Comparison

ownCloud vs Syncthing

On the evidence we track, Syncthing leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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ownCloud47

★Syncthing56

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ownCloud	SyncthingLeader
vioscaleAI score	47 / 100low · 26%	56 / 100medium · 58%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	-
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	5.8
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsyncthing%2Fsyncthing&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	175
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	89,382
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	16
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	7
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MPL-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Content
Faqcontent.faq	4 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

ownCloud47 / 100low · 26%

Syncthing56 / 100medium · 58%

Pricing

Free tier

ownCloud–

Syncthing✓

Model

ownCloudcommercial

Syncthingcommercial

Price level

ownCloud–

Syncthingfree

Transparent

ownCloud–

Syncthing✓

Integrations

Count

ownCloud7

Syncthing–

Security

Scorecard

ownCloud–

Syncthing5.8

Vulnerabilities

ownCloud–

SyncthingCount: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsyncthing%2Fsyncthing&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Adoption

Dependent repos

ownCloud–

Syncthing175

Github stars

ownCloud–

Syncthing89,382

Activity

Commits last 30d

ownCloud–

Syncthing16

Release

Cadence days

ownCloud–

Syncthing7

History

ownCloud–

Syncthing20 items

License

Spdx

ownCloud–

SyncthingMPL-2.0

Language

Primary

ownCloud–

SyncthingGo

Content

Faq

ownCloud4 items

Syncthing5 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for File Sync
Capability	ownCloud	Syncthing
Capabilities
Deployment model	Self hosted	P2p client
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

SyncthingP2p client

Peer to peer p2p network routing

ownCloud-

Syncthing✓

Client server architecture cloud host

ownCloud✓

Syncthing✗

Block level delta sync transfer speed

ownCloud-

Syncthing-

Self hosted linux docker deployment

ownCloud✓

Syncthing✓

Synology qnap nas hardware integration

ownCloud-

Syncthing-

Aws s3 azure blob external mounts

ownCloud✓

Syncthing✗

Active directory ldap identity sync

ownCloud✓

Syncthing✗

Version history and conflict resolution

ownCloud-

Syncthing-

End to end encryption keys in transit

ownCloud-

Syncthing✓

SOC2 type ii

ownCloud-

Syncthing-

ISO 27001

ownCloud-

Syncthing-

Pricing model

ownCloudFree open source

SyncthingFree 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

Syncthing

Leader

Syncthing automatically synchronizes files between multiple computers in real-time while encrypting all communication and storing data only on your own devices. It operates without central servers, giving you complete privacy and control over where your data is stored and who can access it.

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.

Syncthing

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

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	Syncthing
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
iOSPlatforms	✓	✗
AndroidPlatforms	✓	✗
macOSPlatforms	✓	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

ownCloud✓

Syncthing✓

iOS

ownCloud✓

Syncthing✗

Android

ownCloud✓

Syncthing✗

macOS

ownCloud✓

Syncthing✓

Windows

ownCloud✓

Syncthing✓

Linux

ownCloud✓

Syncthing✓

CLI

ownCloud✗

Syncthing✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

ownCloud✓

Syncthing✓

On-premise

ownCloud✗

Syncthing✓

Integrations

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

ownCloud

9 total

Dropbox
FTP
S3
Moodle
AWS S3
Amazon S3
LDAP
OAuth2
OpenID Connect

Independently observed

Syncthing

Leader

Not documented yet.

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ownCloud or Syncthing: which one depends on you

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