Read on to learn more, then see our roundup of the best online backup for comparison.
How much does pCloud cost?
After our original review, pCloud added yearly rates to their lifetime plans which are less likely to daunt new buyers: $50 for 500GB, $100 for 2TB, and $200 for 10TB. Not amazing bargains, but competitive.
The single-user lifetime plans, if you don’t do the division, might seem daunting at first: $199 for 500GB, $399 for 2TB, and $1,190 for 10TB. Note that those are discounts from the standard rates of $300, $600, and $1,890 at the time of this writing.
However, if you break down those discounted prices over, say, a mere five years, it’s roughly $80 per terabyte per year for the 500GB plan, $40 per TB per year for the 2TB option, and approximately $24 per TB per year annually for the 10TB/$1,190 tier. Not bad, and of course, the longer you go, the cheaper it gets.
If you opt for a lifetime plan, you must believe that the company will remain in business. There’s no way for us to guarantee any company’s survival, but pCloud has been around for 12 years and is based in Switzerland — a country with a long history of safe-guarding valuables. pCloud also explained that it has a refund policy in place, as well as contingency plans for a force majeure.
Happily, there’s also a free 10GB plan so you can try pCloud without risk.