Comparison of file synchronization software

! Programming language

! Platform

! License

! Last version

! Portable

! Detect conflict

! Renames or moves

! Propagate deletes

! Version control

! Scheduling or service

! Other

! Bidirectional

! Only client needed

! Protocol layer

! Application layer

! Delta copying

! Platform

! scope=col | Operating system

! scope=col | Freeware version

! scope=col | Portable

! scope=col | Encrypts files

! scope=col | Detect conflict

! scope=col | File lock

! scope=col | Open file support

! scope=col | Revision control

! scope=col | Detect rename

! scope=col | Detect move

! scope=col | Full duplex transfer

! scope=col | Propagate deletes

! scope=col | Case sensitive

! scope=col | Delta transfer

! scope=col | LAN sync.

! scope=col | P2P sync.

| Windows || {{Partial|Limited}} || {{no}} || || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} || || {{No}} || {{No}} || || {{yes}} || ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}}

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|Windows || {{Partial|Limited}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || || {{yes}}

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|Windows || {{Partial|Limited}} || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} through VSS|| {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{yes}} || {{Partial|Case
preserving
only}} || ||

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|Windows || {{no}} || {{yes}} || || || || {{no}} || {{yes}} || || || || || {{yes}} || ||

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|Windows || {{no}} || || || {{no}} || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || ||

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|Windows, OS X, Linux || {{Partial|Limited}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || || || {{yes}} || || ||

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|Windows,{{cite web|url=https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/200519838|title=What Is the Box Policy for Browser and OS Support? – Box Help|publisher=Box|accessdate=2014-08-28}} OS X, Android, BlackBerry, iOS || {{Partial|Limited}} || || || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || || {{No}}

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|Windows, OS X, iPhone, Android, HarmonyOS || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}|| {{yes}}|| {{yes}}

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|Windows, OS X, Linux, iPhone, Android, Google TV, Samsung TV || {{yes}} || {{no}} || || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || {{no}}

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|Windows, Linux || {{no}} || || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || || || || || || ||

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|Windows || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

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|Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iPhone, BlackBerry || {{yes}} || {{no}} || || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}

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|Windows || {{yes}} || || || {{yes}} || || || {{yes}} || {{yes}}, for folders || || || || || ||

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|Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iPad, iPhone || {{no}} || {{no}} || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{Partial|Case
preserving
only}} || {{yes}}||{{yes}}

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|Windows, OS X, Android, iPad, iPhone, Windows RT, Blackberry || {{yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}}

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|Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android, iOS || {{Partial|Limited}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} ||{{yes}}

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|Windows, OS X, Android, iPad, iPhone, USB flash drive || {{Partial|Limited}} || {{Yes}} || {{yes}}, beta || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}}

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|Windows, OS X, Android, iOS || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}

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|Windows, OS X, Android, iOS || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}

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! scope=col | Operating system

! scope=col | Freeware version

! scope=col | Portable

! scope=col | Encrypts files

! scope=col | Detect conflict

! scope=col | File lock

! scope=col | Open file support

! scope=col | Revision control

! scope=col | Detect rename

! scope=col | Detect move

! scope=col | Full duplex transfer

! scope=col | Propagate deletes

! scope=col | Case sensitive

! scope=col | Delta transfer

! scope=col | LAN sync.

! scope=col | P2P sync.

|Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iPhone, BlackBerry || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{No}}{{Cite web|url=https://mega.nz/doc|title=Software Developer Documentation - MEGA|website=mega.nz}} || {{No}}{{Cite web|url=https://help.mega.nz/megasync/general.html#will-megasync-use-peer-to-peer-transfers-to-achieve-faster-syncing-between-computers-in-the-same-local-area-network|title=Will MEGAsync use peer-to-peer transfers to achieve faster syncing between computers in the same local area network?|accessdate = 2020-07-11}}

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|Windows, Linux || {{no}} || || || {{Partial}} || || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || ||

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|Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Amazon Kindle Fire, FreeBSD || {{Partial|Limited}}|| {{no}} || {{yes}}, optional || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}

|Windows || {{yes}} || {{no}} || || {{no}} || || || || || || || || || ||

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|Windows, OS X, Android, iOS || {{yes}} || || || {{yes}} || {{no}} || || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}

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|Windows, OS X, Debian, Fedora, Slackware, Android, iOS || {{no}} || || || {{no}} || || || {{yes}}{{cite web

| url = http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/online_storage_battle_which_cloud_backup_service_reigns_supreme?page=0%2C1

| title = Online Storage Battle: Which Cloud Back-Up Service Reigns Supreme?

| publisher = MacLife

| author = Susie Ochs

| date = 2009-06-11

| accessdate = 2009-11-04

| archive-date = 2009-12-10

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091210194443/http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/online_storage_battle_which_cloud_backup_service_reigns_supreme?page=0,1

| url-status = dead

}} || {{no}} || || {{no}} || || || {{yes}}{{cite web|title=Does SpiderOak backup the whole file every time it changes?|url=https://spideroak.com/faq/questions/7/does_spideroak_backup_the_whole_file_every_time_it_changes/|publisher=SpiderOak|accessdate=24 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411205527/https://spideroak.com/faq/questions/7/does_spideroak_backup_the_whole_file_every_time_it_changes/|archive-date=11 April 2013|url-status=dead}} || {{Yes}}

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|Windows, OS X, Android, iPhone || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || || || || {{yes}}{{cite web

| url = http://support.citrixonline.com/en_US/ShareFile/help_files/SF030020?Title=File+Versioning

| title = File Versioning

| publisher = Citrix ShareFile

| author = Citrix ShareFile

| access-date = 2015-01-10

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150513205010/http://support.citrixonline.com/en_US/ShareFile/help_files/SF030020?Title=File+Versioning

| archive-date = 2015-05-13

| url-status = dead

}} || {{Yes}} || || {{Yes}} || || {{Yes}} || || {{Yes}}

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|Windows, OS X, Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile || {{no}} || {{no}} || || {{yes}} || || || {{yes}}{{cite web

| url = https://www.sugarsync.com/sync_comparison.html

| title = See How SugarSync Stacks up to the Competition

| publisher = SugarSync (formerly called SharpCast)

| accessdate = 2010-01-13

}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || || ||

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|Windows, web app || {{Partial|Beta
versions
only}} || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{Partial|Microsoft Word only}}{{cite web|title=Syncdocs feature list|url=http://www.syncdocs.com/google-sync-features-and-details|publisher=Syncdocs Web|accessdate=14 April 2011}} || {{yes}} || || ||

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|Windows || {{no}} || || || {{no}} || || || || || || || || || ||

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|Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}}

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|Windows, OS X, Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile || {{yes}} || || || {{yes}} || || || {{yes}} || || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || {{No}}{{cite web|url=https://www.syncplicity.com/blog/why-delta-sync-doesn-t-matter |title=Why Delta Sync Doesn't Matter|accessdate=2014-05-21 |date=2009-07-20}} || {{No}}

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|Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Phone || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || ||

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|Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Windows Phone || {{Partial|Limited}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || {{yes}}, for Windows || {{yes}} || || || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} ||

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|Windows, OS X, Ubuntu, iOS, Android{{cite web|title=Ubuntu One:Downloads|url=https://one.ubuntu.com/downloads/|publisher=Ubuntu One|accessdate=14 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809233713/https://one.ubuntu.com/downloads/|archivedate=9 August 2011}} || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

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|Windows, OS X, Debian, Ubuntu, Android, iOS || {{yes}} || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || || ||

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|Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iPhone, Palm webOS || {{yes}} || || || {{yes}} || || || {{yes}} || || || || || || ||

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|Windows, OS X, Linux || {{No}} || || || {{Yes}} || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}, Preserve file name case & file metadata|| {{yes}} || {{Yes}}

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