# File sync and backup privacy ratings

Tools for syncing and backing up files.

| Name | Grade | Jurisdiction | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [bewCloud](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/bewcloud/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Self-hosted personal cloud written in TypeScript and Deno, with files, notes, photos, contacts and calendar. A lighter alternative to Nextcloud and ownCloud. |
| [BorgBackup](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/borgbackup/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Deduplicating command-line backup program with compression and authenticated encryption. Backs up to local disks or remote servers over SSH. |
| [Déjà Dup](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/deja-dup/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Backup app for the GNOME desktop that schedules encrypted, incremental backups to local drives, network servers or cloud storage, using restic or duplicity. |
| [Pika Backup](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/pika-backup/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Backup app for the GNOME desktop built on BorgBackup, with scheduled, deduplicated and encrypted backups to local drives or remote repositories. |
| [restic](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/restic/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Command-line backup program with deduplication and end-to-end encryption. Backs up to local disks, SFTP, REST servers and cloud storage such as S3, Backblaze B2 and Azure. |
| [Syncthing](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/syncthing/) | B (80/100) | Sweden (Fourteen Eyes) | Open source, peer-to-peer continuous file synchronization between two or more devices. Data is encrypted in transit and never stored on a central server. |
| [Vorta](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/vorta/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Desktop front end for BorgBackup that schedules backups, browses archives and restores files. Works with local drives, SSH servers and hosted Borg repositories. |
| [rsync.net](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/rsync-net/) | B (75/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Cloud storage for offsite backups, accessed over SSH with standard tools such as rsync, SFTP, rclone, restic and Borg. Accounts are stored on ZFS with snapshots. |
| [Nextcloud](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/nextcloud/) | C (65/100) | Germany (Fourteen Eyes) | Self-hosted collaboration platform for file sync and sharing, with desktop and mobile clients plus apps for calendar, contacts, office documents and chat. Supports optional server-side and end-to-end encryption. |
| [BorgBase](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/borgbase/) | D (50/100) | Malta | Hosted backup storage for BorgBackup and restic repositories, with append-only mode, monitoring alerts and a choice of EU or US storage regions. |
| [Duplicati](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/duplicati/) | D (50/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Backup client with deduplication, compression and AES-256 encryption, managed through a web interface. Stores backups on local disks, SFTP, WebDAV and many cloud storage services. |
| [Kopia](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/kopia/) | D (50/100) | Unknown | Backup tool with a command-line interface and a desktop app, offering deduplication, compression and end-to-end encryption. Stores snapshots on local disks, SFTP, WebDAV and cloud storage. |
| [ownCloud Infinite Scale](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/owncloud-infinite-scale/) | D (40/100) | Germany (Fourteen Eyes) | Self-hosted file sync and sharing platform from ownCloud, written in Go without a database. Offers web access, desktop and mobile sync clients, and spaces for team folders. |
| [rclone](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/rclone/) | D (40/100) | Unknown | Command-line program to sync, copy and mount files on more than 70 cloud storage services, with optional client-side encryption through its crypt backend. |
| [Pydio Cells](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/pydio-cells/) | F (35/100) | France (Nine Eyes) | Self-hosted file sharing and collaboration platform written in Go, with web access, sync clients and fine-grained access rules. Developed by Pydio, now part of Wire. |
| [Seafile](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/seafile/) | F (35/100) | China | Self-hosted file sync and sharing platform. Files are grouped into libraries that can be synced, shared, and individually protected with client-side encryption. |
| [Backblaze Personal Backup](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/backblaze-personal-backup/) | F (30/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Automatic cloud backup service for Windows and Mac computers with unlimited storage, file versioning and restores by download or mailed drive. An optional private encryption key keeps data unreadable to Backblaze. |
| [FreeFileSync](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/freefilesync/) | F (15/100) | Unknown | Folder comparison and synchronization tool for backups and mirroring, with two-way sync, versioning and batch jobs. Syncs local drives, network shares, FTP, SFTP, MTP and Google Drive. |
| [Resilio Sync](https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/resilio-sync/) | F (10/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Peer-to-peer file synchronization app that syncs folders directly between devices without storing files on a central server. Made by Resilio, now part of Nasuni. |

## Criteria

- **Open source** (weight 3): Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
- **No trackers or telemetry** (weight 3): Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
- **No ads or data sales** (weight 2): Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
- **Independent audit** (weight 2): Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

Source: https://privacyratings.com/file-sync/