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Both keep your files online so you can share them and get them back from anywhere. The difference is who runs it, where your files are kept, and how much you pay.
| Sync.com | JDrive | |
|---|---|---|
| Who runs it | Sync.com Inc., a Canadian cloud-storage company, runs Sync. | Your hosting company, under its own name |
| Where your files are kept | Not published | On your hosting company's own server, in the country they chose |
| How you pay | Sync offers a free personal account, paid personal plans by account, and team plans priced per user. | Set by your hosting company. No price per person. |
| Cheapest personal plan | Personal 150GB: $4.00 a month for 150 GB | Set by your hosting company |
| Cheapest business plan | $6.00 per person a month, at least 3 people | No price per person |
| Free storage | 5 GB | Your hosting company decides |
| App that syncs to your computer | Yes | No, works in the browser |
| Phone app | Yes | No, works in the phone browser |
| Two-step login | Yes | No, not yet |
| Edit documents live with others | Yes | No |
| Run it on your own server | Not listed | Yes |
| Sell it under your own name | Not listed | Yes, with resellers built in |
Privacy-focused individuals and teams that want zero-knowledge storage, straightforward sharing, and optional Microsoft Office collaboration.
Usually, for a team. Sync.com's cheapest business plan is $6.00 per person a month, so 10 people pay $60.00. A hosting company runs JDrive for well under a dollar a month per customer and sets its own price, with no charge per person.
For keeping, sharing and getting back files in a browser, yes. If you want your files synced to your computer automatically, Sync.com is the better choice today.
From a hosting company that offers it. If you are a hosting company, you can download it and run it on your own server.
Sources for Sync.com: personal pricing: Personal 150GB is $4/month billed monthly or $3.50/month billed annually (2026-09-13), business pricing: Pro Teams 1TB has a standard list price of $8/user/month monthly or $6/user/month annually, with a 3-user minimum; temporary first-year discounts are shown separately (2026-09-13), free storage, desktop_sync_app and mobile_app: Sync's free plan is 5 GB and Sync provides Windows, macOS, iOS and Android apps (2026-09-13), two_factor_login: Sync supports 2FA by authenticator app or email (2026-09-13), live_document_editing: Sync documents Microsoft Office live editing and real-time collaboration (2026-09-13), end_to_end_encryption: Sync describes its cloud storage as end-to-end encrypted and zero-knowledge (2026-09-13).