pCloud vs Sync.com (individual plans)
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
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.
Sync.com (individual plans)site ↗pricing ↗
Paid plans start at $4/mo (Personal 150GB); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $32/mo (Pro Solo 5TB). We read the same $4/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
The two ladders
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. |
Sync.com (individual plans)site ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-07 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Personal 150GB | $4/mo ($3.5 ↓) | 150 GB secure storage, basic sharing; 30-day trial; no promotional price on this tier |
| Personal 1TB | $16/mo ($12 ↓) | 1 TB secure storage, advanced sharing |
| Pro Solo 5TB | $32/mo ($28 ↓) | 5 TB secure storage, advanced sharing, custom branding; the card heading reads 'Solo 5TB' and the comparison table calls the same tier 'Pro Solo 5TB' |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Sync.com (individual plans) at $4/mo, against pCloud at €4.99/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: neither publishes one. Any free access here is a trial, which is a deadline.
- How far each ladder goes: pCloud tops out at €29.99/mo, Sync.com (individual plans) at $32/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Sync.com (individual plans): We read the same $4/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
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.