#3 in Brand & Asset ManagementUpdated 2026-08

Pydio

by Pydio · Self-hosted enterprise document sharing and management

38 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Pydio Cells is a self-hosted document sharing and management platform that you install on your own Linux or macOS servers with a MySQL or MariaDB database. It covers sharing, collaboration, transfers of up to 5TB, versioning and search, storing files on the filesystem, S3, Google Cloud Storage or Azure Blob. Cells Flows adds no-code automation and third-party connections.

Best for: IT teams in regulated organisations that need self-hosted file sharing they control themselves.
Pricing: Cells Home is free; Cells Connect starts at €3,280/year and Cells Enterprise at €4,380/year for 50 users, with volume discounts from 100 users.
Runs on: WebSelf-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Self-hosted, so files stay on your own infrastructure
SSO via OIDC/OAuth2 and SAML, MFA, role and rule-based ACLs
Cells Flows adds no-code automation and integrations
Free Home edition with S3 storage, WebDAV and desktop sync

Trade-offs

Self-hosted only: you supply Linux/macOS servers and a MySQL database
Windows is untested and unsupported on Connect and Enterprise
Paid plans are quoted from 50 users, so small teams pay the same floor
OnlyOffice document editing is listed as an optional extra

Pricing

Published plans from Pydio’s own pricing page, in EUR. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Pydio pricing tiers, monthly rates in EUR
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Pydio Cells Home	—	Free, for home use and evaluation FileSystem and S3-compatible storage REST API, SDKs, WebDAV, mobile and desktop sync Embedded users directory and online document preview
Pydio Cells Connect	—per year for 50 users	Starting at €3,280/year for 50 users; volume discounts from 100 users AD/LDAP directory support SSO via OpenID Connect/OAuth2 and SAML/Azure ADFS White-labelling and supported cloud images (OVF, VMware, Amazon AMI)
Pydio Cells Enterprise	—per year for 50 users	Starting at €4,380/year for 50 users; €5,980/year from 100 users Role-based and rule-based access control, multi-factor authentication Exportable audit logs (csv/xlsx) and real-time share auditing Terms of Service validation

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 30 out of 100
Documentation: 80 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 85 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 20 out of 100
Changelog: 0 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 75 out of 100
Operational trust: 15 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 40 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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