FloDrive
One drive letter with the same folders on every PC. Files move straight between your own computers at office speed, keep working when the internet is down, and never touch our servers.
Windows 10 and 11. Free. Add a copy to your own cloud if you want one.
How it works
No file server to set up and nobody to call. The first computer takes about three minutes, every other one less.
One installer, whether it's a staff PC, a laptop or the main PC. It asks your company name, your name and where the drive should live, then it's running.
From one list. Your main PC / server and any cloud copy are just computers on the same list, with the same ticks.
The company drive shows in File Explorer with the same letter on every computer, and a tick on every file that is synced.
Your files, on every computer
Links between drawings, spreadsheets and reports never break, because every computer sees the same Q: with the same folders. It shows in File Explorer like any drive, and a tick on each file shows it's synced.
Every file shows in its normal place with its real name, size and date, even when it isn't on your PC yet. Those files take almost no space. Open one and it comes from your main PC / server or another PC, then stays on yours.
Files go straight from one computer to the next over the office network, at office speed, not internet speed. When the internet is down the office keeps working and the outside world catches up later.
Your files live on your own computers, including your main PC / server. If you want a copy in a cloud you already have, such as Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox, tick it like any other computer, with a speed limit so backing up never hogs your internet.
Work from home or on site over a secure link, with no VPN to set up and no holes in the office router. See your files on your phone, fetched straight from your main PC / server over an encrypted link. No copy is kept anywhere else.
Control for the boss
A laptop with a small disk only gets what it needs. When you add a folder you say which computers get it, so nothing is pushed to everyone by accident. Untick someone and every file in that folder is removed from their computer, with one click.
Remove every company file from it, from your own PC, with one click.
Coming soon: lock it so it is unusable outside FloDrive, which is password protected.
So nothing important lives on a single PC without you knowing.
Deleted folders go into a box first. One click brings a folder back on every computer that had it.
Who changed what, and when, on every folder.
See which version each computer runs and whether it's up to date. FloDrive updates itself.
They sit on the same list, with the same ticks. Nothing special to set up.
So two people don't end up with two versions. FloDrive names who has it and tells you when they close it.
Safety and privacy
We don't store any of your files. We only keep the list of your computers, folders and ticks, plus file names for searching on your phone. Unless you choose a cloud copy, nothing leaves your office. Good for POPIA.
Move one folder at a time from your old setup, in place. Each computer checks what it already has, so nothing is downloaded twice. Your old setup keeps working until you're happy.
Compared with what you use now
| Cloud drives | A NAS box | FloDrive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where your files live | On their servers, usually overseas | On the box in your office | On your own computers, plus your main PC / server or cloud if you tick them |
| Same drive letter and paths on every PC | Usually not; each PC gets its own folder path | A mapped drive, while the box can be reached | Yes, everywhere, online or offline |
| When the internet is down | Only the files already on the PC | Works inside the office | Works inside the office, and every PC has its folders |
| Who gets which folder | Sharing settings per folder | The box's admin pages | A tick per computer, from one list |
| Lost laptop | Usually needs extra licences for remote wipe | Nothing on the laptop is reachable | Wipe from your own PC (lock coming soon) |
| Monthly fee per person | Yes | No, you buy the box | Free |
Coming soon
If your cloud is getting full, switch that folder off for the cloud and it stays on your main PC / server, your home computer or your NAS.
Non-company folders that sync only to your own computers and your own personal cloud.
Questions
Every setting and every fix is in the full FAQ, where you can also ask Flo.
No. Nothing specialised. FloDrive works from computer to computer. Pick one ordinary office computer that stays on, and there is always a copy awake for the laptops that come and go. It joins the list like any other computer. A NAS works too, if you already have one.
On your own computers, in ordinary folders on the drive letter you chose. If you tick a cloud copy, there is also a copy in your own Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox. Nothing is stored with us.
Nothing. FloDrive is free. Paid plans will only become available later, and there is no date for that.
Yes. FloGent adds timesheets that fill themselves in and a task planner on top of FloDrive. Switching it on is a tick on your company, not a new installation.
Install FloDrive on two PCs this afternoon and see them sync. It's free.