Filen vs MultCloud
Filen
filen.ioMultCloud
multcloud.comSide by side
| Figure | Filen | MultCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €1.99/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 6 | 8 |
| Spec score · Cloud Storage Services | 9.3 (#4) | 8.6 (#25) |
| Spec score · Cloud storage | 9.1 (#13) | 8.5 (#29) |
| Device platforms | Windows,macOS,Linux,iOS,Android | iOS,Android |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Recklinghausen, Germany | Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Integrations | The CLI and desktop client can run local WebDAV and S3-compatible mirror servers. | The site lists services including Google Drive, Google Workspace, OneDrive, SharePoint, Dropbox, MEGA, FTP, Box, pCloud, Amazon S3, NAS, WebDAV, MySQL, and iCloud Drive. |
| Support | The home page advertises 24/7 customer support through its support panel and contact channels. | The pricing page says MultCloud provides 24/7 technical support via email. |
| Zero-knowledge encryption | Yes | No |
Plans
Filen
- Pro I€1.99 a month
- Pro II€3.99 a month
- Pro III€8.99 a month
- Pro X€39.99 a month
- FreeFree
- Free accountFree
MultCloud
- FreeFree
- 100GB / Month$19.99 a month
- 1200GB / Year$119.88 a year
- Yearly Unlimited$119 a year
- Lifetime Unlimited$628 a month
- Monthly$19.99 a month
- Annual$59.99 a year
- Lifetime Unlimited$249, paid once
In their own words
Filen
Filen is a cloud storage service that encrypts data on the client before storage, using zero-knowledge, end-to-end encryption. It supports syncing, network-drive access with Smart Sync and five sync modes across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and the web. Mobile apps include encrypted camera uploads, offline files, notes, chats and notifications. Encrypted notes support rich text, code, Markdown and checklists, while chats are end-to-end encrypted. Developers can use the documented API, command-line interface and TypeScript, Rust and Go SDKs. The desktop client and CLI can run local WebDAV and S3-compatible mirror servers. Filen says its apps are open source under AGPL v3 and that its headquarters and servers are in Germany. The free account includes 10GB storage. Paid monthly plans start with Pro I at €1.99 a month for 200 GiB; higher tiers offer 500 GiB, 2 TiB or 10 TiB. Filen says data in free accounts is deleted after three months of inactivity, with reminder emails beforehand.