Axcrypt Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Axcrypt for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Cryptomator, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Axcrypt and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Axcrypt are Picocrypt, File Lock PEA, AES Crypt and Windows BitLocker.

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  1. Cryptomator icon
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    Cryptomator provides transparent, client-side encryption for your cloud. Protect your documents from unauthorized access. Cryptomator is free and open source software, so you can rest assured there are no backdoors.

    79 Cryptomator alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • AppImage
     
  2. Picocrypt icon
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    Picocrypt is a very small (hence Pico), very simple, yet very secure encryption tool that you can use to protect your files. It's designed to be the go-to tool for encryption, with a focus on security, simplicity, and reliability.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. File Lock PEA icon
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    Platform-independent password-based authenticated encryption of files & folders.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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  4. AES Crypt icon
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    Easily encrypt files with user-friendly software using the powerful AES standard for security on Windows, macOS, and Linux, featuring robust 256-bit encryption for safeguarding sensitive data from unauthorized access, ideal for secure data storage, email transmission, and internet uploads.

    87 AES Crypt alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Mac
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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  5. BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned computers.

    95 Windows BitLocker alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
     
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    A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.

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  7. Encrypto icon
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    Encrypto lets you encrypt files before sending them to friends or coworkers. Just drop a file into Encrypto, set a password, and then send it however you normally would — but this time with added security. It’s free for both Mac and Windows.

    97 Encrypto alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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  8. Picocrypt NG icon
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    Picocrypt NG (new generation) is a very small (hence Pico), very simple, yet very secure encryption tool that you can use to protect your files. It's designed to be the go-to tool for file encryption, with a focus on security, simplicity, and reliability.

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    Platforms

    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. Hat.sh icon
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    hat.sh is a javascript app that provides secure file encryption using the AES-256-GCM algorithm from WebCryptoAPI provided by your browser. it was coded following the WebCrypto Documentations .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
  10. SiriKali icon
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    SiriKali is a Qt/C++ GUI application that manages ecryptfs,cryfs,encfs,gocryptfs and securefs based encrypted folders. These projects are compared here.SiriKali can also connect to ssh servers using sshfs.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  11. GoAnywhere OpenPGP Studio™ is a free desktop tool that makes it easy to protect sensitive files using the popular OpenPGP encryption standard. Documents can be encrypted, decrypted, signed and verified from your PC or workstation using this...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • OpenPGP
     
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