We performed a comparison between Dropbox and ownCloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dropbox, Box, Microsoft and others in Content Collaboration Platforms."One of the advantages of Dropbox is that you can share files with people who are external to your organization without any additional costs. It is also easy to use, stable, and trustworthy."
"Dropbox is easy to use."
"File syncing is the most valuable feature. I use it every day to sync files across to the cloud."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The solution is very clear and easy to use."
"I like how user-friendly the solution is."
"The initial setup is extremely easy."
"The solution is very fast and simple. If I want to share a file I can put it on the cloud or on-premise. It's user-friendly."
"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
"The complex initial setup phase of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"File version control can be improved. It generates a lot of conflicts when people are working on the same file. Its integration with other solutions can be improved in terms of user experience. Integration is there, and it has connectors for Excel, Word, and other solutions, but it is not very friendly. There should be a better user experience."
"Currently, it permits up to five users, but for larger families, it would be beneficial to have a more flexible offering."
"The solution could be better integrated with other platforms."
"While generally user-friendly, there is room for improvement in the user interface, especially with the introduction of new integrations and features."
"The price is expensive for individual users."
"The price for storage space is a little expensive."
"They can maybe provide a bit more free space. By default, they give you 2 Gigabytes. The storage space could be a bit more."
"Even with fast disks, it still takes a fair bit of time to write most schema changes to multi-GB tables."
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Dropbox is ranked 1st in Content Collaboration Platforms with 85 reviews while ownCloud is ranked 18th in Content Collaboration Platforms. Dropbox is rated 8.2, while ownCloud is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Dropbox writes "Seamless file synchronization across devices with user-friendly deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ownCloud writes "Self-hosted file sync tool used to deploy custom web UIs. ". Dropbox is most compared with Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint, Citrix ShareFile, Google Workspace and Office 365, whereas ownCloud is most compared with Kiteworks.
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