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Insync vs Rclone: catalog facts
Insync	Rclone
Paid Sold as paid licences, with pricing listed on the website.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence. You still pay whatever your storage provider…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Supports Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint and Dropbox Multiple accounts and selective or one-way sync	Over seventy cloud storage products behind one command syntax, including S3, Drive, Dropbox, B2 and Azure Preserves timestamps and verifies checksums at all times, and resumes interrupted transfers
Paid licence required Closed source	Command line only; the web GUI is experimental and third party front ends vary in quality Mounting a remote as a drive needs WinFsp on Windows or FUSE on Linux and macOS
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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