Choose MEGA if
- You need a lot of encrypted space for free, right now. Twenty gigabytes is ten times our free plan.
- You want native apps and sync on every platform today.
Compared · checked 14 September 2026
HushOS vs MEGA
MEGA gives away more encrypted storage than anyone. The service is closed, and the encryption is something you take on trust in the apps.
Side by side
| HushOS | MEGA | |
|---|---|---|
| Can the company read your files? | No, never. Every file and its name is locked on your device before upload. We cannot read either. | No. Files are encrypted on your device by default. |
| Your password | Never sent to us. Checked on your device with OPAQUE. | A key derived from it is sent to sign in; the password itself is not. |
| 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 MEGA users and by link, where the key travels in the link, with optional password and expiry. |
| Free storage | 2 GiB, and more for every friend you invite. | 20 GB. |
| Open source | Yes, all of it: the app and the server, under the AGPL. You can read it or run it. | The apps are open source. The server is not. |
| 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 sync and a command line. |
| Company | HushOS, incorporated in Delaware, United States; servers and storage in the European Union. | MEGA, New Zealand. |
Choose HushOS if
- The whole thing is open, server included, and you can run it yourself.
- Stopping a share rotates the keys beneath it, so a former recipient holds nothing that still works.
- Shares are sealed with a post-quantum key beside the classical one, and the security page says exactly how.
- A design written down and tested before it was built, with the security page explaining every claim.
Moving from MEGA
Download your folders from MEGA and drag them onto your HushOS Drive. Both keep your files readable only by you, so nothing is exposed along the way.
What this page says about MEGA 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 Services change; if something here is out of date, tell us on GitHub and we will fix it.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.