Comparison of browser synchronizers
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 also provides an option to avoid the Xmarks server, but this requires using a WebDAV or FTP server to store bookmarks, which assumes a higher level of technical support but is not OS-specific like Transmute. 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
Operating system support
Syncable Browsers
Syncable Items
| Client |
Bookmarks |
Favicons |
Browsing history |
Form history |
Web feed subscriptions |
Search engine plugins |
Passwords |
Dictionary |
Other |
| Arado Websearch |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Template:Php webinterface |
| BookKit |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Bookmark |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Typed browser history |
| Bookmark Base |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| BookmarkSync |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Bookmark Sync and Sort |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Chipmark |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Link Commander |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Network Menus |
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 |
| oSync |
Yes |
No |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Portable Bookmarks |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Power Favorites |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| SyncBookmarks |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| SyncPlaces |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Firefox Sync |
Yes |
No but planned to be added in future
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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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| xbelSync |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Xmarks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (Firefox) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (deprecated) |
No |
open tabs |
| Zinkmo |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Client |
Bookmarks |
Favicons |
Browsing history |
Form history |
Web feed subscriptions |
Search engine plugins |
Passwords |
Dictionary |
Other |
Features
| Client |
Encrypted transfer |
Encrypted storage |
Server changing |
Web-based UI |
Exporting |
Link verification |
Duplicate link checker |
Notes |
| Arado Websearch |
? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
It doesn't provide any server for built-in internet based sync. |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| Bookmark Sync and Sort |
? |
No |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
|
| 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.". |
| Link Commander |
? |
No |
? |
? |
XBEL |
? |
? |
It doesn't provide any server for built-in internet based sync. |
| Network Menus |
? |
No |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Feb 12, 2012: Stops IE9 from loading when trying to install the plug-in. |
|
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. |
| Power Favorites |
? |
Yes |
? |
? |
XBEL |
Yes |
Yes |
Extensions for Firefox and Opera. http://www.desksware.com/bookmark-manager.htm. Feb 12, 2012: It doesn't automaticly sync with IE9 (export/import based). |
| SyncBookmarks |
? |
No |
? |
? |
XBEL |
? |
? |
Feb 12, 2012: Last modified timestamp on official download site (http://syncbkmk.sourceforge.net/download/index.html) is 01/02/2007 04:28:512012. |
| SyncPlaces |
Yes |
Yes[1]
|
Yes |
No |
XBEL |
? |
? |
It doesn't provide any server for built-in internet based sync. You must use your own one. |
| 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. |
| Xmarks |
Yes[2]
|
Partial[7]
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
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. |
| Zinkmo |
? |
No |
? |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
IE plug-in. Feb 12, 2012: Official site http://www.zinkmo.com/ is down. |
| Client |
Encrypted transfer |
Encrypted storage |
server changing |
webbased UI |
exporting |
Link Verification |
Duplicate Link Checker |
Notes |
References
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