pCloud vs MEGA

Round by round

1. Round 1How much you get freeMEGA wins
   pCloud5/10

   10 GB

   the free plan

   • 10 GB, against 20 GB

   Source: allcloudhub.com ↗

   MEGA8/10

   20 GB

   the free plan

   Source: cloudslinker.com ↗

   MEGA wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.

2. Round 2Who can read your filesMEGA wins
   pCloud5/10

   Optional

   zero-knowledge encryption is the paid pCloud Crypto add-on

   • Optional, against Zero-knowledge

   Source: allcloudhub.com ↗

   MEGA8/10

   Zero-knowledge

   end-to-end encrypted by default

   Source: cloudslinker.com ↗

   MEGA wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.

3. Round 3Paying once instead of monthlypCloud wins
   pCloud8/10

   Lifetime plans

   one-time payments, for example 2 TB

   Source: pcloud.com ↗

   MEGA5/10

   No lifetime plan

   monthly or yearly plans only

   • No lifetime plan, against Lifetime plans

   Source: allcloudhub.com ↗

   pCloud wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.

4. Round 4How easy it is to usepCloud wins
   pCloud8/10

   4.6 out of 5

   ease-of-use rating from Capterra reviewers

   Source: capterra.com ↗

   MEGA5/10

   4.5 out of 5

   ease-of-use rating from Capterra reviewers

   • 4.5 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5

   Source: capterra.com ↗

   pCloud wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.

5. Round 5What the cheapest paid plan costsMEGA wins
   pCloud5/10

   $4.99/mo (Premium 500 GB)

   Premium 500 GB (Premium Plus 2 TB for the 2 TB price), billed monthly (click MONTHLY); lifetime on the LIFETIME tab

   • $4.99/mo (Premium 500 GB), against $3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.)

   Source: pcloud.com ↗

   MEGA8/10

   $3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.)

   Essential 200 GB, billed yearly (default Yearly toggle, USD selected; MEGA charges in EUR, USD is an estimate); feature rows from the 'Pro I to III' column

   Source: mega.io ↗

   MEGA wins this round on what the published sources say.

6. Round 6Storage on the cheapest paid planpCloud wins
   pCloud8/10

   500 GB

   Premium 500 GB (Premium Plus 2 TB for the 2 TB price), billed monthly (click MONTHLY); lifetime on the LIFETIME tab

   Source: pcloud.com ↗

   MEGA5/10

   200 GB

   Essential 200 GB, billed yearly (default Yearly toggle, USD selected; MEGA charges in EUR, USD is an estimate); feature rows from the 'Pro I to III' column

   • 200 GB, against 500 GB

   Source: mega.io ↗

   pCloud wins this round on what the published sources say.

Side by side

Top ratedpCloud

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Best for how much you get freeMEGA

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Overall score

7.2

Best

6.9

Price

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What the cheapest paid plan costs

6.1

6.0

How much you get free

7.1

8.0

Storage on the cheapest paid plan

7.3

7.0

Biggest single file you can upload

8.0

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Who can read your files

6.5

7.8

Head-to-head findings

What the cheapest paid plan costs

$4.17

$3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.)

How much you get free

10 GB

20 GB

Storage on the cheapest paid plan

500 GB

200 GB

Biggest single file you can upload

Unlimited - any file size

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Who can read your files

Optional

Zero-knowledge

What customers say on Trustpilot

3.1 out of 5

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Paying once instead of monthly

Lifetime plans

No lifetime plan

What 2 TB costs

$8.33

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Record

Head-to-head record

5–2–1

5–0–1

Head-to-heads won

71 %

100 %

Rounds won

68 %

54 %

Pros

Cons

• 10 GB, against 15 GB
• $4.17, against $1.99
• $4.17, against $0.99
• Optional, against Zero-knowledge

• 4.5 out of 5, against 4.7 out of 5
• $3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.), against $1.99/mo (Basic 100 GB)
• 4 out of 5, against 4.3 out of 5
• $3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.), against $0.99/mo (Basic Extra)

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