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.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Tor
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Support for Themes
Features
- End-to-End Encryption
- Dark Mode
- File Sync
- No Tracking
- Two-factor Authentication
- File Hosting
- Ad-free
- Cloud Sync
- Automatic Backup
- Shared Folders
- Encrypted Backup
- Integrated File Sharing
- Browser-photo-gallery
- File Versioning
- Share Videos
- Image Sharing
- Online collaboration
- Support for 4K
- Permission Management
- Collaborative writing
- Photo Gallery
- Team Collaboration
- Permission system
- Hierarchical Structure
Proton Drive News & Activities
Recent News
- Fla published news article about Proton Drive
Proton Drive update: duplicate file handling on iOS & new features for WindowsProton Drive now supports duplicate file handling on iOS, allowing users to replace, keep both, or ...
- POX published news article about Proton Drive
Proton Drive CLI launches for Windows, macOS, and Linux for easier workflow automationProton has introduced the Proton Drive CLI, expanding its secure cloud storage offer to the command...
- Fla published news article about Proton Drive
Proton Drive uploads now up to 4x faster with new encryption updateProton Drive uploads are now up to four times faster after a core cryptographic update, significant...
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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...
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What is Proton Drive?
Proton Drive is a cloud-based storage and collaboration service developed by Proton AG, offering end-to-end encryption. Users can create, store, synchronize, and share files securely across multiple devices. It can be accessed via web, desktop, and mobile applications. The service encrypts file content, names, and paths for comprehensive data protection. Proton Drive is open source, independently audited, and based in Switzerland, adhering to strict privacy laws. It offers secure file synchronization and sharing, with the ability to control access. The service gives up to 5 GB of free file storage but offers additional features through a paid account. Unlike other services, Proton Drive's encryption prevents the service from accessing your files. It provides automatic cross-device synchronization and easy file sharing.
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Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Freemium product.Pricing
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Comments and Reviews
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.
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.
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. ;-)
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!
No Linux app. Considering that it's written in Typescript, it would be quite easy to provide such an app. Given that Proton is security-oriented and a lot of people in security are using Linux this is a no brainer that there should be a Linux app.
Also 500GB is the max storage quota, which is quite small.