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Pithos vs Dropbox, Google Drive, Mega, Backblaze, Storj

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A plain comparison across the dimensions that actually matter when + picking cloud storage: price per TB, what you had to hand over to sign up, + whether anyone else holds the keys, whether it can be shut off, and whether the + code is open. No marketing superlatives — every row is a verifiable fact.

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Side-by-side

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Price per TB/month$10 (2 TB tier only)$10 (2 TB tier)$10 (2 TB tier)$10 (2 TB tier)$6 (pay-per-GB)$4 (pay-per-GB)$1–$2 (pay-per-GB)
Minimum spendMonthly tierMonthly tierMonthly tierMonthly tierNoneNoneNone — Sia accepts cents in a wallet
SignupEmail + passwordGoogle accountEmail + passwordApple / Microsoft IDEmail + card up-frontEmail + paymentA Sia account (several accept crypto, no email)
Credit card requiredYes (paid tiers)Yes (paid tiers)Yes (paid tiers)YesYesYesNo — several Sia indexers accept crypto
Encryption at restYes, Dropbox-held keysYes, Google-held keysYes, client-side (zero-knowledge)Yes, provider-heldServer-sideClient-side, split across nodesClient-side, split & encrypted across many hosts
Who holds the keysDropboxGoogleYou (zero-knowledge)Apple / MicrosoftBackblazeYouYou — key derived from your Sia account, stays on your computer
Can be shut down / censoredYes — Dropbox TOSYes — Google TOSYes — Mega TOSYesYes — Backblaze TOSPartially (storage node independence)No single operator — files are split across many independent Sia hosts
S3-compatible APINoNoNoNoYesYesYes — works with aws CLI, rclone, every S3 app
Open sourceNoNoPartialNoNoYes (Storj client)Yes — Pithos (MPL-2.0), s3d, Sia
Sync across devicesYesYesYesYesNo (storage only)No (storage only)Not yet (roadmap)
Collaborative editingYes (Paper)Yes (Docs)NoYes (iWork / Office)NoNoNo
Share link (public read)YesYesYesYesYesYesYes — signed links, 1h / 1d / 1w expiry
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Monthly cost at common storage sizes

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Headline prices translated to what you actually pay for the amount + of data most people store. Dropbox / Google / iCloud force you to a tier; + Backblaze, Storj and Sia bill for exactly what you use.

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100 GB (phone photos)$10/mo (2 TB tier)$2/mo (200 GB)$5/mo (400 GB)$0.60/mo$0.40/mo$0.10–$0.20/mo
500 GB (personal backup)$10/mo$3/mo (2 TB)$10/mo$3/mo$2/mo$0.50–$1/mo
2 TB (full home archive)$10/mo$10/mo$10/mo$12/mo$8/mo$2–$4/mo
10 TB (media library)$24/mo (3 TB max advertised)$50/mo$30/mo$60/mo$40/mo$10–$20/mo
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Pithos's cost advantage grows with scale. At 500 GB, it's 10–20× cheaper than + Dropbox / Google / iCloud; at 10 TB, it's still half the price of the cheapest + competitor and under a third of the mainstream ones.

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Where each option genuinely wins

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Honest trade-offs:

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Dropbox / Google Drive wins when…

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Backblaze B2 wins when…

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Pithos + Sia wins when…

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  • You want the cheapest decentralized storage — 5–10× below Dropbox-tier prices.
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Try it

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Pithos is free to install. You only need a Sia account when you want to actually + store files — and even that costs cents to try.

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