Photo Sharing Site Comparison. Natalie DeCario External Affairs Intern

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1 Photo Sharing Site Comparison Natalie DeCario External Affairs Intern

2 Dropbox - Pricing Pro Storage: 100 GB is $9.99/month; $99/year Most popular 200GB is $19.99/month; $199/year High-resolution 500 GB is $49.99/month; $499/year Long videos, large files Packrat: Unlimited undo history Safeguards files to undelete Keeps old versions of files $39/year

3 4Shared - Pricing Premium Account 100 GB of Storage 1 year - $6.50/month 29 days free Most economic 1 month $9.95/month Most popular 3 months - $7.98/month 6 months - $7.16/month

4 Drop Box

5 Dropbox - Dashboard Upload

6 Dropbox Inside a Folder

7 Dropbox - Pro Features Organizes photos into different folders and sub folders Desktop application Creates a folder on the hard drive to access and save files instantly from the desktop Applications available for many devices Android, iphone, ipad, BlackBerry, Kindle Fire*

8 Dropbox - Pro Features Status bar shows how much storage used. Search through Dropbox files Files uploaded Docs, movies, music, photos, internet downloads Sizes uploaded Uploaded through desktop application have file size limit* Uploaded through website up to 300 MB*

9 Dropbox Uploading files Upload multiple files at once Drag and drop files from computer into Dropbox folders

10 Dropbox File Sharing Can give everyone access to the main account with username and password Share folders or individual files with other users: invite, send single link, share on Facebook or Twitter Allows those invited users to upload their own images to that folder and download any that are already there Can unshare a shared folder at any time

11 Dropbox File Sharing Share folders with others by invite

12 Dropbox File Sharing Sample invited users will receive

13 Dropbox File Sharing If invited user does not have a Dropbox account or password to main account, they will be sent here and will need to create account in order to view file/folder

14 Dropbox File Sharing Share on social media or copy/paste link

15 Dropbox Working With Files Right clicking files gives you the option to: Get link, download, delete, rename, move, copy, or see previous versions Right clicking folders also allows you to invite someone to access the folder Downloading the file/folder allows you to open or save the file to your computer

16 Dropbox Working With Files Account is NOT public. Must be invited, have access to file/folder links, have password for account Cannot include date taken or location Shows date and time when uploaded

17 Dropbox Working With Files

18 Dropbox Working With Files When file is opened: View Original button (right-click options): Copy image, copy image location, save image, save image as, set as desktop background, view image info, inspect element. Get Link button Shares it by , Facebook or twitter Copy link to the page Download button Delete button

19 4Shared

20 4Shared Dashboard (Thumbnail view also) Upload

21 4Shared Inside a folder (Thumbnail view also)

22 4Shared Premium Features Creates a public account* Organizes files into folders and subfolders Applications available on many devices Desktop download, 4Sync, 4shared Shot, mobile (Symbian, Android, Blackberry), iphone/ipad/iphone, music (android), music (web-app, streaming), toolbar

23 4Shared Premium Features Download folder as Torrent* Data about a file location, divides info into info chunks found on different hosts Downloads large files quickly by pulling chunks and assembling them into usable form Download folder as Zip* Compresses one or more files to reduce size of large files. Download folder as B1* Another form of compressed files

24 4Shared Premium Features Upload via FTP or SFTP* FTP File Transfer Protocol, most useful for people creating their own websites. Allows file to be easily accessible online SFTP Simple File Transfer Protocol, light weight version of FTP Convert to PDF* 100 GB/month Premium Traffic* Amount of data you can download No premium traffic with free account

25 4Shared Premium Features Multi download Max file size to upload 5 GB* No advertising* Higher download speed than free version* Detailed download statistics*

26 4Shared Premium Features File types uploaded: Docs, music, video, image, zip Web Grab Uploading files from internet Add description to photos Add tags to files*

27 4Shared File Sharing Share as Google bookmarks, on Facebook and Twitter Connects to Twitter and Orkut to share activity* Can link 4Shared with*: Gmail, Google, Docs, Orkut, Picasa, and Dropbox

28 4Shared File Sharing Public Access Tab*

29 4Shared File Sharing Invited Members Tab Invites users to share by Private Access Tab Disables Sharing Links and site embeds or widgets will be disabled

30 4Shared File Sharing Invite

31 4Shared File Sharing Invited users will be sent here if they DO NOT have an account

32 4Shared Working With Files

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34 4Shared Working With Files When file is open: Download Share with , links, HTML/Forum embed codes Share on Google+* Get URL Right-click options: Open link in new tab, new window, bookmark link, save link as, send link, copy link location, copy image, copy image location, save image, save image as, set as desktop background, view image info, inspect element

35 Recommendation Use Dropbox For our needs of simple photo sharing and storage, I think Dropbox offers the best product for us. Simple site navigation Easier upload, download, and sharing of files/folders

36 Recommendation - Dropbox Not a public account, don t have to worry about which settings allow what photos to be visible More storage options (4Shared only had 100 GB, Dropbox goes up to 500 GB) Amount of photos we have is unknown, we might need a large amount of storage space Has unlimited undo history in case something happens with files/folders