Cloud File Transfer pCloud to Google Drive
Did you buy pCloud with a lot of expectations, only to find out that the service didn’t meet your expectations? If so, you might want to transfer your files to Google Drive. However, the process of transferring files may appear to be a complex or challenging one. We’re here to help you with the same.
Why Migrate from pCloud to Google Drive?
The most common reasons for migrating from pCloud to Google Drive are as follows:
- Google Drive comes with a full-featured Office productivity suite. You can create and modify documents, worksheets, presentations online. You can also work real-time with your colleagues.
- Google Drive natively supports integration with Google’s flagship products such as Gmail, Google Calendar, etc. For example: You can quickly save your Gmail attachments to Google Drive, or attach Google Drive files to Google Calendar events.
- Google Drive provides advanced permission settings while sharing files and folders. You can set who can view, edit or comment on your files.
- Google Drive also supports integration with third-party apps using the Google Workspace Marketplace. It is a marketplace with numerous third-party applications that add new features and improve overall efficiency.
Transferring Files from pCloud to Google Drive
Here’s how you can transfer your files from pCloud to Google Drive using a cloud-to-cloud transfer service named Easy Cloud Manager:
- Visit EasyCloudManager website, and register a new account. You will need to provide your first, last name and email address.
- Sign-in to your new account.
- You’ll be in the Home tab. Click on the pCloud icon under the Add Cloud Drives section.
- Follow the instructions on your screen to add your pCloud account.
- Similarly, click on the Google Drive icon, and follow the on-screen instructions to add your Google Drive account.
- Once you’ve added both of your accounts, they will appear under My Cloud Drives section.
- Click on the Operations tab.
- Click on Data Transfer.
- Set the source folders you want to transfer. To do so, click on the Select Source button and choose which folders you want to transfer.
- Click on the Select Target button and choose a destination folder.
- Optionally, you can impose caps on files by their size and type. For example: You can ignore files smaller than/ larger than a specific size. You can also choose to transfer all files, or specific file types (such as documents, archives, music, videos, images). It is also possible to ignore files older than/ newer than a specific date.
- Click on the Schedule Task button and set your desired file transfer date-time.
How’s Easy Cloud Manager Different From Other Services?
ECM has the best feature set compared to other cloud-to-cloud transfer services. Here’s a quick comparison:
Features |
Easy Cloud Manager |
Others (Competitors) |
Cloud-to-cloud file transfer |
Yes |
Yes |
Securely add your accounts without entering password |
Yes |
Yes |
Supports popular cloud storage services |
Yes |
Yes |
Explore the contents of your cloud accounts |
Yes |
No |
Find and remove duplicate files from your cloud accounts |
Yes |
No |
Batch rename files from cloud accounts without downloading |
Yes |
No |
Schedule file transfers on predefined date-time |
Yes |
Yes |
Detailed history of tasks performed |
Yes |
No |
- ECM includes in-house tools to automatically find and remove duplicate files from your cloud accounts.
- You can batch rename files on your cloud accounts using various file renaming patterns.
- You can explore the contents of your cloud accounts similar to a Windows Explorer-like interface. You don’t need to open different cloud accounts in multiple tabs.
- ECM shows a detailed history of all tasks performed which is important from the security perspective.
Another Manual Method
If you don’t wish to use a cloud-to-cloud transfer tool, there is another way.
- Sign-in to pCloud.
- Click on the Files tab on the left.
- Go to the folder that contains files you want to transfer.
- Check the boxes next to the files you want to download.
- Click on the Download option.
- Your files will be prepared in a Zip archive. Once it is downloaded, open the Zip archive using a freeware tool 7-Zip File Manager.
- Extract the file contents to a temporary location (for example, your Desktop).
- Sign in to Google Drive.
- Go to the folder where you want to upload your files.
- Click on the Upload icon, and select the extracted files. Don’t close the window while your files are being uploaded.