LucidLink Alternative: Keep Files on Your Own Servers
MyWorkDrive is a self-hosted LucidLink alternative for teams that want secure remote file access without uploading data into a vendor-managed cloud. Your files stay on the Windows file servers you already run, with NTFS permissions enforced live and flat per-user pricing that carries no storage overage. Live support sessions always included.
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What Is the Best LucidLink Alternative?
MyWorkDrive is the leading LucidLink alternative for organizations with existing Windows file servers. LucidLink moves your data into a cloud filespace backed by LucidLink-managed AWS storage and streams it back through its own client. MyWorkDrive takes the opposite approach: it publishes the file shares you already have for secure access over HTTPS on port 443, with live Active Directory and NTFS permissions plus browser, mapped-drive, and mobile access. There is no migration project to run and no vendor cloud in the data path. The price carries no per-member storage meter.
Quick Comparison
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| Where your files live | On your own Windows file servers and storage | LucidLink-managed AWS storage; own S3 requires Enterprise tier |
| Data migration required | None; works in place with SMB and NTFS | Data must be uploaded into a filespace; Connect links external stores but drops zero-knowledge encryption for that data |
| Active Directory / Entra ID integration | Native at every tier; live NTFS permissions enforced | SSO gated to Enterprise tier; own folder permission model, NTFS ACLs do not carry over |
| Vendor cloud dependency | None; self-hosted, no vendor service in the data path | LucidLink-hosted metadata and discovery services; filespace access depends on their availability |
| CUI and CMMC scoping | CUI stays inside your own assessment boundary | SaaS with no FedRAMP authorization listed; difficult to scope for CUI under DFARS 252.204-7012 |
| Storage overage fees | None; use the storage you already own | Overage billed when team storage exceeds included capacity per member |
| Live support sessions | Included with every subscription | Onboarding with workflow specialists tied to plan tier |
| List price (per user / month) | $5 or lessall features included | $7 Starter / $32 Businessplus overage beyond included storage; $27 Business with annual billing |
Remote Access Without the Cloud Migration
No Migration Required
Deploy in under an hour on a Windows server you already run. MyWorkDrive publishes your existing SMB shares in place, so there is no upload project and no second copy of your data to govern.
NTFS Permissions Stay Authoritative
Native Active Directory and Entra ID integration at every tier. The permissions your team maintains today keep working, with no duplicate folder ACLs to rebuild inside a vendor console.
Flat, Predictable Pricing
Maximum of $5 per user per month with every feature included. There is no storage meter running, so your invoice stays the same when a project folder doubles in size. Free full-service support.
Why Choose MyWorkDrive?
Architecture and Data Residency
- MyWorkDrive: Files remain on your own servers with zero migration. Access runs over HTTPS on port 443 with no vendor service in the data path.
- LucidLink: Data is uploaded into a cloud filespace backed by LucidLink-managed AWS storage on Starter and Business plans. Bringing your own S3-compatible storage requires the Enterprise tier, and the metadata service that maps your file system is hosted by LucidLink.
Identity and Permissions
- MyWorkDrive: Direct integration with Active Directory or Entra ID at every tier. Existing NTFS permissions are enforced live, so access changes take effect immediately.
- LucidLink: Permissions are managed per folder inside LucidLink's own model, so NTFS ACLs must be recreated by hand. SSO with Entra ID or Okta is available on the Enterprise tier.
Availability and Vendor Dependency
- MyWorkDrive: Runs entirely on your infrastructure. If your servers are up, your users have access, both in the office and remotely.
- LucidLink: Every filespace depends on LucidLink-hosted metadata and discovery services. During the April 2024 metadata service outage, affected customers could not reach their filespaces until LucidLink restored service.
Compliance for Regulated Data
- MyWorkDrive: Self-hosting keeps CUI and other regulated data inside your own assessment boundary, which simplifies CMMC scoping and data sovereignty requirements. No single product achieves CMMC compliance on its own, and we document exactly which NIST 800-171 control families MyWorkDrive supports.
- LucidLink: Holds SOC 2 Type II and TPN Gold Shield, which are meaningful credentials for media workflows. It does not appear on the FedRAMP Marketplace, which makes it difficult to scope for CUI under DFARS 252.204-7012.
Security You Can Prove
With MyWorkDrive, authentication and authorization stay anchored in your directory and your NTFS. There is no vendor-held encryption key that ends access if lost, and no third-party repository to certify, which keeps attestations simpler for regulated workloads.
Data Loss Prevention
(Block downloads, disable copy/paste, watermarking, device approvals)
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What our users are saying
Industry-leading secure remote file access solution
We have determined that MyWorkDrive software is essential to the Government’s requirements and market research indicates that other companies’ similar products do not meet or cannot be modified to meet the agency’s needs.
We conducted annual market research in January 2025 by comparing two competitors, ShareFile and Dropbox.
However, neither of these companies provides us with the necessary capabilities required to allow us to utilize the existing infrastructure, maintain stringent control over their data, and integrate with current enterprise security and authentication protocols.
These companies software do not provide real-time collaboration capabilities, does not eliminate Virtual Private Network (VPN) security risks nor prevent lateral network access.
Due to the inabilities noted, we have determined that MyWorkDrive software is essential to the Government’s requirements and market research indicates that other companies’ similar products do not meet or cannot be modified to meet the agency’s needs.
MyWorkDrive is the most network secure compatible software application capable of eliminating VPN security risks and preventing lateral network access…
…Therefore, it is in the Government’s best interest to procure MyWorkDrive software.
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