Alternatives to RaiDrive
Maps cloud storage and remote servers as drives in Windows File Explorer or a Linux file manager. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
RaiDrive
Maps cloud storage and remote servers as drives in Windows File Explorer or a Linux file manager.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as RaiDrive.
NetDrive
A program that mounts cloud and remote storage as a local drive on Windows and macOS.
NetDrive is a paid closed-source drive mounter for Windows and macOS, with file locking and a team plan but no Linux version.
ExpanDrive
Mounts cloud storage and file servers as native drives on macOS, Windows and Linux.
ExpanDrive mounts FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3 and major clouds on Windows, macOS and Linux, and is free for personal use.
CloudMounter
A desktop app that mounts cloud storage accounts as local drives in Finder and Explorer.
CloudMounter mounts Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and S3 on Windows and macOS, with no Linux version.
Mountain Duck
Mounts remote and cloud storage as a local drive.
Mountain Duck mounts remote and cloud storage on Windows and macOS with Cryptomator support, under a paid per-user licence.
RcloneView
A graphical file manager built on rclone for browsing, syncing and mounting cloud storage.
RcloneView provides free mounting through rclone's 70+ providers on Windows, macOS and Android, plus sync and encryption.
SSHFS-Win
Mounts a remote directory over SSH as a Windows drive letter.
SSHFS-Win is free and open source but maps only SSH servers as Windows drive letters and needs WinFsp.
Also worth comparing
These listings name RaiDrive as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
davfs2
A Linux file system driver that mounts a WebDAV resource as a regular directory.
RaiDrive mounts WebDAV, SFTP, FTP and many cloud providers in a Linux file manager or Windows Explorer, but it is proprietary and some features need a paid plan.
StableBit CloudDrive
A Windows app that creates encrypted virtual hard drives whose data is stored with a cloud provider.
RaiDrive maps many cloud and S3-compatible providers as drive letters on Windows and Linux, with a freemium model instead of a paid license.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Air Explorer
Desktop app for managing, transferring, syncing and encrypting files across many cloud storage accounts.
Cyberduck
A server and cloud storage browser for Mac and Windows that speaks FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, SMB and every major object store.
Rclone UI
A cross-platform desktop graphical interface for rclone and S3 storage.
CS Browser
A Windows client for Amazon S3 and S3-compatible storage, formerly called S3 Browser.
