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When comparing NextCloud vs SpiderOak, the Slant community recommends NextCloud for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud storage services?” NextCloud is ranked 1st while SpiderOak is ranked 10th.
Specs
PlatformsWindows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone
APIYes
Mobile AppYes
Offline accessYes
Password protected link sharingYes
VersioningYes
PlatformsWindows; Linux; OSX; Android; iOS
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Pros
Pro Android and iOS support
Pro Open source
Pro Combines cloud syncing, storage service and backup client
Thus you have a single service for all of the things.
Pro Available for many platforms
The Spideroak client is available for Linux, MacOS, Windows, Android and iOS.
Pro Incrementals
SpiderOak updates only that part of the file that has changed, saving bandwidth and time.
Pro Zero knowledge
Data is locally encrypted before uploading to Spideroak. They cannot recover your data even if they wanted to since it is stored in encrypted state on their servers.
Pro Unintrusive
Cons
Con Complicated
It's cumbersome and takes time.
Con AGPLv3 Licensed
License on the free version heavily discourages any non-personal use cases.
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