Comparison

ownCloud vs Rclone

On the evidence we track, Rclone leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

ownCloud full profile →Rclone full profile →

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ownCloud47

★Rclone61

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ownCloud	RcloneLeader
vioscaleAI score	47 / 100low · 26%	61 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	43
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.8
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 29 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frclone%2Frclone&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 27 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	43
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	60,306
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	18
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Content
Faqcontent.faq	4 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

ownCloud47 / 100low · 26%

Rclone61 / 100high · 78%

Pricing

Free tier

ownCloud–

Rclone✓

Model

ownCloudcommercial

Rcloneopen_source

Price level

ownCloud–

Rclonefree

Transparent

ownCloud–

Rclone✓

Integrations

Count

ownCloud7

Rclone43

Security

Disclosure policy

ownCloud–

Rclone✓

Scorecard

ownCloud–

Rclone4.8

Vulnerabilities

ownCloud–

RcloneCount: 29 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frclone%2Frclone&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 27 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Adoption

Dependent repos

ownCloud–

Rclone43

Github stars

ownCloud–

Rclone60,306

Activity

Commits last 30d

ownCloud–

Rclone100

Release

Cadence days

ownCloud–

Rclone18

History

ownCloud–

Rclone20 items

License

Spdx

ownCloud–

RcloneMIT

Language

Primary

ownCloud–

RcloneGo

Content

Faq

ownCloud4 items

Rclone6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for file sync. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for File Sync
Capability	ownCloud	Rclone
Capabilities
Deployment model	Self hosted	Self hosted
Peer to peer p2p network routing	-	-
Client server architecture cloud host	✓	✓
Block level delta sync transfer speed	-	✓
Self hosted linux docker deployment	✓	✓
Synology qnap nas hardware integration	-	-
Aws s3 azure blob external mounts	✓	✓
Active directory ldap identity sync	✓	-
Version history and conflict resolution	-	✓
End to end encryption keys in transit	-	✓
SOC2 type ii	-	-
ISO 27001	-	-
Pricing model	Free open source	Free open source

Capabilities

Deployment model

ownCloudSelf hosted

RcloneSelf hosted

Peer to peer p2p network routing

ownCloud-

Rclone-

Client server architecture cloud host

ownCloud✓

Rclone✓

Block level delta sync transfer speed

ownCloud-

Rclone✓

Self hosted linux docker deployment

ownCloud✓

Rclone✓

Synology qnap nas hardware integration

ownCloud-

Rclone-

Aws s3 azure blob external mounts

ownCloud✓

Rclone✓

Active directory ldap identity sync

ownCloud✓

Rclone-

Version history and conflict resolution

ownCloud-

Rclone✓

End to end encryption keys in transit

ownCloud-

Rclone✓

SOC2 type ii

ownCloud-

Rclone-

ISO 27001

ownCloud-

Rclone-

Pricing model

ownCloudFree open source

RcloneFree open source

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

ownCloud

An open-source platform for file synchronization and sharing designed for self-hosted deployment, with native clients for desktop and mobile devices.

Independently observed

Rclone

Leader

A command-line utility that synchronizes files and directories between multiple cloud storage providers and local storage.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

ownCloud

Pricing not documented yet.

Rclone

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source (MIT license)

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	ownCloud	Rclone
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
iOSPlatforms	✓	✗
AndroidPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

ownCloud✓

Rclone✗

iOS

ownCloud✓

Rclone✗

Android

ownCloud✓

Rclone✓

macOS

ownCloud✓

Rclone✓

Windows

ownCloud✓

Rclone✓

Linux

ownCloud✓

Rclone✓

CLI

ownCloud✗

Rclone✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

ownCloud✓

Rclone✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)

Dropbox
AWS S3
Amazon S3

ownCloud

9 total - 6 not shared

FTP
S3
Moodle
LDAP
OAuth2
OpenID Connect

Independently observed

Rclone

Leader

44 total - 41 not shared

Google Drive
Microsoft OneDrive
Backblaze B2
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
Azure Files Storage
Google Cloud Storage
Oracle Cloud Storage
Cloudflare R2
iCloud Drive
Nextcloud
ownCloud
pCloud
Alibaba Cloud OSS
Huawei Cloud OBS
Tencent Cloud COS
OpenStack Swift
Rackspace Cloud Files
OVHcloud
rsync.net
Seagate Lyve Cloud
IONOS Cloud
Mail.ru Cloud
Yandex Disk
ArvanCloud AOS
+17 more

Independently observed

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ownCloud or Rclone: which one depends on you

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