Drive vs Vault

Oten Drive gives you two kinds of encrypted storage. Both are end-to-end encrypted; they differ in how you use them.

Drive — your everyday encrypted storage.

• One Drive per user, unlocked with your device PIN.

• Familiar file-and-folder experience (like an ordinary cloud drive).

• Share individual files and folders with other people.

• No Shadow Layers — it's built for convenience.

Vault — an advanced, security-first container.

• You can create many vaults (personal, work, per-project).

• Each vault is opened with its own password.

• Every vault can hold Shadow Layers for plausible deniability.

• Sharing is at the whole-vault level.

• Each vault has its own independent key hierarchy — compromising one vault does not expose another.

	Drive	Vault
How many	One per user	Multiple per user
Unlock with	Device PIN	Per-vault password
Sharing	File & folder level	Whole vault
Shadow Layers	No	Yes
Feel	Familiar cloud drive	Security-first

Why it matters: Drive is the default landing experience — good for the files you use all day. Vaults are opt-in, for data that needs stronger separation or the deniability of Shadow Layers.

Both live behind the same encryption. The difference is how you unlock them and how much control-versus-convenience you want.