Dropbox vs pCloud Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Plus
- 1 user
- 2 TB of storage
- Stay connected across all devices
- 30 days to restore deleted files
- Transfer files up to 50 GB
- Edit PDFs and get signatures
Standard
Popular- 3+ users
- 5 TB of storage for the team
- Stay connected across all devices
- 180 days to restore deleted files
- Transfer files up to 100 GB
- Edit PDFs and get signatures
- Brand your files to share
- Password protect files
- Preview of Dash, your AI teammate
- Ask Dash questions, get answers
- Summarize meetings and more
- Get team folders for organization
- Manage team sharing
- Create groups and roles
- Admin control
Advanced
- 3+ users
- Starts at 15 TB for the team
- Stay connected across all devices
- 1 year to restore deleted files
- Transfer files up to 100 GB
- Edit PDFs and get signatures
- Brand your files to share
- Password protect files
- Preview of Dash, your AI teammate
- Ask Dash questions, get answers
- Summarize meetings and more
- Get team folders for organization
- Manage team sharing
- Create groups and roles
- Tiered-admin management
- End-to-end encryption
- Advanced key management
- Compliance tracking
- Single sign-on
Premium 500 GB
- 500 GB Storage
- 500 GB Shared link traffic
Premium Plus 2 TB
- 2 TB Storage
- 2 TB Shared link traffic
Ultra 10 TB
- 10 TB Storage
- 2 TB Shared link traffic
Dropbox vs pCloud FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- One or both use custom pricing, so it depends on your specific needs.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Dropbox has a free plan. pCloud doesn't — you'll need to pay from day one.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. Dropbox uses per-seat pricing, while pCloud goes with flat-rate. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Dropbox: They're playing the premium-but-accessible game — not the cheapest cloud storage option but positioned as the reliable, feature-rich choice that justifies paying more than Google Drive or OneDrive. Going after teams who want something better than basic but aren't ready for enterprise complexity. pCloud: The lifetime pricing angle sets them apart from Dropbox and Google Drive, who never let you stop paying — pCloud's $199-$1190 one-time fee undercuts years of subscription costs and appeals to people tired of recurring bills. They're not the cheapest month-to-month, but they're playing the long-game value card against subscription fatigue.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Dropbox and pCloud and let you know when something moves.