When comparing Seafile vs MEGA, the Slant community recommends Seafile for most people. In the question“What are the best personal file-syncing solutions?” Seafile is ranked 6th while MEGA is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Seafile is:
Seafile community edition is licensed under GPLv2 with source code available on [GitHub](https://github.com/haiwen/seafile).
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free and open source
Seafile community edition is licensed under GPLv2 with source code available on GitHub.
Pro Client-side encryption
All files are transferred with AES 128 bit encryption.
Pro Cross platform
Linux, Windows and Mac.
Pro Client-side encryption
All files uploaded to Mega are first encrypted on the users side. To access files a decryption key must be supplied. For ease of use, the decryption key can be appended to the URL you share.
Pro 50GB free
50 GB trial for new accounts after registering for a month, then 15 GB. There's also three upgrade plans, starting at 500GB and $110/yr. 15GB may not seem much, but Dropbox only offers 2GB for the free plan. This is better than Google Drive because Google Drive storage is shared with all the Google services you are using.
Pro Functional web interface
Pro Easy to use
Just drag and drop files in the browser window, then create a link for sharing. You will need an account to create a link. To streamline the process for new users you can start uploading as soon as you access the website and create an account while it's uploading.
Pro Respects personal privacy
They will never look through your files unless they ask for permission.
Pro Open source client
Cons
Con Requires maintenance
You have to manually keep the server and clients up to date.
Con Slow syncs
Servers are slow, and the new app is terrible.