Sync-in
by Sync-in · Open-source, self-hosted file sync, sharing and document collaboration
BenchRank score
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Homepage
Overview
Sync-in is an open-source platform for storing, sharing, syncing and co-editing files on infrastructure you control. Files sit in spaces with groups, guests, managers and nested shares, and the same permissions apply across the web interface, WebDAV, desktop sync clients, editors and APIs. Real-time document editing, full-text search, comments and activity tracking are included.
- Best for
- Organisations that need file sharing and co-editing to stay on infrastructure they control.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the captured page presents an open-source platform you host yourself, alongside enterprise support and hosting partners with no figures given.
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Open source and self-hosted, with no proprietary lock-in
- Files stay readable outside the app; existing content can be anchored
- One permission model across web, WebDAV, sync, editors and APIs
- Desktop sync for Windows, macOS and Linux plus full-text search
Trade-offs
- You choose and run the hosting yourself, or go via a partner
- Enterprise support is a separate engagement with no published pricing
- The comparison pages are the vendor's own framing of rival platforms
How Sync-in markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Sync-in’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Your data stays yours”
- Angle: Open source / ownership
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Sync-in’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Sync-in pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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