# FileRun review (2026): is it worth €9.9 a year per user? > Self-hosted file sync and sharing app that runs on your own server Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. FileRun is a file sharing application you install on your own server, where it manages the folders already on the filesystem. It offers web access, sync apps, WebDAV and document editing through an office suite you connect. Pricing is per user per year, and storage is whatever disk you provide. - **Category:** File Storage & Sync - **Made by:** FileRun Lda - **Website:** https://filerun.com - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you do not want to run PHP and MySQL yourself. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, FileRun is a paid product with a free trial, starting at €9.9 per user / year (annual subscription). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial available on request. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Small business | €9.9 per user / year, for 10 or 20 users | Installation help and community-based support, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. | | Medium business | €9.9 per user / year, for 30 to 90 users | Adds Docker installation service and e-mail support, with a 24 working hour response on critical issues. | | Large business | €9.9 per user / year, for 100 or more users | FileRun installs and configures it for you; includes 9 free guest accounts per paid user and weekend support. | | Home | €99 one-time | 5 user accounts for non-business use, with free updates for life and community forum support only. | Read from https://filerun.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with FileRun before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Free or reduced plans for public benefit work** (Nonprofit): FileRun says it will give nonprofit and public benefit organizations a free or heavily reduced plan, decided case by case. Source: https://filerun.com/pricing - **Home license paid once** (Lifetime license): The Home plan is a single €99 payment with free software updates for life, for non-business use. Source: https://filerun.com/pricing ## Key features - **Uses your existing folders:** Manages files already on the server's filesystem without importing them, so they stay normal files that other tools can read. - **Sharing with roles and links:** Share with users, groups or outside e-mail addresses using seven roles, and send links protected by a password, expiry date or download limit. - **Sync, WebDAV and mobile apps:** Two-way sync for Windows, macOS and Linux, iOS and Android apps, and standard WebDAV access. - **Document editing:** Edit documents in the browser through ONLYOFFICE, Collabora Online, LibreOffice Online, Euro-Office, Google Docs, Zoho Docs or Microsoft 365. - **Sign-in and audit trail:** Connects to LDAP, Active Directory, OpenID Connect and SAML, and records each action with the IP address and program used. - **Branding:** Your logo, colors and wording throughout the interface, plus desktop and mobile apps carrying your own name. ## Good for - Teams that want files kept on a server they control - Small organizations wanting a flat per-user price - Home server users on the one-time Home license ## Worth knowing - You install and maintain it on your own server; it needs PHP and MySQL. - Home license is for non-business domain names only and has no direct e-mail support. - Licenses are tied to one domain name, and every plan includes all features. - Prices are in euros; storage is your own disk and is not billed. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. FileRun runs on your own server and manages the folders already there, with web access, sync apps and WebDAV. It costs EUR 9.9 a user a year, but there is no stated trial length and you install PHP and MySQL yourself. - **Value for money: A.** EUR 9.9 a user a year, or EUR 99 once for the Home licence, far under the cheapest quarter. The storage and server are your own cost. - **Free plan and trial: D.** Trial on request with no length stated, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. No free plan. - **Features: B.** Web, sync apps and WebDAV, with every feature in every plan. Editing needs an office suite you connect yourself. - **Ease of use: D.** You install and maintain it on your own server with PHP and MySQL. No store rating on record. - **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android, with WebDAV, ONLYOFFICE, Collabora, SSO and LDAP. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from FileRun's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among file storage and sync services - FileRun's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 62 of the 91 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 10. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 74 of 91) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $0.92 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.64 for the category: 2 of the 60 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/file-storage ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace FileRun you would be making files kept in step across devices without losing one. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 62 of the 91 other file storage and sync services we grade. It costs $11.06 a year. - You could not: Files kept in step across devices without losing one. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. - You could not: It plugs into other products, ONLYOFFICE, Collabora Online and Microsoft 365 among them, and has an API. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with ONLYOFFICE, Collabora Online, Microsoft 365, Google Docs, Zoho Docs, LDAP, SAML, OpenID Connect **Tags:** Self-hostable, File sync, File sharing, Real-time collaboration, Public API, One-time purchase ## Alternatives - [Nextcloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nextcloud): Open source, self-hosted file sync and collaboration platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filerun-vs-nextcloud) - [ownCloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/owncloud): Open-source file sync and share you can host yourself. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filerun-vs-owncloud) - [Seafile](https://toolgpa.com/tools/seafile): Open-source file sync and share, self-hosted or in the cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filerun-vs-seafile) - [FileCloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/filecloud): Business file sharing and sync you host yourself or buy as SaaS. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filecloud-vs-filerun) - [Pydio Cells](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pydio-cells): Open-core, self-hosted document sharing and content platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filerun-vs-pydio-cells) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://filerun.com/ - https://filerun.com/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/filerun Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).