Same photos on 2 or more Macs

I'm sure this has been discussed here many times, but I haven't yet found the answer.  I'm running iPhoto on two iMacs, one at home and one at work, both with Mountain Lion, and one Macbook Air, also with Mountain Lion.   I've imported photos from cameras and iPhones into iPhoto on each computer at different times, and I want all 3 iPhoto libraries to be exactly the same.  I recently downloaded SyncPhotos at someone's suggestion, and it works only partially.  Is there a way, perhaps using iCloud, to make all 3 libraries exactly the same?

Simple answer: Not easily and not automatically
What do you mean by "Sync".
The general term means when two Libraries (A and B) are compared and files in Library A are copied to Library B, while files in Library B are also copied to Library A so that both Libraries are identical.
This is bi-directional copying and you cannot do this automatically with iPhoto. No Syncing software is capable of parsing the iPhoto Library in this manner. One or both of your Libraries will be damaged if you try this.
You can have uni-directional copying - files in Library A are copied to Library B - this is essentially backing up. Obviously you can also copy from Library B to Library A.
The nearest you can get to syncing is to use iPhoto Library Manager  to move files/Albums/Events plus associated metadata between Libraries. This process cannot be automated.

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