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Air Live Drive vs Mountain Duck

Air Live Drive and Mountain Duck both land on Depends.

Air Live Drive

airlivedrive.com

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you juggle several cloud storages and want them mounted as local drives in File Explorer or Finder.

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Mountain Duck

mountainduck.io

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you need S3, SFTP, or B2 storage mounted as a real disk and native sync apps don't cover you.

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Air Live Drive versus Mountain Duck
Compare	Air Live Drive	Mountain Duck
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Multi-cloud users wanting Explorer access	Freelancers mounting S3/SFTP/B2 as a disk
Who it's not for	Backup or sync needs . it maps drives, doesn't back up	Anyone happy with native Dropbox/Drive/OneDrive clients
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.	Two high-severity 2025 CVEs around TLS certificate handling, since patched; no dedicated security page found.
Support quality	Only third-party forum chatter found	Capterra customer service score 4.0/5
Public sentiment	Mixed: forum users call it a workable Mountain Duck alternative, while Redditors report slow file access and frustration.^⁹	Users love cloud storage appearing as a local disk, but stability complaints and the pricing-model switch split sentiment sharply.
Biggest gotcha	Pro pricing not published in reviewed sources . confirm cost before checkout.^²	Pricing model flipped: App Store v5 is subscription; a forum thread calls the switch 'actual scam'

Pick Air Live Drive when

Multi-cloud users wanting Explorer access
Koofr, Mega, OneDrive jugglers
Editing cloud files in Photoshop or Word
Mountain Duck alternative seekers

When Air Live Drive is not a fit

Backup or sync needs . it maps drives, doesn't back up
Single-cloud users whose official desktop app already syncs files
Media streamers . Reddit reports minutes-long file-open delays
Teams needing enterprise admin or audit controls

Pick Mountain Duck when

Freelancers mounting S3/SFTP/B2 as a disk
Mac users juggling multiple cloud providers
Selective-sync and Cryptomator encryption users
Cyberduck fans wanting Finder access

When Mountain Duck is not a fit

Anyone happy with native Dropbox/Drive/OneDrive clients
Spotlight-reliant Mac users . no Spotlight integration
Teams moving huge datasets . large SFTP uploads report issues
Buyers who hate subscription licenses . the App Store edition is one

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