Cryptee vs Damselfly
Cryptee
crypt.ee
Damselfly
damselfly.infoSide by side
| Figure | Cryptee | Damselfly |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €3/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Photo Storage Services | 9.4 (#1) | 8.2 (#21) |
| Privacy | The company says signup does not require personal information and it does not track or log user activity or serve advertisements. | The project release notes say the current face detection and recognition engine runs locally without submitting faces to cloud services. |
| Product | Cryptee provides encrypted cloud storage for photos, videos, documents, notes and journals. | Damselfly is a server-based photo management system for large, folder-based collections, focused on fast search and keyword tagging. |
| Search | Its search supports fuzzy, exact, Boolean-style inclusion and exclusion, prefix, suffix and file-extension queries. | Features include full-text search with partial-word phrases and filters for dates, faces, objects, camera details, file size, and orientation. |
Plans
In their own words
Cryptee
Cryptee provides cloud storage for photos and videos alongside an encrypted editor for documents, journals, and notes. It says files are encrypted on the device with AES-256 before upload, using keys the company cannot access. Photos supports hashtags, typo-tolerant search, EXIF data, RAW files, favorites, ghost albums, and encrypted sharing links. The editor handles Markdown, Evernote imports, DOCX, PDF, and ODT files, with encrypted PDF exports, offline use, RTL languages, tables, and KaTeX math. Cryptee says its software and cryptography are open source and that signup requires no personal information. It also says it does not track or log user activity or serve advertisements, and keeps user data on its own infrastructure in Europe. The service runs on web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android; its browser-based progressive web app can be installed and used offline. The free plan includes 100 MB. Paid storage begins at 10 GB for €3.00 per month.
Damselfly
Damselfly has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.