What is Pydio Cells?
A self-hosted platform that enables organizations to manage document sharing, collaboration, and workflows with full data control, designed as an alternative to cloud solutions for enterprises with strict security and compliance requirements.
Pydio Cells pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier available. Paid plans are annual subscriptions starting at €3,280/year.
Home
Free- Storage: FileSystem, S3-compatible
- Embedded users directory
- Online preview of documents
- REST API, SDKs, WebDAV
- Mobile and desktop sync
- Pre-built binaries
Connect
Contact sales- Everything in Home
- AD/LDAP directories support
- SSO via OpenIDConnect / OAuth2
- SSO via SAML / Azure ADFS
- Cells as OAuth2 Identity Provider
- White-labelling (customizable branding)
- Pre-built binaries for linux / mac
- Supported cloud images: OVF, VMWare, Amazon AMI
Enterprise
Contact sales- Everything in Connect
- Role-based and rule-based access control
- Multi-factor authentication
- Terms of Service validation
- Exportable audit logs (CSV/XLSX)
- Real-time share auditing
- Compliance and security features
- Web, mobile and desktop sync
- Storage support: FS, S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob
- Custom versioning policies
- Storage usage overview
- Advanced UX branding and custom email templates
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Android
- Hybrid
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Pydio Cells alternatives
Other file sync we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Rclonelow · 40%
- Syncthinglow · 31%
- SeafileA collaborative workspace for storing, organizing, and working on files with advanced metadata management and intelligent automationlow · 26%
- Unisonlow · 26%
- rsynclow · 16%
- Resilio SyncA distributed platform for high-speed file access and collaboration across hybrid storage environmentslow · 30%
Compare Pydio Cells
Side by side against other file sync, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Pydio Cells, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
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