Dropbox Reviews

I use Dropbox service for personal use to store files of all types. The organization where I work does not use this solution. I do not have my personal computer at the moment and that is why I am using Dropbox less frequently than before. When I will have my own personal computer again I think I will use it more often.

The most valuable feature of this solution is its convenience, I can retrieve files online from various places. It has backup options in case something was to go wrong with my computer I can restore my files. 

I have been using this solution for many years.

The solution is stable and reliable.

From what I have been using the solution for I have not had any issues with the scalability.

The initial setup is straightforward.

I am on a monthly subscription for the solution and I am somewhat satisfied with the pricing. However, the price could a bit better.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate dropbox an eight out of ten.

Public Cloud

I used Dropbox to store my files but they have deleted my account, and everything is no longer accessible.

They have deleted my files, and I have moved to another service provider. Their support department did not reply in a timely manner.

I can edit my files online, but the option is not that well-developed. However, I like the comments option.

• I would like to see an option to secure my files and set password protection to my folders. I want to lock my folders with a password. 
• I would like to be able to unarchive my files online.

One to three years.

I cannot reach anyone. They do not reply to me.

We use it for storing, retrieving, and sharing data. When teams work together, they may use documents which govern how the work is done or the product works. 

Dropbox enables storing such documents centrally and retrieving them as required. 

It ensures all our staff are using the current version of our documents. When a document is updated, the author updates it on his laptop and Dropbox updates the central document in the cloud.

Work documents are dynamic. As staff work on them, they change. It is important that when a staff member is working with any document, he/she uses the most current version. Dropbox enables this to happen through syncing, which enables updating a document as it is being worked on.

Improve the ease of use. Sometimes, occasional users struggle to login again and access documents. This can be very frustrating.

One to three years.

The features that I find most valuable are the ability to sync across devices, easily access/share files and organize them among myself and my team.

This product has enabled my team to collaborate more efficiently on projects.

We have had to review lots of large files for events and other large-scale projects; Dropbox has provided an easy way to do this across dispersed teams.

It has also provided an easy way to share information with our vendors, clients, and partners.

At times, the sync feature can take a while if a lot of files are updating. I also find it a little hard to organize my Dropbox folders on my mobile device.

I’ve been using Dropbox for over five years

Usually, there are no stability issues, i.e., other than the occasional delays in terms of syncing.

I’ve only seen Dropbox scale across small to mid-sized businesses. I am not sure how well it works at the enterprise level.

I have never needed technical support. The tool is incredibly intuitive and easy to master on your own.

It is also easy to find help in their online self-service center.

I do not remember life before Dropbox.

The setup was very easy! At my old job, we migrated to Dropbox for business purposes and it was incredibly easy to set up.

Dropbox offers a freemium model which is very convenient and affordable. Beyond that, the pricing is favorable. The amount of storage given at each level has always been plentiful.

It is very easy to implement and scale across SMBs. I would recommend getting your files organized and taking the time to upload them.

If you have a lot of large files to load, you should give yourself ample time.

While DropBox's basic setup gives you 2GB to start with, they make it very easy to bump that up to as much as 18GB as a free user. Their pricing, beyond this free service, is very competitive. Enterprise teams with needs for large storage (100GB - 1 TB) have multiple pricing options. I have never experienced downtime (though there have been issues - see CONS), and have been using the service happily for over 2 years. The DropBox community has also created many addon services that can be used to add functionality (send to dropbox allows you to email files to your account).

There have been a few privacy and security issues that have soured me a bit on dropbox over the last year or so. First, there was the admission that dropbox was analyzing each file uploaded to see if there was already a version on their servers. If there was, they were linking my file to the original file, rather than storing multiple versions of files across users. Later, there was an error in a code update that allowed all dropbox accounts to be accessed without passwords for a number of hours.There have been many criticisms over the type of encryption that DropBox uses as well. If you are backing up your companies data to a cloud storage solution you have to be sure that you agree with their policies for encryption. DropBox might not meet your criteria.

With Google giving every user 5GB to start in their Drive accounts, DropBox certainly has many companies targeting their business model. Anytime you store your data in a place that you don't own, you lose a certain amount of control. Any business looking to use DropBox as its only form of data storage or backup, must consider what type of data it must control on its own.

We use Dropbox both for storage and organizing. I'm not doing anything extravagant necessarily with it, but it is a product that works the way I would expect it to and I personally have not had any functionality issues with it.

The main feature that I found the most valuable is the ability to link the documents such that they are automatically taken to a page where you can review them.

Dropbox could introduce some sort of a notification with respect to how much storage you have left out of what is purchased. For example, I cannot tell you how much storage my company has purchased, nor do I know how much we are currently using. So that might be one thing that could be improved upon.

It is a stable solution. I have not run into any delays or lags. 

It is extremely easy and straightforward to set up. 

It is my company's policy to use Dropbox to store all the official details. It is a central storage unit. All of our official files have to be invariably stored on Dropbox until now. However, going forward, we will be migrating to Microsoft Teams.

It is definitely stable. The main advantage of Dropbox is that you can see the files, and you can easily share them with all the team members. They can be accessed by whoever you give access to, and it is all secure. 

Dropbox is a seamless product. It provides you the privacy that you're looking for. Privacy is a major factor for my company, and Dropbox provides you that.

We are moving to Microsoft Teams. Instead of Dropbox, we will be using Microsoft Teams that has the advantage of saving the versions. It supports file versioning so that you can always go back to the previous version if you want to. If somebody has made a change in one of the files and you don't know what changes have been made, you can always go back to the previous version. This feature led us to migrate to Microsoft Teams. 

With Dropbox, there is no option for simultaneous work. This feature is there in Google Files. In Microsoft Teams, you can invite team members to collaborate. That is the reason why I prefer Microsoft Teams over Dropbox. It should also have more integration with other solutions.

I have been using this solution for nearly two years.

It is definitely stable.

It is scalable. There is absolutely no issue in terms of scalability in Dropbox or Microsoft Teams. It all depends on the subscription that you have.

Every member of the company uses Dropbox to save whatever files they are working on, and my company has around 3,000 employees. 

I haven't had any issues, but with the added advantages that Microsoft Teams provides, our move to Microsoft Teams would be better for the employees.

We were using Google Drive. We migrated to Dropbox five years ago, and we have been using it since then. We will be migrating to Microsoft Teams very soon.

It is a cloud solution. There is no installation.

We are migrating to Microsoft Teams, so we will not be using Dropbox three months down the line. I would recommend this solution, but it also depends on what is your end goal. If there is a lot of collaboration within files, not at the folder level, Dropbox serves the purpose. If you need to collaborate on a project on a higher level, Microsoft Teams is a better option. It also lets you do a lot of project planning. 

I would rate Dropbox an eight out of ten.

Public Cloud

Dropbox has been incredibly reliable in real time from any device at any time I need files. I saved an incredible amount of productivity using Dropbox for both personal and professional pursuits. It does an automatic backup of files as you're working on them so I've never lost significant data.

1.5 years

In one case, when my phone was stolen, I was able to locate it because the person who ended up with the phone was taking pictures that linked to my Camera Uploads.