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LithoCanvas vs Pier

Take a photo of a rock, crystal, gemstone or painting. 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

LithoCanvas
Identify rocks, gemstones and art from one photo
Pier
Mount WebDAV, SFTP and NFS folders as Windows drive letters

Best for

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

Problem it solves

LithoCanvas
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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

LithoCanvas
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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

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

Pricing

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

Categories

LithoCanvas
ProductivityDesign Resources
Pier
Productivity

Use cases

LithoCanvas
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Pier
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Platforms

LithoCanvas
web
Pier
web

Built with

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Pier
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Often compared with

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Upvotes

LithoCanvas
3
Pier
0

What is LithoCanvas?

LithoCanvas is an Android app for people who collect minerals and art. Photograph a rock, mineral, gemstone, crystal or painting and the app suggests what it is. Mineral results come with an estimated confidence and typical properties such as hardness, crystal system, color and luster. Art results suggest style, medium, era and composition. You check each suggestion yourself; the app gives no valuation and no authenticity verdict.

Read the full LithoCanvas page →

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.

Read the full Pier page →

FAQ

LithoCanvas is identify rocks, gemstones and art from one photo, 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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