NordLocker vs Proton Drive
Two security brands doing storage: Nord’s encrypted vaults against Proton’s full private cloud.
NordLocker
Encrypted lockers from the NordVPN family.
Proton Drive
Swiss zero-knowledge storage from the Proton Mail people.
Our verdict
Proton Drive wins as a complete storage home: photo backup, sharing, and a maturing feature set inside the broader Proton ecosystem. NordLocker wins a narrower brief brilliantly: vaulting your genuinely sensitive files in encrypted lockers at aggressive prices (500 GB for around $2.99 a month), especially if a Nord bundle discount applies to your VPN anyway. Think of it as full house versus safe deposit box: Proton replaces your cloud drive, NordLocker guards the subset that actually needs guarding. Many security-minded users sensibly run one of each family.
“The Nord family’s vault: encrypt files locally, sync them to private cloud storage, all wrapped in the polish NordVPN users know. Sharper at file vaulting than full-drive sync, and the bundle pricing with NordVPN can make it nearly free.”Editorial team, on NordLocker
“The privacy ecosystem play: zero-knowledge encryption by default, Swiss jurisdiction, and it comes bundled with the best private email and a top-tier VPN. Still younger and leaner on features than the veterans, but maturing fast.”Editorial team, on Proton Drive