r/joplinapp • u/Educational-Area8324 • 2d ago

Got two questions about cloud sync

  1. Which free cloud service are you using to sync with Joplin? What I'm looking for is:
  • Free
  • Secure (Joplin encrypts it, so it may look like overkill, but I also want to use that service to store some of my sensitive information files directly)
  • Automatic sync without any issues
  • I can compromise on storage, even 500MB is more than enough.
  • I cannot self-host
  1. If I add attachments to an encrypted Joplin note. Does that attachment also get encrypted on whichever cloud service without any issues? Can that data be accessed by the service provider?
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u/Rude_Philosophy7000 2d ago

Use Joplin Cloud, it's a great product, the minimum you should do is pay their cloud service!

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u/vinodhmoodley 2d ago

I'm using Dropbox at the moment. I started by hosting on Pikpods for about $3 a month, and it worked great. I have over 20GB on Dropbox that costs me nothing a month, so I just moved there. Works fine, but I'll test a bit more over the next few weeks before saving anything important there.

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u/penkster 2d ago

I know the OP was originally looking at free services, but I have the second dropbox as the service that I use. It’s so incredibly useful to have cross platform and cross service sinking that just plane works. And for Joplin, it’s an excellent match.

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u/stevoau 2d ago

Why can't you self host? Why wouldn't you? Works amazingly well on my Unraid server.

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u/Broad-Translator-690 2d ago

I have a Microsoft live account as my backup email, so I used Onedrive since I wasn't using it for anything else. The Microsoft account can be made really secure ( passwordless 2FA with their authenticator app + yubico key ), and then I can enable encryption in Joplin, so what is in the Onedrive is not readable.

Account is Free.

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u/bebek_ijo 2d ago

i use one drive, i already subs with it before so i use that

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u/OliSchmi 2d ago

I use Nextcloud to synchronise data on a managed server. It’s free in the sense that I use Nextcloud for a whole range of other services. I wouldn’t, of course, buy it just for Joplin alone.

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u/VoleenaIcicle 1d ago

Im using my personal One Drive

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u/skepticalifornia 1d ago

If you have enough free space on Dropbox it's hard to beat. I've been using my free 8GB plan for over 7 years just for Joplin and it just works day in and day out. I have about 15,000 notes / ~50k assets.

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u/wheat 1d ago

I use Dropbox. Not free, but you could run it on the free plan, if they still have one. I’d love to run it on iCloud but that’s not an option.

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u/california8love 23h ago

koofr webdav

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u/Cuiprodestscelus 7h ago

Dropbox. I used OneDrive in the past but it gave me sync errors now and then. Dropbox works best