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Box vs pCloud
pCloud
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Box all Business and Enterprise plans require a minimum of 3 users; pCloud headline lifetime prices are discounted promotional prices; the Premium 500GB lifetime plan is listed at $299 struck through down to $199, and Ultra 10TB at $1,890 down to $1,190, so the full non-promotional price is materially higher
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Box and pCloud actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Box
- All Business and Enterprise plans require a minimum of 3 users
- Business Starter ($5/user/month) caps at 100 GB of shared storage across the whole account and a 2 GB per file upload limit
- Enterprise Plus requires annual billing, and Enterprise Advanced's exact price is not published on the pricing page
pCloud
- Headline lifetime prices are discounted promotional prices; the Premium 500GB lifetime plan is listed at $299 struck through down to $199, and Ultra 10TB at $1,890 down to $1,190, so the full non-promotional price is materially higher
- Ultra 10TB plan's download link traffic is capped at 2TB, the same limit as the much smaller Premium Plus 2TB plan, despite the 5x storage difference
Pricing, plan by plan
Box
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Box review.
pCloud
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the pCloud review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Box if
Nothing in the data separates Box from pCloud on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose pCloud if
Nothing in the data separates pCloud from Box on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Box or pCloud better?
- Neither clearly leads. Box starts at On request and pCloud at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Box or pCloud?
- Box starts at On request and pCloud at On request.
- Does Box or pCloud run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
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