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Founded: 2013, Baar, Switzerland Users: 23M+ worldwide (as of early 2026) Data centers: Luxembourg (EU) and Dallas, Texas (US) Core Features : - pCloud Drive - Virtual File System on Windows, macOS, Linux - Team Folders & Collaboration - File Versioning, History & Rewind up to 180 days - Admin Console for User and Team management, storage allocation - 1 or 2 TB per user - Multi-platform Access - Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and Web platform You can test pCloud Business with a 30-day free trial account with up to 10 users 4.3 out of 5 stars 189 Ratings Visit Website for pCloud Business QuantaStor QuantaStor is a unified Software-Defined Storage platform designed to scale up and out to make storage management easy while reducing overall enterprise storage costs. With support for all major file, block, and object protocols including iSCSI/FC, NFS/SMB, and S3, QuantaStor storage grids may be configured to address the needs of complex workflows which span sites and datacenters. QuantaStor’s storage grid technology is a built-in federated management system which enables QuantaStor servers to be combined together to simplify management and automation via CLI and REST APIs. The layered architecture of QuantaStor provides solution engineers with unprecedented flexibility and application design options that maximizes workload performance and fault-tolerance for a wide range of storage workloads. QuantaStor includes end-to-end security coverage enabling multi-layer data protection “on the wire” and “at rest” for enterprise and cloud storage deployments. 4.8 out of 5 stars 6 Ratings Visit Website for QuantaStor Filerev Use the Filerev app to organize Google Drive and reduce storage costs. The Duplicate File Finder quickly shows all duplicates in Google Drive without downloading all of your files. The Storage Analyzer lets you browse your folders by size in Google Drive. 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S3 Drive: About 3 Drive connects to any standard S3 cloud data store, enabling you to work virtually with cloud files as if they are right on your local file system. Access, update, edit, and save files stored in any storage service compatible with the S3 API, such as: Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, MinIO, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, DigitalOcean, and more. S3 Drive adds a local cache layer on top of the S3 API, saving files locally and uploading them automatically - so you don’t have to upload and download files each time. Powerful Capabilities: - Store multiple connection profiles for a quick, convenient connection. - S3 Drive offers FIPS mode. - Run S3 Drive as a Windows service or desktop application. - Use S3 Drive as a Desktop application or from the command line. - S3 Drive supports Windows Arm64. - Available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. S3 Drive is trusted by the biggest technology companies in the world.	S3 Explorer: About S3 Explorer is a cross-platform desktop application for browsing and managing Amazon S3 and other S3-compatible object storage. It connects to cloud and self-hosted endpoints using provider presets or custom endpoint settings, including region, addressing mode and temporary credentials. Users can navigate buckets, search objects with a local index, upload and download files, and work with object versions, tags, metadata and headers. The app includes text editing and image preview and cropping, as well as tools to rename, move or duplicate objects, generate presigned URLs and review request-usage metrics. Credentials and the search index are stored locally. S3 Explorer is intended for developers, DevOps engineers, system administrators and IT teams that work with S3-based storage across desktop systems.
S3 Drive: Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	S3 Explorer: Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
S3 Drive: Audience Developers, software solutions providers and enterprises who need to sync files from the cloud to their local machines.	S3 Explorer: Audience Developers, DevOps engineers, sysadmins and IT teams who manage data on AWS S3 or any S3-compatible object storage.
S3 Drive: Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported	S3 Explorer: Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
S3 Drive: API Offers API Not Supported	S3 Explorer: API Offers API Not Supported
S3 Drive: Screenshots and Videos View more images or videos	S3 Explorer: Screenshots and Videos View more images or videos
S3 Drive: Pricing $79 Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported	S3 Explorer: Pricing $0 The app is free with all features for up to five connection profiles. A €11.50 lifetime license removes the profile limit. Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported
S3 Drive: Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews	S3 Explorer: Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software
S3 Drive: Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros The installation was very simple and now I have a drive on my machine where I can work with my S3 files directly. Awesome! Very simple to use. Cons Nothing in particular, the UI is maybe a little dated but that's OK with me. Modern UIs have too much junk in them anyway.
S3 Drive: Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported	S3 Explorer: Training Documentation Not Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported
S3 Drive: Company Information Callback Technologies Founded: 1994 United States www.callback.com	S3 Explorer: Company Information AccessDevops Founded: 2025 France s3explorer.accessdevops.com
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S3 Drive: Categories Object Storage Supported	S3 Explorer: Categories Object Storage Supported

S3 Drive: Integrations Akamai Supported Amazon S3 Supported Backblaze Supported Cisco Identity Intelligence Supported Cloudflare Supported DigitalOcean Supported IBM Cloud Object Storage Supported IDrive Supported MinIO Supported Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Supported Scality Supported Seagate Lyve Supported Shottr Supported Wasabi Supported Show More Integrations View All 14 Integrations	S3 Explorer: Integrations Akamai Not Supported Amazon S3 Not Supported Backblaze Not Supported Cisco Identity Intelligence Not Supported Cloudflare Not Supported DigitalOcean Not Supported IBM Cloud Object Storage Not Supported IDrive Not Supported MinIO Not Supported Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Not Supported Scality Not Supported Seagate Lyve Not Supported Shottr Not Supported Wasabi Not Supported Show More Integrations
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