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Both keep your files online so you can share them and get them back from anywhere. The difference is who runs it, where your files are kept, and how much you pay.
| Seafile | JDrive | |
|---|---|---|
| Who runs it | Seafile Ltd. develops Seafile, an open-source file sync and sharing platform with a paid Professional Edition. | Your hosting company, under its own name |
| Where your files are kept | wherever you install it | On your hosting company's own server, in the country they chose |
| How you pay | Community Edition is free self-hosted software; Professional Edition is licensed by user count. | Set by your hosting company. No price per person. |
| Cheapest personal plan | Not published | Set by your hosting company |
| Cheapest business plan | $0.93 per person a month, at least 9 people | No price per person |
| Free storage | Depends on your server or storage backend | Your hosting company decides |
| App that syncs to your computer | Yes | No, works in the browser |
| Phone app | Yes | No, works in the phone browser |
| Two-step login | Yes | No, not yet |
| Edit documents live with others | Yes | No |
| Run it on your own server | Yes | Yes |
| Sell it under your own name | Not listed | Yes, with resellers built in |
Teams that want efficient self-hosted file sync, virtual-drive clients, encrypted libraries, and optional Office editing through integrations.
Not necessarily. Seafile's software is free to run on your own server; its paid subscription starts at $0.93 per person a month. The difference with JDrive is that it is built for a hosting company to sell under its own name, with no charge per person.
For keeping, sharing and getting back files in a browser, yes. If you want your files synced to your computer automatically, Seafile is the better choice today.
From a hosting company that offers it. If you are a hosting company, you can download it and run it on your own server.
Sources for Seafile: business pricing: Seafile Professional Edition costs $100/year for a 9-user license; per-user monthly cost is $100 ÷ 9 ÷ 12 = $0.9259259259 (2026-09-13), desktop_sync_app, mobile_app, two_factor_login and end_to_end_encryption: Seafile lists desktop/mobile clients, optional 2-step verification, and client-side end-to-end file encryption (2026-09-13), live_document_editing: Seafile supports ONLYOFFICE online editing; its documented integration uses ONLYOFFICE's CoAuthoring service (2026-09-13), self_hosted: Seafile provides server packages and deployment documentation for running Seafile on your own infrastructure (2026-09-13).