When comparing WD My Cloud Ex2 Ultra 8TB vs pCloud, the Slant community recommends pCloud for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud storage services?” pCloud is ranked 5th while WD My Cloud Ex2 Ultra 8TB is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose pCloud is:
Allows you to store your HD videos, FLAC music files, and large documents.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Secure
Access is limited to the local network unless one opts to link devices or grant access via mycloud.com
Pro Easy to set up
You can set it up in less than 20 minutes, from unboxing to using.
Pro No file size limits
Allows you to store your HD videos, FLAC music files, and large documents.
Pro Lifetime options for storage space
Allows you to subscribe for life instead of paying every month/year.
Pro Desktop app doesn't take space on hard disk
Computers see it as a network drive.
Pro Other users can upload files to your storage
Have others upload files directly to your account from any browser using "Upload links".
Pro Cross-platform
Backup and use your files from any device with Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, or iOS.
Pro Very reliable
Pro No synchronization speed limits
Sync files as fast as your internet plan allows you to.
Pro Linux client
Support for all file systems and distributions.
Pro Rewind option for FREE
Rewind option is possible for free up to 15 days back in time, 30 days back with Premium plans and you can pay for a whole year of file versioning only 39 EUR!
Pro Easy Sharing
A lot of sharing options between accounts and other non-pCloud-users.
Pro Branding of Download links
Cool branding feature possible for the videos and pictures :)
Pro Free 10gb of storage
Higher than most of the other cloud services except Mega.
Pro 2tb storage and 2tb bandwidth
Unlike all the other clouds this makes it great for sharing large files. To lots of people.
Pro Free bandwidth with ads
This is nice if you don't care about what is people see on the page when you share the file and you have large files to send.
Pro WebDAV access
Files can be accessed using WebDAV (although there is a limitation at the moment that prevents access via WebDAV if two-factor authentication is set up.. hopefully to be resolved in the near future).
Cons
Con The supported 3rd party apps are often out of date
The version of Joomla is ancient and there is no easy way to update to the latest version.
Con No calendar or task syncing program
There is no calendar or task program for those seeking to move from Google calendar
Con Not a well known company
Con Software develoment has bad QA
The fact the mapping issue even exists is a token of bad QA in software development.
Con Adds drivemapping without asking
The desktop app adds a P: drivemapping without asking for confirmation. Dangerous (not to say totally irresponsible) in case you already have a drive mapped.