Even if you’re super-duper concerned about privacy, it’s hard to turn away from popular cloud storage solutions like Google Drive and Dropbox. These services can integrate directly with your computer’s filesystem, making it easy to back up or download files. But now, after a long wait, Proton Drive is finally stepping up to the plate.
TheProton Drive for Windowsapplication just launched, and it’s fairly robust. This client allows you to access Proton Drive without opening your browser, and it can regularly sync folders from your PC to the cloud. It’s the straightforward desktop app that every Proton Drive user wanted, and although it’s a bit overdue, we certainly aren’t complaining.
Interestingly, this desktop client can also keep track of any changes you make to your files. Let’s say that you’re a student who keeps schoolwork synced to Proton Drive—if you accidentally delete an important line from a document, Proton Drive will let you roll back to a previous version of the document.
Proton Drive is protected with end-to-end encryption, of course. And it’s available in both free and paid tiers. That said, the free tier includes just 1GB of storage, so if you’re interested in this service, you should probably spring for the 200GB tier. It costs just $4 a month, which is fairly competitive when compared to other cloud storage solutions. (Proton Drive storage goes up to 3TB with the most expensive plan.)
Related:Proton’s Family Plan Offers a Suite of Privacy Tools and Cloud Storage
Note that Proton also launched itsfamily planearlier this year, which includes Proton’s full suite of apps—Drive, Mail, Calendar, VPN, and the recently-launched Proton Pass. This family plan is a very interesting alternative to other subscriptions, such asGoogle OneandMicrosoft 365. Just bear in mind that Proton doesn’t have any document editing apps, and Proton Drive still can’t automatically sync photos from your smartphone.
You can download the Proton Drive for Windows application today. Bear in mind that this app is also available on mobile devices. A macOS application is also in the works and may arrivein a few months. It seems that a Linux app is not a priority right now, unfortunately.
