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Dropbox vs Pantry

Dropbox

Dropbox is a cloud file-storage and sync platform, and its API lets apps read, write, and share files and folders in a user's Dropbox account. A live POST against the real gateway, api.dropboxapi.com/2/users/get_current_account, returned a 400 without a token, reconfirming OAuth 2.0 auth over HTTPS, and a follow-up OPTIONS preflight echoed the request Origin in Access-Control-Allow-Origin, resolving cors from unknown to yes. The free Basic plan includes 2GB of storage, with paid Plus, Professional, and Business tiers raising the cap and adding team features.

Pantry

Pantry is a free JSON storage service for small projects and prototypes: each Pantry is a namespaced bucket identified by an ID in the URL path, holding arbitrary JSON "baskets" read and written over a plain REST API. A live GET and OPTIONS preflight with an Origin header against the real host, getpantry.cloud/apiv1/pantry/, both returned Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, reconfirming cors as yes; no API key is required (the Pantry ID itself is the access credential), and HTTPS was reconfirmed. The service is entirely free with no paid tier.

DropboxPantry
AuthenticationOAuthNone
Pricingfreemiumfree
FormatsJSONJSON
CORSyesyes
HTTPSYesYes

Pantry needs no API key, while Dropbox requires OAuth — pick Pantry to start without signup.

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