We’re pretty big on Dropbox here at the Cult, and it’s handiness as a transfer/storage utility for Macs and iDevices alike hasn’t really been challenged. That is, till now.
Spot Documents works with the same basic idea: Its free OS X or iOS apps can be used to upload a user’s e-junk to Spot Document’s cloud — in this case, hosted on Amazon’s S3 servers — where it’ll be stored and made available for download/viewing. The difference is that where Dropbox is pretty slim on options, Spot Documents seems to be substantially more powerful: Spotlight-like search, full previews even on iDevices, and the ability to play around with access options for multiple users. And more.
For piddling file storage, It’s not as cheap as Dropbox, which is free for up to 2 GB; but Dropbox’s next level costs $10 for 50 gigs — Spot Documents 10 cents/gig pricing ends up costing half that for the same amount of storage. The catch is, there’s a $3/month minimum, no matter how little the service is used. As a little incentive, Spot Documents is giving away the first two months for free.
