Use Mountain Duck to access your file storage with smart synchronization to only keep selected files on your computer.
| Mountain Duck | OneDrive | Dropbox | Google Drive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selectively keep files offline | ||||
| Online mode with no local disk usage |
1 You can only choose which folder to synchronize with your computer but lose access to other files. 2 You can keep files online but OneDrive downloads the files on demand and you must free disk space again manually.
| Mountain Duck | Transmit Disk | ExpanDrive | CloudMounter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| No admin privileges required | ||||
| Available in Mac App Store | ||||
| Client-side encryption | ||||
| Mount as read-only filesystem | ||||
| Copy URLs from Finder Extension | ||||
| Smart Synchronization | ||||
| Make files available offline | ||||
| Mount volume when offline | ||||
| Upload changes in background | ||||
| Badge icons in Finder | ||||
| FTP and FTP with TLS | ||||
| SFTP | ||||
| Authenticate with one-time passcode | ||||
| WebDAV | ||||
| Authenticate with client certificate | ||||
| Amazon S3 | ||||
| Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration | ||||
| Create pre-signed temporary URLs | ||||
| Microsoft Azure Blob Storage | ||||
| Google Cloud Storage | ||||
| OpenStack Swift | ||||
| Google Drive | ||||
| Open Google Docs documents | ||||
| Open files in Team Drives | ||||
| Dropbox | ||||
| Microsoft OneDrive | ||||
| Backblaze B2 |
1 Requires admin privilege to install FUSE kernel extensions and libraries. 2 CloudMounter offers client-side encryption for some storage providers. 3 Regions with AWS4 signature version requirement are not supported. 4 Keep opened files on your computer for faster edits and sync changes in the background. 5 Select files and folders to keep always offline and upload changes when the server is reachable. 6 Browse folders when offline and work with files in the local cache. 7 Sync status for files and folders. 8 Using the Finder Extension context menu.
| Mountain Duck | ExpanDrive | TNTDrive | NetDrive | CloudBerry Drive | CloudMounter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Client-side encryption | ||||||
| Mount as read-only filesystem | ||||||
| Disconnect mounted drive in Windows File Explorer | ||||||
| Roaming profile for application support data | ||||||
| Smart Synchronization | ||||||
| Make files available offline | ||||||
| Mount volume when offline | ||||||
| Upload changes in background | ||||||
| Badge icons in Windows File Explorer | ||||||
| FTP and FTP with TLS | ||||||
| SFTP | ||||||
| WebDAV | ||||||
| Amazon S3 | ||||||
| Microsoft Azure Blob Storage | ||||||
| Google Cloud Storage | ||||||
| OpenStack Swift | ||||||
| Microsoft OneDrive | ||||||
| Backblaze B2 | ||||||
| Google Drive | ||||||
| Dropbox |
1 Cryptomator. 2 Access denied. 3 The system cannot find the path specified. 4 An error occurred while ejecting. 5 Keep opened files on your computer for faster edits and sync changes in the background. 6 Select files and folders to keep always offline and upload changes when the server is reachable. 7 Browse folders when offline and work with files in the local cache. 8 Sync status for files and folders.