A Private Data Pod is your personal data vault — a secure place on the internet that you own, control, and carry between apps.
Sign up and get your own pod at yourname.privatedatapod.com. Connect apps, revoke access anytime. No ads, no tracking, no lock-in.
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The problem
Every app you use — social networks, email, cloud storage — stores your data on their servers. They monetise it. You have no say.
Switching apps means starting from scratch. Your files, history, and preferences are locked inside each platform. You never truly own them.
Your life is spread across dozens of silos. A single breach at any one of them puts your most sensitive information at risk.
The solution
Instead of your data living inside each app, it lives in your pod. Apps connect to your pod and ask for permission. You decide what to share, with whom, and for how long.
A pod is a private, secure storage space on the internet. It’s yours. Not Google’s, not Apple’s, not anyone else’s. You decide who can read it, who can write to it, and you can revoke access in seconds.
Most apps today treat your data as theirs — it lives on their servers, in their format, locked to their platform. Switch apps and you start over; close your account and it’s gone. You never really owned it. With a pod, that changes. Apps borrow access to your data — they don’t hold it. A budgeting app, a file manager, a resume builder: each one connects to your pod, reads what it needs, and writes back when you make a change. Cancel an app, move to a competitor, or just stop using it — your data stays in your pod, untouched and portable. You own it. Full stop.
It’s built on Solid — an open standard for the web created by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. No proprietary formats, no lock-in, ever.
Getting started
Sign up and a personal data vault is provisioned for you instantly at yourname.privatedatapod.com. It’s hosted on our infrastructure but owned entirely by you — we can’t read your data, and you can migrate to any Solid-compatible host at any time. Free to start, no card needed.
Open any compatible app and sign in with your pod. The app asks what it needs access to and you approve each request. Your documents and files stay in your pod — not trapped inside the app.
At any time you can view exactly which apps have access to your pod and revoke that access instantly. No emails to support, no waiting period — just you, making decisions about your own data.
Connected apps
Each app stores its data inside your pod — so you keep full ownership even if you stop using the app. No pod yet? Browse the full directory to explore what’s available — no sign-up required.
A personal cloud drive backed entirely by your pod. Store, organise, and access your files from anywhere — with no platform taking a cut of your data.
Build and own your professional resume. It lives in your pod — not on a platform that could disappear, gate-keep it, or sell your career history.
Solid is a W3C standard. Your pod uses open formats that any compatible app can read. You’re never trapped with a single vendor.
Because it’s based on an open standard, you can move your pod to any compatible host — or even run your own server — and all your apps keep working.
Every permission an app has is recorded in your pod. You can audit, modify, or revoke it at any time directly from your pod’s settings page.
Why it matters
Every other cloud storage solution stores your data on their terms. Here’s what’s different.
| Private Data Pod | Google Drive | Dropbox | |
|---|---|---|---|
| You own and control your data | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No ad profiling or data monetisation | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Switch providers without losing data | ✓ | ✗ | Limited |
| End-to-end encrypted storage | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✗ |
| Revoke app access instantly | ✓ | Limited | Limited |
| Open standard — works with any Solid app | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-host or migrate at any time | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Simple, transparent pricing
No trials, no tricks. Free means free — forever. Upgrade to Pro when you want end-to-end encryption, more space, and automatic backups.
Free
Everything you need to get started. No credit card, no commitment.
Pro
Everything in Free, plus end-to-end encryption and the space to make your pod your digital home.
Annual billing — save 17% — coming soon.
$9.99 / month, billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
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