Softpedia
 

NEWS CATEGORIES:



NEWS ARCHIVE >>
SOFTPEDIA REVIEWS >>
MEET THE EDITORS >>
TRENDING TODAY
Home > News > Editor Blogs > Web

April 25th, 2012, 18:41 GMT · By

BLOG

Dropbox vs SkyDrive vs Google Drive: Cross-Platform Support

SHARE:

Adjust text size:


Google Drive, Dropbox and SkyDrive all work on different platforms Enlarge picture - Google Drive, Dropbox and SkyDrive all work on different platforms
The cloud sync landscape may be quite competitive, but there are three big players at this point, albeit two of them are relatively new. Dropbox is the one to beat of course, it has more than 50 million users.

There are plenty of differences between the three services but, when it comes to it, all three services offer pretty much the same thing.

One big difference and perhaps the reason why you chose one over the other is the platforms they support.

Dropbox is the only one to offer a Linux client. SkyDrive doesn't have an Android app, but it's the only one with a Windows Phone app. An iOS Google Drive app is coming but is not available yet.

Google Drive
: Windows, OS X, Android, iOS (coming soon), web
Dropbox: Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iOS, web
SkyDrive: Windows, OS X, iOS, Windows Phone, web.

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK:

2,979 hits · 2 comments · Link to this article · Print article · Send to friend · Subscribe to news

MUST-READ RELATED ARTICLES:


Google Drive Landing as Early as Next Week, It's DOA with Only 1GB Free Storage

SkyDrive Windows App Debuts with 7GB for Free, 25GB for Old Users

Google Chrome OS Gets a New Set of File Icons, Ahead of Google Drive Launch

Script of the Day: Projekktor Zwei

Google Drive Launch (Semi-)Official, Leaked by French Google Blog

READER COMMENTS:


Comment #1 by: ChromeShine on 25 Apr 2012, 21:23 UTC reply to this comment

Nope, Skydrive will not work with Snow Leopard. SugarSync, and SpiderOak will work fine on Mac and Windows. Want something for Linux, Windows and Mac -- use SpiderOak. Dropbox is pretty easy to use and gives you 2GB. SugarSync is 5GB and SkyDrive is 7GB or previous users, sign-on to the page on SkyDrive to lock in your 25GB. May want to also look into Box.net and for placing a whole bunch of photos on a Cloud, Adrive has 50GB free.


Comment #2 by: ChromeShine on 25 Apr 2012, 21:34 UTC reply to this comment

Google sounds interesting. Note: Read the whole user agreement. Some discussion about who owns the data stored -- shared with Google? Google has a lot of great services, but I do not want someone else to be able to share my data. Picasa, I do use and yes there is some wording in there about use of your data. They do need control of photos, I guess.

Copyright © 2001-2013 Softpedia. Contact/Tip us at

WindowsGamesDriversMacLinuxScriptsMobileHandheldNews

SUBMIT PROGRAM   |   ADVERTISE   |   GET HELP   |   SEND US FEEDBACK   |   RSS FEEDS   |   UPDATE YOUR SOFTWARE   |   ROMANIAN FORUM