Cells Home vs Cells Enterprise
Which version should I choose?
This list highlights the differences between our two products.
In one word, if you are part of an organization facing compliance issues and strong security policies,
you should definitely have a look at the Pydio Cells Enterprise distribution.
It provides all the tools needed to securely share files while keeping your data safe.
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| Cells Home | Cells Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | - FS and S3 Compatible storage support - Default Versioning Policies |
Cells Home Features + Azure Blob Storage support + Google Cloud Storage support + Custom Versioning Policies + Data Sharding |
| Workspaces & Cells | - Share as Public Links (password, expiration, etc) - Share Cells with other users - Metadata - Search Engine - Chatrooms & Comments Feeds - Realtime notifications and email digest - Zip/Tar.gz support (extract, compress, download selection) |
Cells Home Features + Drop'n'share interface (WeTransfer like) + OnlyOffice online editor (for office documents) + Image areas annotations + Video timecode/area Annotations + Folders Templates to ease repetitive tasks |
| User Directories Identity Providers |
- Internal directory only (SQL) | Cells Home Features + Multiple Directories support + Active Directory/LDAP Integration + OAuth2 / OIDC connectors + SAML/AzureADFS connectors |
| Audit Tools | - System Logs (JSON) | Cells Home Features + Admin Dashboard with platform KPIs + Export System Logs in CSV/XLSX + Dedicated Audit Logs + Export + Audit all Shares + Audit Storage Usage + Configurations Versioning |
| Security Features | - Storage Encryption - Workspace Accesses per user/per group/per role |
Cells Home Features + Advanced Security Policies + Password complexity policy + Terms-of-Service plugin + Multi-factor Authentication + [Tech Preview] Admin Rights Delegation |
| Branding | - PydioCells Mention on Shares - PydioCells Mention in Emails |
+ Remove PydioCells Mentions + Interface colors full branding + Custom Email Templates |
| Scheduler | - Default Jobs | Cells Home Features + Edit Jobs Schedule + Antivirus via command line (ClamAV tested) + [Tech Preview] Advanced Jobs Editor |
| Other Accesses | - Rest APIs - WebDAV Support - Cells Sync Support on Personal Files |
Cells Home Features + Ability to prevent sync on a per-workspace basis |
| Deployment | - Compile from source - Pre-built binaries - Docker Image |
- Pre-built binaries - Docker Image - OVF Image - VMWare Image - Amazon AMI |
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Pydio Cells Roadmap
With Pydio Cells, our dev team tries to keep a release-early/release-often approach.
Along with normal bugfixes, performances gains, and small improvements, below is the roadmap for future developments.

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2020 - Q3
- Multiple Bind Support
- Simpler HA support
- [ED] Scheduler interface for managing workflows and automated tasks (currently in Tech Preview)
- [ED] Fine-grained admin console page accesses (for admin delegation, currently in Tech Preview)
- [ED] Advanced ClamAV Integration
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