# Cloudreve review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Self-hosted cloud drive with many storage back ends Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Cloudreve is a self-hosted file management and sharing system that can use storage from providers such as OneDrive, S3-compatible services and local disks. The Community edition is free under GPL-3.0, and the Pro edition is a paid license tied to a root domain that adds features like paid sharing. - **Category:** File Storage & Sync - **Made by:** Cloudreve - **Website:** https://cloudreve.org - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you do not want to run a server. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Cloudreve has a free plan, and paid plans start at $89.9 per root domain (Pro, lifetime license). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Community edition is free with unlimited users and all basic features. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Cloudreve Community | $0 | Free edition for individuals and developers: unlimited users, basic features and cross-platform sync. | | Cloudreve Pro | $89.9 per root domain, one-time lifetime license | Adds sharing and collaboration extras, a monetization system and advanced storage management. | | Cloudreve Pro D5 | $299.9 for 5 root domains, one-time | Pro edition across five root domains, saving $150 against single-domain licenses. | Read from https://cloudreve.org/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Cloudreve before buying. ## Key features - **Many storage back ends:** Documentation lists local disk, remote nodes, Alibaba Cloud OSS, Tencent COS, OneDrive, Cloudflare R2, MinIO and Backblaze B2. - **Sharing:** Share links, with paid sharing, permission control and anonymous uploads on the Pro edition. - **Office collaboration:** Online editing of office documents through a connected file app. - **Search:** Full-text and AI semantic search are described in the documentation. - **Authentication and encryption:** Documentation covers OIDC sign-in and file encryption. ## Good for - Self-hosters wanting a personal or small-team cloud drive - Site owners who want to sell access to shared files ## Worth knowing - You run the server yourself; it is not a hosted service. - Pro licenses are bound to a root domain; a change costs $25 and is allowed once. - The vendor says it offers no discounts and prices may rise as features are added. - Technical support is from outside experts for a custom quote; Pro includes only basic email support. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Cloudreve is self-hosted file sharing that can use OneDrive, S3 services or local disk. Community is free under GPL-3.0, Pro is $89.9 per domain once, and you run the server yourself with support from outside experts only. - **Value for money: B.** Pro is $89.9 per root domain once, a bit more than a year of the category's middle plan, which is $84. Community is free, but you host it. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Community is free with unlimited users and the basic features. You pay for the server. - **Features: C.** Basic sharing and cross-platform sync. Paid sharing, collaboration extras and storage management are Pro. - **Ease of use: D.** You install and maintain it yourself. No store rating on record, and the pricing page returned no readable text, so the listing was used. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but with real storage back ends: OneDrive, MinIO, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2 and Alibaba and Tencent clouds. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Cloudreve's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. The vendor's pricing page returned no readable text here, so the listing was used. ## Where it stands among file storage and sync services - Cloudreve's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 44 of the 91 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 17. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 67 of 91) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/file-storage ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing Cloudreve does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 4 things listed below take a company. It costs $89.90, paid once. Cloudreve is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: A file manager working directly on your disk. - You could not: It plugs into other products, OneDrive, MinIO and Backblaze B2 among them, and has an API. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with OneDrive, MinIO, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Alibaba Cloud OSS, Tencent COS **Tags:** Open source, Self-hostable, File sharing, File management, Public API ## Alternatives - [Nextcloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nextcloud): Open source, self-hosted file sync and collaboration platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudreve-vs-nextcloud) - [Seafile](https://toolgpa.com/tools/seafile): Open-source file sync and share, self-hosted or in the cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudreve-vs-seafile) - [ownCloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/owncloud): Open-source file sync and share you can host yourself. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudreve-vs-owncloud) - [FileRun](https://toolgpa.com/tools/filerun): Self-hosted file sync and sharing app that runs on your own server. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudreve-vs-filerun) - [Filestash](https://toolgpa.com/tools/filestash): Web file manager that fronts S3, SFTP, WebDAV and other storage. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudreve-vs-filestash) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://cloudreve.org/pricing - https://docs.cloudreve.org/en/ - https://github.com/cloudreve/cloudreve Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/cloudreve Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).