Sia vs Swarm
Sia
sia.techSwarm
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| Figure | Sia | Swarm |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7.99/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Decentralized Storage Services | 8.8 (#4) | 7.7 (#14) |
| Integrations | The S3-compatible s3d gateway is described as working with rclone, Cyberduck, Nextcloud, Duplicati, and any S3 client. | The maker lists fairOS, Fairdrive, and the Fair Data Protocol as ecosystem tooling for databases, personal data storage, and interoperability; it says these projects are under development and their performance is not guaranteed. |
| Open source | Sia describes itself as an open-source project supported by the nonprofit Sia Foundation and community donations. | Swarm describes its code as open source and its network as open and permissionless. |
| Support | The documentation directs users to Discord help channels and [email protected] for assistance. | The maker directs users to its Discord community and lists [email protected] for questions or complaints. |
| What it does | Sia is a decentralized peer-to-peer cloud-storage network in which files are encrypted, fragmented and distributed among independent hosts. | Swarm provides decentralized infrastructure for transferring and storing data across a peer-to-peer network. |
| Who it serves | Sia says its storage network is for users storing data and developers building applications on Sia. | Swarm presents its tools as infrastructure for developers building and hosting dApps, NFT metadata, and media files. |
Plans
In their own words
Sia
Sia offers encrypted, decentralized cloud storage through a consumer app and tools for developers building storage into applications. Files are encrypted on the user’s device before upload, and Sia says nobody else can read them. The app describes files as redundantly held across independent hosts worldwide, with parallel downloads from multiple hosts. Sia describes its peer-to-peer network as having no central access point or single point of failure. Consumer plans list 50 GB on Free, 500 GB for $7.99 a month on Plus, 5 TB for $14.99 a month on Pro, and 10 TB for $19.99 a month on Unlimited; Unlimited lists 4.99 USD/TB-mo over its included capacity. Separately, the network page lists median prices of $3.53/TB/month for storage at 3X redundancy, $0.03/TB for upload, and $2.25/TB for download. Developers can use storage SDKs for Rust, Go, Python, and JavaScript, or the S3-compatible s3d gateway with rclone, Cyberduck, Nextcloud, and Duplicati. The SDK can connect to an indexer hosted by the user.