Free
To try Pastel Cloud
100 MB
- 250 MB more for each person you refer who starts a paid Pastel Cloud subscription, up to 5 GB
- No nickname, so no publishing, until someone you refer starts a paid Pastel Cloud subscription
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 keep private. 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. Your subscription pays for 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 your group. One for publishing.
Personal
For one person and all their devices
25 GB · 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
- A nickname, a personal page and a blog
Personal Plus
For one person who keeps a lot
100 GB · price announced at launch
- Everything in Personal
- Four times the storage
Group
For 4 people, with room for more
200 GB, shared · price announced at launch
- Files, Sheets, Photos, Notes and Sidekick for each person
- One shared pool of storage for the whole group
- Add as many people as you like; each one brings 50 GB more
- Each person's files stay private until they choose to share them
Creator
For people who publish
50 GB · price announced at launch
- Everything in Personal
- Blogs that are not tied to your nickname
- Newsletter deliveries to your readers
- Extra web addresses that are not tied to a nickname
Prices announced at launch, and the waitlist hears first. Any paid plan can add more storage in 100 GB steps.
Nicknames
Nicknames and your personal page.
A nickname is your name on Pastel Cloud. It comes with any paid plan. On a free account, you get one when someone you refer starts a paid Pastel Cloud subscription.
Your own page
Each nickname has a personal page at yourname.pastel.blog. Use it for a bio, a resume, a personal blog or a page of links.
Publishing needs a nickname
Everything published on Pastel Cloud appears under a nickname. Without one you can still keep, sync and share your work privately, but you can't publish.
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 what you keep private, so the subscription has to pay for storage, sync and the people who look after it.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. A free account comes with 100 MB of storage. It has no nickname, so it can't publish, until someone you refer starts a paid Pastel Cloud subscription. Each person you refer who starts one also adds 250 MB, up to 5 GB.
Who handles my payment?
We never see your full card number. Our payment provider, Polar, processes your payment.
Polar is the merchant of record, the seller named on your invoice, and handles value-added tax. It shares some billing details with us, such as your email address and the last four digits of your card. How privacy works lists them.
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.