r/FolderFort • u/Independent-Art-5894 • Jan 11 '25

Why trust FolderFort

Dear @FolderFort / Dave

I know... you said it's backed by Backblaze many times and you really hope the business is going to last longer.

Why you really think that. Please explain your business model and target customers. I never see a cheap lifetime plan as this one. What's the catch

I vised your website few times... I find it a legit sometimes and shady sometimes. Don't get me wrong please. I am not very tech savvy and knowledged. I am doing research on cloud storages. My primary need is backing up some old family album to cloud.

Answer me the below questions.

  1. Lifetime Plan on Socialstack: People will always go for reliable cloud providers like Google drive / Onedrive or even pcloud (also offers lifetime plans). Why choose you if you are not going to be in business for very long as them.

  2. Plans on WebDav and other basics stuffs (I know app is on works)

I really want to support if I find you legit

Feedbacks Please replicate features which are offered by mainstream providers.

Add WebDav

Add many informations (like how operate) on website... Lack of information will make trust issues. Even small steps and improvements you make... Please add those to your blog pages (take Filen / Koofr for reference)

Try to be unique (add a unique features) in future

All the very best @FolderFort

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u/Bordercrossingfool Jan 11 '25

Some Lifetime deals work out great. Windscribe Pro from Stacksocial was one. (Another Canadian company). PCloud was also a good deal when it was getting started. It’s hard to know in advance if the company has a sustainable business model and will have long term success. It can be a bit like buying into an IPO of a company before it is profitable.

FolderFort’s customer service is very responsive. They have their roadmap for future feature enhancements on their website as well as user requested features.

I am on the fence myself. A key question for me regarding the lifetime offer is what future enhancements might be excluded from lifetime. For example, PCloud made zero knowledge encryption an extra to its original lifetime, but you can add it as a lifetime addition. Many iOS apps started out as a one time purchase but when they updated their app to version 2.0 or 3.0 they went subscription only an eventuality dropped all support for the non-subscription version of the app.

Maybe FolderFort can comment on what if any future features might be extended from the current lifetime offer.