MultCloud vs Rclone (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Rclone grades higher than MultCloud: 2.8 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
MultCloud grades higher on ease of use. Rclone grades higher on value for money, the free plan and features. They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
MultCloud
Web service for moving and syncing files between cloud drives
Which one is for you
Pick MultCloud if
- Fits if you have a one-off migration between two cloud drives
- Works for people who keep files in several cloud accounts and want one login for them
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you move a lot of data, since free is 5 GB a month and the cheapest paid tier is 100 GB
- Not for you if you want scheduled transfers or backups without paying, because those are paid features
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $19.99 against $59.99 for a whole year
- Watch out: the discounts are shown against crossed-out prices with no end date, and support is by email only
Pick Rclone if
- Fits if you are comfortable in a terminal and want to move files between many providers
- Works for people who want to mount cloud storage as a drive
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a point-and-click app, as it is a command-line program
- Not for you if you need hosting, because it does not store files itself
- Too light for people wanting a polished GUI, since the web interface is labelled experimental
- Watch out: Android is only available as separate builds
- Tight if you want vendor support: it is a free open-source project
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAMultCloudFair | 2.8GPARcloneGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CYearly is $59.99 for 1,200 GB, about $5 a month, which is around the category's cheaper quarter at $4.75. Monthly billing is $19.99 for 100 GB, and unlimited traffic is $119 a year, so most tools of this kind land close to it. | AFree under the MIT licence, with no paid plans. Anyone can download and run it, and you pay only the storage providers you connect. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree gives 5 GB of traffic a month and 2 transfer threads, with no card shown. A single big migration will use that up in a day. | AThe whole program is free with no caps. You do need an account with a provider, as it hosts nothing. |
| Features | CIt does transfers, two-way sync and cloud-to-cloud backup fully, and that is a smaller job than storage itself. Scheduled runs and extra sync modes are paid. | BCopy, sync, bisync, mount as a drive, encryption, compression, hash checks and serving files, across 70+ providers. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job. |
| Ease of use | CA web service where you connect each cloud account and build the transfer yourself. No app rating is on record. | DIt is run from the command line and set up with configuration files. The web GUI is labelled experimental. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It lists more than 30 services, but nothing beyond the clouds themselves. | CA program for computers: Mac, Windows and Linux, with Android only as separate builds. Many storage backends but no phone or web app of its own. |
| Best for | moving files between cloud drives from a browser | syncing and mounting cloud storage from the command line |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: MultCloud and Rclone. How we grade
Price against what you get
MultCloud starts at $19.99 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Rclone has no paid plan and scores 2.0.
They score the same, and Rclone starts $19.99 a month lower. Of the other file storage and sync services on the chart, 46 score higher than MultCloud for less, and none scores higher than Rclone for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Rclone is open source and end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
At a glance
| MultCloud | Rclone | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $19.99 per month for 100 GB of transfers, billed monthly | Free |
| Free plan | 5 GB of data traffic per month, 2 transfer threads and 50 email conversions a month. | Free and open source under the MIT license; no paid plans. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | MultCloud | Nick Craig-Wood and contributors |
| Price read from | multcloud.com | rclone.org |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
MultCloud
- Plans are priced by data traffic; the free plan stops at 5 GB a month and the cheapest paid tier at 100 GB.
- Scheduled transfer, sync and backup are paid features.
- The displayed discounts are against crossed-out prices and the page gives no end date.
- Support is by email only, according to the pricing page FAQ.
Rclone
- It is a command-line program; the web GUI is labeled experimental.
- Android is mentioned only as separate builds, not as a main download.
- It does not host storage itself: you need an account with a supported provider.
- The site points third-party developers to the command line and API for GUI and backup front ends.
Key features
MultCloud
- Cloud transfer
- Moves files from one cloud service to another directly, without downloading and re-uploading them to your computer.
- One-way and two-way sync
- Keeps two folders on different clouds in step, in real time or on a timed schedule; scheduling needs a paid plan.
- Cloud-to-cloud backup
- Backs up data from one cloud drive to another and restores it if files are lost.
- Many supported services
- The pricing page lists more than 30 services, including Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, MEGA, Amazon S3, FTP and WebDAV.
- Unlimited accounts
- There is no limit on connected cloud accounts, including several from the same service, behind a single login.
- Team sub-accounts
- Sub-accounts can collaborate; the free plan migrates 3 sub-accounts and paid plans list 1,000.
Rclone
- Copy, sync and bisync
- One-way sync makes a destination match a source; bisync keeps two directories matching in both directions.
- Wide provider support
- The site says over 70 cloud storage products support it, including S3 object stores, plus SFTP, WebDAV, FTP and HTTP.
- Mount as a disk
- Mounts local, cloud or virtual filesystems as a drive on Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD.
- Crypt, compress and chunk backends
- Virtual backends wrap another remote to encrypt, compress, chunk or merge it.
- Integrity checks
- Checks MD5 or SHA1 hashes and preserves timestamps, and interrupted transfers can be restarted.
- Serve and remote control
- Can serve files over HTTP, WebDAV, FTP, SFTP and DLNA; an experimental web GUI and a remote-control API are listed.
Plans
MultCloud
Free$0
5 GB of data traffic per month, 2 threads, 4 sync modes and real-time sync.
Monthly$19.99
per month for 100 GB of data traffic, billed monthly
Adds scheduled transfers, 10 threads and 10 sync modes.
Yearly$59.99
per year for 1,200 GB of data traffic
Same features as Monthly; shown as 50% off a crossed-out $119.88, with no end date given.
Yearly Unlimited$119
per year, unlimited data traffic
Shown as 60% off a crossed-out $299, with no end date given.
Lifetime Unlimited$249
one-time, unlimited data traffic
A single payment for lifetime use; shown as 60% off a crossed-out $628, with no end date given.
Rclone
Rclone$0
Free MIT-licensed software; you pay only the storage providers you connect it to.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, MultCloud or Rclone?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Rclone is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $19.99 a month for MultCloud. MultCloud starts at $19.99 per month for 100 GB of transfers, billed monthly, and Rclone is free.
Which has a free plan, MultCloud or Rclone?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both MultCloud and Rclone have a free plan.
Which platforms do MultCloud and Rclone run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only MultCloud lists a web app and only Rclone lists macOS, Windows, Linux and Android apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.