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I tried using Dropbox as an alternative to Google Drive. However, just like the other alternative cloud providers it was quite slow. With Google Drive I can ma
by chrisper 9y ago
I tried using Dropbox as an alternative to Google Drive. However, just like the other alternative cloud providers it was quite slow.
With Google Drive I can max out my Gbit Fiber (I downloaded with 920 Mb/s last time), while Dropbox was slow 8 Mb/s. Though I am not sure if Dropbox isn't rate limited for the free accounts.
- sbarre 9y agoSpeaking as a paying user, I see speeds way higher than what you see. That doesn't confirm your hypothesis, but it's a counterpoint I suppose.
- chrisper 9y agoWell it would also make sense. I just didn't want to gamble on it. Maybe I will contact the support and ask them.
- wil421 9y agoI don’t see that much benefit paying for Dropbox or Google Drive. At work my company pays for OneDrive. Personally I use OneDrive because it already comes with my Office subscription. For $8.25 a month I get Office on all my devices and 1TB per 365 user. I have gigabit internet and there isn’t much difference in OneDrive or Google Drive.
- chrisper 9y agoAre you using the OneDrive file stream? I forgot what it is called.
- hunter23 9y agoI actually tested dropping up 2 exact copies of a photo folders on Google Drive and Dropbox. Google Drive is way way slower due to lack of block level syncing and other issues. You shouldn't be looking at the bandwidth usage you should be looking at how long it takes the files to sync.
- chrisper 9y agoI am using rclone to copy specific files (image backups of my disk).
- msh 9y agoSame problem for me, not google fiber but a 100/100 mbit fiber in Denmark. Dropbox gives me 6-8 megabits upload (download is much faster) at max, google drive gives me between 40-50 megabits upload consistently.
- woolvalley 9y agoHave you tried amazon cloud drive? How does it compare?