This is a technical feature comparison of different disk encryption software.
Name | Developer | First released | Licensing | Maintained? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aloaha Crypt Disk | Aloaha | 2008 | Source Auditable for Commercial Customers | Yes |
ArchiCrypt Live | Softwaredevelopment Remus ArchiCrypt | 1998 | Proprietary | Yes |
BestCrypt | Jetico | 1993[1] | Proprietary | Yes |
BitArmor DataControl | BitArmor Systems Inc. | 2008-05 | Proprietary | Yes |
BitLocker | Microsoft | 2006 | Proprietary | Yes |
Bloombase StoreSafe | Bloombase | 2012 | Proprietary | No[2] |
Boxcryptor | Secomba GmbH | 2011 | Proprietary | No |
CGD | Roland C. Dowdeswell | 2002-10-04[3] | BSD | Yes |
CenterTools DriveLock | CenterTools | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
Check Point Full Disk Encryption | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd | 1999[4][5][6] | Proprietary | Yes |
CipherShed | CipherShed Project | 2014[7] | TrueCrypt License Version 3.0[8] | No |
CrossCrypt | Steven Scherrer | 2004-02-10[9] | GPL | No |
CryFS | Sebastian Messmer | 2015 | LGPLv3 | Yes |
Cryhod | Prim'X Technologies | 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
Cryptainer | Cypherix Software | 1998 | Proprietary | Yes |
Cryptic Disk | Exlade | 2003 | Proprietary | Yes |
CryptArchiver | WinEncrypt | ? | Proprietary | Yes |
Cryptoloop | ? | 2003-07-02[10] | GPL | No |
Cryptomator | Skymatic UG (haftungsbeschränkt) | 2016-03-09[11] | GPLv3 | Yes |
CryptoPro Secure Disk Enterprise | cpsd it-services GmbH | 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
CryptoPro Secure Disk for BitLocker | cpsd it-services GmbH | 2012 | Proprietary | Yes |
CryptSync | Stefan Küng | 2012 | GPL v2 | Yes |
Discryptor | Cosect Ltd. | 2008 | Proprietary | No |
DiskCryptor | ntldr, David Xanatos | 2007 | GPL | No[12] |
DISK Protect | Becrypt Ltd | 2001 | Proprietary | Yes |
Cryptsetup / Dmsetup | Christophe Saout | 2004-03-11[13] | GPL | Yes |
Dm-crypt / LUKS | Clemens Fruhwirth (LUKS) | 2005-02-05[14] | GPL | Yes |
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2 | DriveSentry | 2008 | Proprietary | No |
E4M | Paul Le Roux | 1998-12-18[15] | Open source | No |
e-Capsule Private Safe | EISST Ltd. | 2005 | Proprietary | Yes |
eCryptfs | Dustin Kirkland, Tyler Hicks, (formerly Mike Halcrow) | 2005[16] | GPL | Yes |
EgoSecure HDD Encryption | EgoSecure GmbH | 2006 | Proprietary | Yes |
EncFS | Valient Gough | 2003[17] | LGPLv3 | No |
EncryptStick | ENC Security Systems | 2009 | Proprietary | Yes |
FileVault | Apple Inc. | 2003-10-24 | Proprietary | Yes |
FileVault 2 | Apple Inc. | 2011-07-20 | Proprietary | Yes |
FREE CompuSec | CE-Infosys | 2002 | Proprietary | Yes |
FreeOTFE | Sarah Dean | 2004-10-10[18] | Open source | No |
GBDE | Poul-Henning Kamp | 2002-10-19[19] | BSD | No |
GELI | Pawel Jakub Dawidek | 2005-04-11[20] | BSD | Yes |
GnuPG | Werner Koch | 1999-09-07[21] | GPL | Yes |
gocryptfs | Jakob Unterwurzacher | 2015-10-07[22] | MIT / X Consortium License | Yes |
Knox | AgileBits | 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
KryptOS | The MorphOS Development Team | 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
LibreCrypt | tdk | 2014-06-19[23] | Open source | No |
Loop-AES | Jari Ruusu | 2001-04-11 | GPL | Yes |
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot) | McAfee, LLC | 2007[24] | Proprietary | Yes |
n-Crypt Pro | n-Trance Security Ltd | 2005 | Proprietary | Yes |
PGPDisk | PGP Corporation (acquired by Symantec in 2010) | 1998-09-01[25] | Proprietary | Yes |
Private Disk | Dekart | 1993[26] | Proprietary | Yes |
ProxyCrypt | v77 | 2013 | Open source | Yes |
R-Crypto | R-Tools Technology Inc | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
SafeGuard Easy | Sophos (Utimaco) | 1993[27] | Proprietary | Yes |
SafeGuard Enterprise | Sophos (Utimaco) | 2007[28] | Proprietary | Yes |
SafeGuard PrivateDisk | Sophos (Utimaco)[29] | 2000 | Proprietary | Yes |
SafeHouse Professional | PC Dynamics, Inc. | 1992 | Proprietary | Yes |
Scramdisk | Shaun Hollingworth | 1997-07-01 | Open source | No |
Scramdisk 4 Linux | Hans-Ulrich Juettner | 2005-08-06[30] | GPL | No |
SecuBox | Aiko Solutions | 2007-02-19 | Proprietary | Yes |
SECUDE Secure Notebook | SECUDE | 2003 | Proprietary | Yes |
Seqrite Encryption Manager | Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. | 2017 | Proprietary | Yes |
Sentry 2020 | SoftWinter | 1998[31] | Proprietary | No |
Softraid / RAID C | OpenBSD | 2007-11-01[32] | BSD | Yes |
SpyProof! | Information Security Corp. | 2002 | Proprietary | Yes |
Svnd / Vnconfig | OpenBSD | 2000-12-01[33] | BSD | Yes |
Symantec Endpoint Encryption | Symantec Corporation | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
Tcplay | Alex Hornung | 2012-01-28[34] | BSD | No[35] |
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption (Mobile Armor) | Trend Micro[36] | 2004 or earlier[37] | Proprietary | Yes |
TrueCrypt | TrueCrypt Foundation | 2004-02-02[38] | TrueCrypt License 3.1[39] | No |
USBCrypt | WinAbility Software Corp. | 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
VeraCrypt | IDRIX | 2013-06-22[40] | Apache License 2.0[41]
TrueCrypt License Version 3.0 (legacy code only) |
Yes |
CyberSafe Top Secret | CyberSoft | 2013 | Proprietary | Yes |
Name | Developer | First released | Licensing | Maintained? |
ZzEnc | IMDTech | 2013 | Commercial |
Name | Android | Windows NT | iOS | Mac OS X | Linux | FreeBSD | OpenBSD | NetBSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aloaha Crypt Disk | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
BestCrypt Volume Encryption | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No[42] | No | No | No |
BitArmor DataControl | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
BitLocker | No | Yes | ? | Partial[43] | Partial[43] | No | No | No |
Bloombase StoreSafe | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Boxcryptor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
CenterTools DriveLock | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
CGD | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Check Point Full Disk Encryption | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes[44] | No | No | No |
CipherShed | Yes[45] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No[46] | No | No |
CrossCrypt | No | Yes[47] | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
CryFS | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Cryhod | ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Cryptainer | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
CryptArchiver | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Cryptic Disk | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Cryptoloop | ? | Yes[48] | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Cryptomator | Yes | Yes[49] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
CryptoPro Secure Disk Enterprise | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
CryptoPro Secure Disk for BitLocker | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Cryptsetup / Dmsetup | ? | Yes[48] | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
CryptSync | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Discryptor | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
DiskCryptor | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
DISK Protect | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Dm-crypt / LUKS | ? | Yes[48] | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2 | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
E4M | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
e-Capsule Private Safe | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
eCryptfs | ? | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
EgoSecure HDD Encryption | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
EncFS | Yes[50] | Yes[51] | ? | Yes[51] | Yes (FUSE) | Yes (FUSE) | Yes (FUSE) | Yes (FUSE) |
EncryptStick | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
EncryptUSB | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
FileVault | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
FileVault 2 | ? | No | ? | Yes | Partial[52] | No | No | No |
FREE CompuSec | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
FreeOTFE | No | Yes | ? | No | Partial[53] | No | No | No |
GBDE | ? | No | ? | No | No | Yes | No | No |
GELI | ? | No | ? | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Knox | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
LibreCrypt | Yes[54] | Yes | ? | No | Partial[55] | No | No | No |
Loop-AES | ? | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot) | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
n-Crypt Pro | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
PGPDisk | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
PGP Whole Disk Encryption | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Private Disk | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
ProxyCrypt | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
R-Crypto | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
SafeGuard Easy | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
SafeGuard Enterprise | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
SafeGuard PrivateDisk | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
SafeHouse Professional | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Scramdisk | ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Scramdisk 4 Linux | ? | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
SecuBox | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
SecureDoc | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Sentry 2020 | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Seqrite Volume Encryption | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Softraid / RAID C | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | Yes | No |
SpyProof! | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Svnd / Vnconfig | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Symantec Endpoint Encryption | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No[56] | No | No | No |
Tcplay | No | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
TrueCrypt | Yes[45] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[57] | No | No |
USBCrypt | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
VeraCrypt | Yes[58] | Yes | Yes[59] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
CyberSafe Top Secret | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Name | Android | Windows NT | iOS | Mac OS X | Linux | FreeBSD | OpenBSD | NetBSD |
Name | Hidden containers | Pre-boot authentication | Single sign-on | Custom authentication | Multiple keys | Passphrase strengthening | Hardware acceleration | TPM | Filesystems | Two-factor authentication |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aloaha Secure Stick | Yes | No | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | NTFS, FAT32 | Yes |
ArchiCrypt Live | Yes[61] | No | — | No | Yes[61][62] | No | No | No | ? | Yes[61][63] |
BestCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[64] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any supported by OS | Yes[65] |
BitArmor DataControl | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | NTFS, FAT32 on non-system volumes | No |
BitLocker | No | Yes[66] | No | Yes[67] | Yes[68] | Yes[69] | Yes | Yes[68] | Chiefly NTFS [Note 1] | Yes [Note 2] |
Bloombase StoreSafe | No | No | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
CGD | No | No | — | Yes[70] | Yes[71] | Yes[70] | No | No | Any supported by OS | Yes[70] |
CenterTools DriveLock | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Check Point Full Disk Encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NTFS, FAT32 | Yes |
CipherShed | Yes (limited to one per "outer" container) |
only on Windows[72] | ? | No | yes with multiple keyfiles[73][74] | Yes | Yes | No[75] | Only Windows MBR volumes; no UEFI GPT drives, and dynamic drives discouraged[76] | Yes |
CryFS | No | No | — | No | No | Yes[77] | No | No | Any supported by OS | No |
CrossCrypt | No | No | — | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
CryptArchiver | No | No | — | No | No | ? | No | No | ? | ? |
Cryptic Disk | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Cryhod | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Cryptoloop | No | Yes[78] | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes[citation needed] | No | Any supported by OS | ? |
Cryptomator | No | No | — | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | No |
CryptoPro Secure Disk Enterprise | Yes with add-on Secure Device | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any supported by OS | Yes |
CryptoPro Secure Disk for BitLocker | Yes with add-on Secure Device | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Cryptsetup / Dmsetup | No | Yes[78] | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
DiskCryptor | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | Yes[79] | No | Windows volumes on MBR and UEFI GPT drives, ReFs any FS supported by OS[80] | Yes[79] |
DISK Protect | No | Yes[81] | Yes | No | Yes[81] | No | Yes | Yes | NTFS, FAT32 | Yes |
Dm-crypt / LUKS | No | Yes[78] | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[82] [Note 3] | Any supported by OS | Yes |
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2 | No | No | — | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | Any supported by OS | Yes |
E4M | No | No | — | No | No | ? | No | No | ? | No |
e-Capsule Private Safe | Yes[83] | No | — | No | Yes[83] | No | Yes | No | ? | ? |
eCryptfs | No | No | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[84] | Yes |
EgoSecure HDD Encryption | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[85] | Yes | NTFS, FAT32 | Yes |
EncryptUSB | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | NTFS, FAT32, exFAT | No |
FileVault | No | No | — | No | Two passwords[86] | Yes[86] | ? | No | HFS+, possibly others | No |
FileVault 2 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes[87] | No | HFS+, possibly others | No |
FREE CompuSec | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | Any supported by OS | No |
FreeOTFE | Yes | No | — | Yes[88] | Yes[89] | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
GBDE | No | No[90] | — | Yes | Yes[91] | No[91] | No[90] | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
GELI | No | Yes[90] | ? | Yes | Yes[92] | Yes[92] | Yes[90] | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Loop-AES | No | Yes[93] | ? | Yes[93] | Yes[93] | Yes[93] | Yes[93] | No | Any supported by OS | Yes[94] |
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[85][95] | Yes | Any supported by OS | Yes |
n-Crypt Pro | No | No | — | No | No | —[96] | No | No | ? | ? |
PGPDisk | No | Yes[97] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes[98] | ? | Yes | ? | Yes |
Private Disk | No | No | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
ProxyCrypt | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
R-Crypto | ? | No | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Any supported by OS | ? |
SafeGuard Easy | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[99] | Any supported by OS | Yes |
SafeGuard Enterprise | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[99] | Any supported by OS | Yes |
SafeGuard PrivateDisk | No | No | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[100] | Any supported by OS | Yes |
SafeHouse Professional | No | No | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Scramdisk | Yes | No | — | No | No | No | No | No | ? | Last update to web site 2009-07-02 |
Scramdisk 4 Linux | Yes[101] | No | — | No | No | Yes[101] | No | No | ext2, ext3, reiserfs, minix, ntfs, vfat/msdos | No |
SecuBox | No | No | — | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? | No |
SecureDoc | No | Yes[102] | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
Seqrite Encryption Manager | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | No |
Sentry 2020 | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
Softraid / RAID C | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Any supported by OS | ? |
Svnd / Vnconfig | No | No | — | No | No | Yes[103] | Yes | ? | Any supported by OS | ? |
Symantec Endpoint Encryption | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | NTFS, FAT32 | Yes |
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[104] | Yes[105] | No | Any supported by OS | Yes[106] |
TrueCrypt [Note 4] | Yes (limited to one per "outer" container) |
only on Windows[107] | ? | No | yes with multiple keyfiles[74][108] | Yes | Yes | No[75] | Only Windows MBR volumes; no UEFI GPT drives, and dynamic drives discouraged[76] | Yes |
VeraCrypt | Yes (limited to one per "outer" container) |
only on Windows[109] | No | No | yes with multiple keyfiles | Yes | Yes | No | Windows on both MBR and UEFI GPT drives; dynamic drives discouraged | Yes |
CyberSafe Top Secret | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Only Windows MBR volumes; no UEFI GPT drives, and dynamic drives discouraged | Yes |
Name | Hidden containers | Pre-boot authentication | Single sign-on | Custom authentication | Multiple keys | Passphrase strengthening | Hardware acceleration | TPM | Filesystems | Two-factor authentication |
ZzEnc | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Windows, Legacy BIOS & UEFI | In UEFI with removable keys store on USB-flash |
Name | Whole disk | Partition | File | Swap space | Hibernation file | RAID |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aloaha Secure Stick | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
ArchiCrypt Live | Yes (except for the boot volume) |
Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
BestCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[110] | ? |
BitArmor DataControl | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
BitLocker | Yes (except for the boot volume) |
Yes | Yes[111] | Yes (parent volume is encrypted) |
Yes (parent volume is encrypted) |
? |
Bloombase StoreSafe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
CenterTools DriveLock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
CGD | Yes | Yes | Yes[70] | Yes | No | ? |
Check Point Full Disk Encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
CipherShed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | only on Windows | ? |
CrossCrypt | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
CryFS | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
CryptArchiver | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
Cryptic Disk | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
Cryhod | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (parent volume is encrypted) |
? |
Cryptoloop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Cryptomill | Yes | — | Yes | — | — | ? |
CryptoPro Secure Disk Enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes (add-on Secure Device) |
Yes | Yes | ? |
CryptoPro Secure Disk for BitLocker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
DiskCryptor | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
Disk Protect | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
Dm-crypt / LUKS | Yes | Yes | Yes[112] | Yes | Yes[113] | ? |
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
E4M | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
e-Capsule Private Safe | No | No | Yes[114] | No | No | ? |
eCryptfs | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
EgoSecure HDD Encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
EncryptUSB | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
FileVault | No | No | Yes[86] | Yes[115][86] | Yes[115][116] | |
FileVault 2 | Yes[117] | Yes[87] | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
FREE CompuSec | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
FreeOTFE | Yes (except for the boot volume) |
Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
GBDE | Yes | Yes | Yes[118] | Yes | No | ? |
GELI | Yes | Yes | Yes[118] | Yes | No | ? |
Loop-AES | Yes | Yes[93] | Yes[93] | Yes[93] | Yes[93] | ? |
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[119] | ? |
n-Crypt Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
PGPDisk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | only on Windows | ? |
Private Disk | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
ProxyCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
R-Crypto | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
SafeGuard Easy | Yes | Yes | extra module | Yes | Each sector on disk is encrypted | ? |
SafeGuard Enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Each sector on disk is encrypted | ? |
SafeGuard PrivateDisk | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
SafeHouse Professional | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
Scramdisk | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
Scramdisk 4 Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
SecuBox | No | No | Yes | — | No | ? |
Sentry 2020 | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
Seqrite Encryption Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | RAID-5 |
Softraid / RAID C | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (encrypted by default in OpenBSD)[120] | No | ? |
Svnd / Vnconfig | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes (encrypted by default in OpenBSD) | ? | ? |
SpyProof! | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
Symantec Endpoint Encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
TrueCrypt | Yes[121] | Yes | Yes | Yes | only on Windows[107] | ? |
VeraCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | only on Windows[107] | ? |
CyberSafe Top Secret | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
Name | Whole disk | Partition | File | Swap space | Hibernation file | RAID |
Different modes of operation supported by the software. Note that an encrypted volume can only use one mode of operation.
Name | CBC w/ predictable IVs | CBC w/ secret IVs | CBC w/ random per-sector keys | LRW | XTS | Authenticated encryption |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aloaha Crypt Disk | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
ArchiCrypt Live | No | No | No | Legacy support[123] | Yes | ? |
BestCrypt | No | Yes | No | Yes[124] | Yes[125] | ? |
BitArmor DataControl | No | Yes | Plumb-IV | No | No | ? |
BitLocker | No[126] | Yes[126] | No | No | Yes, Windows 10 10547+ | ? |
Bloombase StoreSafe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
CGD | No | Yes[127] | No | No | No | ? |
CenterTools DriveLock | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Check Point Full Disk Encryption | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
CipherShed | Legacy support[128] | No | No | Legacy support[129] | Yes[130] | ? |
CrossCrypt | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
CryFS | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
CryptArchiver | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Cryptic Disk | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Cryhod | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
Cryptoloop | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
DiskCryptor | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
Dm-crypt / LUKS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, using *-lrw-benbi[131] | Yes, using *-xts-plain | Yes, using --integrity mode[132]
|
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
E4M | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? |
e-Capsule Private Safe | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
eCryptfs | No | Yes | ? | No | No | ? |
EgoSecure HDD Encryption | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
FileVault | Yes[86] | No | No | No | No | ? |
FileVault 2 | No | No | No | No | Yes[133] | ? |
FREE CompuSec | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
FreeOTFE | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
GBDE | No | No | Yes[91] | No | No | ? |
GELI | No | Yes[134] | No | No | Yes | Yes, using -a option[135]
|
Loop-AES | single-key, multi-key-v2 modes[93] | multi-key-v3 mode[93] | No | No | No | No |
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot) | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
n-Crypt Pro | ? | ? | No | No | No | ? |
PGPDisk | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Private Disk | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
ProxyCrypt | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
R-Crypto | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SafeGuard Easy | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SafeGuard Enterprise | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SafeGuard PrivateDisk | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SafeHouse Professional | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
Scramdisk | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
Scramdisk 4 Linux | No | Yes[136] | No | Yes[137] | Yes[138] | ? |
SecuBox | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
SecureDoc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Sentry 2020 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Seqrite Encryption Manager | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
Softraid / RAID C | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes[139] | ? |
Svnd / Vnconfig | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Symantec Endpoint Encryption | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
TrueCrypt | Legacy support[128] | No | No | Legacy support[129] | Yes[140] | No |
USBCrypt | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? |
VeraCrypt | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
CyberSafe Top Secret | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
Name | CBC w/ predictable IVs | CBC w/ secret IVs | CBC w/ random per-sector keys | LRW | XTS | Authenticated encryption |
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