The first adds the selected file to a synced folder you set up previously, and the second actually creates a new sync. PCloud also adds right-click context-menu choices in File Explorer: Copy to pCloud Sync, and Sync to pCloud. You can also specify Unlimited speed or Auto. The Speed tab in Settings lets you specify custom upload and download throughput limits in Kbps. The Account page shows a bar graph of your storage usage and quota, and lets you change your password or upgrade your account. There are also Help and About options, the latter of which offers a check for updates button. The Settings interface not only shows you your storage and account login, but also has tabs for Sync, Share, Crypto (not related to currency), and Settings. It also shows your storage usage and quota in a pie chart. Right-clicking presents a menu with the following choices: Open Drive, Notifications, Preferences, Pause, and Exit. As with most cloud storage clients, clicking the tray icon takes you to the File Explorer window for its virtual drive. Even more puzzling is that the pCloud drive is called a Removable Disk in File Explorer-I haven't seen this behavior in any other syncing app. Unlike those, it uses a standard drive icon, rather than a custom one to indicate it's not local storage. Like OneDrive, Google Drive, and iCloud, pCloud adds an icon to File Explorer from which you can access its cloud-stored contents. Next, an introduction wizard takes you through the program and service's features. Once you launch the desktop client, you see a cloud-shaped system tray icon, similar to that of OneDrive, and a dialog box for signing into your account appears. Finally, you see a window saying Setup Successful that includes a Launch button. It also installs DLLs in command-line mode and requires you to OK installation of driver software, presumably for creating a virtual drive on your PC. The small 9MB desktop installer requires you to OK the license agreement. For example, verifying your email address ups it by 1GB, uploading a file gets you one more, and so on. With those, you can download web content directly to pCloud storage.Īs you proceed through setup, you unlock more storage. There's also a Lightroom Classic plug-in and a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. The service includes apps for Windows (XP through 10) macOS 10.9 or later Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Fedora 21, Debian 8 or later derivative distributions) iOS 9 or later and Android 5.0 or later. As with all file-syncing services, the setup process encourages you to download and install the pCloud Drive software, though it's not required. You can sign up for pCloud using your Facebook or Google credentials or by entering an email address and password. (Opens in a new window) Read Our Apple iCloud Drive Review Degoo offers a whopping 10TB for $9.99 per month. Microsoft includes 1TB of OneDrive storage with a $6.99-per-month Office 365 Personal subscription, and 6TB (1TB each for six users) with the $9.99-per-month Home subscription. By comparison, Apple charges $9.99 for 2TB of cloud storage, as do Google and Dropbox. PCloud's 500GB Premium plan costs just $3.99 per month, and $7.99 per month gets you 2TB. Newcomer Degoo offers a whopping 100GB to free accounts, with feature limitations. Apple and Microsoft give free accounts only 5GB, and Dropbox only provides a paltry 2GB. One service that's more generous in terms of free cloud storage is Google Drive, with 15GB gratis (though email and original-quality photos count against that). Like Box, pCloud provides free accounts with 10GB storage. What distinguishes pCloud most are its generous pricing plans and no-knowledge local encryption option. Most of these present the same claims of letting you access files from anywhere, free up local storage, share documents, and collaborate on them. Yet services like pCloud pop up from time to time, looking to muscle in on the big boys' territory. It's reasonable, therefore, to wonder whether there's a need for more entries in the space. Appears as Removable Disk in File Explorer.Īll major platforms-Apple, Google, and Microsoft-provide cloud storage, as do established players like Dropbox and Box.Useful features not available in free version.How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.
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