1.投寄箱:
Dropbox是由美国公司Dropbox Incorporation提供的文件托管服务。它提供云存储,文件同步,个人云和客户端软件。它成立于2007年。Dropbox由两名麻省理工学院的学生Drew Houston和Arash Ferdowsi开发。它仅提供2 GB的可用存储空间。它是最早的云存储服务之一。
2. Wuala:
Wuala是文件同步服务,文件存储服务,文件版本控制服务和备份存储服务,最初由Caleido Incorporation提供,但后来由Seagate Technology拥有。它由Dominik Grolimund和Luzius Meisserin开发。它主要是使用Java开发的。它提供了5 GB的免费存储空间。它于2008年推出。
Dropbox和Wuala之间的区别:
DROPBOX | WUALA |
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It is owned by Dropbox Incorporation. | Originally owned by Caleido Incorporation but was later owned by Seagate Technology. |
It was launched in 2007. | It was launched in 2008. |
It offers 2 GB free storage space. | It offered 5 GB free storage space but later on it was made only paid-service. |
It was developed by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi. | It was developed by Dominik Grolimund and Luzius Meisserin. |
It provides additional 500 MB free storage space for referral up to 18 GB. | Initially it had referral system but later on referral service was suspended. |
It has the unlimited maximum storage size. | Maximum storage size offered was 2 TB here. |
It partly supports file versioning. | It fully supported file versioning. |
It does not provide ability to trade local disk storage space. | It provided ability to trade local disk storage space against cloud storage. |
It is still in use. | This service was suspended in 2015. |
It uses block-syncing to update changes quickly. | It did not use block-syncing to update changes quickly. |
It shares files through web applications. | While it used to share files through links. |