pCloud is rolling out its lowest-ever prices to coincide with French National Day.
People often pitch cloud storage (with a monthly subscription) against physical storage that you pay for once. In practice, pCloud has tried to sit somewhere in the middle by offering online storage with a “lifetime” price. That means you get the flexibility of cloud storage (instant access from lots of devices, data security) without it becoming eye-wateringly expensive over time, as can happen with Google Drive, Dropbox, Box.com and iCloud.
pCloud lifetime cloud storage: the 14 July promotion
pCloud offers several options: you can choose a monthly or annual subscription, but its most popular choice is the “lifetime” plan. You can buy 1, 2 or 10 TB for a fixed one-off fee, for life. And because good news rarely comes alone, there’s a 14 July promotion that makes these storage amounts exceptionally affordable.
- 1 TB + pCloud Encryption: €199 (standard price: €664, i.e. -70%)
- 2 TB + pCloud Encryption: €299 (standard price: €828, i.e. -64%)
- 10 TB + pCloud Encryption: €890 (standard price: €2 119, i.e. -58%)
A pricing reality check versus physical storage
To put those prices into context: a 1 TB SanDisk portable SSD is officially €277 on Amazon (it’s currently discounted, so a little cheaper), and the cost of physical storage has jumped since the AI giants have drained the components market.
The 1 TB pCloud lifetime plan comes in at €199, which is outstanding given how robust and adaptable cloud storage can be. Honestly, at this price, buying physical storage doesn’t make much sense. Do note, however, that this offer ends on the evening of 15 July.
Your data in Europe
Another way pCloud stands apart from its US competitors is jurisdiction. Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive store your data on US servers (which fall under the Cloud Act, allowing federal authorities to access data hosted outside the United States without local judicial proceedings). pCloud works differently: it is based in Switzerland, operates under Swiss privacy laws, and lets you choose-when you sign up-where your files are physically hosted: a data centre in the United States or a data centre in Luxembourg. You choose at the start, and we recommend selecting European storage.
As part of the 14 July offer, pCloud Encryption is included free of charge in every plan in this promotion and uses client-side encryption: your files are encrypted on your device before they even leave your connection. pCloud does not hold your encryption keys and, technically, has no access to your files-even in the event of a legal request.
pCloud apps and everyday features
In day-to-day use, the service runs on Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android, with real-time synchronisation, automatic backups, a media player for streaming from the cloud, a photo gallery with a timeline and built-in editor, and pDocs (in beta) for collaborating on documents without relying on the Google ecosystem.
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