RcloneView
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you juggle files across several cloud providers and hate the rclone command line.
Comparison
RcloneView vs Mountain Duck
RcloneView and Mountain Duck both land on Depends.
Mountain Duck
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.
| Compare | RcloneView | Mountain Duck |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Multi-cloud power users | Freelancers mounting S3/SFTP/B2 as a disk |
| Who it's not for | Single-cloud users . your provider's own sync app already does this | Anyone happy with native Dropbox/Drive/OneDrive clients |
| Privacy | No confirmed product CVEs in reviewed sources; closed-source GUI; the tool category appears in ransomware exfiltration reports.⁷ | Two high-severity 2025 CVEs around TLS certificate handling, since patched; no dedicated security page found. |
| Support quality | Active forum, official support center, frequent releases | Capterra customer service score 4.0/5 |
| Public sentiment | Reddit's rclone and DataHoarder communities largely praise it as the GUI rclone was missing.² | Users love cloud storage appearing as a local disk, but stability complaints and the pricing-model switch split sentiment sharply. |
| Biggest gotcha | Pricing not published in reviewed sources . verify license cost and trial limits before buying⁴ | Pricing model flipped: App Store v5 is subscription; a forum thread calls the switch 'actual scam' |
Pick RcloneView when
- Multi-cloud power users
- NAS plus cloud backup setups
- Non-CLI users wanting rclone power
- Researchers moving datasets between clouds
When RcloneView is not a fit
- Single-cloud users . your provider's own sync app already does this
- Open-source-only buyers . the GUI is closed source
- Teams needing fully unattended, set-and-forget backup
- Corporate networks that flag exfiltration-style tools
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
Sources
- Introducing RcloneView: A GUI Front-End for Rcloneforum.rclone.orgreview
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- RcloneView 1.0 Releasedreddit.comnews
- RcloneView Download pagercloneview.comofficial
- Safety, closed source - Generalforum.rcloneview.comofficial
- Encrypt Cloud Backups with Rclone Cryptrcloneview.comofficial
- The Gentlemen Ransomware Group . Leak Analysisransom-isac.orgsecurity
- Inside The Gentlemen Ransomware Leaksocradar.iosecurity
- Is there a web version of RcloneView?discuss.privacyguides.netreview
- Rclone vs. RcloneView Comparisonsourceforge.netreview
- Mountain Duck official sitemountainduck.ioofficial
- Mountain Duck Buy pagemountainduck.ioofficial
- Known Issues . Cyberduck docsdocs.cyberduck.ioofficial
- Mountain Duck Review . BestBackupReviewsbestbackupreviews.comreview
- Mountain Duck for macOS Review . MacUpdatemacupdate.comreview
- Mountain Duck Reviews . Capterracapterra.comreview