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FreeFileSync pricing
FreeFileSync publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the utilities tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free and open source; a paid Donation Edition adds convenience features
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
FreeFileSync plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 2 | Entry tier |
Where FreeFileSync stops being free
Free, Free
- Core functionality
- Personal use
No paid tier on record
FreeFileSync lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full FreeFileSync feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Comparison before sync
- Multiple sync modes
- Versioning
- Batch jobs
People bring FreeFileSync in for mirroring a working drive to external storage on a schedule, comparing two folders to find what actually differs, backup routines where seeing the plan before it runs matters. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to FreeFileSync are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Utilities
Too few utilities tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeFileSync (this page) | Free | Free and open source; a paid Donation Edition adds convenience features | - | |
| CCleaner | Free | Free tier with paid Professional; see vendor for current rates | - | vs FreeFileSync |
| Everything | Free | Free; donations accepted | - | vs FreeFileSync |
| Rufus | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs FreeFileSync |
| balenaEtcher | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs FreeFileSync |
| Syncthing | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs FreeFileSync |
| GParted | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs FreeFileSync |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the FreeFileSync badges page.
Before you pay for FreeFileSync
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
FreeFileSync runs on windows, macos, linux, and is published by FreeFileSync of Open source project. The full record is on the FreeFileSync review, and the rest of the category is under best utilities tools.
FreeFileSync pricing questions
- How much does FreeFileSync cost?
- FreeFileSync publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does FreeFileSync have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers core functionality, personal use.
- Which utilities tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 7 utilities tools listed alongside FreeFileSync have a free tier: CCleaner, Everything, Rufus, balenaEtcher, Syncthing.
- What am I actually paying for with FreeFileSync?
- The record lists 4 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for mirroring a working drive to external storage on a schedule, comparing two folders to find what actually differs, backup routines where seeing the plan before it runs matters.
- Does FreeFileSync charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these FreeFileSync prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare FreeFileSync against before paying?
- The closest utilities tools in this directory are CCleaner, Everything, Rufus, balenaEtcher. Each has a side-by-side comparison with FreeFileSync covering price, platforms and features.