast, low-cost, and reliable cloud storage. Generally, the Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage is 1/5 the price of Amazon S3 and faster than the competition with no fees for API requests.

Wasabi Cloud Storage where one size fits all cloud object storage service which satisfies all storage performance requirements. Generally the Hot cloud storage costs less than cold storage service and is faster than traditional frequent-access storage services.

Applications

The applications of Wasabi are as follows −

• Web and mobile apps

• Agile development and testing

• Big data and analytics

• Commercial software

Features

The features of Wasabi are as follows −

• Ultra-low-cost pricing

• Industry-leading performance

• Extreme data durability

• Comprehensive access controls and data encryption

• Amazon S3-compatible API

• Intuitive browser-based interface

Advantages

The advantages of Wasabi are as follows −

• No equipment to buy or manage

• Pay-as-you-grow scalability

• Inherent resiliency and data integrity

• Easy to use and administer

• No vendor lock-in

Disadvantages

The disadvantages of Wasabi are as follows −

• Only one data centre

• There is no ecosystem surrounding

• The amount we need to pay for uploading 1TB or 1KB is the same.

Differences

The major differences between Dropbox and Wasabi are as follows −

Dropbox	Wasabi
Dropbox is owned by Dropbox incorporation in the year 2007.	Wasabi is owned by Wasabi incorporation in 2017
Dropbox offers 2 GB free storage space.	Wasabi does not offer free storage space
Dropbox provides unlimited storage space.	Wasabi maximum storage size is unlimited
Dropbox provides file hosting service, file synchronization service and cloud storage service.	Wasabi provides file hosting service and cloud storage service.
The maximum file size in the drop box is 10 GB.	The maximum file size is not restricted in Wasabi.
Dropbox supports fewer types of file formats.	Wasabi supports more types of file formats.
Dropbox supports file versioning rarely.	Wasabi does not support file versioning.
Dropbox has a band-width limit of 20 GB for free and 200 GB for paid.	Wasabi has no band-width limit.
Dropbox uses block-Syncing to update changes quickly.	Wasabi does not use block-Syncing to update changes quickly.