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About Steganos Data Safe
Steganos Data Safe, previously sold as Steganos Safe, creates encrypted safes that appear as virtual drives. You open a safe with your password, work with files as on any other drive, and close it again so the contents stay encrypted.
It is sold on its own or as part of Steganos Privacy Suite alongside the company's VPN and password manager. It suits Windows users who prefer a supported commercial product to a free encryption tool.
Strengths
- Encrypted safes behave like ordinary drives
- Can be bundled with a VPN and password manager
- Long-running German vendor
Limitations
- Paid, closed-source software
- Windows focused
Details
- Pricing
- PaidPaid software, also available bundled in Steganos Privacy Suite.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Steganos
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Windows users who want encrypted virtual drives from a commercial vendor
- Categories
- Encryption tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Steganos Data Safe
Compare allSoftware that can replace Steganos Data Safe 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 on Windows, macOS and Linux, with mountable encrypted containers, full system encryption and hidden volumes, though mounting needs administrator rights.
BestCrypt
Commercial encryption software from Jetico for protecting hard drives, files and folders.
BestCrypt is also paid commercial software, from Jetico, and extends to whole-drive encryption with versions for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Folder Lock
A Windows program that locks and encrypts files and folders inside password-protected lockers.
Folder Lock is a freemium closed-source Windows program using password-protected lockers aimed at non-technical users, with unclear pricing details.
Cryptomator
Encrypts a folder inside your existing cloud storage, so Dropbox or OneDrive holds files it cannot read.
Cryptomator is open source with free desktop apps on Windows, macOS and Linux, creating vaults that mount as virtual drives and suit cloud storage folders.
StableBit CloudDrive
A Windows app that creates encrypted virtual hard drives whose data is stored with a cloud provider.
StableBit CloudDrive is a paid Windows app whose encrypted virtual drives store their data with a cloud provider, including any S3-compatible service, rather than locally.
securefs
Mounts an encrypted directory as a normal filesystem.
securefs is free MIT-licensed software that mounts an encrypted directory as a filesystem across platforms, but it is command-line only and needs WinFsp on Windows.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
BitLocker
Full-volume encryption built into Windows that protects data on lost, stolen or discarded devices.
DiskCryptor
An open-source Windows tool for encrypting disk partitions, including the system partition.
AxCrypt
A file encryption app that protects files and folders with AES-256 before sharing or cloud storage.
SiriKali
Graphical manager for encrypted folders created by gocryptfs, securefs and similar tools.
cppcryptfs
Mounts a gocryptfs-encrypted folder as a Windows drive letter, encrypting file contents and names transparently.
