pCloud Drive

by pCloud AG · Proprietary

pCloud is a file hosting service (also called cloud storage, or online storage), founded in Switzerland in 2013

Record

Latest version: 5.1.4.0
Official page: https://www.pcloud.com/download-free-online-cloud-file-storage.html
Package identifier: pCloudAG.pCloudDrive

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones pCloud AG declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

More than one architecture below. Check which one your Windows is if you are not sure.

64-bit

burnpartner.pcloud.com · publisher domain

File name: win64

https://partner.pcloud.com/dl/win64

SHA-256: 7d57c5da216ea6dcaab3e8b81b5951047443699fff1d4554845edd7a4e88acb7

32-bit

burnpartner.pcloud.com · publisher domain

File name: win

https://partner.pcloud.com/dl/win

SHA-256: 6de41a1cc471becca8eca907b63b3808606e39379ce46b4ade66f6cf54950c1f

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what pCloud AG published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "win64" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "win64"

Expected output

7d57c5da216ea6dcaab3e8b81b5951047443699fff1d4554845edd7a4e88acb7

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

How we scored this 100 out of 100

Signal	Finding	Points
SHA-256 hash published	2 of 2 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.	30 / 30
Binary provenance	2 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.	35 / 35
Served over HTTPS	2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.	15 / 15
Licence declared	ProprietaryA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.	5 / 5

Is pCloud Drive safe to download?

Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from pcloud.com, which is a domain we have tied to pCloud AG.

Every one of the 2 installers on this page comes with the SHA-256 pCloud AG declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 100/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install pCloud Drive with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id pCloudAG.pCloudDrive --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id pCloudAG.pCloudDrive

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Every version on record1

Every pCloud Drive version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

5.1.4.0

Similar programs we index

Matched on the categories pCloud AG and others declare in their own manifests, so the grouping is theirs rather than ours. Each one has its official URL and hash on the same terms as this page.

More programs we index

Not related to pCloud Drive — just other entries, each with its own official URL and published hash.