Peergos vs Sia
Peergos
peergos.org
Sia
sia.techSide by side
| Figure | Peergos | Sia |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $7.99/mo |
| 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 | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 4 |
| Spec score · Decentralized Storage Services | 7.7 (#13) | 8.8 (#4) |
| Integrations | The desktop app supports WebDAV for tools such as rclone and CalDAV/CardDAV for apps such as Thunderbird; Android syncs calendars and contacts with the phone's apps. | The S3-compatible s3d gateway is described as working with rclone, Cyberduck, Nextcloud, Duplicati, and any S3 client. |
| Open source | The maker says Peergos is fully open source, including its server, and offers reproducible builds. | Sia describes itself as an open-source project supported by the nonprofit Sia Foundation and community donations. |
| Self-hosting | The maker says users can run the whole software themselves for free and still share with other Peergos users. | Applications can use a hosted, third-party or self-hosted Sia indexer. |
Plans
Peergos
- Self-hostFree
- PioneerPrice not published
- ProPrice not published
- VisionaryPrice not published
In their own words
Peergos
Peergos is a storage, sharing, and sync service that describes itself as post-quantum end-to-end encrypted. Files are encrypted on the user's device, and the maker says account keys never leave it. It says the server cannot see file names, sizes, folder structure, modification times, file types, contacts, or sharing relationships. Folder sync works in both directions, uploading changed chunks; users can configure it not to propagate deletions so sync can act as backup. Sharing links can expire, require a password, limit uses, or allow writing back. Built-in tools include calendar, document and spreadsheet editors, PDF viewing and editing, media playback, an image gallery, task board, Markdown browser, and wiki. Desktop apps support WebDAV and CalDAV/CardDAV, and Android syncs calendars and contacts with phone apps. Drive mounting is available on Windows, Linux, and Android, but not macOS. The maker says the software and server are open source and that audits by Radically Open Security and Cure53 are published in full. Self-hosting is free; paid plans list storage from 200 GB to 3000 GB.
Sia
Sia offers encrypted, decentralized cloud storage through a consumer app and tools for developers building storage into applications. Files are encrypted on the user’s device before upload, and Sia says nobody else can read them. The app describes files as redundantly held across independent hosts worldwide, with parallel downloads from multiple hosts. Sia describes its peer-to-peer network as having no central access point or single point of failure. Consumer plans list 50 GB on Free, 500 GB for $7.99 a month on Plus, 5 TB for $14.99 a month on Pro, and 10 TB for $19.99 a month on Unlimited; Unlimited lists 4.99 USD/TB-mo over its included capacity. Separately, the network page lists median prices of $3.53/TB/month for storage at 3X redundancy, $0.03/TB for upload, and $2.25/TB for download. Developers can use storage SDKs for Rust, Go, Python, and JavaScript, or the S3-compatible s3d gateway with rclone, Cyberduck, Nextcloud, and Duplicati. The SDK can connect to an indexer hosted by the user.