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I really think Omnidrive is the best feature wise, yet I would like to see free accounts as big as Mediamax (25GB).
I agree with Drazick
Mediamax does do 25GB of storage, but I think its only 1GB of bandwidth per month. we will eventually give out more storage
Hello all,
I used both Omnidrive and steekR (http://www.steekr.com), and I think that Steek is a bit better. Omnidrdrive has lots of good and unik features (Live Folders, ZIP extraction, WebDAV), but it have some "bugs" that make it not very usable (sometimes the very slow logins, the synchronisation on the win/mac client that forces the user to wait for its 20gb of data to be downloaded, the vista look of the web interface, the buggy web interface, and when you publish something the files listed on the given link are not `clickable´). While Omnidrive limits the Bandwidth for free users to 1GB, SteekR have no limits. Both offers 1GB space for free and lets you edit your word documents using Zoho.
SteekR offers 3 windows clients (SteekR Drive for Backuping your data with incremental backups, SteekR Drivedrive to browse your account as Omnidrive does, SteekR Quickdrive is designed for USB keys and lets you access your account wherever you are independantly from the browser) and one (for the moment) MAC client (SteekR Drive for backups). SteekR also lets you play your Video files directly from the browser (it also does the same for audio files and images as does Omnidrive). You can manage your contacts and you shared links (you can obviously share your files with Steekr members and non-members). You can also search into your files (Omnidrive didn't introduce this major feature yet).
Here are the interfaces. Personnally, I think that SteekR is better designed. It's not something that can make you choose steekR but it's always good to have a beautiful interface, available in French and in English. Omnidrive have a very good interface (it's well done), but I would have prefered a MAC OSx style (we should have a more neutral interface).
In term of reliability and the fact that whether steekR will stay online in the next years, you should know that the main enterprise Agematis (that owns steekr) has done the NeufGiga drive (http://www.neufgiga.com), a file sharing solution similar to steekR but is only available for the clients of the ISP Neuf.fr (those users can access their files through their TV, their Mobile Phone and the Web). They've also started a file sharing system into the Voila.fr french portal (owned by France Telecom, that company that owns Orange, the ISP and mobile provider).
However, Omnidrive provides some features that certainly won't be available on steekR like the WebDAV plugin. Omnidrive also lets you synchronise your Flickr photos with your account using their RSS based Live Folders. It also lets you generate direct links which can be a very useful feature for those that posts their files on their websites/blogs.
Hope that that comparison helps,
ElPhenix
sorry but i could see this as spam
Could you explain me why it would be a Spam?
Thanks.
ya i guess its because this is supposed to be for omnidrive only talk and it seems like you are kind of bashing them. im all for compeitition and everything but this is for omnidrive support
The OP (original poster) asked for comparisons between Steek and Omnidrive :
Mick:
Any comparisons?
And that's what I did. Omnidrive and steekR have some features, and I just listed them. That comparison can only be helpful for both steek and Omnidrive. Those who chose Omnidrive won't leave it because there are some features that won't be available anywhere. That's why I'm still using Omnidrive.
oh im sorry i didnt see that. lets all pretend i didnt say anything. you saw nothing
