WebDrive Reviews

it just works, never fails. half the time I forget it's there. just how good system software should be

It is a tad too expensive for those of us who are smaller businesses. But it works well so I guess I can't complain ;-)

I found out about WebDrive because I searched for a product that supported a wide rage of cloud storage services. I'm using it to mount my Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, STACK (WebDAV) and internal FTP server. Setting it up is easy and works fine. When you want to go deeper, there's a lot of options to tweak and improve performance. Overall, I'm very pleased with WebDrive.

The plethora of advanced options are a little overwhelming, and the manual isn't too clear on all of them. Lucily, Support helped me out with the few questions I had. The advanced options are a must if you want to improve performance, because Windows isn't too.. keen on a Google Drive drive, for instance. You'll want to do something with caching and other tweaks.

We are sorry that you had trouble with configuring advanced options. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please contact sales@southrivertech.com. We also have a library of videos that may be helpful to you. They can be viewed at: https://webdrive.com/video-tutorials/. If you have any suggestions for additional videos that may be useful, please do let us know!

Worked fine until I had to reinstall it and it states my license expired.

You pay the full price for a license and if you have to reinstall or upgrade after a year it expires so you have to buy it all over again. They used to have a flat price for the software, but now they force you to pay for maintenance support which adds an additional 50% to the cost. They care more about the profits than the customers now.

Sorry for the confusion. You are always able to download the version that you purchased, whether it is the current release or not. You are not required to renew your maintenance and support- you only need to renew if you wish to download the current version or would like access to our technical support ticketing system. You can easily renew maintenance and support unless your license is a few years...

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It's easy to use & handles lots of different file sources.

On some server types it's a bit slow, like FTP with implicit TLS.

I have extensively used this software in my grad school. My research involves computer simulations and hence I am able to use SFTP connection to my university account where I run simulations and store data. Using WebDrive has been a blessing as I can update my simulations and extract data for analysis remotely and this has been specially useful during visit to another cities for conferences. The syncing of the new data is also excellent with WebDrive. I highly recommend this product.

Nothing really. I have used this product without any issues.

The UI on the software is very intuitive and easy to use. The product works, assuming what you are mapping to works.

When attempting to map a Synology NAS folder as a drive, we experienced a failure. Failure message was not sufficient to isolate the point of failure. Not sure if any improvement in failure message could be made. Point of failure was with Synology product.

With more of my clients wanting to store data in Amazon S3 and other S3-compatible stores, I needed a way to access the data without using the Console. I had TNTDrive installed, but I needed to upgrade and it does not work on a Mac. So, I tried many products and settled on WebDrive primarily for cost as well as ease of deployment on PCs and Mac.

The only challenge for me is that there are different connection paradigms on PC versus Mac. Adding a network drive versus mounting a volume. That's not really a complaint per se, rather a personal challenge of moving between platforms multiple times during the day.

This software enables me to use cloud storage in, to me, an intuitive way, by regarding it as another drive. After struggling with consumer software which was trying to manage back up and synch for me and causing a series of confusing problems, I decide the easiest method was to utilize WebDrive, use its backup capability, or other copy software where needed to meet my needs. This way I can reliably know what is being done.

It took a bit to grasp some of the configuration terms and ideas, but once I had sufficient (not complete) understanding I set it, and never looked back.

The fact that this allows for easy creation of a local mount point for massive remote storage devices. Webdrive is quite easy to get started with. The windows internal FTP handling is quite bad. This app makes the windows experience far better with network storage devices. Compared to other similar apps, this is also probably the most reasonably priced. In the few days I've been using this app, never had a crash or a disconnected drive pop-up. The app is also fairly modular and works independently of other clients which may cross-talk and use FTP calls to the same device connected to with Web-Drive.

I use Web-Drive on Win-10. It was hard to find the mount point location on the Windows bash kernel.

It works really well and allows the sharing of information for remote staff

The cache management could be improved and causes out of sync file handling issues.

Hi, Thanks for sharing your feedback. Our support team will be happy to assist with configuring your cache settings, which should help to address your issue. Please submit a support ticket at helpdesk.webdrive.com and someone will take a look!

I like that file transfer is easy and fast. It makes working with cloud and local files much easier. In addition, the fact that it offers a reliable service was one of the biggest factors in choosing this software. Security is always an issue when connecting, transmitting and accessing data on our servers, so it is a great choice for a reliable connection since we do not encounter such a problem in WebDrive. By mapping it to our WebDAV servers, it offers the convenience of being instantly connected at startup. Our credentials are encrypted and stored, making our connection effortless and secure.

The only thing I can criticize is the cost. I found the cost a little high.

WebDrive helps integrating nearly every storage solution into business processes. By serving a drive letter for online storage providers it connects legacy software solutions to the cloud. Setup and configuration is quite easy - you have a running solution within minutes. WebDrive can be rolled out in huge organizations with pre-defined connection settings very easily. What I like most is the perfect support that SRT delivers. Applause, applause...

There is nothing that I could point out here...

The software is easy to set up and use. I was able to get a version of software that would still run on on win Xp with no issues. For people running industrial equipment this is a huge benefit.

Transferring very large files can sometime cause the system to stop or hang up during a long down load or upload.

Easy to use. Extremely powerful. Fills a niche very effectively. Cost is totally reasonable for the value of this software. Customer service was responsive and knowledgeable.

I find this product to have no obvious cons.

Easy to install and setup. Once it is setup you do not have to worry about it.

Only one and there maybe an option for this & have not found it. Have to login for each drive mapping.

Hi David! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. There is actually a way to have sites connect automatically at login time. Under Site Properties --> General Host Settings (may also be named by the connection type depending on what connector you're using e.g. "SharePoint Settings"), there is a setting for "Connect at login/startup." This needs to be enabled. Also, under App Settings --> Settings, "Run in taskbar tray at startup" needs to be enabled. Wired Ethernet connections work best, but wireless often works as well. If there is still an issue connecting, the wireless connection may be connecting some time after login, causing WebDrive's attempt to connect at login to fail (no Internet established yet). Please reach out if you have any trouble. We will be happy to assist!

Easy to install and implement. Makes my Google Drive more accessible.

No Cons at this point. After Trial I hope to experiment with more options.

Software works great and the support is outstanding. There was an issue I had while testing the trial version that didn't quite fit what my client's needs were. I contacted support and we were able to fix the issue promptly and I was sent a new version of the program with the fix implemented. Worked perfectly after that.

The only issue I had with this program ended up becoming a Pro. A feature of the Sharepoint Online wasn't quite working right but support was amazing and able to get it fixed and working as needed.

The ease of use and the functionality it provides. It's also very easy to set up the software for end users and the support is great.

Would like if the current license we purchased works with future releases. Otherwise no complaints with the software.

Easily access all of your online data without syncing everything to your computer. Automatically syncs files you use while you are online so you can use them when offline - great for a laptop.

Expensive. One license per computer even if same user. This negates the main benefit of having your data online unless you purchase multiple expensive licenses.

Thanks for your feedback on WebDrive. Most of our sales are to businesses, so the policy of one license per computer assures that companies pay for what they are using. For individual users, we are always happy to offer discounts on 1 or 2 additional licenses. If you are interested in additional licenses, please contact sales@southrivertech.com and we'll be happy to help. Thanks again for your feedback. Our team works really hard to offer the best products and support available.

Allows for painless connection to SharePoint Online Document Centers and Libraries. We have utilized this tool as part of our migration strategy for our customers when migrating file shares.

Configuration of options to allow best performance for migration.

Very simple to use and deploy. Slick interface and reliable programming. I like the fact that in around 5 clicks and a log in, you're connected up to Sharepoint without any of the hassle of using Windows Native tools or bulky One Drive.

Nothing to say here! We did have an issue on the first install which was quickly resolved. The helpdesk we're very responsive and supportive.

Thanks for the great feedback, Ray! We strive to offer great product and great support. As you use WebDrive, please let us know if you have suggestions and feedback. Our product roadmap is built primarily from customer input.

Webdrive is functional and fast

Sometimes there are some synchronisation problems, but it's not always obvious that the software is the problem of it (it can be a problem when you switch from WiFi to UTP/Ethernet).

I can map all of my cloud storage services as drives on my PC, including Dropbox, Amazon S3 and SFTP servers.

No cons were added to this review

It represents a real solution for work from home, connected via various platforms. In my case I had to make the contents of the nas synology available to 10 users, using webdav server.

Quick installation and an excellent presale service

The software is easy to use and set up. But, most importantly, the support team is exceptional.

I had some issues with large downloads, but the support team was exceptionally responsive and hands on to resolve them.