This gives you an impressive 15GB for free, and its paid plans are similar to pCloud’s, with 2TB costing you $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year. One of pCloud’s main competitors is Google Drive (opens in new tab). OneDrive vs Dropbox vs Google Drive (opens in new tab).IDrive vs Dropbox vs pCloud (opens in new tab).Google Drive vs Dropbox (opens in new tab).

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You can also password-protect links and set expiration dates, and you can personalize the file preview page with your own cover image and message, which is a nice touch.

Anyone you send the link to will be able to preview the file and, if you permit them, download it. Though pCloud lacks the collaboration tools of some competitors, it’s possible to share files using a link. Once you’ve linked your accounts, any photos or videos you upload to these platforms will automatically be backed up to pCloud. If you upload a lot of content to Facebook or Instagram, then pCloud offers a social backup feature. You get 15 days of version history with the free plan, 30 days with paid plans, and up to a year with a premium add-on. It’s a little harder to access than with some competitors, as you have to rewind your whole account rather than clicking on an individual file to see previous versions, but it’s nonetheless useful. From here, you can restore or download previous versions of files. With pCloud Rewind, you can see a preview of your pCloud account from a certain date in the past. And the video player is impressive too, with a picture-in-picture mode enabling you to play videos while continuing other tasks. So with the mobile app, you can listen to your playlists on the go. Not only can you play audio files from within pCloud, but you can also create playlists. The built-in audio player lets you manage playlists (Image credit: pCloud)

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