Comments on: drop.io vs getdropbox.com

By: Kevin Chiu

Kevin Chiu — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:04:06 +0000

Hey Yu-kai,
Updating this post is on my Todo list now. Thanks for reading as well as the Twitter follow!

By: Yu-kai Chou

Yu-kai Chou — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:20:44 +0000

Hey Kevin,

Thanks for the post. I have been using Dropbox but heard people rave about drop.io, especially about the new present.io features. Can you create an updated post about the 2 services and see which one is better for what type?

Thanks and keep the amazing posts going! I’ll follow you on Twitter.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:11:11 +0000

Joshua, it’s been months since I posted this, and drop.io has diversified its feature set greatly.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:53:46 +0000

I’m not sure what kind of reasoning was involved with your verdict. DropBox and drop.io are extremely distinct services which focus on completely different things. Dropbox is mere storage and sync, drop.io is online collaboration. Drop.io focuses on giving you “drops” which store more than just files, but chat rooms, voicemail, watchable video, audio, presentations, notes/text, images, etc. Dropbox is just…storage and sync. Don’t get me wrong, I love dropbox and use it everyday, but saying Dropbox wins over drop.io is like saying an apple is better than an orange.

By: Jaysee

Jaysee — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:23:54 +0000

i love dropbox. 2G for free storage amazing. totally using it when i start work.

By: Kevin Chiu

Kevin Chiu — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:32:09 +0000

Thanks Newman, I've fixed the link. Also, you should check out my latest post on Dropbox.

By: newman

newman — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:17:16 +0000

PS: The link to drop.io is broken. FYI
http://drop.io

By: Newman

Newman — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:15:34 +0000

Yeah, I’m still up on the air about which to use and to recommend to others. I guess, I need to use them both and figure it out…

Thanks for the post about it… and the research you did do

By: Impossible

Impossible — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:16:14 +0000

The two services are distinct. DropBox requires a desktop client to fully take advantage of the syncing versus drop.io that just requires a web browser. Also, drop.io supports document viewing, audio file listening and many other advanced features that DropBox fails on. Next time do some research.

By: Arvell Craig

Arvell Craig — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:24:29 +0000

Thanks. I just found out about drop.io today and was just searching this topic