FolderMatch and FolderClone Software Comparison
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: file, sync, backup | Themes: Software
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5. FolderMatch and FolderClone Software Comparison
FolderMatch and FolderClone
FolderMatch and FolderClone are two separate offerings from software vendor Salty Brine Software. Both of them are synchronization solutions though each has at least one key feature that the other doesn’t have.
FolderMatch takes the typical left (source), right (target) approach that we’ve seen before.
FolderMatch : Main synchronization screen
All the various solutions we tested were designed to make sure that they compare the right time data to ensure that you get the most recent file. FolderMatch goes a step further by adding in a time server option to make sure that your system clock is actually synced to a time server and that your local PC gets the right time. Now if the other end that you’re syncing wasn’t time synced you still might potentially have an issue. However, FolderMatch also has comparison tools to look inside files to compare file differences based on size and content.
FolderMatch: Time sync options
The major flaw with FolderMatch is that there are no options for setting up scheduling for synchronization. As such, FolderMatch is really just a comparison tool that can be used for manual synchronization.
That’s where FolderClone, Salty Brine Software’s other product, comes in. FolderClone does have scheduling options for synchronization. However, FolderClone is a little limited on the periodic synchronization front and only lets users sync every five minutes.
Setup isn’t quite as easy as FolderMatch’s typical left/right approach, though it’s not too much of a stretch.
FolderClone : Synchronization setup
FolderClone is also missing FolderMatch’s Time Server sync function. It’s too bad the vendor didn’t just combine the best of FolderClone and FolderMatch instead of providing two standalone solutions.
That said, you can buy both FolderClone and FolderMatch in a bundle for $55.
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Dsynchronize by domio is free and can handle all sorts of syncing scenarios without the fruity looking interfaces.
Dsynchronize by domio is free and can handle all sorts of syncing scenarios without the fruity looking interfaces.
Dsynchronize by domio is free and can handle all sorts of syncing scenarios without the fruity looking interfaces.
www.powerfolder.com
you forget to mention that one
No SuperFlexible File Synchronizer? Too complicated for you?
Foldershare has been in beta for years - I think it's abandonware (though I use it and love it)
You seem to have forgotten the tried and proven robocopy from the Windows Server 2003 resource kit. It runs in a simple batch file, which can be generated by robocopygui. It's ugly but works extremely well, can be scheduled using Task Scheduler, can sync changes in both directions, and is a favorite business solution that works just as well for me at home, even in Vista x64.
i like unison
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
freeware, open source, and works cross platform and remotely.
allows remote SSH sync, too. pretty simple, no automated options, though. pick one dir, then another (local or remote) to sync it to...and it does the hard part. asks about files it is not sure about.
peace.
maybe not open source. there is a link to the source code...but it is broken. well, free, anyway. ;-p
Hey ! Where is MirrorFolder? you missed the best !
You definitively forgot PowerFolder!!! (http://www.powerfolder.com)
You definitively forgot PowerFolder !!!
www.powerfolder.com
mmhh nice list a little bit late for me
. i finally came to PowerFolder. I think its better and i can run my smaller clients
What about Windows Offline Folders and My Briefcase?
I was surprised you left out Microsoft Groove. In addition to being an amazingly easy to use sync program, it also has wonderful team collaboration features built in. I can drag a file in to groove and auto-sync with an unlimited number of computers across the interet, lan, or even wireless ad-hoc.
When I worked overseas, we used Groove to handle a 4 man project team's collaboration efforts. Whenever one of us updated a directory on our computer that was setup as a shared directory, the other users were updated automatically. Wonderfully easy to use.
Allway Sync is rather buggy and has several times during sync deleted all files on both shares.
Capivara works very well for me!
www.capivara.org
Vice Versa is hands down the best tool. Archiving function is awesome
http://www.tgrmn.com/
imho, by far the best sync software is vice versa 2 pro (not tested here)