SFTP Drive Alternatives

SFTP Drive is described as 'An easy-to-use utility that mounts remote file systems as Windows drives via SFTP. Once connected, you can browse and work with files as if they were stored on your local machine' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SFTP Drive for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and F-Droid apps. The best SFTP Drive alternative is Rclone, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SFTP Drive are Round Sync, RaiDrive, RCX and Mountain Duck.

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An easy-to-use utility that mounts remote file systems as Windows drives via SFTP. Once connected, you can browse and work...

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SFTP Drive alternatives page was last updated Nov 12, 2024
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  1. Rclone icon

    Rclone

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    Rclone ("rsync for cloud storage") is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers.

    90 Rclone alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
    Rclone screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  File Sync
    3.  Cloud Sync
    4. MEGA icon  MEGA integration
    5. Google Drive icon  Google Drive integration
    6.  Backup to Cloud Storage
    7. Nextcloud icon  Nextcloud integration
    8.  Synchronization
    9. Microsoft OneDrive icon  Onedrive integration
    10.  End-to-End Encryption
    11.  Multiple Account support
    12.  Portable

    Rclone VS SFTP Drive

     

    • Rclone is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to SFTP Drive.

    • Rclone is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SFTP Drive.

    • Rclone is Free and Open SourceSFTP Drive is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Rclone is LightweightSFTP Drive is not according to our users
  2. Round Sync icon

    Round Sync

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    Round Sync helps you to manage your files, everywhere you go, on your local device or on most cloud providers.

    60 Round Sync alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Round Sync screenshot 1
    Round Sync screenshot 2
    Round Sync screenshot 3

    Round Sync Features

    1.  WebDAV Support
    2.  WebDAV Sync
    3.  Material design
    4.  Support for DLNA

    Round Sync VS SFTP Drive

     

    • Round Sync is the most popular Android alternative to SFTP Drive.

    • Round Sync is Free and Open SourceSFTP Drive is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. RaiDrive icon

    RaiDrive

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    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!.

    47 RaiDrive alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • KR flagSouth Korea

    Platforms

    • Windows
    RaiDrive List

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Mounting drives
    2.  Support for FTP
    3.  Upload directly to Google Drive
    4.  Mount FTP drives
    5. Google Drive icon  Google Drive integration
    6.  Support for SFTP
    7.  Selective Synchronization
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Multiple Account support
    10.  Cloud Sync
    11. Dropbox icon  Sync with Dropbox
    12. Google Photos icon  Google photos integration

    RaiDrive VS SFTP Drive

     
  5. RCX icon

    RCX

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    RCX helps you to manage your files, everywhere you go, on your local device or on most cloud providers.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    Discontinued

    GitHub has not been updated since July 2021 and the app is not available anymore on the Google Play Store.

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode

    RCX VS SFTP Drive

     
  6. Mountain Duck icon

    Mountain Duck

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    Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a disk in Finder on macOS and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files with any application and work like on a local volume.

    34 Mountain Duck alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Mountain Duck screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Mounting drives
    2.  Network Folders
    3.  End-to-End Encryption
    4.  Cloud Services Managment
    5.  Upload directly to Dropbox
    6.  No Root Required
    7.  Mount remote filesystems

    Mountain Duck VS SFTP Drive

     

    • Mountain Duck is the most popular commercial alternative to SFTP Drive.

    • Mountain Duck is Paid and ProprietarySFTP Drive is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Mountain Duck is LightweightSFTP Drive is not according to our users

  7. sshfs

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    SSHFS allows you to mount a remote filesystem using SFTP. Most SSH servers support and enable this SFTP access by default, so SSHFS is very simple to use - there's nothing to do on the server-side.

    19 sshfs alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    sshfs screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Mounting drives
    2.  SSH
    3.  Remote File Access
    4.  Filesystem

    sshfs VS SFTP Drive

     
  9. WinFsp icon

    WinFsp

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    WinFsp, Windows File System Proxy, is a set of software components for Windows computers that allows the creation of user mode file systems. In this sense it is similar to FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace), which provides the same functionality on UNIX-like computers.

    14 WinFsp alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    WinFsp screenshot 1

    WinFsp Features

    1.  Filesystem
    2.  Fuse-api

    WinFsp VS SFTP Drive

     
  10. ExpanDrive icon

    ExpanDrive

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    Map or Mount Amazon Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, SFTP, WebDAV, S3 and more as a Network Drive. Seamless access to files without sync.

    49 ExpanDrive alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    ExpanDrive screenshot 1

    Top ExpanDrive Features

    Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Mounting drives
    3. MEGA icon  MEGA integration
    4. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration
    5.  Virtual filesystem
    6.  Openstack swift integration
    7.  Upload directly to Mega
    8.  Support for Amazon S3
    9. Finder icon  Apple Finder Integration
    10. Microsoft Active Directory icon  Active Directory integration
    11.  SSH

    ExpanDrive VS SFTP Drive

     
  11. WebDrive icon

    WebDrive

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    Put the cloud on your desktop; access Amazon S3, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and more. WebDrive lets you edit files on corporate SFTP and SharePoint Servers as easily as editing any file on your computer.

    54 WebDrive alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Drive mapping Windows
    Drive mapping Mac

    WebDrive Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Upload directly to Dropbox
    3.  WebDAV Support
    4. Box icon  Box.com integration
    5. Google Drive icon  Google Drive integration
    6.  Mount FTP drives
    7.  Support for SFTP
    8.  Upload directly to Google Drive
    9. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration

    WebDrive VS SFTP Drive

     
    Comments about WebDrive as an Alternative to SFTP Drive
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    Positive •Jun 21, 2018
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    It has more features than SFTP Net Drive and handles SFTP drives in a better way. It is also less than half the price.

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    • WebDrive is Paid and ProprietarySFTP Drive is Freemium and Proprietary
  12. Air Live Drive icon

    Air Live Drive

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    Air Live Drive mounts cloud drives as local disks in your computer and open remote files with any application without having to sync or use local disk space. Air Live Drive supports Google Drive, DropBox, OneDrive, Box, Mega, WebDAV, SFTP...

    12 Air Live Drive alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Air Live Drive screenshot 1

    Air Live Drive Features

    1.  WebDAV Support
    2.  Support for SFTP

    Air Live Drive VS SFTP Drive

     

  13. Dokan SSHFS

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    Dokan SSHFS is a program that mounts remote file systems using SSH. Dokan SSHFS depends on Dokan Library which you can find on the application's website.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    "The project is looking for a maintainerPlease reach out to @Liryna if you would be interested to update and maintain the project!"https://github.com/dokan-dev/dokan-sshfs

    Dokan SSHFS Features

    1.  SSH

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    win-sshfs

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    win-sshfs is a SSH(SFTP) filesystem made using Dokan and SSH.NET library that allows you to mount remote computers via SFTP protocol like windows network drives. You may also need to acquire Dokan DLL from: .

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    win-sshfs screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The project is currently on hiatus and probably will not have new releases till the end of the year.

    win-sshfs Features

    1.  Support for SFTP
    2.  SSH
    3.  Filesystem

    win-sshfs VS SFTP Drive

     
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