Sealbox

For freelancers, consultants, and indies

Offsite copies of Drive and Dropbox. Encrypted so we can’t open them.

Pick the folders that are your work. Sealbox copies them on a schedule. You restore from a vault unlocked with a recovery phrase — not your account password.

Dropbox first. Google Drive next. One person. One recovery phrase.

Cloud sync is not a backup.

Drive and Dropbox keep you working. They also sync deletes, ransomware, and “I overwrote the wrong file” across every device. Version history helps — until it doesn’t, or until the account is gone.

If your only copy lives in the same place you edit every day, you don’t have an offsite copy. You have hope.

An offsite copy you hope you never open.

Sealbox is not another drive. It’s a separate, encrypted copy of the work folders you choose — sitting somewhere that isn’t Google or Dropbox — that only you can unlock.

  • Choose work folders

    Documents and project folders you own. Not your whole life, not Shared drives, not “everything Shared with me.”

  • Copy on a schedule

    Periodic offsite copies with a live GB ceiling. Ingest stops when you’d blow past it.

  • Restore in a vault

    Pick a restore point, browse folders, download files. Not a weekly zip dump.

Four steps. No native app required.

  1. Create your account

    Sign up. Sealbox generates a recovery phrase. You write it down and type it back. We can’t show it again.

  2. Connect Dropbox

    OAuth to your own Dropbox. Pick the folders that are actually work.

  3. We copy, then lock

    A worker fetches those files, wraps them with your public key, and stores ciphertext. At rest, Sealbox has nothing that decrypts it.

  4. Unlock when it matters

    Sign-in is not vault unlock. Enter the recovery phrase in the browser, open a restore point, get the file.

Safe from us at rest. Honest about what we’re not.

We do claim

  • Ciphertext only in storage
  • Public-key wrap
  • Recovery phrase never leaves your browser on unlock
  • Filenames in the encrypted manifest
  • We cannot reset the phrase or open files for you

We don’t claim

  • We never see plaintext — a worker may see source bytes during the backup job
  • Protects a stolen laptop already signed into Dropbox
  • Survives a lost recovery phrase

A stolen live OAuth token still risks the source. Sign-in is not vault unlock.

If you lose the phrase, the offsite copy is gone with it. That’s the trade for a copy we can’t read.

Who it’s for — and not for

For

  • Work in Dropbox or Drive folders you own
  • Solo — one person, self-serve restore
  • Prefer chosen folders over whole-life backup

Not for

  • Team IT restore
  • Shared drives / team Dropbox
  • Unlimited consumer photo backup
  • Needing Sealbox to recover a forgotten phrase

How this compares

Drive / Dropbox historyConsumer backupSealbox
Offsite from source?NoSometimesYes
Work folders, not a life dump?NoNoHard lock
Can vendor open at rest?YesUsually yesNo
Restore shapeVersion history in the sourceDump or app restoreVault browse & download
Team / Shared drivesIn scopeSometimesOut of scope

FAQ

Is this sync?
No. Drive and Dropbox keep you working by syncing every change — including deletes. Sealbox is an offsite copy of the work folders you choose, sitting somewhere that isn’t Google or Dropbox. It is not a Drive or Dropbox replacement.
Can Sealbox read my files?
Not at rest. We store ciphertext wrapped with your public key, and we cannot decrypt it, reset your recovery phrase, or open files for you. During ingest, a worker may see plaintext while it fetches from the source. Sign-in is not vault unlock: the recovery phrase unlocks the vault in the browser and is never sent to Sealbox. A stolen live OAuth token still risks the source.
What if I lose the recovery phrase?
If you lose the phrase, the offsite copy is gone with it. That’s the trade for a copy we can’t read. We cannot reset it. Your account password is not vault recovery.
Why not just zip Drive every week?
A weekly zip is still your job to make, store, and remember — and restore from a zip is a dump. Sealbox copies chosen work folders on a schedule, stores ciphertext, and you restore by browsing a restore point and downloading files.
Google Drive?
Dropbox first. Google Drive is next. You can sign up today and connect your own Dropbox. Drive connect is not available yet.
Team plan?
No. Sealbox is one person, one recovery phrase, folders you own. Shared drives and team Dropbox are out of scope. We are not a team IT restore product.
How far back can I restore?
The destination is a rolling 30 days of weekly restore points: pick a week, browse folders, download files. Early copies may keep fewer restore points than that.
Do you sell by the gigabyte?
No. You pick work folders; a live GB ceiling sits on that selection. Ingest stops when you’d blow past it. We are not selling a $/GB life meter.

Your work already lives in the cloud. Give it somewhere else to live — locked.

Encrypted offsite copies of Google Drive and Dropbox.