Proton Drive
Offering comprehensive privacy with end-to-end encryption, Proton Drive allows users to store, synchronize, and share files across various devices through web, desktop, and mobile apps. Free storage up to 5 GB, service remains open-source and audited, ensuring file content and access control.
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- Freemium (Subscription)
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Tor
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I'm sorry but I had enough with proton drive.
If you reinstall your OS, or change computers, you have to reupload everything all over again. There is no way to simply tell proton that you're using the exact same machine.
I tried moving files from "Old Computers" to "My Files", and instead of simply performing an operation on the server, it decided to first download everything to my Proton Drive folder.
you also have no way to access, view, or download your files from the desktop app. it's...
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Install from the command line
winget install -e --id Proton.ProtonDrivebrew install --cask proton-drive
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Way more private than Google Drive and just as accessible. It works great for sharing files publicly. You can even set password and expiration dates.
Free plan comes with only 500 MB and the paid plans are quite expensive. It's a rather new service, but worth looking into.
I'm sorry but I had enough with proton drive.
If you reinstall your OS, or change computers, you have to reupload everything all over again. There is no way to simply tell proton that you're using the exact same machine.
I tried moving files from "Old Computers" to "My Files", and instead of simply performing an operation on the server, it decided to first download everything to my Proton Drive folder.
you also have no way to access, view, or download your files from the desktop app. it's basically just there so you can sync. but it does sync very badly, so what's the point?
got fed up with their service.
It's based in Europe, which is nice. It is not as seamless and user friendly as something like OneDrive. I've been on a paid subscription for the whole of the year and now tried reinstalling my PC, thinking it'll be easy-peasy re-syncing documents, music and such. It just refuses. I've contacted support and they say I need to download everything manually from "other computers" and copy it to those folders, which sounds senseless. I've asked them to clarify this, and if it is indeed true I think I'll have to lower the score to one star, as it means there is zero syncing. I have a theory that Proton Drive can't deal with computers with identical names, which I obviously end up with when reinstalling. I've tried renaming the computer and it synced one minor folder and then decided everything is fine. Still missing about 250GB to sync.....
I really hope this will be resolved, as I am not looking forward to migrating to yet another email service. Switching from Outlook took a month getting sorted, with all app and service logins.
Using Ksuite since a while, this is a 2€/Month solutiong giving me a KDrive Storage of 1TB for about 2 Bucks. The Sync Client works perfectly on 2 of my computers and my Smartphone to keep my portable stuff synced all time. Also check their Euria AI (heat generated gets used to heat homes) and their shortlink chK and Kpast or kChat ... it's really THE alternative to the datakraken with the big G. ;-)
Proton products have no support for Linux. You would think they'd try to grab a niche market instead of trying to compete with Microsoft and Apple on their own platforms.
End to end encrypted, privacy focused, syncs seamlessly, user friendly
I really like the concept, and it is great to see an open source and encrypted cloud storage provider. That being said, there are some issues with it. It's features are currently quite limited, and the app can be slow sometimes. For example, backing up photos on iPhone takes a very long time (though this is partially due to Apple's ridiculous restrictions). Aside from the drawbacks, it does work really well, and it's great to see a solid end-to-end encrypted option!