Encryption Software reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 162 Reddit reviews across 24 subreddits and 49 posts to rank the best Encryption Software brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/privacy, r/crypto, r/sysadmin, r/linuxquestions, r/privacytoolsIO. Top-rated brands include VeraCrypt (4.5/5), Cryptomator (4.4/5), LUKS (4.2/5).
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Reviews162
Subreddits24
Posts49
Brands57
Products27
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#1
VeraCrypt
4.5
(54)
"VeraCrypt for full disk encryption, cryptomator for cloud and small files."
"Veracrypt all the way"
"Veracrypt - creates a container for all your files"
"Vera."
"Veracrypt all the way."
"VeraCrypt is great for creating encrypted archives for sensitive information."
"VeraCrypt is excellent for disk encryption."
"Veracrypt slaps"
"Veracrypt is a reliable choice for whole disk encryption."
"Veracrypt?"
#2
Cryptomator
4.4
(11)
"Cryptomator"
"Cryptomator is solid and easy to use. They also have mobile app."
"Cryptomator for cloud, Veracrypt for local files and Picocrypt for on-the-go simple encryption"
"Cryptomator is great for securing specific directories."
"Cryptomator is nice and easy"
"Cryptomator provides a secure vault for files."
"Cryptomator"
"Cryptomator is free on both android and windows."
"Cryptomator, Veracrypt"
"Cryptomator is another good option for cross-platform full disk encryption."
#3
LUKS
4.2
(9)
"LUKS + cryptsetup is the way to go."
"LUKS is my go to for compatibility, ease of use and stability."
"On Linux I use LUKS."
"I have compared like-for-like video work with and without LUKS and, to be frank, I barely noticed any difference."
"If you're technically competent, LUKS for local filesystem encryption isn't too terribly difficult."
"LUKS."
"I have never had an issue with LUKS."
"Possibly would recommend LUKS+EXT4 as long as it's USB 3.0 or later."
"LUKS is more tested and more secure, while Ciphershed is too new and unstable."
#4
BitLocker
4.5
(8)
"Bitlocker for Windows, LUKS for Linux. No reason to use anything else"
"Bit locker /veracrypt"
"Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise has built in bitlocker."
"Assuming Windows, just use BitLocker."
"For a full drive encryption just go with bitlocker if you can, otherwise veracrypt."
"Bit locker unless you plan to use the drive in Linux."
"Bitlocker is great if your version of Windows supports it."
"Why wouldn't you use bit locker which is an included feature?"
#5
Microsoft
4.5
(6)
"BitLocker provides excellent whole disk encryption for the OS drive."
"Bitlocker comes with windows and works out of the box."
"BitLocker is a great security feature for Windows 8 & 10 Professional."
"I do use BitLocker because of the ease of use and it does match with my threat model."
"I'd rather use information protection together with conditional access."
"Windows Pro offers BitLocker for encryption."
#6
rclone
5.0
(4)
"Rclone - free, powerful and multiplatform"
"Rclone encryption is a great option, and the Android app rcx is very useful."
"For me rclone still the best tool for gdrive."
"Rclone can do this for you very easily and transparently."
#7
TrueCrypt
4.7
(3)
"TrueCrypt provides seamless full drive encryption, making the drive appear unformatted until the password is entered."
"Truecrypt is a reliable and secure encryption tool."
"I've heard quite some positive stories about TrueCrypt."
#8
OpenKeychain
4.3
(3)
"OpenKeychain is foss, audited and works well for basic encryption/decryption/signing."
"You can go with Openkeychain"
"OpenKeychain integrates with multiple apps for encrypting your mail, plain texts, backups, xmpp chats."
#9
7-Zip
4.0
(3)
"Probably easier to just find a different format that will encrypt file names like 7z."
"7zip. Gpg 4win , Veracrypt, cryptomator"
"You can use encryption in 7z files."
#10
Picocrypt
4.0
(3)
"Definitely"
"If you only need to encrypt individual files, Picocrypt may be suitable."
"I'd also like to share a project that I'm working on which is smaller and more portable than Veracrypt."
#11
gocryptfs
4.0
(3)
"Which actually is my 'go to' choice in this space"
"All work similar to encfs (which you mentioned), in fact gocryptfs started as a replacement for encfs when encfs got deprecated"
"I personally am a fan of gocryptfs as well."
#12
Apple
3.7
(3)
"Mac users can utilize FileVault for encryption."
"The newer version of FileVault is effective as it requires a password before booting."
"MacOS has a built-in encryption engine in the Disk Utility app."
#13
Covert Encryption
3.3
(3)
"We just released Covert Encryption 0.6.0 with this feature implemented as requested in this Reddit post."
"What software do you guys recommend that can encrypt one or two folders and can have certain users access those files within those folders."
"There certainly are websites that can do this in your browser completely locally, if you trust the Javascript they send you."
#14
DroidFS
4.5
(2)
"Https://f-droid.org/ru/packages/sushi.hardcore.droidfs/ for Android"
"DroidFS worth a look as an EdS alternative.."
#15
Kleopatra
4.0
(2)
"Seem to be most used ?"
"Easy to use, no big library dependencies like Java or .net"
#16
AxCrypt
4.0
(2)
"For on-the-fly encryption, allowing you to modify individually encrypted files, look at AxCrypt."
"I could simply encrypt the entire text file with an archive manager or a program such as Axcrypt."
#17
EncFS
4.0
(2)
"EncFS is recommended for cross-platform full disk encryption."
"EncFS does not require reformatting and can be mixed with unencrypted data."
#18
PGP
3.5
(2)
"Personally I like PGP. All the most useful features are free for noncommercial use."
"PGP whole disk is an alternative, but FileVault is recommended."
#19
Azure Information Protection
5.0
(1)
"Azure Information Protection is the easiest, most secure way to go about this."
#20
dm-crypt
5.0
(1)
"Dm-crypt (+luks) is your best bet."
#21
Atakama
5.0
(1)
"Atakama is the best encryption software for the pc."
#22
Foss
5.0
(1)
"A really handy tool for encryption imo."
#23
DiskCryptor
5.0
(1)
"DiskCryptor is noticeably faster on modern SSD."
#24
SmartEncrypt
5.0
(1)
"SmartEncrypt is better for business use and is seamless encryption with 3 free user licenses."
#25
cppcryptfs
5.0
(1)
"Https://github.com/bailey27/cppcryptfs for Windows"
#26
PGP4Win
4.0
(1)
"PGP4Win is available."
#27
E3
4.0
(1)
"I have E3 and it works pretty well."
#28
Canary
4.0
(1)
"I use canary."
#30
Tails
4.0
(1)
"Tails or kleo and whonix only."
#31
AES Crypt
4.0
(1)
"Aescrypt for Android available in windows Mac and Linux too"
#32
Apricorn
4.0
(1)
"Apricorn makes flash and removable hard drives that will encrypt the data stored on them."
#33
Kingston
4.0
(1)
"I use [these](http://www.kingston.com/us/usb/encrypted_security)."
#34
BorgBackup
4.0
(1)
"Https://www.borgbackup.org/ uses encryption."
#35
Nextcloud
4.0
(1)
"Nextcloud client app can do end to end encryption."
#36
Linux
4.0
(1)
"Linux users can use LUKS for encryption."
#37
Ubuntu
4.0
(1)
"The DISKS-Tool is user-friendly for managing USB drives."
#38
EDS
4.0
(1)
"You can open Veracrypt archives in EDS if encrypted correctly."
#39
Keybase
4.0
(1)
"Keybase is recommended for client encrypted cloud storage."
#40
Tarsnap
4.0
(1)
"Tarsnap is also recommended for client encrypted cloud storage."
#41
7zip
4.0
(1)
"Recommended for creating an encrypted archive."
#42
Boxcryptor
4.0
(1)
"Boxcryptor is good for personal stuff, uses a mounted drive and 1 free use license."
#43
cryFS
4.0
(1)
"CryFS is a promising alternative to encfs, offering a unique approach to data encryption."
#44
GPG4USB
4.0
(1)
"I started with gpg4win or whatever but prefer kleopatra now"
#45
GPG4Win
4.0
(1)
"Contains Outlook plugin and Kleopatra"
#46
PGP Frontend
4.0
(1)
"It’s on the Microsoft store now I think as well as GitHub"
#47
PeaZip
4.0
(1)
"More or less exists to address those issues from my understanding."
#48
Age
4.0
(1)
"Https://github.com/FiloSottile/age"
#49
Gpg4win
4.0
(1)
"I would try openpgp, you can use https://www.gpg4win.org/ on windows"
#50
Secure Cloud Storage
4.0
(1)
"I would just use secure cloud storage, federate auth, require FIDO2 and MFA and call it a day over trying to enforce tons of encryption."
#51
Thomson Reuters
4.0
(1)
"We use Thomson Reuters to create portals for clients they can login with which they can add multi factor authentication to."
#52
GNU
4.0
(1)
"GNU recommends LZIP for optical media written archives because it's designed to tolerate mild damage."
#53
Thales
4.0
(1)
"If you're willing to play with HSM's you can use Thales cipher trust manger."
#54
GnuPG
4.0
(1)
"Why not just use the GnuPG one that's provided that I assumed most people do?"
#55
TypeCrypt
3.0
(1)
"I've used typecrypt in the past. It works on folders."
#56
Ciphershed
3.0
(1)
"It sounds like they need an FAQ and a tutorial to help out new people."
#57
NordVPN
1.0
(1)
"Recommends a seemingly proprietary and unaudited solution, misuses 'Zero-knowledge' terminology, and employs shady marketing."
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