Choose Dropbox if
- You want a folder on your computer that just stays in sync, today. That is what Dropbox is, and our desktop app is still coming.
- Your team already runs on Dropbox integrations with other tools.
Compared · checked 14 September 2026
HushOS vs Dropbox
Dropbox made syncing folders feel normal. Its personal plans are still readable by Dropbox, and its encrypted option is for businesses only.
Side by side
| HushOS | Dropbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Can the company read your files? | No, never. Every file and its name is locked on your device before upload. We cannot read either. | Yes, on personal plans. End-to-end encryption exists only for chosen team folders on Advanced, Business Plus and Enterprise plans. |
| Your password | Never sent to us. Checked on your device with OPAQUE. | Sent to Dropbox to sign in. |
| Sharing | With people, by wrapping the folder key for them on your device under X25519 and ML-KEM-768 together, so it stays shut to a quantum computer later; or by a link with an optional password and expiry. Stopping a share changes the keys. | With people or by link, with passwords and expiry on paid plans. Dropbox can read what you share. |
| Free storage | 2 GiB, and more for every friend you invite. | 2 GB. |
| Open source | Yes, all of it: the app and the server, under the AGPL. You can read it or run it. | No. |
| Run it yourself | Yes, for free, with a Docker Compose guide. | No. |
| Apps | Web app that installs on any phone or computer. Desktop and mobile apps coming very soon. | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS, with the folder sync it is known for. |
| How it is paid for | None. Paid for by people who buy more storage, and by nothing else. | Storage and team plans. |
Choose HushOS if
- Private on every plan, including the free one, not only for business team folders.
- Your password never leaves your device.
- Open source and yours to run.
- Password-protected links, expiry, and real revocation are included, not a paid extra.
Moving from Dropbox
Your Dropbox folder is already on your computer. Drag it, or the parts you want, onto your HushOS Drive in the browser. Large folders upload in the background and resume if interrupted.
What this page says about Dropbox was checked against its own published pages on 14 September 2026. Services change; if something here is out of date, tell us on GitHub and we will fix it. What it says about HushOS is explained claim by claim on the security page.