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What are the differences between Dropbox and Wuala?
Let us understand the concepts of Dropbox and Wuala 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
Wuala
It is a secure online file storage, file synchronization, versioning and backup service provided by Caleido Inc and developed by Dominik Grolimund and Luzius Meisserin.
It was developed using Java, offered 5 GB free storage space and was launched in 2008. But in the year 2015, Wuala announced that they are discontinuing its service and all stored data would be deleted on 15 November 2015.
Wuala is a secure cloud storage service that enables users to store, encrypt, sync, backup, and access their files online.
Features
The features of Wuala are as follows −
Keep files private
Share files with other registered and unregistered users
Publish files
Backup
File synchronization
File versioning
Advantages
The advantages of Wuala are as follows −
More space is available in Wuala
The uploads automatically encrypted
Bandwidth can adjust
Supports mobile devices
Disadvantages
The disadvantages of Wuala are as follows −
It will be slow at any time
It is an operating system dependent
It requires a separate program to work with files
Differences
The major differences between Dropbox and Wuala are as follows −
Dropbox | Wuala |
|---|---|
| Dropbox is owned by Dropbox
incorporation in the year 2007. | Wuala is owned by Caleido Incorporation
later by Seagate Technology in the year
2008. |
| Dropbox offers 2 GB free storage space. | Wuala offers 5 GB free storage space. |
| Dropbox provides unlimited storage
space. | The Maximum storage capacity is 2TB. |
| Dropbox provides file hosting service, file
synchronization service and cloud storage
service. | Wuala provides file hosting service, file
synchronization service and cloud storage
service. |
| The maximum file size in the drop box is
10 GB. | Wuala Maximum file size is 10 GB. |
| Dropbox is still in use. | Wuala was suspended in the year 2015. |
| Dropbox provides additional storage for
referral systems. | Starting Wuala had a referral system later
it was suspended. |
| Dropbox supports file versioning partially. | Wuala supports file versioning. |
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