There are many cloud storage services that are available for Windows, macOS to Android applications. Today, we share free alternatives to Seafile that support almost all operating systems. These tools allow comfortably upload files to secure remote servers from our PC, phones, and tablets to have them accessible from any device without having to occupy internal storage.
The best part about below listed Seafile alternatives is that it’s open-source and free. Thus you won’t have to pay a single penny to store your important file on cloud storage.
Dropbox
Dropbox is the most downloaded cloud storage application in the Play Store after Google Drive, and interestingly it is the service that offers less free storage as soon as you register. You start with 2 GB of free space but then you can get up to 16 GB for free by inviting your friends to join Dropbox.
Key Features
- The Dropbox application for Android allows us to upload our photos, videos, documents and any type of file to the cloud and then view them from anywhere.
- It allows us to select what files we want to have available, create shared folders, add comments on the shared files.
- You can use your document scanner and activate the automatic upload of the photos and videos taken with our camera. It does not allow us to have folders offline.
- Save large amounts of data securely, both in terms of transmission and custody of servers and create backup copies on remote servers.
- It has a virtual hard disk on which you can work freely, on almost any computer, you only need an internet access account to share files no matter where you are connected, without interruption.
Download: https://www.dropbox.com/downloading
System Support: Mac, Windows, Linux, Web, and Android
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Google Drive
Google Drive, formerly known as Google Document, is a free web office suite developed by Google, allows online and collaborative work. The advantage, in addition to its free: you do not have an installation, updates, or backup to manage. The office suite applications and your documents are managed in the Google Cloud. So they are available from any computer with an internet connection, and from anywhere in the world. Access to your documents is protected by your username and password for your user account.
Key Features
- The sharing function of Google Drive offers a host of possibilities. Basically, we can create documents and share them, in the cloud, with the contacts of our choice.
- The document is saved automatically after each modification, it is not necessary to send an email to our contacts so that they have the latest version.
- Google Drive offers 5 GB of free space, but you can use more. Owners of a Google device are, however, entitled to 100GB free for two years.
- “Google Drive” can recognize the text content of a scanned document, thanks to an optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
- With Google Drive, your documents come to life with intelligent editing and layout tools that make your life easier.
Official site: https://www.google.com/drive/download/
Syncthing
Syncthing allows us to synchronize folders or simply files in a very simple way and currently the first port of the application for Android is in the alpha phase and this could also lead to incompatibilities with smartphones or tablets currently on the market. This tool has an attractive user interface. Syncthing is a good solution for peer-to-peer synchronization.
Key Features
- Syncthing is an open-source project to host yourself and the installation is very simple
- All communications are secured via TLS. The encryption used includes perfect confidentiality to prevent any prying person from having access to your data.
- Syncthing is a distributed synchronization system. The here more central server and peripheral clients; in a peer-to-peer model.
- Syncthing is extremely flexible and configurable. You can share an infinite number of folders distributed anywhere in the file system tree, specify which files the sync should ignore, and configure which machines should participate in this or that sync.
- If you delete a file in a synchronized folder on one of your machines, it will also disappear from all the others.
Download: https://syncthing.net/downloads/
System Support: Windows Security, Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Solaris
Rsync
Rsync is a command-line tool usually used for synchronization between two systems but it can also become an interesting backup solution. It is a replacement for RCP (and SCP) with many other features. It uses the “rsync algorithm” providing a very fast method to synchronize remote files, which will allow, among other things, to make an efficient “mirror” of a file system. It does this by just sending file differences, without requiring the two sets of files to be present before at one end. This tool is relatively simple to use for anyone wishing to make backups of its system.
Key Features
- On first use, rsync copied all the contents of the directories from the source to the destination.
- rsync only transfers the modified blocks or bytes to the destination location, which has the consequence of making the transfer very fast.
- During the transfer, rsync allows data encryption using the SSH protocol.
- rsync compresses and decompresses (send/receive) data block by block.
- It must be mentioned that there is no need for special privileges to install and run rsync.
Download: https://rsync.samba.org/
System Support: Windows, macOS, and Linux.
OwnCloud
OwnCloud is an open-source software solution for file synchronization and sharing. OwnCloud offers a file synchronization and safe and secure sharing solution on all your devices. Unlike Dropbox or box.com, OwnCloud allows you to install on your own servers, thus guaranteeing increased security and easy reversibility.
Key Features
- With OwnCloud, you provide your users and partners with a single point of access to all of your documents and files.
- Whether you use a mobile device, a workstation, or a web client, OwnCloud offers the ability to share files on any device through this easy-to-use application. This data is automatically synchronized between all your devices connected to OwnCloud.
- You can share your data simply with other people. This sharing can be secured by password, defined with a time limit. It can be public as well as private.
- OwnCloud can rely on your Active Directory / LDAP to manage your users. It is also possible to set up an SSO in order to fully integrate ownCloud into your infrastructure.
- Document management in OwnCloud allows five simultaneous users to work and edit together and at the same time the same document. This collaboration is done securely through the browser.
Download: https://owncloud.org/download/
System Support: Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, and iPhone
BOX
This tool provides 10 GB of free storage to its users. The Box application for Android, in addition to allowing us to upload and download our files, also allows us to view and print more than 100 types of documents and images, such as PDF, Word, Excel, AI, and PSD files. It allows you to access files and folders offline, and share and add comments to our files.
Key Features
- It offers a specific offer for the training world in which it highlights its teamwork and automatic backup functions for your important documents.
- Box offers an extension allowing you to define a folder that will be permanently synchronized with your storage space.
- It allows you to access files and folders offline, and share and add comments to our files.
- You can use the service on the web or from dedicated applications to download to your computer or mobile phone.
- Box like its competitors will even keep different versions of the same file and offers free storage space of 10 Gigas.
You may also consider cloud storage like Boxcryptor that allows storing the backup on cloud.
Download: https://www.box.com/en-in/resources/downloads/drive
System Support: Mac, Windows, Web, and Android
Nextcloud
Nextcloud is an online file storage and sharing solution. It is free software, distributed for free and installable on its own server. Nextcloud is a killer app in the free cloud world, thanks to it, you have full control over your data, storage location, sharing, deletion, etc. However, the services that revolve around the Nexcloud solution such as support requests, hosting, application maintenance or even specific developments are paid services offered by Nextcloud partners or professional professionals specializing in Web development.
Key Features
- It is possible to access the file management interface from your web browser. So you can share your files with other Nextcloud users or with external users.
- You can also synchronize your files on your workstation using the synchronization software available for GNU / Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.
- You always have the possibility of accessing your files from your smartphones and tablets (Android and IOS) mobile terminals.
- It is also possible to generate public download links and upload files to your cloud. You also have the possibility of managing the rights on the different folders and files.
- Nextcloud has calendar management functionalities that help your employees access to your calendar in real time.
Download:https://nextcloud.com/install
System Support: Linux; Clients: Windows, macOS,
Microsoft OneDrive
The Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage service offers us 5GB of free storage to host the backup of any file in the cloud and always have it accessible from any device. The file size limit is 15 gigabytes. Its Android application allows us to easily upload, download and share any file, use the automatic upload of photos and videos taken from the camera, and enjoy its automatic tagging of photos to find them more quickly from your browser.
Key Features
- It will guarantee you an excellent integration with the company’s products and in particular with users of the Office suite.
- You will be able to create, modify and share documents from any device, computer or mobile.
- One Drive is particularly fast for large files like photos or videos. 15 Gigas free are offered at registration.
- One of the most important thing in this regard is that you can also use Office applications offline.
- With Office 365 you can access an excellent and fully valid Office Suite with extensive functionality.
Download:https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-za/download/
System Support: Windows and Android
I hope, above list of cloud storage helps you to find the alternatives to Seafile which are not only free but also has almost the same or more features.
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