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Add to SafariWhen comparing Tarsnap vs Sync, the Slant community recommends Sync for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud backup services?” Sync is ranked 12th while Tarsnap is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose Sync is:
250% more space than Dropbox basic plan.
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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
Pro 5GB of free storage
250% more space than Dropbox basic plan.
Pro Privacy conscious
Terms and conditions favor user privacy.
Pro Encryption
Data is fully encrypted on the client-side, both in-transit and at-rest.
Pro Two-factor authentication
Even free accounts offer 2FA.
Cons
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.
Con Awkward setup of encryption keys
