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About BestCrypt
BestCrypt is Jetico's encryption product, sold alongside its BCWipe data-erasure tools. It encrypts hard drives, files and folders so that the data stays unreadable after loss, theft or unauthorised access, and is available for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Jetico has been making encryption and data-wiping software for over 30 years and sells both to individuals and to organisations, which it offers consultations and endpoint data protection packages. It suits people who want a supported commercial product rather than a community tool.
Strengths
- Encrypts whole drives as well as files and folders
- Long-established vendor with a companion secure-erase product
- Available on Windows, macOS and Linux
Limitations
- Proprietary and paid
- Homepage focuses on business endpoint protection, so product details take some finding
Details
- Pricing
- PaidCommercial software from Jetico; the homepage does not list prices.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Jetico
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Users and organisations wanting commercial disk and file encryption
- Categories
- Encryption tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to BestCrypt
Compare allSoftware that can replace BestCrypt for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
VeraCrypt
Disk encryption that creates encrypted containers, encrypts whole partitions, and can encrypt the drive Windows boots from.
VeraCrypt is free and open source, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and adds hidden volumes, though mounting needs administrator rights and macOS needs macFUSE or FUSE-T.
BitLocker
Full-volume encryption built into Windows that protects data on lost, stolen or discarded devices.
BitLocker is built into Windows with nothing to install and documented deployment for administrators, but it is Windows only and its full feature set depends on the Windows edition.
FileVault
Full-disk encryption built into macOS that protects the data on a Mac's startup disk.
FileVault is built into macOS at no extra cost and protects the startup disk, but it is Mac only and does not encrypt individual files or folders.
DiskCryptor
An open-source Windows tool for encrypting disk partitions, including the system partition.
DiskCryptor is free and open source and encrypts system and non-system partitions, but it runs only on Windows and is a smaller project.
Steganos Data Safe
Commercial encryption software that stores sensitive files inside encrypted virtual drives on Windows.
Steganos Data Safe is also commercial and closed source, storing files in encrypted virtual drives on Windows, but it does not encrypt whole drives.
cryptsetup and LUKS
The standard Linux full-disk encryption layer.
cryptsetup and LUKS are free, open source and standard across Linux distributions, with multiple key slots per volume, but they cover Linux only and work from the command line.
zuluCrypt
A Linux GUI and command-line tool for creating, opening and managing encrypted volumes and files.
zuluCrypt is free and open source with a GUI that opens LUKS, VeraCrypt, TrueCrypt and BitLocker volumes, but it runs only on Linux.
Tomb
A minimalist Linux command-line tool that creates and manages encrypted LUKS volumes called tombs.
Tomb is free and open source, creating LUKS volumes with separate key files through short commands, but it is Linux only with no graphical interface.
BestCrypt as an alternative
Listings that name BestCrypt as an alternative.
Folder Lock
A Windows program that locks and encrypts files and folders inside password-protected lockers.
BestCrypt is paid commercial software from Jetico that encrypts files, folders and whole drives, and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux instead of Windows only.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
AxCrypt
A file encryption app that protects files and folders with AES-256 before sharing or cloud storage.
Cryptomator
Encrypts a folder inside your existing cloud storage, so Dropbox or OneDrive holds files it cannot read.
AES Crypt
A file encryption program that protects individual files with a password using AES.
Shufflecake
A Linux tool for creating multiple hidden encrypted volumes that offer plausible deniability.
