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Comparison

Seafile vs ownCloud

Pick Seafile when

  • Self-hosters replacing Dropbox
  • Universities and research institutions
  • Linux-heavy technical teams
  • Privacy-first file sharing

When Seafile is not a fit

  • Non-technical teams wanting zero-admin cloud storage
  • Anyone needing a full office suite like Google Drive
  • Teams with nobody to run servers and backups
  • Buyers requiring public pricing and vendor SLAs upfront

Sources

  1. Seafile official siteseafile.com
    official
  2. Seafile solutions page (University of Mainz)seafile.com
    official
  3. Seafile hosted server / partners pageseafile.com
    official
  4. Seafile features blog (SeaDoc)blog.seafile.com
    official
  5. Reddit r/selfhosted threadreddit.com
    review
  6. It's FOSS community: Dropbox alternativesitsfoss.community
    review
  7. Cuspera product insightscuspera.com
    review
  8. Gigazine overviewgigazine.net
    news
  9. FAST '20: Lock-Free Collaboration for Cloud Storageusenix.org
    security
  10. End-to-End Encrypted Cloud Storage in the Wild (2024)dl.acm.org
    security
  11. Web-check on seafile.com/securityseafile.com
    security