r/filen_io

มีโอกาสไหมที่จะให้ Filen กลับมามีแพลนตลอดชีพอีกครั้งในอนาคต? อยากให้เห็นการสมัครสมาชิกตลอดชีพอีกครั้งจัง!

Hey Filen team,

You usually publish a combined status update on your blog every two months (like the June/July one). Since August and September have passed, I wanted to ask when we can expect the next status update and what you're currently working on.

Thanks!

As an Apple device user who’s been testing many cloud sync services in the hope of being able edit a file on my iPhone, I’ve been sorely disappointed up until now.

I run 2 versions of every active file in offline mode, one in iCloud and one in the service under test

I’m very happy to report Filen is the holy grail I’ve been looking for. In fact it actually syncs the edited file faster than iCloud.

Time to move from monthly to annual subscription

Hi everyone,

I'm writing this post out of complete frustration and sheer disbelief. As a paying subscriber to filen (LT), I've reached a point where the service has become entirely unusable.

No matter what I try, uploading or downloading anything simply does not work:

On PC: I am running the latest edition of Windows 11 Pro on a multi-gigabit fiber Ethernet connection.

On Mobile: High-speed Wi-Fi on Android.

In both cases, every single transfer just spins in circles, stalls endlessly, and eventually times out. Nothing goes through—not a single byte. With this kind of local network setup and a paid subscription, performance should be seamless, but instead, it’s completely frozen.

Is anyone else experiencing similar issues right now, or is this a known routing/server outage on their end? Any insight or workarounds would be appreciated, because paying for a service that completely stalls is extremely disappointing.

PS location = EU

Update: Clarification on my Filen + ViceVersa setup and extreme slowdown
Thanks for all the input! To clarify a few points and narrow down the issue:
Filen sync works fine: I have no issues with the official Filen desktop app. I’ve already backed up/synced hundreds of GBs using Filen directly without any speed issues.
The bottleneck is ViceVersa + Virtual Drive (U:): The issue only occurs when I try to run a new Mirror Copy profile using ViceVersa PRO 7 (recently updated) targeting Filen’s virtual drive. ViceVersa is either unable to handle the virtual drive correctly or writes to it at an agonizingly slow pace (around 20 KB/s for a 15 GB batch of ~9,600 small files).
No network/firewall blocking: I’ve already checked my local firewall and router settings—there is zero throttling or blocking on my network side.
It seems the issue lies specifically in how ViceVersa handles file-by-file operations over Filen’s virtual drive mount (high latency per file / WebDAV overhead), rather than a network or Filen sync issue per se.
Has anyone managed to get ViceVersa (or similar file-copiers like FreeFileSync/Syncovery) working at decent speeds directly over Filen’s virtual drive, or is the virtual drive architecture inherently unsuitable for file-by-file mirror backups?

I like to have all my filen data stored locally. Instead of mapping my cloud storage to a drive/folder in the local filesystem (which I understand is actually a files on demand kind of deal), I typically create a sync folder for my entire cloud drive. Are there any downsides to doing this? I'm thinking time to sync, performance, that kind of thing. Are there any guidelines for the amount of data that syncing realistically supports?

Hey everyone, I’m completely new to Filen and haven’t created an account yet. I’m considering using it mainly on Android and through the web.

I noticed there’s a referral system that can apparently increase the free storage, but I’m a bit confused about how it works.

Could someone explain how the referral bonuses work and whether there’s anything I should know before creating my account? Also, is it better to create the account through the Android app or the website?

Just trying to understand everything properly before I sign up. Thanks!

I am using a MacBook with limited local storage space and would love to have a feature that lets me flag specific files or folders as permanently local / "always available offline."

Essentially, I'm looking for an on-demand selective sync experience exactly like OneDrive's "Files On-Demand" or iCloud Drive's "Optimize Storage."

Right now, managing this manually through standard local sync folders in the Filen desktop client feels a bit clunky and tedious for dynamic file needs. Has the development team mentioned if a native on-demand placeholder sync engine is planned for the roadmap anytime soon?

Hello! I was looking into Filen for a cloud storage replacement, and it looks really interesting!

I see that it's possible to restore individual file versions. But is there any way (or is it planned) to restore the full drive to a specific date within a specific time frame?

If something very bad happens, I can see how hard it would be to restore a batch of files, or even the full drive.

Hi,

i have a server with currently only an IPV6 address. I'm having difficulty connecting rclone to the gateway. Is it just me?

rclone ls filen:
2026/10/03 16:12:35 CRITICAL: Failed to create file system for "filen:": https://gateway.filen.io/v3/auth/info: Cannot send request (Post "https://gateway.filen.io/v3/auth/info": dial tcp 146.0.41.206:443: i/o timeout)

I dont know if its only me, but I tried downloading a 2.5 gb folder from filen to my linux pc via firefox and it took unusually long time to finish downloading. i also had to try 2-3 times since first two were frozen midway. I havent used filen for more than a month. The files were uploaded sometime back. So dont know if its a known issue, do you know if Filen is slow nowadays. If not, then it might be for me alone.

https://preview.redd.it/9f78usn9gzsh1.png?width=2494&format=png&auto=webp&s=3b89141714437787f114b8474a7965a71359ef89

Could someone brute-force the shared public folder? I tested incorrect passwords and noticed no rate limiting.