Sounds familiar? It should, as this is exactly what pCloud Drive does – and has been doing for three years already.Ī few months later, Dropbox did indeed unveil this new functionality, but in the process, they decided to change its name from Project Infinite to Smart Sync. For those of you who didn’t follow that topic, Project Infinite was going to be a “revolutionary” functionality that would let you keep your files in the cloud but access them on your computer as if they were stored locally. We were not impressed and compared it with pCloud Drive.Ī few months ago Dropbox announced its Project Infinite and we thought, “Meh”. Speed: pCloud Drive is up to 6 times faster than Dropboxĭropbox finally launched Smart Sync, its desktop app functionality for accessing files stored in the cloud.File use: Dropbox downloads locally, pCloud keeps it in the cloud.Storage space management: pCloud with an edge over Dropbox.Pricing: pCloud Drive starting at $0.00, Dropbox Smart Sync – at $50/month.Availability: pCloud Drive is for everyone, Dropbox Smart Sync – for business clients only.

Dropbox plans to extend dropbox