Pricing
Every PRO feature is free for 14 days. No card, no account: the trial starts when you first open FileOctopus. Afterwards, keep Free for as long as you like, or buy PRO once.
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Free forever
$0
No daily limits, and nothing to buy to keep using it.
Free download · Version 1.1.0
One-time purchase
$29.99
Pay once. No subscription.
Launch price $19.99 for the next 200 customers, until Nov 30.
30-day money-back, no questions asked · Taxes at checkout · Refund policy · Terms
Buy PROSecure checkout by Lemon Squeezy · license key by email
Free and PRO
Ten things only PRO does. Try all of them free for 14 days.
| Feature | Free |  PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Panes per windowSplit a window into a 2×2 grid or larger | 2 | Up to 16 |
| Named workspacesSave a whole window, its panes and tabs, and reopen it in one click | No | Yes |
| Saved searchesRun a search again in one click, pinned in the sidebar | No | Yes |
| Search inside documents and text in images (OCR)Find words in PDFs, documents and screenshots, in folders you choose | No | Yes |
| Compare Folders and sync (beta)See every difference between two folders and copy only what changed, with Undo | No | Yes |
| Find Duplicates clean-upChoose the copies to keep and move the rest to the Trash | Scan only | Yes |
| Queue more copies and movesStart more while one runs; they wait their turn in the order you choose | One at a time | Yes |
| File ShelfCollect files from many folders, then copy or move them together | No | Yes |
| Remote serversSFTP (beta), WebDAV, Cloudflare R2 and S3-compatible storage in a pane; copy both ways, each copy checked | No | Yes |
| Copy Google Drive LinkShare a Drive file’s link without opening the browser | No | Yes |
After a trial, the workspaces, saved searches and Shelf items you made stay listed on Free, so you can look at, export or delete them. Beta features work, but some cases are still being checked: current limits.
Free and PRO
Free is a full file manager, with no time limit and no account.
Licenses
No. You pay once and keep using PRO for as long as you like. Licenses bought by Nov 30, 2026 include every future version at no extra cost. Licenses bought from Dec 1, 2026 include 1 year of updates; after that, keep the version you have, or renew for $14.99 to get another year of updates. See Updates in the terms.
One PRO license is for one person on up to 2 Macs at a time. To move it to another Mac, choose Deactivate This Mac… in the License window on one of them and activate the new one. If a Mac is lost or broken, write to support@fileoctopus.com and we will release it.
FileOctopus continues as Free, with up to two panes per window and the included file-management and search tools. Your files, named workspaces and saved searches are not deleted, and you can still see what you saved. Applying saved workspaces, running saved searches, queueing a copy or move behind one that is running and using layouts with more than two panes need PRO.
Yes. Ask within 30 days of your purchase and you get your money back, no questions asked. Email support@fileoctopus.com with your order number, or use the link in your receipt. See Refunds.
Checkout is run by Lemon Squeezy, the merchant of record: it takes the payment and handles sales tax and VAT. Your license key arrives by email. In FileOctopus, open FileOctopus → License… and paste it under Activate License. No account is needed.
No. Free has no time limit and no daily limits: browsing in all four views, safe copies and moves with Undo, cloud storage, network shares and search. Buy PRO when you want more panes, saved workspaces and searches, or the tools in the table above.