The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of web-based 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.
Transmute is excluded because it is a Windows-based offline tool (which has privacy advantages). Xmarks use to provide an option to avoid the Xmarks server, which required using a WebDAV or FTP server to store bookmarks, however this feature is no longer reasonably available. If any other tools offer a privacy advantage, list them in this paragraph or add a column to the tables.
Another aspect of synchronization not covered in this table is OPML import and export. Exporting OPML enables many other tools to read the feeds, bookmarks/favorites and other browser data. There may be significant differences in capability between multiple levels of subscription - some tools such as Transmute have three levels of subscription.
General
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BookmarkSync | Jack Dean | Proprietary | Windows:
3.0.0 (August 2010; 2 years ago (2010-08)) [±] Mac OS X: 1.0.4 (September 14, 2005; 7 years ago (2005-09-14)) [±] |
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Opera Link | Opera Software | Proprietary | Opera: 12.15 (April 4, 2013; 1 day ago (2013-04-04)) [±] Opera Mini: Android:
7.5.1 (January 10, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-10)) [±] iOS: 7.0.5 (October 24, 2012; 5 months ago (2012-10-24)) [±] BlackBerry: 7.1 (November 20, 2012; 4 months ago (2012-11-20)) [±] Symbian: 7.1 (January 25, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-25)) [±] J2ME: 7.1 (November 20, 2012; 4 months ago (2012-11-20)) [±] |
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SiteBar Server | Ondrej Brablc | GPL | 3.3.9 |
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Firefox Sync | Mozilla Foundation | Mozilla Public License | 1.8 (August 10, 2011; 19 months ago (2011-08-10)) [±] |
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Xmarks | Xmarks | Proprietary | Firefox: 4.1.0 (May 7, 2012; 10 months ago (2012-05-07)) [±]
IE: 1.3.4 [±] Safari: 1.4.1 [±] Chrome: 1.0.22 (February 16, 2012; 13 months ago (2012-02-16)) [±] |
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Operating system support
Syncable Browsers
Syncable Items
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BookmarkSync | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Opera Link | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes in 11.50 | No | Personal bar, speed dial, notes, typed browser history, content blocker list |
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Firefox Sync | Yes | No but planned to be added in future | Last 60 days[4] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | open tabs, tab groups, personas, preferences, add-ons (up to 25MB by default)[4] |
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Xmarks | Yes | Yes | Yes (Firefox) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (deprecated) | No | open tabs |
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Client | Bookmarks | Favicons | Browsing history | Form history | Web feed subscriptions | Search engine plugins | Passwords | Dictionary | Other |
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Features
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Arado Websearch | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | It doesn't provide any server for built-in internet based sync. |
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BookKit | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Official site doesn't longer exist: http://www.bookkit.com/ |
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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. Feb 12, 2012: Doesn't work properly with IE9 (bookmarks don't appear on web UI). |
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Bookmark Base | ? | Yes | ? | ? | XBEL | Yes | Yes | Bookmark editor, different browsers. It doesn't provide any server for built-in internet based sync: its portability is based on USB drives. Official site doesn't longer exist: http://www.bookmarkbase.com/ |
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BookmarkSync | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Feb 12, 2012: Sync doesn't work properly. |
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Bookmark Sync and Sort | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
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Chipmark | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Provides IE plug-in and Firefox extension. Feb 12, 2012: Registration process in official site https://www.chipmark.com fails with the following message: "There was an error communicating with our mail server, or the email address entered was not valid. Registration was not successful. Please try again at a later time.". |
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Link Commander | ? | No | ? | ? | XBEL | ? | ? | It doesn't provide any server for built-in internet based sync. |
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Network Menus | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Feb 12, 2012: Stops IE9 from loading when trying to install the plug-in. |
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Opera Link | Yes[5] | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (only webbased) | |
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oSync | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
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Portable Bookmarks | ? | Yes | ? | ? | XBEL | ? | ? | It doesn't provide any server for built-in internet based sync: its portability is based on USB drives. |
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Power Favorites | ? | Yes | ? | ? | XBEL | Yes | Yes | Extensions for Firefox and Opera. http://www.desksware.com/bookmark-man ager.htm. Feb 12, 2012: It doesn't automatically sync with IE9 (export/import based). |
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SyncBookmarks | ? | No | ? | ? | XBEL | ? | ? | Feb 12, 2012: Last modified timestamp on official download site (http://syncbkmk.sourceforge.net/downl oad/index.html) is 01/02/2007 04:28:512012. |
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Firefox Sync | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Data is encrypted on the client and not accessible even to Mozilla server operators.[6] |
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xbelSync | ? | No | ? | ? | XBEL | ? | ? | It doesn't provide any server for built-in internet based sync. |
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Xmarks | Yes[1] | Partial[7] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (web) | 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. |
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Zinkmo | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | IE plug-in. Feb 12, 2012: Official site http://www.zinkmo.com/ is down. |
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Client | Encrypted transfer | Encrypted storage | server changing | webbased UI | exporting | Link Verification | Duplicate Link Checker | Notes |
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See also
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