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Copy, a competitor to Dropbox, launches today

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Re: Copy, a competitor to Dropbox, launches today

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I'm curious, what is your advantage over Dropbox, GDrive, Box, etc? I like the design, but I don't see another reason to switch.

It has a lot more configurable business options, that's the biggest differentiator. The cost/GB is a bit less than Dropbox, too.

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Re: Copy, a competitor to Dropbox, launches today

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Checking the TOS I found a reference to Barracuda Networks.. Leading me to believe it's a startup within a larger company (I had been wondering how a startup could afford to buy the copy.com domain). Given the above assumption it may have the funding to sustain the service even if it experiences slow growth. And also suggests that the company has the networking know how to scale their service (unlike my experience wi…

Bingo.

The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and Registrars. Registrant: Barracuda Networks Inc 3175 Winchester Blvd Campbell, CA 95008 US

Domain name: COPY.COM

Administrative Contact: Hostmaster, Barracuda hostmaster@barracuda.com 3175 Winchester Blvd Campbell, CA 95008 US +1.4083425400 Fax: +1.4083421061

Technical Contact: Hostmaster, Barracuda hostmaster@barracuda.com 3175 Winchester Blvd Campbell, CA 95008 US +1.4083425400 Fax: +1.4083421061

Re: Copy, a competitor to Dropbox, launches today

#55

I'm curious, what is your advantage over Dropbox, GDrive, Box, etc? I like the design, but I don't see another reason to switch.

It has a lot more configurable business options, that's the biggest differentiator. The cost/GB is a bit less than Dropbox, too.

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Re: Copy, a competitor to Dropbox, launches today

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Where's the API? Dropbox has a tremendous ecosystem going for it. I'm not sure how prevalent it is on Android, but pretty much all iOS text and PDF editors have Dropbox integration and their new sync SDK is only going to push integration even higher.

I can't say I'm a very heavy Dropbox user, so I don't have many complaints (if any) about their offering, but if you want to get into the space you have to address those complaints. A shiny UI and better pricing can only get you so far and there's no way they're enough to beat out a competitor as entrenched as Dropbox.

Re: Copy, a competitor to Dropbox, launches today

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post #18

Checking the TOS I found a reference to Barracuda Networks.. Leading me to believe it's a startup within a larger company (I had been wondering how a startup could afford to buy the copy.com domain). Given the above assumption it may have the funding to sustain the service even if it experiences slow growth. And also suggests that the company has the networking know how to scale their service (unlike my experience wi…

Yep, we're basically a startup within a company. Barracuda has a lot of hardware, something that will definitely help with growth and scalability.

Re: Copy, a competitor to Dropbox, launches today

#58

Where's the API? Dropbox has a tremendous ecosystem going for it. I'm not sure how prevalent it is on Android, but pretty much all iOS text and PDF editors have Dropbox integration and their new sync SDK is only going to push integration even higher. I can't say I'm a very heavy Dropbox user, so I don't have many complaints (if any) about their offering, but if you want to get into the space you have to address those…

Actually, everything the app does is through a RESTful API. This API is private and undocumented (for now). I can't make any promises as to what we will do with it in the future...

Re: Copy, a competitor to Dropbox, launches today

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has a lot more configurable business options, that's the biggest differentiator. The cost/GB is a bit less than Dropbox, too.

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The pricing page mentions some of the business features: http://www.copy.local/price/

Basically, you can setup companies, share items amongst employees, configure their access to the files, etc.

Re: Copy, a competitor to Dropbox, launches today

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post #18

Checking the TOS I found a reference to Barracuda Networks.. Leading me to believe it's a startup within a larger company (I had been wondering how a startup could afford to buy the copy.com domain). Given the above assumption it may have the funding to sustain the service even if it experiences slow growth. And also suggests that the company has the networking know how to scale their service (unlike my experience wi…

I think you're right. We just put in a new Barracuda Backup server this week and I noticed that, along with the usual file restore functions, it presents us with an option to share files to a Copy account.

There's going to be some cool integrations between Copy and some of the Barracuda backup hardware. I don't know many details though, you probably already know more than I do.
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