pCloud review
Updated September 28, 2026 · DeployCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
pCloud is built around getting data back out: transfers cost €0 per GB and every plan includes total traffic, while storage runs €0.01 per GB per month. That suits personal archives and small team backups that read and move their data rarely.
Key facts
- Best for
- Cheap or free data transfer out of object storage for archives and backups.
- Price per GB per month
- €0.00998↗
- Egress price per GB
- €0↗
- Free egress
- total traffic included with every plan↗
- Regions
- 2↗
- Storage types
- Object↗
- Legal entity
- pCloud International AG↗
- Headquarters
- Switzerland↗
- Founded
- 2013↗
- Support channels
- Help-centre, Email, Community↗
- Official website
- pcloud.com
Facts checked September 26, 2026, 4 sources
Apps and profiles
- Get the app
- App Store
- Elsewhere
- Xyoutube.com
Pros and cons
Pros
- Egress priced at €0 per GB, with total traffic included with every plan
- Storage costs €0.01 per GB per month
- Egress rank of 1 among 72 brands on the metric
- Object storage only under object, so the product stays narrow and predictable
Cons
- Storage sits at rank 36 of 103 brands, at a rate of €0.01 per GB per month
- Block storage is not among its object, which lists object only
- Phone and chat are not among its help centre, email and community
Who it suits
- People archiving personal files who read and move them rarely
- Small teams that want transfer out held at €0 per GB
- Buyers who want a Swiss operator, with pCloud International AG founded in 2013
Who should look elsewhere
- Teams that need block or file storage, since object is the only type listed under object
- Buyers chasing the lowest storage rate, since SberCloud bills RUB 814.68 per GB and UCloud runs $0.063 to $0.24
- Anyone who needs phone or chat support, since those are not among help centre, email and community
How it compares on our data
On egress, pCloud holds rank 1 of 72 brands ranked on the metric. On price per GB per month, the picture is different: rank 36 of 103. Cheap transfer out is the reason to look here first, while the storage rate sits in the middle of the field.
How pCloud compares
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Frequently asked questions
What does it cost to move data out of pCloud?+
Egress is priced at €0 per GB, which places pCloud at rank 1 of 72 brands on the metric. Total traffic is included with every plan, so transfers do not add a separate line to the bill.
How much is storage per month?+
Storage runs €0.01 per GB per month, near the €0.01 median across the brands listed. That puts pCloud at rank 36 of 103 on this measure, so the storage rate is competitive but not the headline strength.
Does pCloud offer more than object storage?+
Object is the only listed storage type under object, so block volumes are not among the offerings. Teams that need file or block storage alongside objects would have to place that with another provider.
Where does pCloud run its storage?+
pCloud lists 2 data regions, and the company sits in Switzerland. That is a narrow footprint, so buyers bound by data residency rules should check that their required location is served before they commit a production archive.
How can you reach pCloud support?+
Support runs through help centre, email and community. Phone and chat are not among those channels, so an outage that needs a voice conversation has to go by email or the community board instead. The help centre covers self service questions.
Who runs pCloud and where is it based?+
pCloud is run by pCloud International AG, based in Switzerland, and the company was founded in 2013. Those details sit behind a service sold in euros, with per GB storage of €0.01.
Sources
- pcloud.com checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Headquarters, Legal entity, Support channels
“As a Swiss-based cloud solution, we follow the world's strictest data privacy standards.”
- pcloud.com/cloud-storage-pricing-plans checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Egress price per GB, Free egress, Price per GB per month
“500 GB Storage total traffic”
- pcloud.com/company/about checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Founded, Storage types
“2013 Founded”
- pcloud.com/data-regions checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Regions
“pCloud offers two options: the United States (Dallas, Texas) and the European Union (Luxembourg).”
Compiled from 4 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.
pCloud
Cheap or free data transfer out of object storage for archives and backups.