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Alternatives to Sync.com
23 file storage tools sit alongside Sync.com in this directory. Below is what separates each from Sync.com on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 10
- Cheaper to start
- 11
- Sync.com starts at
- $8/month
Why people look past Sync.com
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Sync.com entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Sync.com starts at $8/month. Across the 13 file storage tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $5/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Sync.com carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 10 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Sync.com publishes 4 tiers, from $8/month up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Sync.com pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Modern data protection for enterprise workloads
- Can be used without paying; Sync.com cannot.
- Starts $242 a year dearer, at $250/year.
Complete backup solution with built-in ransomware protection
Priced and rated the same as Sync.com on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Simple and reliable cloud backup for businesses
- Starts $2 a month cheaper, at $6/month.
- 1 tier to Sync.com's 4.
Unlimited cloud backup at an affordable price
- Starts $1 a month dearer, at $9/month.
- 2 tiers to Sync.com's 4.
Google's consumer cloud storage app, sharing the same 15GB quota as Gmail and Google Photos
- Can be used without paying; Sync.com cannot.
- Sold on a Free tier plus paid storage add-on model rather than subscription.
- 3 tiers to Sync.com's 4.
Low cost S3-compatible object storage with egress included up to a multiple of what you store
- Can be used without paying; Sync.com cannot.
- Starts $4 a month cheaper, at $4/month.
- Sold on a Per terabyte per month model rather than subscription.
- 2 tiers to Sync.com's 4.
Every Sync.com alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sync.com (this page) | $8/month | Subscription | 4 | |
| Veeam Backup & ReplicationModern data protection for enterprise workloads | Free, then $250/year | - | - | vs Sync.com |
| Barracuda BackupComplete backup solution with built-in ransomware protection | On request | Subscription | - | vs Sync.com |
| CarboniteSimple and reliable cloud backup for businesses | $6/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Sync.com |
| BackblazeUnlimited cloud backup at an affordable price | $9/month | - | 2 | vs Sync.com |
| Google Drive | Free | Free tier plus paid storage add-on | 3 | vs Sync.com |
| IDrive e2 | Free, then $4/month | Per terabyte per month | 2 | vs Sync.com |
| Cloudflare R2 | Free, then $0.015/month | Per gigabyte stored per month | 3 | vs Sync.com |
| Ceph | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Sync.com |
| MinIO | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Sync.com |
| Storj | Free, then $4/month | Per terabyte per month | 2 | vs Sync.com |
| Tigris | Free, then $0.004/GB/month | Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees | 4 | vs Sync.com |
| Box | Free, then $5/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Sync.com |
| Nextcloud | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Sync.com |
| LucidLink | $7/month | Per member per month plus storage | 3 | vs Sync.com |
| VAST Data | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sync.com |
| Panzura | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sync.com |
| Scality RING | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Sync.com |
| Cloudian | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sync.com |
| Nasuni | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sync.com |
| Veritas NetBackup | $100/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Sync.com |
| Zerto | $5/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Sync.com |
| Microsoft OneDrive | $1.99/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Sync.com |
| IDrive | $2.5/month | Subscription | 7 | vs Sync.com |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Sync.com badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (10)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Veeam Backup & Replication , Free, then $250/year
- Google Drive , Free
- IDrive e2 , Free, then $4/month
- Cloudflare R2 , Free, then $0.015/month
- Ceph , Free
- MinIO , Free
- Storj , Free, then $4/month
- Tigris , Free, then $0.004/GB/month
Cheaper than Sync.com (11)
Entry price under Sync.com's $8/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Sync.com is most often brought in for sharing patient records between healthcare providers with hipaa compliance, managing confidential legal documents with encrypted folders and version history, providing secure client portals for financial advisors sharing sensitive data, maintaining gdpr-compliant file storage for european customer data, enabling remote work access to sensitive files without third-party tracking. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Sync.com is broadly right and the question is cost, the Sync.com pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the File Storage category lists everything the directory holds, and best file storage tools ranks them.
Sync.com runs on not recorded. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Sync.com alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Sync.com?
- 23 other file storage tools are listed in this directory, led by Veeam Backup & Replication, Barracuda Backup, Carbonite, Backblaze. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Sync.com?
- 10 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Veeam Backup & Replication, Google Drive, IDrive e2, Cloudflare R2, Ceph.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Sync.com?
- Yes. 11 of the alternatives below start under Sync.com's $8/month: Carbonite at $6/month, IDrive e2 at Free, then $4/month, Cloudflare R2 at Free, then $0.015/month, Storj at Free, then $4/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Sync.com?
- On the figures on record, 3 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Sync.com?
- Sync.com is most often brought in for sharing patient records between healthcare providers with hipaa compliance, managing confidential legal documents with encrypted folders and version history, providing secure client portals for financial advisors sharing sensitive data, maintaining gdpr-compliant file storage for european customer data, enabling remote work access to sensitive files without third-party tracking. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Sync.com?
- None of the file storage tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Sync.com alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, File Storage, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Sync.com against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Sync.com covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every file storage tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the File Storage category, 23 tools beside Sync.com. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.