We performed a comparison between Dropbox and SharePoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, Google, Nasuni and others in Cloud Storage."Dropbox is an easy-to-use solution that has good stability."
"The performance has been good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to access files and documents from any device, anywhere."
"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."
"It offers security, accessibility, and user-friendly features."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"Dropbox is easy to use."
"It is straightforward and works seamlessly."
"It offers an easy way to store unstructured content (.pdf, .doc, .xls, images) and to tag them with metadata."
"The metadata services, the WCF service integration and the Voxel feature are three most valuable elements of this solution."
"It has good integration with other MS products."
"The ability to take Excel files and make them dynamic SharePoint lists with instant reporting capabilities has been a major benefit."
"Staff training is reduced because learning basic SharePoint is not as complicated as an EDRMS."
"Quantity and variety of partners with solution development ability on the platform."
"SharePoint has made things easier with the increased functionality for building the portals, microsites, and total integration with Microsoft categories."
"It is well supported by Microsoft."
"The solution lacks sufficient storage capabilities."
"I would like to see more storage included and more lessons on how to optimize it."
"I would like to see integration with Office products, it would be very helpful."
"The solution could be better integrated with other platforms."
"I'd like to see security improved a bit."
"There is a potential improvement regarding storage capacity and offering more than its current four gigabytes."
"I think the product's interface is an area of concern since it has been changed for a long time and can be considered for improvement."
"There is room for improvement in Dropbox's security measures."
"Search can be improved a lot because we are always trying to compare it with Google Search. Beyond that, it would be helpful to tag the documents."
"The product could be improved in a lot of way. It is so frustrating to get things to work as advertised."
"The product does not perform 100% when used outside of a Microsoft based browser, Chrome, Firefox, etc."
"Workflow is something that can become more intelligent."
"During uptime under our network, it is hard to find info when content is hefty."
"Using SharePoint is difficult."
"The workflow engine cannot support the business needs."
"Emails stored now do not display metadata in native format."
Dropbox is ranked 4th in Cloud Storage with 85 reviews while SharePoint is ranked 1st in Enterprise Content Management with 150 reviews. Dropbox is rated 8.2, while SharePoint is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dropbox writes "Seamless file synchronization across devices with user-friendly deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SharePoint writes "Good integrations, helps with collaboration, and increases visibility". Dropbox is most compared with Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Google Workspace, Office 365 and Box, whereas SharePoint is most compared with Citrix ShareFile, Microsoft OneDrive, WordPress, Box and OpenText Documentum.
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