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!Delta sync<ref name=":0">'''Synonyms''': '''differential''' sync, differential copying, differential backup, differential upload  / '''delta''' sync, delta copying, delta backup. delta upload / '''block-level''' sync, block-level copying, block-level backup, block-level upload / '''incremental''' sync, incremental copying, incremental backup, incremental upload, etc.</ref><ref>See also: https://www.reddit.com/r/synology/comments/v0fjr5/cloud_sync_with_onedrive_does_it_use_file_level/</ref><ref>See: https://www.cloudwards.net/block-level-file-copying/</ref><ref>See: https://www.filecloud.com/blog/2017/03/myths-and-facts-about-delta-sync-why-delta-sync-doesnt-matter/</ref>
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|Air Explorer
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|Amazon Drive
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|Seems to be one of the only sync solutions offering differential sync. However, otherwise a pretty abysmal experience.
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|Yes
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|[https://www.backblaze.com/ Backblaze]
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|Yes
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|CloudMounter
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|Cloud Xtender
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|CloudBuckit (✞)
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|CrashPlan
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|Yes
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|[https://www.dropbox.com/login Dropbox]
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|The granddaddy of cloud backup/syncing. Their recent (completely pointless) overhaul of the UI notwithstanding, Dropbox is still unbeatable if you want all your work files synced between multiple locations and need a good delta/differential sync system so each time you make one tiny change to a 2GB file you don't have to reupload the whole thing. Over and over again. I'm looking at you, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.
|See: https://conflicted-copy-resolver.com/
|Yes
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|[https://duplicacy.com/ Duplicacy]
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|Yes
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|[https://www.duplicati.com/ Duplicati]
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|[https://www.expandrive.com/ ExpanDrive]
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|mounts Google Drive as Z:/, but with a substantial lag
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|Google Drive for Desktop<ref>Some previous names: ‘Backup & Sync from Google’, ‘Drive File Stream’, etc.</ref>
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|'''Note''': Since nothing Google makes has [[Delta sync]], every time you make a tiny change to a massive file the stupid system has to reupload the entire thing. Only Dropbox (and a few others) support [[Delta sync]], which makes all of these solutions completely useless for my purposes.
|2nd file renamed to conflict file
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|[https://www.idrive.com/ iDrive]
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|Insync
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|[https://www.odrive.com/ odrive]
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|2nd file renamed to conflict file
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|Nextcloud
|open-source private cloud solution
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|No
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|OneDrive
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|No
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|[https://owncloud.online OwnCloud]
|open-source private cloud solution
|Pretty interesting, just wish I could change that horrible light green colour of the UI.
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|Yes
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|[https://www.pcloud.com/ pCloud]
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* https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/holdkt/any_reason_to_not_go_for_pcloud/
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|Yes
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|[https://pydio.com/en Pydio]
|open-source private cloud solution
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|[https://www.raidrive.com RaiDrive]
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|[https://www.resilio.com/ Resilio Sync]
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|formerly BitTorrent Sync
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|[https://www.seafile.com/en/home/ Seafile]
|open-source private cloud solution
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|Yes
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|[https://www.sparkleshare.org/ SparkleShare]
|open-source private cloud solution
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|[https://spideroak.com/ SpiderOak]
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|[https://stablebit.com/ StableBit CloudDrive]
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|Google Drive alternative, but creates random files in your Google Drive
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|[https://stablebit.com/ StableBit DrivePool]
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|“Files are never locked by duplication at any time. This means that other programs can continue to use the pool even while existing files are being duplicated.”
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|[https://syncthing.net/ Syncthing]
|open-source private cloud solution
|‘Syncthing has NO central server. It is '''peer-to-peer file/folder synchronization'''. you run the Syncthing application on EVERY device you want to sync. It is both server and client and only talks with other Syncthing applications. You cannot share individual files with Syncthing.’ ([https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/7xxbal/nextcloud_vs_syncthing/ src])
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|I think so
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|WebDrive
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|Zoolz / BigMIND
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== Open source private cloud solutions ==
* ownCloud
* Nextcloud
* Seafile
* Syncthing
* Pydio
* SparkleShare

== Other people’s lists ==
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_synchronization_software

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