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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cubby (Discontinued)

    Score4.8 out of 10
    N/ACubby was a file sync, file sharing, and cloud storage offering from GoTo (formerly LogMeIn, Inc). It was discontinued in 2016.N/A

    ownCloud

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AownCloud is a self-hosted open source file syncing and sharing option, from the Boston-based company of the same name.

    $5

    per month

    Pricing
    Cubby (Discontinued)ownCloud
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $5
    per month
    Enterprise
    $12
    per month
    For Teams
    $13
    per month
    For Single Users
    $15
    per month
    Community
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cubby (Discontinued)ownCloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Cubby (Discontinued)ownCloud
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Cubby (Discontinued) and ownCloud
    Feature
    Cubby (Discontinued)
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    ownCloud
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Versioning8.62 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Video files7.62 Ratings7.89 Ratings
    Audio files7.62 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Document collaboration7.62 Ratings7.812 Ratings
    Access control9.02 Ratings9.512 Ratings
    File search9.02 Ratings8.112 Ratings
    Device sync9.02 Ratings9.312 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Cubby (Discontinued) and ownCloud
    Feature
    Cubby (Discontinued)
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    5% below category average
    ownCloud
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    2% below category average
    User and role management8.01 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    File organization9.02 Ratings8.713 Ratings
    Device management7.62 Ratings7.79 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Cubby (Discontinued) and ownCloud
    Feature
    Cubby (Discontinued)
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    ownCloud
    8.8
    13 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Performance9.62 Ratings8.813 Ratings
    Reliability9.62 Ratings9.113 Ratings
    Storage Reports8.01 Ratings8.410 Ratings
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    Cubby (Discontinued)ownCloud
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Apple iCloud
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Apple iCloud
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Apple iCloud
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cubby (Discontinued)ownCloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    7.8
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cubby (Discontinued)ownCloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Cubby is great to just drop a file in and share it with another user
    Incentivized
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    ownCloud
    I'd easily recommend ownCloud to small businesses or teams within organizations. I've not used ownCloud in large deployments, so I'd hesitate before suggesting it in a situation where more than 10 users need support. That said, ownCloud is easy to set up and multiple instances could be used to service a large user base.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Files sync
    • Files storage
    • Security and Availability
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    ownCloud
    • Attention and dedication to making the product a world class product with continual product updates.
    • Ease of use from an administration standpoint, and a very Clear UI.
    • The price -- you can't beat free!
    • Mobile applications are great.
    • Integration with public S3 cloud providers like AWS S3 and Wasabi S3.
    • 2FA authentication is supported and works great!
    • Marketplace Add-Ons: I love this! For example, I can install an add-on that natively opens raw images. I am a photographer as well, and being able to quickly view the CR2 Raw Files direct from the camera is fantastic! This was made possible by a marketplace add-in.
    • Embedded Media Players: Photos, Music, and Video files can be viewed and played right in the browser window.
    • Sync application to keep local files on a computer updated with the files on the server.
    • Access control and permissions -- shareable links!
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Since we are already a LogMeIn Rescue customer we are a fan of their products. We really do not see a lot that Cubby does not do for us that we need to do.
    • It would be nice to have a built-in password manager/keeper to share using the Cubby cloud storage. Users can share files in a secure manner, so why not be able to share passwords with them securely as well.
    Incentivized
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    ownCloud
    • Inability to easily collaboratively edit the same document by several people. Some advances have been made with Collabora (Libreoffice online) but it is still very sub-par compared to Office365 and desktop/online Office editing Sharepoint or OneDrive documents.
    • Apps for Calendar and Contacts are not part of the basic core, and although now quite supported they cannot still be easily deployed in common email clients such as Outlook or Thunderbird, separate CalDAV and CardDAV plugins need to be installed. Embedding an email solution and plugins for major email clients so they can work just by entering username and password would be good.
    • Risk of moving important folders/files to another location just by random drag-and-drop on Windows. Sometimes this breaks public links that cannot be restored anymore. Reverting such mistake by any of the users is impossible automatically.
    • When some user deletes some data in a shared folder it is put into recycle bin of the owner of the folder. The user who deleted cannot himself/herself revert such action as he/she does not see the recycle bin (trash) of the owner. Also, there is no log in the recycle bin who deleted that file or folder.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Secure, simple, and easy to use and has all the features that we require.
    Incentivized
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    ownCloud
    OwnCloud is easy for me to use, and I believe it would be for others too. The barrier for most people will be the set up. For a technology professional like myself, ownCloud's setup is pretty straightforward, but it's not the sort of thing most casual users will be able to handle. Also, it's on the user to maintain the service. These can be taken care of by paying someone to do it for you.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    ownCloud
    Compared with other cloud services, ownCloud has been the most efficient. It doesn't create a noticeable drain on resources and very quickly syncs across all my devices. I'm usually able to save a file on my laptop and by the time I walk over and sit down at my desktop machine, it's already there. I don't need to wait as often as I have with services like OneDrive.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    The LogMeIn company has always been very helpful and quick to respond to all of our support requests and just "how to" question we may have.
    Incentivized
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    ownCloud
    Regarding the community edition, there is a reasonably good support on the IRC, forums and in the issue section on Github. Perhaps a much more individual approach would be available if the premium support was chosen and the instance of the server was provided by the Owncloud company that also offers some premium extensions, not available generally. However, we did not need this level of support yet.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Cubby is especially new in the market and is contemplating its business focus. They have adapted what their predecessors have created and implemented significant improvements in safety, performance and availability.
    Incentivized
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    ownCloud
    The paid cloud services are expensive if you need a lot of data. You're giving your personal and business information to a data-hungry organization. Local NAS solutions are too slow. We run ownCloud on an older business PC and the performance is outstanding, even for remote access, due to local syncing.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • [As a consultant, for my business] It is always good to have options and alternatives. Customers appreciate having sources to compare, and that define sales.
    • If we talk about version control in general, Cubby lightens the time we spend and helps us to organize the work. Less lost time equals higher profits.
    Incentivized
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    ownCloud
    • Software is free so if you are going for a hosted solution anyway, it's hard to beat
    • One of the easiest way to make sure your data is secured without compromising on features
    • You need to manage the infrastructure and software
    Incentivized
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