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Glenby vs Pier

A few outdoor tasks near you every day, proven with a photo, your location and the time. Pier turns a Nextcloud, NAS, SFTP or NFS folder into a normal Windows drive letter, with a block cache, resumable transfers and an offline mode, so every Windows program can open the files. Both are listed in Productivity.

What they have in common

Both sit in Productivity.

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What it is

Glenby
Daily outdoor tasks, photo proof and a private chat
Pier
Mount WebDAV, SFTP and NFS folders as Windows drive letters

Best for

Glenby
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Pier
Small offices, home users with a NAS and IT admins on Windows

Problem it solves

Glenby
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Pier
The WebDAV client built into Windows limits files to about 50 MB and loses the drive when the connection drops

How it works

Glenby
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Pier
A real drive letter over WebDAV, SFTP or NFS with a block cache, resumable transfers and offline mode

Stands out for

Glenby
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Pier
Runs as a Windows service: drives exist for every user and survive reboots; Pier Backup included

Pricing

Glenby
Free
Pier
Freemium · from $19/year (Pro); free up to 5 drives

Categories

Glenby
Social MediaProductivity
Pier
Productivity

Use cases

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Pier
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Platforms

Glenby
web
Pier
web

Built with

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Often compared with

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Upvotes

Glenby
3
Pier
0

What is Glenby?

Glenby turns a walk into a small scavenger hunt. Each day you get a few outdoor tasks that fit the season and where you are: find a stream, photograph an oak, reach a lookout for sunset. A photo keeps the moment, and your location and the time confirm you were there.

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What is Pier?

Pier turns a remote folder into a normal Windows drive letter. It speaks WebDAV (Nextcloud, ownCloud, Synology, QNAP, Apache, IIS), SFTP (any SSH server, password or OpenSSH keys) and NFSv3, and uses the open-source Dokany driver, installed for you by the setup program, so Explorer, Office, backup tools and scripts work on the drive as on a local disk.

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FAQ

Glenby is daily outdoor tasks, photo proof and a private chat, while Pier is mount WebDAV, SFTP and NFS folders as Windows drive letters. Pier stands out for: runs as a Windows service: drives exist for every user and survive reboots; Pier Backup included.

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