Jottacloud to Drime: Norway to France Without Giving Up GDPR Hosting

Move Jottacloud files to Drime when you want French hosting, stronger sharing controls, or a different price point. Includes browser and cloud-to-cloud methods.

Introduction

Jottacloud and Drime both serve the European market under GDPR, so a migration between them is usually about fit rather than compliance. Jottacloud leans toward unlimited storage plans with a simpler feature set; Drime trades unlimited for end-to-end encryption, finer sharing controls, and workspace features like password-protected expiring links. Users typically switch when their needs shift from raw backup capacity to collaboration or when the Jottacloud price point no longer matches their actual usage. This guide covers two practical methods for moving files: a manual browser export and a cloud-to-cloud transfer through CloudsLinker.

Method 1: Browser Download and Upload
Method 2: Cloud-to-Cloud Transfer with CloudsLinker
Jottacloud vs Drime
Method Comparison
Practical Tips
FAQ

About Jottacloud

Jottacloud is a Norwegian cloud storage provider known for unlimited-capacity personal plans and green data centers powered by hydroelectric energy. Data is stored in Norway, which sits within the European Economic Area and is covered by GDPR through the EEA agreement.

Hosting: Norwegian data centers.
Plans: unlimited personal storage option plus tiered plans.
Sync client: Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android.
Photo features: automatic mobile photo backup with face recognition.
Authorization for tools: personal login token generated from account security settings.

About Drime

Drime is a French cloud storage workspace with end-to-end encryption, fixed-tier storage plans, and collaboration features including password-protected, expiring shared links.

Hosting: French data centers.
Plans: tiered storage, not unlimited.
Encryption: end-to-end on stored files and shared links.
Sharing: expiry, password and download-limit controls.
Collaboration: shared folders, notes, file requests.

Comparison: Jottacloud vs Drime

The two services differ more in philosophy than in compliance. Jottacloud optimizes for capacity — large personal backups stored cheaply in Norway. Drime optimizes for encryption and sharing control, trading raw capacity for workspace features.

Feature	Jottacloud	Drime
Data center location	Norway (EEA, GDPR)	France (EU, GDPR)
Plan model	Unlimited personal tier available	Tiered storage plans
Encryption at rest	Server-side	End-to-end
Share link controls	Basic link sharing	Password, expiry, download limit, access log
Primary strength	Large personal backups at a flat price	Encrypted collaboration and controlled sharing

Preparing to Move Jottacloud to Drime

On the Jottacloud side

Check actual usage before migrating. Jottacloud's unlimited plan often includes years of backup data — most of it may not need to move.
Separate backup from working data: Jottacloud backup folders contain machine-specific files (system folders, sync artifacts) that are rarely worth migrating.
Generate a personal login token: log into jottacloud.com, open account security settings, and create a Personal Login Token. Save it safely — you only see it once.

On the Drime side

Confirm plan capacity: Drime is not unlimited, so pick a tier that fits the subset of data you actually want to migrate.
Create a migration folder such as /Jottacloud-Archive/ so the imported tree stays separate from existing content.
Generate a developer token: Drime → avatar → Settings → Developer → Create Token.

Method 1: Browser Download from Jottacloud and Upload to Drime

Step 1: Download from Jottacloud

Open jottacloud.com and sign in. Navigate to Archive for manually organized files or to Sync for files synced from a device. Select the folders or files you want to move and click Download. Multiple items package as a ZIP archive.

Skip the Backup section unless you specifically want to rescue machine backup data. Backup folders contain device-scoped content that rarely makes sense to migrate into a different provider.

Download files from Jottacloud web interface

Step 2: Upload to Drime

Extract the ZIP. Open the Drime web dashboard, navigate to your target folder, and drag the extracted content in. Drime encrypts files during upload and preserves folder structure exactly as it was laid out in the archive.

Method 2: Cloud-to-Cloud Transfer with CloudsLinker

Move Jottacloud Without Local Downloads

CloudsLinker connects Jottacloud using its personal login token and pushes data directly into Drime. This is the more practical approach when you are moving photo archives or working folders in the hundreds-of-gigabytes range.

Step 1: Connect Jottacloud

In CloudsLinker, click Add Cloud and select Jottacloud. Paste the personal login token you generated from Jottacloud → Account Security → Personal Login Token. Confirm. Jottacloud appears as a connected source.

Connect Jottacloud to CloudsLinker with personal login token

Step 2: Connect Drime

Click Add Cloud and pick Drime. Paste the developer token from Drime → Settings → Developer. Confirm and Drime is ready as a destination.

Connect Drime to CloudsLinker with developer token

Step 3: Configure the Transfer

Open the Transfer section. Select Jottacloud as the source and browse into the Archive or Sync folders you want to move. Avoid Backup folders unless you have a specific reason to migrate them. Select the Drime target directory on the destination side.

Use filters to skip extensions you do not need (e.g., .tmp, .lnk) or to limit the transfer to files modified in a particular date range. Start with Copy mode.

Configure Jottacloud to Drime transfer in CloudsLinker

Step 4: Start and Monitor

Start the task. Track progress from the Task List. Transfers continue on CloudsLinker servers even if you close the browser. Once complete, verify file counts and a sample of files in Drime before deleting anything in Jottacloud.

Method Comparison

Method	Ease of Use	Speed	Best For	Uses Local Bandwidth	Skill Level
Browser Download + Upload	★★★★☆	★★☆☆☆	Small Archive folders, one-off exports	Yes	Beginner
CloudsLinker	★★★★★	★★★★★	Photo libraries, multi-hundred-GB archives, hands-off moves	No	Beginner

Practical Tips for Jottacloud to Drime

Separate Archive, Sync and Backup: Jottacloud stores these as distinct spaces with different semantics. Archive and Sync folders translate cleanly into Drime; Backup folders usually do not.
Audit real usage before choosing a Drime plan: Jottacloud unlimited plans obscure how much data you actually have. Check usage in the Jottacloud settings panel before committing to a Drime tier.
Rotate the Jottacloud token after migration: the personal login token grants read access to the account. Generate a new one (or delete the existing one) in Jottacloud's account security settings once the migration is finished.
Mind the 30-day deletion window: Jottacloud keeps deleted files in trash for 30 days. Do not clear the trash until Drime is fully verified.
Skip sync artifacts: files like .DS_Store, Thumbs.db and desktop.ini carry over unless you filter them out at the CloudsLinker task level.
Reissue share links: existing Jottacloud share links stop working once files are removed. Rebuild the shares in Drime with password and expiry controls.

Frequently Asked Questions

Jottacloud splits content into Archive, Sync and Backup spaces. Drime uses a single folder tree. Most users recreate an /Archive/ and /Sync/ folder structure in Drime so the mental model carries over.

Yes, within a given space. CloudsLinker preserves the folder hierarchy inside the Jottacloud section you selected. Browser ZIP downloads also preserve hierarchy as long as the archive is extracted intact.

No. Only the photo files themselves transfer. Jottacloud's Photos view, timeline and face-tagged albums do not have equivalents in Drime. EXIF metadata embedded in the files is preserved.

Through a Personal Login Token generated from your Jottacloud account security settings. CloudsLinker never sees your Jottacloud password. The token can be deleted or rotated at any time from the same settings page.

The transfer pauses once the Drime quota is reached. Either upgrade the Drime plan or reduce scope — most Jottacloud users discover they only need a fraction of their unlimited space in practice. CloudsLinker skips already-transferred files when the job restarts.

Yes. Point the CloudsLinker task at a specific Jottacloud folder — for example, the Photos folder under Sync — and apply a filter for image extensions. You can also restrict the transfer to a date range if you only want recent files.

Yes. Data travels over TLS between Jottacloud, CloudsLinker and Drime. Jottacloud uses a scoped personal token instead of a password; Drime applies end-to-end encryption on arrival. CloudsLinker does not retain file content after the transfer. Rotate both tokens once the migration is complete.

Conclusion

For a few gigabytes of documents, the browser route through Jottacloud's web interface is direct enough. For larger archives — photo backups, video libraries, multi-year working folders — CloudsLinker avoids the download-then-upload bottleneck by connecting both services through their official authorization methods (Jottacloud personal login token, Drime developer token). Whichever path you pick, verify Drime contents before clearing Jottacloud storage, because Jottacloud's 30-day trash retention gives you a fallback window, not an indefinite one.

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