Icedrive vs pCloud
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Icedrivesite ↗pricing ↗
Cloud storage with encrypted vaults, sold by subscription or as a lifetime plan. Paid plans start at €9.99/mo (Pro); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at €24.99/mo (Pro Max).
pCloudsite ↗pricing ↗
Cloud storage sold as a subscription or as a one-off lifetime plan, with optional client-side encryption. Paid plans start at €4.99/mo (Premium 500 GB); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at €29.99/mo (Ultra 10 TB). Lifetime pay-once plans are also sold. One of the few vendors anywhere still selling lifetime storage; the subscription ladder sits beside it.
The two ladders
Icedrivesite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-07 · EUR
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 10 GB storage, from the page's own feature comparison. No sync devices, no crypto folder, no versioning. |
| Pro | €9.99/mo | '€9.99 Monthly subscription' (read 2026-09-07); '€99 Annual subscription, Save €20' (read 2026-09-06). 2 TB, crypto folder, 30-day versions. |
| Pro Plus | €14.99/mo | '€14.99 Monthly subscription'; '€149 Annual subscription, Save €30'. 4 TB, 60-day versions. |
| Pro Max | €24.99/mo | '€24.99 Monthly subscription'; '€249 Annual subscription, Save €50'. 6 TB, 90-day versions. |
pCloudsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-27 · EUR
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Premium 500 GB | €4.99/mo (€4.17 ↓) · €199 | Annual is €49.99 a year against a struck-through €59.88, which is exactly twelve months at the €4.99 monthly rate. Lifetime is €199 one-time against a struck-through €299 — 3.98 years of the annual price. |
| Premium Plus 2 TB | €9.99/mo (€8.33 ↓) · €399 | Annual €99.99 against a struck-through €119.88 (twelve months at €9.99). Lifetime €399 one-time against €599 — 3.99 years of the annual price, or €199.50 per TB. |
| Ultra 10 TB | €29.99/mo (€25 ↓) · €1190 | Annual €299.99 against a struck-through €359.88. Lifetime €1,190 one-time against €1,890 — 3.97 years of the annual price, and €119 per TB, the cheapest per-terabyte lifetime figure on either vendor's page. |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: pCloud at €4.99/mo, against Icedrive at €9.99/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: only Icedrive publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: Icedrive tops out at €24.99/mo, pCloud at €29.99/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
How to choose in this category
- Per-terabyte cost falls as tiers rise — the entry tier is rarely the value point.
- Lifetime pay-once plans exist in this category; divide by your honest years of use before comparing them to subscriptions.
- Business and personal ladders differ — make sure the page you read matches the plan you would buy.