Cloud Storage · Switzerland (CH)
pCloud
Lifetime cloud storage from Switzerland.
The switch
Dropbox→pCloudalso replaces Google Drive
About
Swiss cloud storage with optional client-side encryption (Crypto), media playback and lifetime plans you pay for once.
Why we recommend it
- Lifetime plans
- Optional zero-knowledge encryption
- Swiss servers
EU vs USA
pCloud vs Dropbox
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 pCloud
🇺🇸 Dropbox
Headquarters
Lugano, Switzerland
San Francisco, USA
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
USA
Data location
EU or US (user choice)
US (some EU regions paid)
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
Yes
No
Open source
No
No
Ownership
pCloud AG
Dropbox Inc.
Founded
2013
2007
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