SpiderOak, not in Java, comes very close though. Maybe the easiness to add more features was the reason behind their terrible choice of Java. And the difference can be fairly quickly (over-)compensated via promo upgrades.įeature-wise, I’d be tempted to say Wuala is the richest. Although this is true, this is still capped not too far from SpiderOak, is slower (500MiB instead of 1GiB per referral) and probably also much harder (do you know many people who haven’t already heard of Dropbox?). You could argue that Dropbox lets you accumulate more storage upgrade via referring. I’d say get it while it last, because I’m not sure such good offers will still be sustainable when they have 10x more customers. Space-wise, SpiderOak and Dropbox both provide nice ways to earn some free additional storage, but only at SpiderOak are the promo upgrades valid lifetime. the “space race” with prices valid for 2 yearsĮmployees can technically read your files ![]() ![]() YES, regular lifetime GiB giveways & contests Without further ado, now that I’ve used Wuala for 1 or 2 years and SpiderOak for more than half a year, maybe it’s time for, say, a comparison table □ I also included Dropbox, which I’ve used intermittently for an even longer time, so that maybe their fans will see the error of their way ^^ Comparison tableĥ00 MiB lifetime per referral, max 16 GiB And I don’t regret it, so, in a way, thank you Oracle for releasing Java 7 which broke Wuala (and thank you Wuala for taking massive time to fix it – is it even fixed yet, actually?). Unlike Dropbox, in which cache folder is hidden, in Wuala you clear Download cache from the settings window.Well, it’s been a while now since I switched from Wuala to SpiderOak. When you download a file or a folder in Wuala, it stores Download cache in its folder and this increases with time and thus can consume most of your disk space. With Dropbox, the file cannot be worked on by two people at the same time but can be accessed by a group. You can notify your friends of the changes you made through the comments. If you and a group of friends are working on a document (provided, all have Wuala installed on their machine) then with Wuala’s Collaboration feature you can edit the file and thus appear the same in your friend’s computer (just like Google Docs). This awesome feature is completely missing in Dropbox. Uploading and Downloading SpeedĬan’t comment on uploading speed, but Downloading speed is much better than Dropbox, reason is each file you upload to Wuala server has five similar copies of it, so Wuala downloads the file from five locations simultaneously and thus better speed (same technique is used by download managers). For people interested in paying for storage for premium needs, I found that Wuala plans are actually cheaper than Dropbox. Like Dropbox you can always refer Wuala to your friends and gain free space up to 3GB. Wuala by default offers just 1GB of cloud storage, that might sound pretty less as Dropbox offers 2GB of free storage at the beginning (although they are some tasks that are to finished). There are only two ways to access your files stored on Wuala, one is through the desktop app, second one is through the java app available on its website. ![]() Files stored on Wuala are not available through its website, so chances of getting your files compromised are almost nil! No doubt, Dropbox is a great way to backup and store your files on the cloud, but have you ever thought of an alternative? May be you haven’t, but Wuala is a good alternative when compared to Dropbox.Īfter the Last Pass security has compromised, many people came to know about the danger of storing files on the cloud and I suppose this can happen with even Dropbox! But I bet this won’t happen with Wuala. Cloud services are getting popular day by day, after all it’s the best way to backup, share and sync files.
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