Both tools, the Microsoft OneDrive for Business Client (Next Generation Sync Client NGS) and the Layer2 Cloud Connector can be used to keep data and documents in sync between different systems and apps, locally and in the cloud. But they have very different approaches, target groups, architectures, and features.

1. Layer2 Cloud Connector Fact Sheet
Licensing & Partner Program
Licensing per installation. No user CALs required.
No data-volume related costs.
• Free Shareware Edition: Limited to 25 items.
• Free App Edition: Via Microsoft App Store only.
• Personal Edition: US$ 499 / 399 € per server.
• Professional Edition: US$ 1.407 / 995 € per server.
• Annual Software Assurance: 20% per year.
• Layer2 Partner Program for VARs and resellers:
15-30% discount on licenses, FREE NFR Edition,
priority support, partner page, lead transfer.
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Feature / Benefit
Microsoft OneDrive
for Business Client
Layer2
Cloud Connector
Both tools, the Microsoft OneDrive for Business Client and the Layer2 Cloud Connector can be used to
keep data and documents in sync between different systems and apps, locally and in the cloud.
Target User Group End Users Administrators, Consultants
Where to run
Client-side at user‘s computer
in system tray
Server-side centrally in network
as a Windows Service
When to run
User must be logged in, runs
automatically on data changes
Runs scheduled or on-demand
in background with auto-login
What to sync
Manually selected SharePoint
libraries or folders to local disk
Folders, files & structured data via
Data Providers selected by
connection string and flexible data
query (e.g. SQL)
Administration & Logging Interactive/Tray, Windows MMC/XML/PowerShell, NLOG
Amount of data
Max. 5.000 / 20.000 documents
per SP library (list view threshold)
No hard limit regarding the number
of items and documents to sync
Backup / Migration Option
(One-Way Sync)
No Yes, flexible options
Field Mapping (for Metadata) No Yes, auto or manual
Dynamic Columns for data
transformation and business logic
No Yes, via C#
Sync Conflict Resolution Interactive by user Pre-defined rules
Systems and apps
to connect
SharePoint /OneDrive libraries,
local disks,
depending on client version
SharePoint 2010/13/16, SharePoint
Online lists and libraries, OneDrive,
Office 365 Groups, Microsoft
Teams, Dynamics, Exchange, Azure,
local disks, file server shares, home
drives, almost any SQL database,
Access, Excel/XML, Text/CSV, OData,
SOAP, ERP/CRM, and 100+ more
Operating Systems Runs on Windows, iOS, Android Windows only (32/64-Bit)