Filen free plan. Any good?
I was looking for a Google Drive alternative. Its mainly for storing small documents. 10GB is Filen's limit on their free plan. Its more than enough.
But I am concerned about their privacy. Have anyone used it? I am ready to pay for a really good service but if they are giving it for free than I why should I pay if they are private enough?
They also have paid ones but they are an overkill for me. I mainly use offline HDD backups. These are for some quick access files. I don't need an app or anything. Simple web login would be fine.
Filen – Next Generation End-To-End Encrypted Cloud Storage
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Libb
in reply to brokenwing • • •I use it and their free plan works fine but I've quickly upgraded to a paid tier. They claim zero knowledge E2EE, that's all I know. Free and paid plans offer the same level of privacy, as far as I know. But, if you plan on sharing files (I don't) make sure the free plan still offer that feature as I think I remember it was removed awhile ago (but I may be wrong).
I also think most our governments will sooner than later decide those kind of fully privacy-respecting cloud storage should not be accessed by mere users like ourselves (because 'think of the children' and the usual bullshit). So, I don't rely on it as my sole backup, I have another online backup solution (not cloud) and also keep a copy of all my files on a fully encrypted disk drive (two of them, as a matter of fact).
BTW, if you have not already created your account on Filen: use this affiliate link to get an extra 10G free, making it 20 total. At least it used to give you that but I have not checked recently: it works fine so I don't often need to go check on their website ;)
Edit: typos.
Filen – Next Generation End-To-End Encrypted Cloud Storage
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in reply to brokenwing • • •Confining
in reply to brokenwing • • •I use it as my cloud backup along with 2 drives. It’s pretty good, smooth, open source, and claims e2ee just like proton and mega, and no bugs that I’ve found. I would put it on the same level as proton just newer. But just like how Libb said, if you worry about the future governments or want more privacy, maybe consider using cryptomator and this goes for any cloud storage. I use it with Filen and everything has been good so far.
Also you sadly just missed their last lifetime pro plans sale but doesn’t sad like you need it. Hope this helps!!