Free Insync Alternatives

The best free alternative to Insync is Rclone, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Insync and 15 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Insync are GoodSync, odrive, RaiDrive and ODrive.

Insync alternatives are mainly Cloud Storage Services but may also be File Sync Tools or FTP Clients. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Insync.

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Insync

Paid • Proprietary
Cloud Storage Service

Insync is a Google Drive sync and backup client with multiple account support.

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Rclone
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Free • Open Source
File Sync Tool
Backup Client
Mac
Windows
Linux
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FreeBSD
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75 Rclone alternatives
Rclone ("rsync for cloud storage") is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers.
- - Rclone is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Insync.
- - Rclone is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Insync.
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Rclone Features
1. Command line interfaceRclone either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
3. LightweightRclone consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. End-to-End EncryptionRclone has E2E Encryption, for entire or parts of the app.
5. Multiple Account supportRclone support multiple accounts without the need to logout and login
6. PortableRclone can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
7. Encrypted BackupRclone uses encryption algorithms to keep your files safe as well as prevent unauthorized access.
8. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Rclone without registration.
9. Incremental BackupRclone supports incremental backups (only back up the changed or new-added data since the last backup).
Google Drive integration
Mega.nz integration
Nextcloud integration
Backup to Cloud Storage
Synchronization
Dropbox integration
Box.com integration
Onedrive integration
WebDAV Support
Support for FTP
Comments about Rclone as a Alternative to Insync
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Doesn't share highly-needed features like selective syncing and syncing specific local files to specific folders in cloud drives.
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GoodSync
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Freemium • Proprietary
File Sync Tool
Backup Client
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
119 GoodSync alternatives
GoodSync syncs files between your computer, mobile devices, FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3, Google Drive, OneDrive, WebDAV, Azure.
- - GoodSync is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Insync.
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GoodSync Features
1. PortableGoodSync can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Selective SynchronizationGoodSync allows you to pick which files are synced between the server and your devices.
3. End-to-End EncryptionGoodSync has E2E Encryption, for entire or parts of the app.
2 way sync
Mirror Backup
WebDAV Support
Support for Amazon S3
Synchronization
Visual Comparison
Support for 64 bit
Real-time sync
Direct P2P Sync
WebDAV Sync
Opinions about GoodSync as a Alternative to Insync
Most users think GoodSync is a great Insync alternative.
odrive
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Freemium • Proprietary
FTP Client
Online Backup Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Raspberry Pi
60 odrive alternatives
Unify all your storage. odrive makes it easy to access, sync, and share all your files from one place. Integrations to 20+ services, desktop sync, CLI (inc. Linux), placeholders, zero-knowledge-encryption, web client, advanced sharing, and more.
- - odrive is the most popular Web-based alternative to Insync.
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odrive Features
1. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
Connect multiple accounts
Multiple cloud drive sync
Sync with Google Drive
Sync with Onedrive
Sync with Backblaze B2
Facebook integration
Support for FTP
Support for SFTP
WebDAV Support
Gmail
Opinions about odrive as a Alternative to Insync
Most users think odrive is a great Insync alternative.
RaiDrive
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Freemium • Proprietary
FTP Client
File Sync Tool
Windows
43 RaiDrive alternatives
Mount NAS, Router, Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox to a network drive on File Explorer. No need for synchronization and no need for web browsers!.
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RaiDrive Features
1. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
2. Selective SynchronizationRaiDrive allows you to pick which files are synced between the server and your devices.
3. LightweightRaiDrive consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in RaiDrive without registration.
5. Multiple Account supportRaiDrive support multiple accounts without the need to logout and login
Mounting drives
Upload directly to Google Drive
Support for FTP
Google Drive integration
Mount FTP drives
Google photos integration
Support for SFTP
Sync with Dropbox
Support for Dropbox
Media Streaming
ODrive
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Free • Open Source
Cloud Storage Service
Mac
Windows
Linux
Electron / Atom Shell
58 ODrive alternatives
GUI client for Google Drive based on the Electron .
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ODrive Features
Electron based
google-drive-ocamlfuse
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Free • Open Source
Online Backup Tool
Linux
19 google-drive-ocamlfuse alternatives
FUSE filesystem for Google Drive google-drive-ocamlfuse is a FUSE-based file system backed by Google Drive, written in OCaml. It lets you mount your Google Drive on Linux.
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google-drive-ocamlfuse Features
1. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
Sync with Google Drive
Synchronization
Sync Network Drive
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Comments about google-drive-ocamlfuse as a Alternative to Insync
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Guest
It's free, but it's not truly an exact alternative. It mounts Google Drive as a network drive, and on my experience, there is a lag for accessing and saving files.
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Drive File Stream by Google
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Free • Proprietary
Cloud Storage Service
Mac
Windows
156 Drive File Stream by Google alternatives
With Drive File Stream, you stream your Drive files directly from the cloud to your Mac or PC, freeing up disk space and network bandwidth. Because Drive files are stored in the cloud, any changes you or your collaborators make are automatically updated everywhere.
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Drive File Stream by Google Features
Cloud file stream
Discontinued
This doesn't exist as a separate product any longer and just became Google Drive by the looks of it.
jdrivesync
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Free • Open Source
Cloud Storage Service
Mac
Windows
Linux
9 jdrivesync alternatives
jdrivesync is a simple command line tool that synchronizes a local file system structure to your Google Drive (and back).
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drive-cli
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
5 drive-cli alternatives
"drive" is a tiny program to pull or push Google Drive files. It runs in the command line. A "push" uploads local content to Google Drive while a "pull" downloads changes from Google Drive to the local computer.
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drive-cli Features
1. Command line interfacedrive-cli either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Folder Sync
Synchronization
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Celeste GUI
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Free • Open Source
File Sync Tool
Linux
Snapcraft
Flathub
28 Celeste GUI alternatives
Celeste is a GUI file synchronization client that can connect to almost any cloud provider you'd like. It provides a streamlined experience to back up your files, and integrates directly into your desktop system.
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Celeste GUI Features
1. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
2. Support for RsyncCeleste GUI supports rsync, a free and open source file synchronization software.
3. Ad-freeCeleste GUI doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
4. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Celeste GUI without registration.
Dropbox integration
Google Drive Support
Synchronization
Google Drive integration
Owncloud integration
Nextcloud integration
WebDAV Sync
Gtk
WebDAV Support
Syncdocs
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Freemium • Proprietary
Online Backup Tool
Team Collaboration Tool
Windows
18 Syncdocs alternatives
Syncdocs syncs folders between all your PCs and Google Docs. Simply use Google as a your network gDrive.

Select a folder on your PC, like “My Documents”. Syncdocs copies this folder online and then keeps it in sync across all your PCs.
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Syncdocs Features
1. PortableSyncdocs can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Vgrive
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Free • Open Source
Linux
4 Vgrive alternatives
Google Drive client for linux. Contribute to bcedu/VGrive development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Vgrive Features
1. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
Sync with Google Drive