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Box vs Pydio Cells: catalog facts
Box	Pydio Cells
Freemium A limited personal free tier is available. Business plans are paid.	Freemium The community edition is free and open source. Enterprise editions are paid.
Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Web	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Retention, classification and audit controls built for regulated organisations Drive client mounts the whole library without downloading it	Granular permissions, workflows and audit trails for shared documents Runs as a single Go binary with sync clients for every platform
Priced and designed for organisations rather than individuals Personal free tier caps file size tightly	Enterprise features and support are paid Heavier to operate than a simple file sync server
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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