pCloud
Ranked 13 of 14 cloud storage by recommenders
People recommend pCloud as easy, pain-free cloud storage, including for encrypted Restic backups. Critics cite reports of file leaks and security problems.
People recommend pCloud as easy, pain-free cloud storage, including for encrypted Restic backups. Critics cite reports of file leaks and security problems.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 47%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works well for years of use
“pcloud with the public folder works well. I've uploaded a few html ebooks with relative routing and it has worked fine.”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Dropbox CEO Drew Houston to step down” “Been using it for a few years and am happy with it.”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Dropbox's Jan 1st 2027 terms of service”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Security and privacy concerns
“someone raised evidence that pcloud was processing documents stored in their servers”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Migrating to the EU” “questionable practices like that of pCloud, etc.”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Dropbox CEO Drew Houston to step down” “pCloud is a security nightmare”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Migrating to the EU” Files leaking between users
“pCloud has been leaking files between users”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “Another user's pCloud setup is visible in my pcloud drive” “This is terrible, it happened to me as well”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “Another user's pCloud setup is visible in my pcloud drive”
Other cloud storage people recommend
The four most recommended other cloud storage, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iCloud | 144 | 231 | 38% | 13 | 3 yrs7 owners | — |
| Dropbox | 140 | 166 | 46% | 12 | 12 yrs16 owners | — |
| OneDrive | 86 | 370 | 19% | 12 | 8 yrs6 owners | — |
| Google Drive | 66 | 130 | 34% | 12 | 5 yrs3 owners | — |
| pCloudThis page | 7 | 8 | 47% | 7 | — | — |
What people said
16 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“lifetime, mine or theirs, no illusions, hopefully lasts a couple of months if I die unexpectedly”
“Been using it for a few years and am happy with it.”
“what I miss most is a native way to edit files on iOS and windows desktop and have it auto save”
“pcloud systematically break them, police change, elements resized randomely”
“questionable practices like that of pCloud, etc.”
“I tried uploading an html file but can't get a direct link to it”
“pcloud with the public folder works well. I've uploaded a few html ebooks with relative routing and it has worked fine.”
“pCloud throttles you heavily if you upload more than a certain amount of data per month”
“someone raised evidence that pcloud was processing documents stored in their servers”
“pCloud seems to have been having a few wobbles in the past few months, and it's unclear to me whether the root cause is external or internal.”
“pCloud is a security nightmare”
“One frustrating thing is that if you are cycling through your photos on the default pcloud app, they are usually slow to render”
“This is terrible, it happened to me as well”
“fortunately I use it as a backend for Restic, so I send encrypted stuff there”
“pCloud has been leaking files between users”
“I use pCloud, and my approach to a new system is equally quick and pain free.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.