duplicity vs Google Drive

Data is encrypted locally before being sent, and kept encrypted by a key that is never stored on the remote machine. So you might even store your data on a public space, people would still need your key or brute force it.

Duplicity uses the rsync algorithm so only the changed parts of files are sent to the archive when doing an incremental backup. For instance, if a long log file increases by just a few lines of text, a small diff will be sent to and saved in the archive. Other backup programs may save a complete copy of the file.

You can retrieve older versions or files you recently deleted locally even after having updated your backup.

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Duplicity does not make many demands on its archive server. As long as files can be saved to, read from, listed, and deleted from a location, that location can be used as a duplicity backend. Besides increasing choice for the user, it can make a server more secure, as clients only require minimal access.

Docker allows to run programs on any Linux without having to really install them, and allows to manage versions so it runs exactly the same on different machines.

Google account holders and non-holders can be set to access and/or collaborate on files/folders in real-time. Additionally, you can find files you've shared not only by filename but by person you've shared the files with.

This space is shared across Drive, Gmail & Google Photos.

Includes tools for writing, presentations and spreadsheets.

For example, you can use search to search through both Drive and Gmail.

Third party Drive applications running in Chrome or Android can add functionality such as image/video editing, project management, flowchart creation, etc.

You can work from any device, especially mobile.

Drive lets you save any file from your email.

$1.99 per 100GB, for up to 16TB.

By clicking Ctrl + Alt + G in Windows or Command + Alt + Shift + G is OS X you can access previous version of the file.

You can search images by object, place, or face when they've been added to your google photos collection. Google Assistant also helps you find screenshots that could be archived, images that aren't in the correct orientation and pictures that would work well as animations or albums.