I've been looking all my life for an acceptable backup and synchronisation tool. Even with enough technical experise and an own server, I just cannot find the right software.
Recently, some new services popped up that transparently sync and backup your files on the net:
Dropbox,
Syncplicity,
SugarSync and
Microsoft Live Mesh.
Judging from the outside, all four look surpisingly similar. Yet, there are some differences that I'd like to discuss here. I haven't looked at all of them, so I will restrict my comparison to Dropbox and Syncplicity: Live Mesh accounts are not available publicly and it's Windows-only, SugarSync only offers a free trial, no limited long-term free accounts. Also, even though there are clients for other operating systems available, I have only tested the Windows versions.
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