1. 保管箱:
Dropbox 是美国公司 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 是由两位麻省理工学院的学生Drew Houston和Arash Ferdowsi 开发的。它仅提供 2 GB 的免费存储空间。它是最早的云存储服务之一。
2. Ubuntu 一:
Ubuntu One 是由 Canonical Limited 提供的文件托管服务、文件同步服务和云服务。这是一个基于 OpenID 的单点登录服务。它提供了在云上存储文件以及从云中传输音乐的服务。它由 Canonical Ltd 开发,适用于 Windows、OS X、iOS、Ubuntu 和 Android。它提供了 5 GB 的免费存储空间。它于2009年推出。
Dropbox 和 Ubuntu One 的区别:
DROPBOX | UBUNTU ONE |
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It is owned by Dropbox Incorporation. | It was owned by Canonical Limited. |
It was launched in 2007. | It was launched in 2009. |
It offers 2 GB free storage space. | It offered 5 GB free storage space. |
It was developed by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi. | It was developed by Canonical Ltd. |
It has the unlimited maximum storage size. | Maximum storage size was unlimited here also. |
It is still in use. | This service was suspended in 2014. |
Files stored here are encrypted. | Files stored in Ubuntu One were not encrypted. |
Maximum file size is 10 GB and unlimited using client application. | Maximum file size was 5 GB per file. |
It is a file hosting, file synchronization and cloud storage service. | It was a commercial file synchronization service. |
It has traffic or band-width limit of 20 GB per day for free and 200 GB per day for paid. | It has Amazon S3 limits as traffic or band-width limit. |
It supports Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android and Blackberry. | It supported Windows, OS X, iOS, Ubuntu and Android. |
It shares files through web applications. | While it shared files through links. |
It uses block-syncing to update changes quickly. | It did not use block-syncing to update changes quickly. |
It provides additional 500 MB free storage space for referral up to 18 GB. | It did not have referral system for gaining free additional storage space. |