I’ve used both DropBox an Google Drive for a while. They are wonderful. I’m going to talk for a moment about free self-hosted alternative that I’ve grown fond of.

2019 UPDATE: I now recommend NextCloud. It’s the same, just a different name.

Features Overview

• Nice iOS app.
• Mac & Windows clients are better than Dropbox
• Support for multiple sync locations and selective sync
• Public link sharing with optional password or expiration.
• Server requires just PHP

Sharing

Sharing works very similar to dropbox. The expiration date & password options are quite nice for limiting who has access and for how long.

Selective Sync

Like Dropbox it supports selective sync.

Bandwidth Limiting

Great for control if you’re syncing large files. The Automatic setting is quite handy