When comparing ElephantDrive vs Tarsnap, the Slant community recommends Tarsnap for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud backup services?” Tarsnap is ranked 13th while ElephantDrive is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose Tarsnap is:
Encryption allows the use to access their files with only their own keys and the deduplication saves on costs of storage as any duplicate file will be removed automatically. So not only is the platform safety minded but cost is taken into account for the user as well.
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Pros
Pro Focus on encryption and deduplication
Encryption allows the use to access their files with only their own keys and the deduplication saves on costs of storage as any duplicate file will be removed automatically. So not only is the platform safety minded but cost is taken into account for the user as well.
Pro No need to worry about versioning
Cons
Con Requires Java
Java is a common program, however for those users that don't already have it it's an extra program that has to be downloaded in order for ElephantDrive to work.
Con No automatic deletion of old backups
Users will have to manually delete their old backups as there is no way to set a threshold of when older backups should be removed.