| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 18 |
| Spec score · File Sharing Software | 7.9 (#29) | 8.9 (#10) |
| Documentation | The project describes its wiki as comprehensive and the most up-to-date Samba documentation. | The project maintains administrator manuals, user help pages, installation guides, API references, changelogs and a community forum. |
| What it does | Samba is an open source implementation of the SMB and Active Directory protocols for Linux and UNIX-like systems. | Seafile is an open-source workspace for storing, organizing, syncing, sharing and collaborating on files and documents. |
