Proton Drive alternatives
Cloud Storage & File Sharing · proton.me
Proton Drive is an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage platform for storing files and photos, sharing them, and collaborating on documents and spreadsheets.
We only list alternatives we can defend with sourced pricing data.
Top Proton Drive alternatives
We compared 7 products and found 7 alternatives · Proton Drive pricing is still being verified, so savings are not computed yet · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
Proton Drive’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
We list 6 assessed alternatives; Proton Drive's own price is not verified yet, so no cheaper-than claim is made. Proton Drive's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
pCloud Premium 500 GB plan · missing: End-to-end (zero-knowledge) encryption personal cloud — adjacent | 80% | $4.17/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Box Business Starter plan · missing: End-to-end (zero-knowledge) encryption file sync share — adjacent | 80% | $8/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Dropbox Plus plan · missing: End-to-end (zero-knowledge) encryption, Team folders file sync share — adjacent | 60% | $9.99/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Google Workspace Business Starter plan collaboration suite — adjacent | not yet assessed | $7/mo how? ⓘ | — |
Which Proton Drive alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Internxt — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 80%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Internxt — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 80%
- Need end-to-end (zero-knowledge) encryption, file versioning, share links or desktop sync app?
- Internxt — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need team folders?
- Sync — from $0/mo (Free (starter) plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Proton Drive has that the top alternatives lack.
- End-to-end (zero-knowledge) encryption — Files are encrypted on your device so the provider cannot read them.Missing from Dropbox.
- File versioning — Restore earlier versions of a file or recover deleted files for a stated period.Missing from Sync.
- Team folders — Shared folders for a team with per-member permissions.Missing from Internxt, MEGA, Dropbox.
Feature comparison
Proton Drive vs the top alternatives, on the 5 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Proton Drive | Internxt | MEGA | Sync | Dropbox |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End-to-end (zero-knowledge) encryption from Proton Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| File versioning from Drive Plus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Share links from Proton Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Desktop sync app from Proton Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team folders | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | — | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free (starter) | $0/mo Basic |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Proton Drive covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ End-to-end (zero-knowledge) encryption — from Proton Free
- ✓ File versioning — from Drive Plus
- ✓ Share links — from Proton Free
- ✓ Desktop sync app — from Proton Free
- ✓ Team folders
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://proton.me/drive/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://proton.me/drive (feature_page, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
Is there a free Proton Drive alternative?
Yes. Internxt has a free plan that covers 80% of the 5 capabilities we compared against Proton Drive.
What is the cheapest Proton Drive alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), Internxt is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Proton Drive alternative with Team folders?
Sync covers Team folders and costs $0/mo (Free (starter) plan) in our scenario.
Does Proton Drive have a free plan?
Yes. Proton Drive's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-03 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.
