KeepsakeKeepsake vs Tresorit
Tresorit is one of the few products whose encryption claims we would defend for them: real end-to-end encryption, Swiss, built for businesses that must prove it. It is also, deliberately, a place to put files — not a system that understands what a passport is.
Is Tresorit a replacement for Keepsake?
No — Tresorit is end-to-end encrypted storage (Personal Lite around $4.75/month for 50 GB, Personal Essential $13.99/month for 1 TB), while Keepsake is a document vault from £19/year. Tresorit encrypts files it never interprets; Keepsake reads each document on your device with offline OCR, files it, lifts identity fields and expiry dates, and alerts you before anything lapses. Many people reasonably use both.
| Keepsake | Tresorit | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Document vault with intelligence | End-to-end encrypted cloud storage |
| End-to-end encrypted | Yes | Yes |
| Where files live | Your devices + any cloud you choose | Tresorit's servers (Switzerland) |
| Document OCR & auto-filing | Yes, on-device | None |
| Expiry alerts / renewals | Yes, with country checklists | None |
| Identity card / field extraction | Yes | None |
| Travel Mode / Secure Send | Yes | Encrypted share links |
| Storage included | Uses storage you already have | 50 GB to 1 TB depending on plan |
| Price | Free / £19 yr Premium / £29 Family / £79 Teams | About $4.75/mo Lite, $13.99/mo Essential, $33.99/mo Pro |
| Compliance posture | No customer data held to certify | Strong — built for regulated businesses |
Keepsake prices are in pounds sterling (£); Tresorit's are its own published list prices, quoted in their original currency and unconverted.
When Tresorit is the better choice
- You need encrypted storage for everything at scale, with sharing controls and an audit posture a company's compliance officer will accept.
- You want a vendor with formal certifications and a long enterprise track record — a real gap on our side, and one we are closing with a published third-party review rather than pretending it away.
- Swiss jurisdiction and data residency are part of your requirement.
When Keepsake is the better choice
- Your problem is documents, not bytes. Tresorit will store a passport scan perfectly and never tell you it expires in three weeks.
- You do not want to move clouds: Keepsake makes the Drive or OneDrive folder you already pay for zero-knowledge, at no extra storage cost.
- Price, for the household case: £19 a year against $57–408.
Questions
Both claim end-to-end encryption. What is different?
The scope. Tresorit encrypts files end-to-end and stores them on its own servers. Keepsake encrypts on your device and then stores the ciphertext in a cloud folder you own — so there is no vendor holding your data at all, and the vault also works with no cloud whatsoever.
Is Keepsake audited like Tresorit?
Not yet, and that is the honest gap. The vault format is published byte-for-byte, the crypto is covered by an automated test suite, and an independent published review is on the plan. Tresorit today has the stronger third-party evidence.
Can I use Keepsake with Tresorit?
Yes. Point Keepsake's sync at a Tresorit folder and you get two independent layers — our on-device encryption inside their end-to-end encrypted store.
The honest verdict
Tresorit is a genuinely good product and the comparison is not adversarial. It answers "where do I put files so nobody can read them?" Keepsake answers "where do my family's documents live so they are found, filed, provable and never expired without warning?" If you already pay for Tresorit, keep it and put Keepsake on top. If you are choosing for family paperwork specifically, storage that cannot read a document cannot manage one.