Beyond Compare vs. GoodSync

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Beyond Compare
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Beyond Compare from Scooter Software headquartered in Madison is a utility for comparing different version of documents and seeing the differences. It also allows changes to be merged and synchronized.N/A
GoodSync
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
GoodSync for Business provides complete enterprise data backup and synchronization across data sources, destinations, and systems. The GoodSync for Business Control Center is specifically designed to minimize user interaction and increase management control by deploying pre-created GoodSync backup and synchronization jobs to GoodSync for Business Workstations and GoodSync for Business Servers, and enabling an administrator to monitor performance from a centralized location.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Beyond CompareGoodSync
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
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Features
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Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Beyond Compare
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Ratings
GoodSync
9.3
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Universal recovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Beyond Compare
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Ratings
GoodSync
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Replication00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Beyond CompareGoodSync
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(19 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Beyond CompareGoodSync
Likelihood to Recommend
Scooter Software
Beyond Compare is extremely good at the task of comparisons, whether that is text file comparisons or folder comparisons. It does a great job of easily highlighting the differences for users, and giving them the option of merging (in the case of text files) or synchronizing (in the case of folders.) In either case, no one on my team has ever had any reason to reach for another different tool.
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Siber Systems, Inc.
It is mainly because of its features and reliability. Even when dealing with large drives, after the analysis step, it can identify the changes that occurred between the backup or synchronization drive and the master drive and presents to the use the choices of what should be done about the changes. The user can accept the changes or tweak which the backup or synchronization will do. The SW will remember those decisions for future activities on the same drives.
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Pros
Scooter Software
  • Folder diffing. It allows you to see differences in deeply nested folder structures.
  • File diffing. It allows you to see differences in files no matter their complexity.
  • Diffing rules. It allows you to set rules to include/exclude files, folders and lines from your comparison.
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Siber Systems, Inc.
  • Quickly analyzes the drives and compares files and dates to give a complete picture
  • Gives you complete control over what to do with files that are similar but my not be matching. (same name, different size or date)
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Cons
Scooter Software
  • For date formatting discrepancies the software does not automatically mark the dates as equivalent; for instance ‘2019/10/15’ vs. ‘15-OCT-2019’. This would be considered a difference.
  • The columns/report must be ordered similarly. If extra data is available in one file, it should be removed or extra rows will be marked as differences.
  • For spreadsheet comparison, the user must save the file on the proper tab and then “recompare” within the tool. There is no way to switch between sheets in the software.
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Siber Systems, Inc.
  • For what it is, I can't find any shortcomings.
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Usability
Scooter Software
Again, given the intuitive nature of this program, there is barely any learning curve needed. It is simple, reliable, accurate, and just one of those tools you always have with you and rarely think about until you don't have it. Then it is a case of OMG what was I thinking? This program is just very easy to use, and that makes it more valuable to me than some of my other software tools that cost significantly more.
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Siber Systems, Inc.
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Support Rating
Scooter Software
I have never needed support for this product other than learning how to use a new feature I was not familiar with. User forums and user groups that have used this product for their own purposes have always sufficed for anything that I needed help using with the product. Some of the features could be a little better outlined, but overall very easy to use.
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Siber Systems, Inc.
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Alternatives Considered
Scooter Software
We've tried many: Code Compare, Meld, UltraCompare, and WinMerge. None of them have the depth of features and speed to handle the work we throw at Beyond Compare. The multi-tabbed interface allows us to sync multiple servers at the same time. It understands multiple file types, metadata, and encodings. It's the best tool for the job.
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Siber Systems, Inc.
I don't know, I have not tried anything else. This product was easy to use and it actually worked even with the trial version.
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Return on Investment
Scooter Software
  • It's made it quick and easy to compare and synchronize directories when restoring a backup or copying code from one environment to another one.
  • There are times when it would be a painstaking task to manually compare or sync two different directories, but BeyondCompare made it a trivial task.
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Siber Systems, Inc.
  • positive impact is the reliability of backup
  • positive impact knowing that the backup is complete with no missing files
  • positive impact is can be used by all, so does not require IT to be involved
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