FileRun vs Icedrive
FileRun
filerun.com
Icedrive
icedrive.netSide by side
| Figure | FileRun | Icedrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €0.82/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · File Sharing Software | 8.6 (#12) | 8.6 (#13) |
| Company | FileRun says it has operated since 2003 and works from Madeira, Portugal, and Tirana, Albania. | The site identifies the company as Ice Privacy LTD and gives its address as World Trade Center, 1st Floor, Unit 102, Gibraltar, GX11 1AA. |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Headquarters | Madeira, Portugal, with a second office in Tirana, Albania | Gibraltar |
| Sharing | Users can share with individuals, groups, or guests and control access with seven roles; public links can have passwords, expiry dates, and download limits. | Paid plans include user-to-user sharing, while the plan comparison lists public links and controls such as expiry, download caps, preview-only mode, and passwords. |
| Support | The Medium business plan includes email support with stated response targets, while Large business adds installation and configuration and weekend and holiday coverage for critical issues. | The plan comparison lists standard support for Free and priority support for paid plans; the site also provides a help center and ticket submission. |
Plans
FileRun
- Small business€9.90 a year
- Medium business€9.90 a year
- Large business€9.90 a year
- Home€99, paid once
Icedrive
- FreeFree
- ProPrice not published
- Pro +Price not published
- Pro MaxPrice not published
- LifetimePrice not published
In their own words
FileRun
FileRun is a self-hosted file-sharing application for teams that want files and metadata to stay on their own server. Files remain in ordinary folders rather than being stored in FileRun’s database. It runs on Linux or Windows servers, including Docker, virtual machines, and bare metal, and requires PHP and MySQL. Users can share with individuals, groups, or guests, assign access through seven roles, and set passwords, expiry dates, and download limits for public links. FileRun offers two-way desktop sync for Windows, macOS, and Linux, mobile apps for iOS and Android, WebDAV, and a REST API. Documents can be edited collaboratively through services including ONLYOFFICE, Collabora, LibreOffice Online, Google, Zoho, and Microsoft 365. Search can index document contents with Elasticsearch and Apache Tika, and OCR can read scanned PDFs and document photos. Business plans are listed at €9.90/user/yr. There is no free plan, but business users can request a free trial license for their own installation.
Icedrive
Icedrive is a cloud storage service with web, desktop, and mobile apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. Its Free plan provides 10 GB of storage at free. The desktop app mounts cloud storage as an operating-system drive and offers cache controls; the web file manager includes drag-and-drop, previews, media streaming, and chunked uploads. Mobile apps support streaming, sharing, and device backup. Icedrive lists file versioning and zero-knowledge encryption. It says its client-side encryption protects file contents and names on the device using 256-bit keys. The plan comparison also lists encryption at rest and TLS 1.2/1.3 transfers. Paid plans include user-to-user sharing, with public links and controls such as expiry, download caps, preview-only mode, and passwords. WebDAV is disabled for new users and being phased out for existing users.