"Analyzing Data Encryption Efficiencies for Secure Cloud Storages" (2022) compares pCloud with OneDrive and Dropbox, evaluating hardware/network impacts and encryption/decryption speeds. Another paper from 2024 ("Comparison of cloud storage in terms of privacy and personal data") evaluates pCloud's security features against Sync, IceDrive, and Egnyte.
A 2018 study, "Performance Analysis of Personal Cloud Storage Services for Mobile Multimedia Health Record Management," includes pCloud in its evaluation. BW - pCloud
"Analysis of Data Remnants on SpiderOak, JustCloud, and pCloud" (2017) explores forensic evidence on cloud storage applications. and Egnyte. A 2018 study