Seafile
A collaborative workspace for storing, organizing, and working on files with advanced metadata management and intelligent automation
- Also known as
- seafile
Available worldwide
What is Seafile?
Seafile is an open-source file management and collaboration platform available as both a self-hosted solution and cloud service. It combines core file synchronization and sharing capabilities with advanced features including metadata management, AI-powered organization, document collaboration, and team knowledge bases.
Seafile 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 community edition or $100 total for 3-9 Pro users, then $48/user/year; cloud Plus at $8/user/month
Community Edition
FreeOpen-source self-hosted edition with core file management features
- File sync
- File sharing
- Version control
- Group sharing
- WebDAV
- Library encryption
- Basic team collaboration
Professional Edition
Self-hosted enterprise solution with advanced security, compliance, and support
- Full-text search
- Granular folder permissions
- Audit logs
- LDAP/AD authentication
- ADFS/Shibboleth SSO
- Role-based account management
- Remote wipe
- Two-factor authentication
- Antivirus integration
- OnlyOffice/Collabora integration
- AWS S3 support
- High availability clustering
Plus Edition (Cloud)
Cloud-hosted collaborative workspace with metadata management and AI features
- File upload/download
- Cross-platform sync with drive mount
- Granular sharing permissions
- Organizational structure
- File operation audit logs
- Office document editing
- Metadata management
- Extended file properties
- Kanban/gallery/table/map views
- Hierarchical tagging
- AI metadata extraction
- SeaDoc document collaboration
- Wiki knowledge base
Add-ons
- Professional Support Plan$5000/yr
- Hourly Support$120/hour/null
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- iOS
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Android
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (6)
Independently observed- LDAP
- Active Directory
- SAML
- OnlyOffice
- Collabora Online
- WebDAV
Seafile alternatives
Other file sync we track, ranked by the same independent score.
Compare Seafile
Side by side against other file sync, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
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 Seafile, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 22 | 0.04 | 0.9 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 5 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: SG · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |