# CloudMounter review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Mount cloud storage and servers as drives on Mac and Windows

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

CloudMounter mounts cloud storage accounts and file servers as local drives, so they appear in Finder or Explorer. It supports services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Amazon S3, WebDAV, SFTP and FTP, and can move files between clouds without downloading them first. It is sold for macOS and Windows with different license terms.

- **Category:** Desktop Utilities
- **Made by:** Electronic Team, Inc.
- **Website:** https://cloudmounter.net/
- **Runs on:** macOS, Windows
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want one license for both systems, as Mac and Windows are separate.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, CloudMounter has a free plan, and paid plans start at $29 per year (macOS, 1 Mac); Windows $29.99 one-time for 1 PC.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Windows only: after a 14-day Pro trial, one Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive account stays fully usable; other accounts and services become read-only.
- **Free trial:** 7-day trial on the macOS yearly plan; 14-day Pro trial on Windows.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Windows Free | $0 | After the trial, full access to one account each for Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive. |
| Mac Personal, yearly | $29 per year for 1 Mac | Personal use only; free upgrades during the license period. |
| Windows Personal | $29.99 one-time, for 1 PC | One-time purchase for a single Windows PC. |
| Mac Personal, lifetime | $74 one-time, for 1 Mac | Shown as $74, down from $99; personal use only, no end date stated for the discount. |
| Mac Team, yearly | $99 per year for 5 Macs | Business and personal use; a lifetime Team license is $249, down from $299. |
| Windows Team | $99.99 one-time, for 5 PCs | Five Windows PCs; larger company licenses are quoted by sales. |

Read from https://cloudmounter.net/cloud-mounter-purchase.html on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CloudMounter before buying.

## Key features

- **Mount clouds as drives:** Cloud accounts and servers appear in Finder or Explorer and can be browsed like local folders.
- **Many services:** Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Amazon S3, WebDAV, SFTP and FTP, plus Box, MEGA and others on some platforms.
- **Transfers between clouds:** Drag files from one cloud to another without downloading them to the computer first.
- **Encryption:** The Mac purchase page lists AES-256 encryption for cloud files.
- **Multiple accounts:** Connect as many cloud accounts as you need, including several from the same provider.

## Good for

- Mac or Windows users juggling several cloud drives
- People wanting SFTP or S3 buckets in Finder
- Buyers who prefer a one-time license

## Worth knowing

- The Mac free trial is tied to the yearly subscription; the lifetime license has none.
- Offline work is listed as supported on macOS and coming soon on Windows.
- Mac and Windows licenses are separate, and a Team license cannot be shared across both.
- Supported services differ between the Mac and Windows versions.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. CloudMounter makes Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, S3 and file servers appear as drives on a Mac or Windows PC. The Mac and Windows versions are licensed differently, and the free tier exists on Windows only.

- **Value for money: B.** $29 a year on Mac, which is the bottom of the cheaper quarter, and $29.99 once on Windows. A Mac lifetime license is $74.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Windows keeps one Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive account usable after a 14-day trial. Mac has only a 7-day trial on the yearly plan, and the lifetime license has none.
- **Features: C.** Mounting, transfers between clouds, encryption and several accounts. The listing's own gaps: offline work is 'coming soon' on Windows, and the supported services differ between Mac and Windows.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating is on record. Each cloud account has to be signed in to and mounted before it shows up.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Mac and Windows computers only. Nothing for phones or the web.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Electronic Team, Inc.'s own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among desktop utilities

- CloudMounter's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 13 of the 186 other desktop utilities we grade, and level with 21.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 28 of 186) and worst on features (C, above 2).
- Its paid plans start at $2.42 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $2.99 for the category: 11 of the 36 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 27 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/utilities

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Your call.** It depends on the utility: a converter or a calculator is an afternoon. CloudMounter sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. At $29 a year it costs less than the weekend it would take to replace, which is the argument for keeping it.

- You could not: A file manager working directly on your disk.
- You could not: A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive among them.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Amazon S3, Box, MEGA, Backblaze, WebDAV

**Tags:** File management, Works offline

## Alternatives

- [Mountain Duck](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mountain-duck): Mounts server and cloud storage as a drive on Mac and Windows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudmounter-vs-mountain-duck)
- [ExpanDrive](https://toolgpa.com/tools/expandrive): Mounts cloud storage and servers as drives on Mac, Windows and Linux. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudmounter-vs-expandrive)
- [Cyberduck](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cyberduck): Server and cloud storage browser for Mac and Windows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudmounter-vs-cyberduck)
- [Transmit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/transmit): Mac file transfer app for servers and cloud storage. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudmounter-vs-transmit)
- [ForkLift](https://toolgpa.com/tools/forklift): Dual-pane file manager and file transfer client for macOS. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudmounter-vs-forklift)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://cloudmounter.net/
- https://cloudmounter.net/cloud-mounter-purchase.html
- https://cloudmounter.net/cloud-mounter-purchase-win.html

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/cloudmounter
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