Introduction of both services
Introduction
of icloud
It is a cloud storage and there are various things that can
be stored in icloud and some of them are pdf, word files, videos, etc. it is a
service of cloud computing. This service was launched by Apple on October 12,
2011. Icloud provides an appleID that can be used to enter into your icloud
account. There are 850 million users using this service in the year 2018. Icloud
can be accessed on MAC, windows and on Ios. Apple has eleven data centers that
are only assigned to work on icloud service. Six data center are located in The United States, two of them are in Denmark, three data center in the US (United
States) and the main data center is located in maiden, North Carolina, USA.
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Introduction
of the drop box
It is a service that is file hosting and it is operated by
the company and the name of the company is dropbox inc. and the headquarter of
the company is situated in San Francisco, California. The service offered by the company
is cloud storage and client software. The name of the founder of this company
are two students from MIT and their names are drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi. They
started this company in 2007. They work on different platforms from Ios to
windows. China has already blocked this service. They block this service in 2014.This
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Comparison between
these services
Round1 (Price and plans)
Dropbox
There are four different plans provided by Dropbox and they
are a basic plan (it is a free plan; services are limited in this plan. Pro and business plan can be subscribed either
on month to month or annual.
Icloud
Users get 5GB of free storage space in icloud and for
additional space, the user has to upgrade. For 50 GB the cost is $0.99 and for 200GB
the cost is $2.99, 1TB cost is $9.99.
Winner: icloud (it is
cheap in comparison to Dropbox)
Round 2(syncing)
Dropbox
It gives a user a good range of features. Desktop Platforms that
are supported on the various OS are:
·
Mac: snow leopard or higher
·
Linux distros far or wide
Mobile platforms that are supported on the various OS are:
·
Android: OS 4.1 and higher
·
Iphone: Ios 8 AND HIGHER
Icloud
It is only designed for apple products but it can be used to
sync content with windows too. Desktop applications
can be downloaded for:
·
MAC: Yosemite and higher
·
Windows: Windows 7 or higher
Winner: drop
box (it is supported on more platforms)
Round 3(file and folder sharing)
Dropbox
It is easy to share web interface on dropbox. Shared folder
can be created and others can be invited in it to work on it or link can be
created the content so that anyone can access that work. Folders and files come
under shared items.
Icloud
Folders that are shared in icloud cannot be shared with
anyone. Files can be shared but they will only iwork files. Iwork files are
created using icloud native productivity apps.
Winner:
Dropbox (dropbox sharing files with others gives it benefit over
icloud)
The conclusion
If we compare both the services then it can be clearly seen
that the drop box is far much better than icloud. And icloud cannot be seen as
the replacement of Dropbox. Icloud is cheaper than Dropbox but other services
of dropbox are much better than icloud
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