We performed a comparison between Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Content Collaboration Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Dropbox is an easy-to-use solution that has good stability."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable features of Dropbox are it can be used as a repository of all the photographs and videos that you have on the cloud. You do not need to worry about the hard disk crashing."
"Setting up DropBox is straightforward, and one person can do it in less than five minutes."
"Dropbox offers helpful functionalities for business purposes, such as receiving file requests from external parties like customers who don't have an account. Additionally, it includes features, such as reminders and workflow capabilities."
"Offers great flexibility."
"The solution provides great performance."
"I can edit my files online, and I like the comments option."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that Microsoft OneDrive works with any Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office app. You can edit a document on the cloud, share documents with your colleagues, and monitor changes. You can access your work almost anywhere. You can also sync Microsoft OneDrive with your workstation so that whatever you are working on gets automatically backed up to the cloud at regular intervals. So even if your system crashes, you still have a copy of your documents in the cloud, which I found very useful."
"One of the good features is that the users are not even aware that they're using it."
"It was extremely easy to setup."
"It is good as a central hub for the storage of documents and sharing among team members."
"It is free if you use Microsoft Office 365."
"The most valuable feature is to be able to modify the file online and keep it stored on the cloud, since it is not necessary to download it to make modifications."
"It gives you access to important files from virtually anywhere."
"It's quite easy to use and then of course it is quite well integrated to the rest of Office 365."
"While generally user-friendly, there is room for improvement in the user interface, especially with the introduction of new integrations and features."
"It's an expensive solution."
"It could be more secure."
"I would like to be able to unarchive my files online."
"The pricing could be better and/or more clear. Right now, they have a strange way of splitting pricing. It's a bit complicated and not clear for users."
"The mobile aspect of the solution needs improvement. For instance, if I want to use a file from Dropbox on my phone, I sometimes struggle to download images off of Dropbox. The solution lacks accessibility on different devices."
"The solution could improve by being more secure and having more storage."
"Dropbox needs to increase its storage."
"No one gets an alert when files are deleted."
"The user interface could be a little more intuitive."
"The website could be improved. Sometimes I try to login and the website has issues, I can't retrieve my documents."
"An online video player would be great, since sometimes you have to download the video to play it."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The user interface sometimes fails and when it cannot connect, it does not give the reason why."
"There are not enough ways to assign permissions to shared folders and files."
"The technical support is really very bad."
Dropbox is ranked 1st in Content Collaboration Platforms with 23 reviews while Microsoft OneDrive is ranked 4th in Content Collaboration Platforms with 4 reviews. Dropbox is rated 8.2, while Microsoft OneDrive is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dropbox writes "A cloud storage solution for safe backup, seamless synchronization, and security protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft OneDrive writes "Secure data, helpful support, but more duplication file management needed". Dropbox is most compared with SharePoint, Citrix ShareFile, Google Workspace, Office 365 and Box, whereas Microsoft OneDrive is most compared with SharePoint, Box, Atlassian Confluence, Citrix ShareFile and Amazon WorkDocs. See our Dropbox vs. Microsoft OneDrive report.
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