The short answer (checked 9 November 2026): pCloud's Black Friday 2026 prices are live on its pricing page: 500 GB €159, 2 TB €379, 10 TB €1,099 lifetime, and a 3 TB bundle with Encryption and Pass for €579. None of the storage plans encrypts your files end to end unless you add pCloud Encryption (€150) for one folder, so 2 TB you can keep private costs €529. If what you want is a large encrypted archive for one payment, the ShieldFive Founding Lifetime is 5 TB for $279 (€249) once, every file encrypted on your device. If you want pCloud's sync apps, this is a good week to buy them.
Private photo and file backup, paid once
5 TB for a single payment, no subscription. Every file and file name is encrypted on your device before upload. Pay by card, PayPal or Klarna; 30-day full refund, or start with 10 GB free.
Founding Lifetime · 5 TB · 150 vaults in total · until 30 Nov, then $335
To see pCloud's sale next to Internxt, Icedrive and Filen in one table, read Black Friday 2026 cloud storage deals compared.
“I chose ShieldFive because it doesn't just promise privacy—it implements the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) necessary to protect data against future threats. It's a breath of fresh air to find a developer who is actually moving the needle on quantum-resistant storage.”
pCloud Black Friday 2026 lifetime prices
Read on pCloud's pricing page, which carries a Black Friday badge, and its Encryption page on 9 November 2026. Before the sale, on 1 November, the same plans were €219, €499 and €1,499.
| Plan | pCloud price (shown down from) | With pCloud Encryption | Files pCloud cannot read |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 GB lifetime | €159 (€279) | €309 | Only the Crypto folder |
| 2 TB lifetime | €379 (€709) | €529 | Only the Crypto folder |
| 10 TB lifetime | €1,099 (€2,799) | €1,249 | Only the Crypto folder |
| 3 TB 3in1 bundle (storage, Encryption, Pass) | €579 (€1,517) | Included | Only the Crypto folder |
| ShieldFive Founding Lifetime | 5 TB for $279 (€249) | Included | Every file and file name |
pCloud shows its lifetime prices as discounts all year, so compare euros, not percentages: the Black Friday prices are €60 to €400 below its own 1 November prices.
Comparing with Internxt? Its sale is tracked in Internxt Black Friday 2026, and the two lifetime plans are compared side by side in pCloud vs Internxt lifetime.
What pCloud did on Black Friday 2025
Deal roundups reported a 5 TB lifetime bundle (storage, pCloud Encryption and pCloud Pass) for $599 (Cloudwards, TechRadar). That is the best pCloud deal on record for a 5 TB encrypted archive. We could not find an archived pCloud page for it, so treat it as a guide, not a quote. Outside sales, pCloud also runs short regional offers: until 16 October 2026, a German landing page sold 2 TB with Encryption for €379.
The comparison that matters: price per terabyte, encryption included
| Option | Storage | One-time price | Per TB | Encrypted by default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pCloud 2 TB + Encryption, Black Friday 2026 | 2 TB | €529 | €265 | Crypto folder only |
| pCloud 3in1 bundle, Black Friday 2026 | 3 TB | €579 | €193 | Crypto folder only |
| pCloud 10 TB + Encryption, Black Friday 2026 | 10 TB | €1,249 | €125 | Crypto folder only |
| pCloud 5 TB bundle, Black Friday 2025 | 5 TB | $599 | about $120 | Crypto folder only |
| ShieldFive Founding Lifetime | 5 TB | $279 (€249) | €50 | Every file |
Even at its Black Friday prices, pCloud's cheapest encrypted terabyte is €125, in a 10 TB plan at €1,249. If pCloud cuts further before 30 November, this page will say so.
Why the encryption detail decides it
pCloud encrypts files on its servers with keys it holds. That protects against a stolen disk; it does not stop pCloud, a breach of pCloud or a legal demand from reaching your files. The client-side part, where pCloud never sees the key, covers only files you move into the Crypto folder. Camera uploads, synced folders and anything you forget to move stay outside it.
On ShieldFive there is no folder to remember: every file and file name is encrypted in your browser or app before upload. We store only ciphertext and never hold your keys. Web uploads use post-quantum hybrid encryption (ML-KEM-1024 with XChaCha20-Poly1305) by default.
Where pCloud is better
Stated plainly, so you can decide:
- Apps. pCloud has desktop sync, a virtual drive and iOS today. ShieldFive has web, Android, Windows and Mac apps but no sync client, and its iOS app is still in testing.
- Media. pCloud streams music and video, and has Photos and Docs editors. ShieldFive previews PDFs, images, spreadsheets and Word files, encrypted.
- Downloads. The ShieldFive Founding Lifetime includes 200 GB of downloads every 30 days. That suits an archive you open from time to time, not a library you stream daily.
- Track record. pCloud has run for over a decade. No external security audit of ShieldFive has been completed.
If you need those, wait for pCloud's sale and buy Encryption with it.
Who should buy ShieldFive instead of waiting
- You want photos, scans, documents and backups stored where the provider cannot read them, without managing a special folder.
- You want 5 TB without paying for 10 TB.
- You want a refund window you can actually use: 30 days, against pCloud's 14.
- You would rather not watch prices for three weeks. Our price is fixed through Black Friday; we announced it on 23 October and will not cut it later.
What "lifetime" means here: 99 years or the account holder's lifetime, whichever is shorter. If ShieldFive ever stops, you get at least 12 months' notice and a full export (what Lifetime means), and the file format is open, so reading your files never depends on us. $279 until 30 November 2026, then $335.
Try it first
The free plan is 10 GB, encrypted the same way, with no card. Upload a few files, preview one and share one with an expiry before you pay.
Other providers' Black Friday plans are in Black Friday 2026 lifetime deals. For the regular comparison see pCloud lifetime alternative and is pCloud lifetime worth it.
pCloud 2026 prices were read on pCloud's own site on 1 November 2026 and will be re-checked on 24 November and daily from 27 to 30 November 2026. Black Friday 2025 figures come from the roundups linked above.