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What's the difference between Drop and the other options available to me? This guide, put together by the Drop team, explains the difference in use-case and features.
This comparison was made by the Drop team, and may inaccurately represent some options. If you are a developer or maintainer for one of these projects, feel free to reach out to us to get your project removed or updated.
Drop
An open Steam.
Feature highlights
- First-class Linux support
- Lightweight game upgrades
- Multiple metadata sources
- Cloud-saves & playtime trackingComing Soon™
- Steamworks replacement libraryComing Soon™
GameVault
Create your own gaming platform.
Feature highlights
- First-class Windows support
- Native Windows app
- Share with family & friends
- Playtime tracking
- Optional paid features
- Various platform integrations
Drop | GameVault | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Library Management | |||
| Metadata fetching | Included in Drop | Included in GameVault | |
| Game versioning | Included in Drop | Not included in GameVault | |
| Redistributables | Not included in Drop | Not included in GameVault | |
| License key management | Not included in Drop | Not included in GameVault | |
| Automatic import | Not included in Drop | Included in GameVault | |
| Collections | Included in Drop | Not included in GameVault | |
Deployment | |||
| Docker | Included in Drop | Included in GameVault | |
| CapRover | Not included in Drop | Included in GameVault | |
| TrueNAS | Not included in Drop | Included in GameVault | |
| UNRAID | Not included in Drop | Included in GameVault | |
| Synology | Not included in Drop | Included in GameVault | |
| Native | Drop includes:Possible, unsupported | Included in GameVault | |
| ARM support | Included in Drop | Included in GameVault | |
Operating Systems | |||
| Windows | Included in Drop | Included in GameVault | |
| macOS | Included in Drop | Not included in GameVault | |
| Linux | Included in Drop | GameVault includes:Unsupported, using Wine | |
Integrations | |||
| Playnite | Not included in Drop | GameVault includes:Paid feature ($) | |
| Discord | Not included in Drop | GameVault includes:Paid feature ($) | |
| Steam | Not included in Drop | GameVault includes:Paid feature ($) | |
Other | |||
| Cloud saves | Drop includes:Coming soon | GameVault includes:Paid feature ($) | |
| Dedicated server management | Not included in Drop | Not included in GameVault | |
| Steamworks library | Drop includes:Coming soon | Not included in GameVault | |
| P2P downloads | Drop includes:Coming soon | Not included in GameVault | |
| Remote LAN/automatic networking | Drop includes:Coming soon | Not included in GameVault | |
Library Management
- Metadata fetching
- Yes
- Game versioning
- Yes
- Redistributables
- No
- License key management
- No
- Automatic import
- No
- Collections
- Yes
Deployment
- Docker
- Yes
- CapRover
- No
- TrueNAS
- No
- UNRAID
- No
- Synology
- No
- Native
- Possible, unsupported
- ARM support
- Yes
Operating Systems
- Windows
- Yes
- macOS
- Yes
- Linux
- Yes
Integrations
- Playnite
- No
- Discord
- No
- Steam
- No
Other
- Cloud saves
- Coming soon
- Dedicated server management
- No
- Steamworks library
- Coming soon
- P2P downloads
- Coming soon
- Remote LAN/automatic networking
- Coming soon