Dropbox vs GNU tar

Dropbox

Description: Dropbox is a file hosting service that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Dropbox allows users to create a special folder on their computers, which Dropbox then synchronizes so that it appears to be the same folder (with the same contents) regardless of which device is used to view it.

Type: software

Pricing: Freemium

GNU tar

Description: GNU tar is an open source command line utility used to create, list, extract and manipulate archive files, such as .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, etc. It is the default utility for handling archives in Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

Type: software

Pricing: Free

Dropbox Features

• Cloud storage
• File synchronization
• File sharing
• Collaboration tools
• Online document editing

GNU tar Features

• Create and extract archives in tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2 and other formats
• Preserve file permissions, ownership and timestamps when archiving
• Encrypt archives for security using GPG
• Compress/decompress archives while creating/extracting
• Create incremental and differential backups
• Support for multivolume and large archives
• Remote archiving over SSH connections
• Archive verification and data recovery options

Dropbox

• Freemium

GNU tar

• Free