Filestash
by Filestash · Self-hosted web file manager and gateway for existing storage
BenchRank score
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Overview
Filestash is a self-hosted web client that puts a single file-browsing interface in front of existing storage such as S3, SFTP, FTP, SMB, NFS, WebDAV, Git and Dropbox. It authenticates users through LDAP, SAML or OIDC and applies access controls, and can re-expose the same data as SFTP, S3 or MCP gateways. A plugin system and workflow engine handle custom processing.
- Best for
- Teams needing one web file manager and gateway in front of existing S3, SMB or SFTP storage
- Pricing
- Free self-hosted AGPL v3 tier, then from $50/month for 3 seats and from $290/month for Enterprise
- Runs on
- Self-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Connects to S3, SFTP, FTP, SMB, NFS, WebDAV, Git and more
- SSO via SAML, OIDC and LDAP, with RBAC on paid plans
- Re-exposes stored data through SFTP, S3 or MCP gateways
- Self-hosted and open source under AGPL v3
Trade-offs
- Prices shown only as 'from', with no full per-seat price list
- Self Served covers 3 seats and a single node deployment
- Audit logs, white-labelling and 24/7 support are Enterprise-only
- Free tier is AGPL v3; a commercial licence starts with paid plans
How Filestash markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Filestash’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Filestash turns your SFTP server into this”
- Angle: Outcome / benefit-led
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Filestash’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
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Where this comes from
The Filestash pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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