Is this really a replacement for both Slack and Dropbox?
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For most teams, yes: channels, DMs, threads, calls, shared drives, external links and search are all in the product. What it deliberately does not offer is anything that requires a server to read your content, such as server-side content indexing or provider-side previews.
How is this different from Mattermost, Element or Wire?
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Those focus on messaging; storage and external file sharing are separate problems you still have to solve, and some require self-hosting. DRIVUNO is a single hosted workspace covering chat, calls, drive and external sharing under one zero-knowledge key hierarchy.
How is this different from Tresorit, Sync.com or Proton Drive?
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Those are encrypted storage products with lighter or separate collaboration layers. Here, the team chat and the drive share the same membership model, so revoking someone removes both at once.
Can DRIVUNO read our messages, files or builds?
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No. Everything is encrypted on the device before it leaves it, with XChaCha20-Poly1305, using keys derived locally with Argon2id and wrapped per member with X25519. Our servers hold ciphertext and sealed key envelopes, so there is no admin view, no support tool and no classifier that can reach your content.
Do we need a technical team to run it?
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No. There is nothing to self-host and nothing to configure: you create an account, invite people by email, and encryption happens transparently in the browser and apps. Zero-knowledge here is the default, not an expert mode.
Is there a free plan?
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Yes. The free plan includes 1 GB with exactly the same zero-knowledge architecture as paid plans, so you can validate the workflow before moving a studio onto it.
What happens if someone leaves the team?
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Removing a member revokes their access and rotates the remaining key envelopes, so their old copy of the key stops opening anything new. Every membership change is written to an append-only audit trail.
What if we lose a password?
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Because we cannot read your data, we cannot reset it for you. Each account creates a Recovery Kit — a printable PDF with a QR code — to keep offline. That is the same property that stops anyone else, including us, from reading your workspace.