Pricing

Pay for space and people. Never with your data.

We have no ads and no data business to subsidise the price, and by design we can't read what you store. The subscription pays for the service itself. Here is how it will work. Prices are announced at launch, and the waitlist hears first.

How we earn

Paid for by you, not your data

We don't show ads, sell data or train anything on your files. Subscriptions will be our only income, so the price covers the service itself.

How much space

Storage sized for real life

Most people keep well under a terabyte. We're sizing plans so you don't pay for space you'll never fill.

If something goes wrong

Nothing held hostage

If a payment fails, you can still read and edit everything on your devices. Only new uploads pause until it's sorted.

Plans

One for you. One for the people you live with.

Personal

For one person and all their devices

Price announced at launch

  • Files, Sheets, Photos and Notes
  • Sidekick, with you in charge of what it reads
  • All your devices, counted as one person
  • Storage sized for real life

Family

For a household, paid per person

Price per person announced with family plans

  • Everything in Personal, for each person
  • One shared pool of storage for the household
  • Seats for grown-ups and kids, plus guests
  • See who uses how much space, never what they keep
  • Shared albums and folders in one step

Family plans follow shortly after launch. Plans for teams and organisations come later.

Questions

Before you ask.

Why not just make it cheap?

We don't earn from what you store, and by design we can't read it, so the subscription has to pay for storage, sync and the people who look after it.

Will there be a free plan?

We haven't decided yet. Whatever we choose, people on the waitlist will hear about it first.

Who handles my payment?

Payments run through Polar, which acts as the merchant of record: the seller named on your invoice. They handle VAT and invoices, and your card details go to them, never to us.

What if I want to leave?

You'll be able to export your files, sheets, photos and notes in formats other apps can read, then cancel. There's no exit fee, and your work stays readable on your devices.

Early access

Hear the prices first.

Leave your email and we'll write when Pastel Cloud opens to its first members. Early places go to people who care about owning their work, and we'll let them in a few at a time.

How we handle your email: privacy policy.

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