Drop.io

Posted on by Judy Unrein

I decided to recommend Drop.io to help you get files from here/you to there/them, but waited to try Dropbox first and compare for you.

The quick and dirty*: Dropbox has a larger free storage capacity (though Drop.io welcomes multiple accounts) and all around, Dropbox works extremely well; it’s iDisk-like but better. After testing though, I’ve decided to stick with Drop.io.

Drop.io works better for me at work than Dropbox (something to do with the firewall or proxy) and Drop.io doesn’t require any installs. (Neither does Dropbox technically, but Dropbox’s web interface is nowhere near as slick as Drop.io’s… see video.) So for those in a heavily regulated IT environment, Drop.io rocks. And bonus points for the name.

Drop.io also has approximately one bajillion ways to get files to your “drop”. My two favorites (neither of which Dropbox offers), in real time:

* 140 words is way too few for a thorough review, so I’m just explaining my own reasoning. Both sites have excellent overview/tutorial screencasts if you would like to learn more.

  • http://drop.io steve

    hey – this is steve from drop.io and wanted to thank you for the post (and the feedback!).

    not sure if you heard of drop.io manager, but we developed it after businesses/professionals asked for a way to mange multiple drops from a single interface with powerful customization, privacy, and administrative options, including an activity stream across all drops. click here to checkout a brief screencast and take advantage of this free trial, if want to play around with it.

    http://drop.io/file/freetrialsignup

    thanks again,
    steve
    steve@dropio.com

  • Judy Unrein

    Thanks! Cool deal… I saw something about the manager feature a few days ago but I hadn’t explored it yet.

    If you check back in, tell the instructional designers who read this blog which software you’re using for your screencasts (how-to videos)… they’re pretty slick.

  • http://yahoomail melinda anter

    how do i recover my pics that i saved to drop.io they don’t seem to be there ant more since every time i click on view my yahoosearch engine can’t seem to get a response from the sever . Does this program ven exsit any more.If so how can i recover my pics.

  • Judy Unrein

    Drop.io closed down in December 2010; I believe it was bought by Facebook. The company sent a couple of emails notifying its customers that this was going to happen, but since they didn’t require email addresses to sign up, I’m sure some people didn’t get that message. As far as I know, there is no way now to recover your files.