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pCloud vs Vagrant

pCloud logo

pCloud

Software

Prices are final. No setup fees or other hidden charges

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Vagrant logo

Vagrant

Software

Development environments made easy

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Vagrant has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: 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; Vagrant vagrant 2.4.3 and later is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 with IBM Corporation as licensor, not an OSI open source licence

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which pCloud and Vagrant actually diverge.

Attributes where pCloud and Vagrant differ
AttributepCloudVagrant
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelone-timeopen-source
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebLinux, Windows, Mac
FoundedUnknown2010

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in pCloud

Nothing recorded that Vagrant does not also cover.

Only in Vagrant

  • Box management
  • Provider support
  • Multi-machine setups
  • Provisioners
  • Networking
  • Synced folders
  • Snapshots
  • Plugins

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

pCloud

No use cases recorded yet. See the pCloud review.

Vagrant

  • Reproducible local development environments defined in a Vagrantfilenot pCloud
  • Provisioning identical VMs across VirtualBox, VMware and Hyper-V for a teamnot pCloud
  • Sandboxing multi-machine setups on a developer laptopnot pCloud

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

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

Vagrant

  • Vagrant 2.4.3 and later is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 with IBM Corporation as licensor, not an OSI open source licence
  • The Additional Use Grant forbids offering Vagrant to third parties on a hosted or embedded basis in a paid product that competes with IBM's paid versions of Vagrant
  • Each version converts to the MPL 2.0 Change License only four years after that version is first published
  • Uses that fall outside the Additional Use Grant require a separately negotiated licence from the licensor

Pricing, plan by plan

pCloud

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the pCloud review.

Vagrant

Free
  • Open SourceFree
    • Development environment provisioning
    • Multiple providers
    • Provisioner support

Which should you pick?

Choose pCloud if

Nothing in the data separates pCloud from Vagrant on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

pCloud review

Choose Vagrant if

  • You need box management.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Linux, Windows, Mac.
  • You also want provider support.
Vagrant review

Questions people ask

Is pCloud or Vagrant better?
Neither clearly leads. pCloud starts at On request and Vagrant at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, pCloud or Vagrant?
Vagrant has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for pCloud and Free for Vagrant.
Does pCloud or Vagrant run on more platforms?
pCloud runs on Web. Vagrant runs on Linux, Windows, Mac.
Can I use Vagrant for free?
Yes. Vagrant has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. pCloud starts at On request.
What can pCloud do that Vagrant cannot?
Vagrant covers Box management, Provider support, Multi-machine setups, Provisioners.
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