Free SFTP Drive Alternatives

The best free alternative to SFTP Drive is Rclone, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to SFTP Drive and 14 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to SFTP Drive are RaiDrive, Round Sync, RCX and sshfs.

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SFTP Drive alternatives are mainly File Sync Tools but may also be FTP Clients or Cloud Storage Services.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of SFTP Drive.
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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 with files as if they were stored on your local machine.

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

    84 Rclone alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  File Sync
    3.  Cloud Sync
    4.  Mega.nz integration
    5.  Google Drive integration
    6.  Backup to Cloud Storage
    7.  Nextcloud integration
    8.  Synchronization
    9.  Onedrive integration
    10.  Dropbox integration
    11.  Box.com integration
    12.  End-to-End Encryption
    13.  Multiple Account support
    14.  Portable
    15.  Support for FTP
    16.  WebDAV Support
    17.  Encrypted Backup
    18.  Support for SFTP
    19.  No registration required
    20.  Google photos integration
    21.  Openstack swift integration
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    • 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. RaiDrive icon
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    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!.

    46 RaiDrive alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    RaiDrive File Explorer
    RaiDrive Add New Drive
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    RaiDrive Add WebDAV

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Mounting drives
    2.  Support for FTP
    3.  Upload directly to Google Drive
    4.  Mount FTP drives
    5.  Google Drive integration
    6.  Support for SFTP
    7.  Selective Synchronization
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Multiple Account support
    10.  Cloud Sync
    11.  Sync with Dropbox
    12.  Google photos integration
    13.  Upload directly to Dropbox
    14.  Sync with Google Drive
    15.  Support for Dropbox
    16.  Media Streaming
    17.  Mounting WebDAV Folders
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  4. Round Sync icon
    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.

    55 Round Sync alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    Round Sync Features

    1.  Material design
    2.  WebDAV Sync
    3.  Support for DLNA
    4.  WebDAV Support
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    • Round Sync is the most popular Android alternative to SFTP Drive.

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

    54 RCX alternatives
    RCX screenshot 1
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    RCX screenshot 3

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
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  6. 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.

    20 sshfs alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinFsp Features

    1.  Filesystem
    2.  Fuse-api
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  9. Air Live Drive icon
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    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
    Air Live Drive screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Air Live Drive Features

    1.  WebDAV Support
    2.  Support for SFTP
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  10. win-sshfs icon
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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: .

    11 win-sshfs alternatives
    win-sshfs screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    win-sshfs Features

    1.  Support for SFTP
    2.  SSH
    3.  Filesystem
    Discontinued

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

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  11. DirectNet Drive icon
    DirectNet Drive icon

    DirectNet Drive

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    With DirectNet Drive you can use the remote storage as a local drive: drag-n-drop the files in Windows Explorer, watch videos and play music in your favorite media player just directly from the FTP site.

    14 DirectNet Drive alternatives
    DirectNet Drive screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    DirectNet Drive Features

    1.  WebDAV Support
    2.  Upload directly to Google Drive
    3.  SSL encryption
    4.  Support for SFTP
    DirectNet Drive screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Admin on support forum was last seen in 2011.Copyright on the website is 2014.No mention of anything past windows 7 in the supported OSes.

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  12. SSHFS-Win

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    SSHFS-Win is a minimal port of SSHFS to Windows. Under the hood it uses Cygwin for the POSIX environment and WinFsp for the FUSE functionality.

    11 SSHFS-Win alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SSHFS-Win Features

    1.  Mounting drives
    2.  Support for SFTP
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    StorageClouds.me

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    Storage Clouds.me – is an Add In for Microsoft® Office that will make your online file management to be simpler. Install our Add In and have access directly from any version from Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel® or Microsoft® PowerPoint® into the...

    48 StorageClouds.me alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Suite

    StorageClouds.me Features

    1.  Dropbox integration
    2.  Twitter Integration
    3.  Facebook integration
    StorageClouds.me Sign In
    StorageClouds.me SkyDrive
    +1
    StorageClouds.me Google Docs
    Discontinued

    Website unavailable.

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  14. 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.

    17 Dokan SSHFS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Dokan SSHFS Features

    1.  SSH
    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

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