kDrive
Cloud storage and file sharing with online document editing, hosted in Switzerland.
- Swiss CompanyThe operating company is headquartered and legally incorporated in Switzerland.
- Swiss OwnedThe ultimate controlling owner is Swiss (Swiss persons, companies, foundations or public bodies).
- Swiss DevelopedThe product is primarily developed by a team operating from Switzerland.
- Hosted in SwitzerlandCore customer data and workloads are hosted in Switzerland by default.
- Swiss InfrastructureHosted in Switzerland on infrastructure operated by a Swiss-owned provider (or the company itself) — not a foreign hyperscaler.
- Free PlanA permanently free plan is available (not just a trial).
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Overview
kDrive is Infomaniak’s cloud storage service for files and photos. It offers desktop sync clients for Windows, macOS and Linux with selective sync, mobile apps with automatic photo upload, share links with passwords and expiry dates, drop boxes for receiving files, and online editing of Office documents with OnlyOffice. kDrive Pro adds Microsoft Office Online editing.
kDrive is available on its own (Solo, Team and Pro plans, from 3 TB, all with WebDAV access) or as part of kSuite; the free my kSuite tier includes 15 GB of kDrive storage, without WebDAV. Infomaniak states that files are encrypted and replicated across two of its data centres in Switzerland, and that kDrive is developed in Switzerland. kDrive does not offer end-to-end encryption.
Why it may be a Swiss alternative
kDrive is operated by Infomaniak Network SA, which is headquartered in Geneva. Swiss-headquartered, Swiss-owned company; product developed (wholly or largely) in Switzerland.
According to the information we found, core customer data is hosted in Switzerland.
May replace
- Google DriveGoogle LLC · US
- Microsoft OneDriveMicrosoft Corporation · US
- DropboxDropbox, Inc. · US
- iCloudApple Inc. · USCovers file and photo storage; no full iPhone or iPad backups and no Apple system integration.
- Google DocsGoogle LLC · USOffice documents are edited in the browser with the built-in OnlyOffice editors.
Foreign products with overlapping functionality. An alternative is not necessarily a one-to-one replacement.
Swiss footprint
Five independent questions. A Swiss company is not automatically Swiss-hosted — and vice versa. How the footprint is assessed
Swiss native. Swiss-headquartered, Swiss-owned company; product developed (wholly or largely) in Switzerland.
- HeadquartersIs the operating company headquartered in Switzerland?
- Geneva, Geneva (GE), SwitzerlandVerified[1]
- Legal jurisdiction
- OwnershipIs the company ultimately Swiss-owned?
- Yes — Infomaniak SA (controlled by the Infomaniak Foundation) · SwitzerlandVendor claim[3]
In May 2026 founder Boris Siegenthaler transferred the majority of voting rights to the Infomaniak Foundation, a Swiss public-interest foundation. In September 2026 the SIX-listed Perrot Duval Holding SA acquired 100% of Infomaniak Group SA in a reverse takeover and was renamed Infomaniak SA (ticker INFO, trading since 1 October 2026). The Foundation holds all unlisted, non-transferable Class A shares and the majority of voting rights; the listed Class B shares carry a minority of votes. The founder and about 30 employees also hold shares. Infomaniak Network SA is the group's operating company and contracting entity; its place under Infomaniak Group SA is inferred from the shared address, management and group references rather than stated explicitly in the sources consulted.
- DevelopmentIs the product developed in Switzerland?
- YesVendor claim[1]
- HostingIs customer data hosted in Switzerland?
- Yes — SwitzerlandVendor claim[1]
Infomaniak states that each file is replicated on three storage devices in two of its data centres in Switzerland.
- InfrastructureIs the hosting infrastructure operated by a Swiss-owned provider?
- Yes — Infomaniak (self-operated data centres) · SwitzerlandVendor claim[4]
Features & platforms
- Platforms
- Deployment
- Made for
- Interface languages
- Unknown / not verified
Privacy & security
- End-to-end encryption
- No
- Encryption at rest
- Yes
- Encryption in transit
- Yes
- Multi-factor authentication
- Yes
- Single sign-on (SAML/OIDC)
- Yes
- Public API
- Yes
- Data export
- Yes
- Not verified
- SCIM provisioning
- Certifications
Pricing
Paid plans fromCHF 4.99 / monthkDrive Solo (3 TB, 1 user) with 1-year billing, excl. VAT; CHF 5.54 billed monthly
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- Yes
- Enterprise plan
- Unknown / not verified
- Billing in CHF
- Yes
Prices checked 15 Oct 2026. Always confirm on the vendor’s site. Pricing page ↗
Open source
- Open source
- PartlyVendor claim[6]
The desktop sync client and the Android and iOS apps are open source under GPL-3.0; the server and web app are not published.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0 · OSI-approved licence
- Source code
- github.com/Infomaniak/desktop-kDrive
- GitHub
- 120 stars
- 33 forks
- GPL-3.0
- C++
- last commit
Statistics from GitHub, fetched 15 Oct 2026.
Sustainability
Company
Geneva-based cloud provider that runs its own data centres in Switzerland and offers web hosting, cloud infrastructure, collaboration tools and AI services. Its group holding has been listed on SIX Swiss Exchange since October 2026.
More from Infomaniak
- Euria — AI Assistants
- Infomaniak Mail — Email
- Infomaniak Public Cloud — Cloud Platforms
- Infomaniak Web Hosting — Web Hosting
- kChat — Team Chat
- kMeet — Video Conferencing
- kSuite — Office Suites
- Swiss Backup — Backup
- SwissTransfer — File Transfer
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Sources & verification
Every claim on this page is marked as verified, vendor claim or inferred. Unknown means we could not confirm it — not that the answer is “no”.
- Verified Confirmed by an independent or official source such as the commercial register.
- Vendor claim Stated by the vendor in its own documentation, website or legal terms.
- Inferred Derived by the editors from indirect evidence — see the note.
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