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Both keep your files online so you can share them and get them back from anywhere. The difference is who runs it, where your files are kept, and how much you pay.
| pCloud | JDrive | |
|---|---|---|
| Who runs it | pCloud International AG, a Swiss cloud-storage company, runs pCloud. | Your hosting company, under its own name |
| Where your files are kept | Customers choose either the European Union data region in Luxembourg or the United States data region in Dallas, and an account's files stay in its chosen region. | On your hosting company's own server, in the country they chose |
| How you pay | pCloud sells personal storage subscriptions by account and business storage per user; it also offers separate lifetime purchases. | Set by your hosting company. No price per person. |
| Cheapest personal plan | Premium: $4.99 a month for 500 GB | Set by your hosting company |
| Cheapest business plan | $11.58 per person a month, at least 3 people | No price per person |
| Free storage | Up to 10 GB | Your hosting company decides |
| App that syncs to your computer | Yes | No, works in the browser |
| Phone app | Yes | No, works in the phone browser |
| Two-step login | Yes | No, not yet |
| Edit documents live with others | No | No |
| Run it on your own server | Not listed | Yes |
| Sell it under your own name | Not listed | Yes, with resellers built in |
People and teams that want a choice of EU or U.S. storage region, virtual-drive access, and optional zero-knowledge encryption.
Usually, for a team. pCloud's cheapest business plan is $11.58 per person a month, so 10 people pay $115.80. A hosting company runs JDrive for well under a dollar a month per customer and sets its own price, with no charge per person.
For keeping, sharing and getting back files in a browser, yes. If you want your files synced to your computer automatically, pCloud is the better choice today.
From a hosting company that offers it. If you are a hosting company, you can download it and run it on your own server.
Sources for pCloud: personal pricing: Premium provides 500 GB at $4.99 monthly or $49.99 yearly; yearly monthly equivalent is $4.17 (2026-09-13), business pricing: Business is €9.99 per user/month for 1 TB per user with a 3-user minimum (2026-09-13), EUR to USD conversion for business pricing: ECB reference rate dated 2026-09-11 was 1 EUR = 1.1592 USD; €9.99 converts to $11.58 (2026-09-13), free storage: pCloud offers a free account with up to 10 GB (2026-09-13), desktop_sync_app: pCloud Drive is a desktop application and includes Sync (2026-09-13), mobile_app: pCloud documents its mobile app for iOS and Android (2026-09-13), two_factor_login: pCloud supports two-factor authentication (2026-09-13), live_document_editing=false: pCloud explicitly says it does not support real-time collaboration on documents (2026-09-13), end_to_end_encryption: paid Business plans include pCloud Encryption/zero-knowledge client-side encryption (2026-09-13), where files live: pCloud documents EU and U.S. data regions and single-region storage for an account (2026-09-13).