Comparison of browser synchronizers

Comparison of browser synchronizers

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of browser synchronizers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions.

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General

Client Creator Cost Software license Latest release
Arado Websearch Arado Team Free GPL 0.2.1
BookKit BookKit Team Free Proprietary 1.0.2, 1.2.1
Bookmark Bookmark Your Life Inc. Free Proprietary 1.0.3
Bookmark Base Bookmark Base team $29.95 Proprietary 3.0.0.4
BookmarkSync Jack Dean Free Proprietary 2.3.3(Windows) 1.0.4(Mac OS X)  (n/a)
Bookmark Sync and Sort rhaebuster Free ? 1.0.7
Chipmark University of Minnesota Undergraduates Free GPL 3.3 Beta 2
Network Menus Network Ltd. Free Proprietary 0.80
Opera Link Opera Software Free Proprietary Opera: 11.52 (Build 1100)  (October 19, 2011; 29 days ago (2011-10-19))
Opera Mini: 6.5  (November 2011, 03; 14 days ago (03-11-2011))
oSync Henrik Olsson Free GPL 1.0.1
Portable Bookmarks Resort Labs $24.95 Proprietary 2.1  (July 30, 2007; 4 years ago (2007-07-30))
Power Favorites Mark Stone $19.95 Proprietary 1.0.0
SiteBar Server Ondrej Brablc Free GPL 3.3.9
SyncBookmarks StellarFlare $14.95 Proprietary 1.02
SyncPlaces Andy Halford Free Mozilla Public License - LGPL 4.1.0
Firefox Sync Mozilla Foundation Free Mozilla Public License 1.8  (August 10, 2011; 3 months ago (2011-08-10))
xbelSync Tiberius Duluman Free GPL 0.7.5
Xmarks Foxmarks LLC Free (Premium: $12/yr) Proprietary Firefox: 4.0.2  (August 15, 2011; 3 months ago (2011-08-15))

IE: 1.3.3  (August 22, 2011; 2 months ago (2011-08-22))
Safari: 1.3.6  (July 23, 2011; 3 months ago (2011-07-23))
Chrome: 1.0.16  (July 18, 2011; 3 months ago (2011-07-18))

Zinkmo Michael Hardy, Robert Senoff Free Proprietary Beta
Client Creator Cost Software license Latest release

Operating system support

Client Windows Mac OS X Linux other
Arado Websearch Yes Yes Yes Yes
BookKit Yes Yes Yes No
Bookmark Yes Yes No Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, Symbian
Bookmark Base Yes No No No
BookmarkSync Yes Yes No No
Bookmark Sync and Sort Yes Yes Yes No
Chipmark Yes Yes Yes No
Link Commander Yes No No No
Network Menus Yes No No No
Opera Link Yes Yes Yes FreeBSD, Solaris, Java ME, Windows Mobile, Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, Symbian, S60, UIQ3, BREW
oSync Yes Yes Yes No
Portable Bookmarks Yes No No No
Power Favorites Yes No No No
SyncBookmarks Yes No No No
SyncPlaces Yes Yes Yes No
Firefox Sync Yes Yes Yes OpenSolaris,[1] Windows mobile, FreeBSD[2]
xbelSync Yes No No No
Xmarks Yes Yes Yes Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS (these three require Xmarks Premium)
Zinkmo Yes No No No
Client Windows Mac OS X Linux other

Syncable Browsers

Client Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Opera Safari Google Chrome other
Arado Websearch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Netscape Navigator
BookKit Yes Yes No No No Netscape Navigator
Bookmark Yes Yes No Yes No No
Bookmark Base Yes ? Yes No No K-meleon, Maxthon, Seamonkey
BookmarkSync Yes Yes Yes Yes (Mac Only) No Seamonkey
Bookmark Sync and Sort No ? No No No No
Chipmark Yes Yes No No No No
Link Commander Yes Yes Yes Yes No ?
Network Menus Yes ? No No No No
Opera Link No No Yes No No Opera Mini, Opera Mobile
oSync No No Yes No No Opera Mini
Portable Bookmarks Yes ? Yes No No ?
Power Favorites Yes ? Yes No Yes No
SyncBookmarks Yes ? Yes No No Seamonkey
SyncPlaces No Yes No No No Seamonkey
Firefox Sync No Yes No No No Firefox for Mobile[3]Seamonkey
xbelSync Yes Yes Yes No No ?
Xmarks Yes Yes No Yes (Mac Only) Yes No
Zinkmo Yes ? No No No No
Client Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Opera Safari Google Chrome other

Syncable Items

Client Bookmarks Favicons Browsing history Form history Web feed subscriptions Search engine plugins Passwords Dictionary Other
Arado Websearch Yes No No No Yes No No No Template:Php webinterface
BookKit Yes No No No No No No No No
Bookmark Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Typed browser history
Bookmark Base Yes No No No No No No No No
BookmarkSync Yes No No No No No No No No
Bookmark Sync and Sort Yes No No No No No No No No
Chipmark Yes No No No No No No No No
Link Commander Yes No No No No No No No No
Network Menus Yes No No No No No No No No
Opera Link Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes in 11.50 No Personal bar, speed dial, notes, typed browser history, content blocker list
oSync Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Portable Bookmarks Yes No No No No No No No No
Power Favorites Yes No No No No No No No No
SyncBookmarks Yes No No No No No No No No
SyncPlaces Yes No No No No No Yes No No
Firefox Sync Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No open tabs, personas, selected preferences
xbelSync Yes No No No No No No No No
Xmarks Yes Yes Yes (Firefox) No Yes Yes Yes (deprecated) No open tabs
Zinkmo Yes No No No No No No No No
Client Bookmarks Favicons Browsing history Form history Web feed subscriptions Search engine plugins Passwords Dictionary Other

Features

Client Encrypted transfer Encrypted storage Server changing Web-based UI Exporting Link verification Duplicate link checker Notes
Arado Websearch ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes not depending on central servers
BookKit ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -
Bookmark Yes Yes No Yes No No No Server-side backup, restore of bookmarks, sync profiles so that only certain bookmarks sync to certain browsers
Bookmark Base ? Yes ? ? XBEL Yes Yes bookmark editor, different browser
BookmarkSync Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bookmark Sync and Sort ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Chipmark ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Link Commander ? No ? ? XBEL ? ?
Network Menus ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Opera Link Yes[4] ? No Yes Yes No Yes (only webbased)
oSync ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Portable Bookmarks ? Yes ? ? XBEL ? ?
Power Favorites ? Yes ? ? XBEL Yes Yes
SyncBookmarks ? No ? ? XBEL ? ?
SyncPlaces Yes Yes[1] Yes No XBEL ? ? It doesn't provide any server. You must use your own one.
Firefox Sync Yes Yes Yes No No No No
xbelSync ? No ? ? XBEL ? ?
Xmarks Yes[2] Partial[5] Yes Yes Yes No No server-side backup, restore of bookmarks, sync profiles so that only certain bookmarks sync to certain browsers; password storage is deprecated, Xmarks recommends using LastPass instead
Zinkmo ? No ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Client Encrypted transfer Encrypted storage server changing webbased UI exporting Link Verification Duplicate Link Checker Notes

References

  1. ^ mconnor (2009-07-29). "Weave 0.5 Released". Mozilla. http://labs.mozilla.com/2009/07/weave-0-5-released/. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  2. ^ "weave port". FreshPorts. 2009-10-09. http://www.freshports.org/www/weave/. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  3. ^ mconnor (2009-06-27). "Weave 0.4.0 Released". Mozilla. https://labs.mozilla.com/2009/06/weave-0-4-0-released/. Retrieved 2009-06-30. 
  4. ^ "Opera Link explained". Opera Software. 7. September 2007. http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/my-opera-synchronization-explained. Retrieved 2009-06-06. 
  5. ^ Encrypted password storage is supported

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