Knox Alternatives for Mac
There are many alternatives to Knox for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is TrueCrypt, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Knox and ten of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Knox are Encrypto, EncFS, Jetico BestCrypt and Zed!.
Knox alternatives are mainly Disk Encryption Tools but may also be Password Managers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Knox.TrueCrypt
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo101 TrueCrypt alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Disk Encryption Tool
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
[TrueCrypt is not exactly "Open Source", but the source is available. See the reviews to get more information.]
- - TrueCrypt is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Knox.
- - TrueCrypt is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Knox.
TrueCrypt Features
DiscontinuedThe development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP. Windows 8/7/Vista and later offer integrated support for encrypted disks and virtual disk images. Such integrated support is also available on other platforms. You should migrate any data encrypted by TrueCrypt to encrypted disks or virtual disk images supported on your platform.
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.
Encrypto Features
Comments about Encrypto as a Alternative to Knox
You can encrypt files and folders and workshop smoothly between OSX and Windows. It is not a vault like Knox.
0EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. You can find links to source and binary releases below.
EncFS Features
WarningThe author has agreed that EncFS in its current form is dangerous (to security) for several reasons. Wikipedia has a brief summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncFS#General_Security_ConcernsThe actual audit, which the author participated in, is here: https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm
Jetico BestCrypt
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo57 Jetico BestCrypt alternatives- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
If your computer were ever to be stolen, are you certain that your personal information cannot be discovered? Jetico’s BestCrypt software automatically encrypts your files so that nobody can read the data unless they have the right password or keys.
Jetico BestCrypt Features
Zed!
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Freemium • Proprietary
37 Zed! alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- iPhone
- iPad
Zed! protects your personal and sensitive data in encrypted archives on e-mail, on USB sticks and in backups.
- - Zed! is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Knox.
Zed! Features
FileVault
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo41 FileVault alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Disk Encryption Tool
- Mac
FileVault full-disk encryption uses XTS-AES-128 encryption with a 256-bit key to help prevent unauthorized access to the information on your startup disk.
GostCrypt
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo83 GostCrypt alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
The Gostcrypt project has been launched at the end of 2013 as fork of the (late) Truecrypt project.
DiscontinuedNo updates since 2012. See http://www.gostcrypt.org/news_and_changelog.php
DocWallet
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo57 DocWallet alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- iPhone
- iPad
Your personal document lock box. Securely stored and always at hand.
You can finally access your confidential documents from anywhere in the world - securely encrypted, perfectly synchronized, and amazingly practical - with DocWallet, the free document manager from Deutsche Pos.
Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo90 Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere alternatives- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere can help you encrypt drive with BitLocker Drive Encryption in Windows 10/8.1/8/7 Home, Windows 8 Core and Windows 7 Professional Editions, you can also use it to decrypt BitLocker encrypted drive, export BitLocker recovery key and startup key from...
nCrypted Cloud
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo74 nCrypted Cloud alternatives- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
nCrypted Cloud is a Privacy, Security, and Collaboration solution that gives users full control over their personal and corporate Dropbox data. nCrypted Cloud adds client side encryption to your Dropbox existing data, and does not require you to migrate or move your files.
- - nCrypted Cloud is the most popular Web-based alternative to Knox.