pCloud vs DropBox – We Compare the 2TB Plan side by side

There isn’t a world of difference between pCloud or Dropbox when it comes to synchronization, as both of them take full advantage of block-level synchronization tools.

This allows the actual service itself to upload information only about individual altered sections of files in little “blocks” – dramatically reducing the amount of time that you will have to spend syncing data.

Both of these services are blazing fast compared to the rest of the industry.

In a 1 GB comparison, both pCloud and Dropbox were able to upload all of the changes to that particular file inside of 30 seconds while the next closest service came in at just about four minutes.

A standout feature that helps to separate pCloud from the rest of the pack has to be the integrated “Virtual Drive” capabilities that it brings to the table.

Essentially turning pCloud into a digital external hard drive that allows for immediate synchronization to the virtual servers behind this cloud storage network.

Find out how this virtual drive works with Windows.

The Virtual Drive will show up in your computer file explorer the same way that a traditional hard drive will – and everything that you save into that folder will immediately get uploaded and synchronized to the cloud and become available across all of your pCloud installations.

Dropbox offers similar capabilities but it isn’t quite as efficient or quite as effective.

On top of that, Dropbox only allows you to add individual folders to the immediate synchronization whereas pCloud allows you to virtually synchronize an entire “drive”.

When it comes to collaborating on an individual file you simply aren’t going to find anything on the market today that comes close to offering what Dropbox offers right out of the gate.

Not only are you going to be able to individually collaborate through live editing of documents and collaboration on individual files.

But it also provides full tool-sets for in-line comments in a whole host of other options that speed up this collaborative process.

Nothing else out there comes quite close to what Dropbox delivers in this department which helps to separate it from the rest of the pack.

pCloud has nothing like this in its suite of tools right now. They do not allow you to form teams and groups in the sharing option as well.

This feature only becomes available in the business plan.

Whenever you’re talking about taking advantage of a cloud storage solution you need to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are going to enjoy top-tier encryption and extreme security to make sure that your personal and private data stays just that – personal and private.

Both pCloud and Dropbox offer robust security solutions and next-generation encryption services, including military-grade security options with zero-knowledge privacy features built right in.

With Dropbox you get these features right out of the gate as soon as you sign up but if you want to really secure and lock down your pCloud set up you’ll need to pay a little extra for a service called pCloud Crypto, a zero knowledge encryption cloud security service.

SIDENOTE: 

Do you know pCloud is the first in the market that a user can have both highly encrypted and normal files in the same account for your convenience.

pCloud security features are pretty robust as is, but with pCloud Crypto, you essentially create a digital vault that is almost entirely impenetrable.

This is the highest level of security you’ll find in a cloud storage option today and at the price point is well worth the investment – particularly if you have sensitive data stored in this cloud service.

Last but not least, the average upload and download speed are also faster with pCloud. This depends, of course, on your internet connection speed. With the same internet connection, pCloud’s upload transfer rate is almost 10 times faster than Dropbox!

A huge difference if you ask me. You can follow the test pCloud did here: https://blog.pcloud.com/speed-test-pcloud-vs-dropbox/

Check out this 3-minute video to find out how they conduct the test:

However, I did a real upload test too to verify the claim on my own. Yet the result is a bit different from what pCloud claims but I suppose that relies on other factors too.

Find out my fastest cloud storage experiment here with upload results.

This goes to show that pCloud is worth giving a try when you look at all these helpful factors over Dropbox.