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Difference between Dropbox and Tencent Weiyun

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1. Dropbox : 
Dropbox is a file hosting service provided by the American company Dropbox Incorporation. It offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud and client software. It was founded in 2007. Dropbox was developed by two MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi. It offers only 2 GB free storage space. It is one of the earliest cloud storage services. 

2. Tencent Weiyun : 
Tencent Weiyun is a file hosting service and cloud storage which is provided by Tencent Holdings Limited. It is available in two languages English and Chinese. It is majorly used in co
untries like China. It was launched by Tencent Holdings Limited in 2012. It offers 10 GB free storage space. It offers limited storage space for paid. The maximum storage size is 2 TB here. 

Difference between Dropbox and Tencent Weiyun :

DROPBOX TENCENT WEIYUN
It is owned by Dropbox Incorporation. It is owned by Tencent Holdings Limited.
It was launched in 2007. It was launched in 2012.
It was developed by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi. It was developed by Tencent.
It offers 2 GB free storage space. It offers 10 GB free storage space.
It provides limited maximum storage space for paid. It also provides limited maximum storage space for paid.
It is used across the world. While it is used only in China.
Maximum storage size is 5 TB here. Maximum storage size is 2 TB here.
It has the developer API. Developer API is missing here.
Maximum file size is 100 MB for free, 2 GB for paid Plus plan 100 GB for paid Professional plan. Here maximum file size is 1 GB for regular upload and 32 GB for power upload.
It supports file versioning. It does not support file versioning.
It provides additional 500 MB free storage space for referrals up to 18 GB paid. There is no referral system here for gaining free storage space.
It shares files through web applications. While it shares files through links.
It uses block-syncing to update changes quickly. It does not use block-syncing to update changes quickly.
It has traffic or band-width limit of 20 GB per day for free and 200 GB per day for paid. It has no traffic or band-width limit.

Last Updated : 09 Dec, 2022
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