Compare in detail
BigMind Resilience vs Sync
Sync isn't backup. Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive keep two folders matched — they don't give you point-in-time recovery, server backup, or ransomware protection. Most BigMind customers run both: sync for collaboration, BigMind for recovery.
The fundamental difference: sync services keep two folders matched — delete a file and it disappears from both, and if ransomware encrypts your files, sync replicates the encrypted copies to every device. Backup snapshots the state of your data over time so you can go back to what existed yesterday, last week, or last quarter. Different problems, different products.
Where backup wins
What sync was never designed to do.
Point-in-time recovery, not just version history
Sync products keep roughly 30–90 days of file version history. BigMind keeps point-in-time recovery up to 365 days plus yearly retention on Pro — restore from yesterday, last quarter, or last year.
Whole-system backup, not just a folder
Sync covers the sync folder. BigMind block-level imaging snapshots the entire system — disk, applications, databases, and servers (SQL, Exchange, AD, Hyper-V) — with five recovery paths including bare-metal restore.
Survive ransomware instead of replicating it
When ransomware encrypts files, sync replicates the encrypted versions to every device. BigMind's deterministic canary fires mid-attack, and WORM-immutable retention on Pro keeps protected versions out of an attacker's reach.
We back up your sync products too
BigMind's cloud-service connectors back up files from Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, and Box. Sync isn't a competitor so much as a layer — keep it for collaboration, add BigMind underneath for recovery.
Side by side
Backup vs sync.
| Capability | BigMind Resilience | Sync (Dropbox / OneDrive / Drive) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary purpose | Backup & recovery | Live collaboration / sync |
| Block-level disk backup (laptop / desktop) | ✓ | ✗ Folders only |
| Server backup (SQL / Exchange / AD / Hyper-V) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Point-in-time recovery | ✓ GFS: daily/weekly/monthly + yearly (Pro) | ✗ 30–90 day version history |
| Bare-metal restore (five recovery paths) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Mid-attack ransomware detection | ✓ Deterministic canary | ✗ |
| WORM-immutable retention | ✓ Pro tier | ✗ |
| Storage tiering (save 40–70%) | ✓ Standard + Pro | ✗ Same price all data |
A fair comparison
Where sync is a good fit.
Sync products are best-in-class for live collaboration — editing the same document with coworkers in real time — and they are ubiquitous and pre-installed. If your problem is “edit the same spreadsheet from three locations,” sync is the right tool, and a freelancer with one laptop may find its version history is enough. You need backup the moment you have a server, a database, regulatory exposure, more than a handful of employees, or any real ransomware risk. BigMind even backs up your sync products, so you can keep them and add recovery underneath.
Add recovery beneath your sync.
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