Free Vs Paid

gasport

On your Download Page you indicate that there is an unlimited number of Devices & Encryption Volume yet when I try to add an Encryption Volume (second one) I get the message that this is not available. What exactly do you mean by Devices & Encryption Volume? Thanks for the clarification.

David R.

Hi gasport,

in all our versions you can encrypt unlimited data and access it from an unlimited number of devices. But to mount unlimited virtual drives you'll have to buy a license.

Best regards,
David

gasport

Thank you David.

I was able to do what I wanted and that was to open the same BoxCryptor.bc file from my iMac and MacBook Air. I am assuming that anything I drop into the Volume on either machine will sync to the BoxCryptor.bc file which is in my Dropbox folder. Is this correct?

If I wanted to have more than one Virtual Drive on either machine I would have to purchase the license.

I think I have it now...

joejaz

I don't get it ?

Then what benefits does “free” version have?

I’v read through your forums but still not clear, if I use Dropbox on 1 mac & 2 PCs then to use BC with it ,I have buy a licence , to open up files on dropbox on other computers ,is that right?

CC

joejaz wrote:
> Then what benefits does “free” version have?

For the differences, have a look here :
https://www.boxcryptor.com/download/

If I recall well, older versions of BC allowed for filename encryption and the encryption of a maximum of 2 GB of files.

Currently (starting from summer 2012 ?), the free version of BC allows for encryption of an unlimited number of files, but it doesn't provide filename encryption anymore.

I cannot check the following precisely, because I've installed a purchased unlimited BC version, but the free BC edition:

o) mounts 1 BC drive
o) doesn't encrypt filenames, but
o) allows for the encryption of unlimited files
o) and is multi-platform

In short, you have a GUI-based multi-platform tool for free, a tool that provides on-the-fly encryption of unlimited files.

Client-side, so called zero knowledge encryption technology, as provided by BC, is an important aspect of cloud storage.

Because of catastrophes like this:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/dropbox/

and quite some others as described on the web / forums, people have lost their job, lost their customers, etc, because they stored _not encrypted_ customer or company data like text, pdf, doc, etc, files in the cloud.

To summarize:
> Then what benefits does “free” version have?

Even the free BC version is a valuable tool to protect your customer's and other data in the cloud.

In addition, it allows you to experiment with most of BC's features before you buy, which is a generous offer compared to other software systems.

Once you're convinced that a particular version is stable, go for that version.

joejaz

So I can use BC for dropbox on only 1 computer, if want to encrypt dropbox on several computers I have to pay $45... correct?

Geronimo

nope.

https://boxcryptor.desk.com/customer/portal/questions/359743-license-on-multiple-computers says :

"the BoxCryptor license is per user. So if you buy one BoxCryptor Unlimited license you can use it on as many Windows and Mac computers as you want as long as you are the only user. "

joejaz

But not encrypt dropbox on several computers using the free version, that’s what I was asking

Geronimo

Well, please read the message posted by CC here, it states correctly that the free version can be used for encryption on several computers as well.
If you can live with restrictions like filenames not encrypted etc you're fine.
Just download the free version and try, it works.