Dropbox Scalability
Since it is cloud-based, Dropbox is a scalable solution.
View full review »While it is scalable, there are limitations, particularly with the free personal use option. Beyond that, there are four basic packages catering to different user numbers and storage sizes. For instance, if someone doesn't need two terabytes and a lower-priced one terabyte option would suffice, the available options may feel somewhat limited.
View full review »Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
The product is meant to be used in a very complex environment, so it is not easy to handle its setup phase.
Around 100 people in my organization use the product.
In the future, my company may increase the use of the product.
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April 2024
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The tool is scalable. If we pay more, we can get more storage.
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Emmanuel Sikwane
Partner channel manager at Inactic
It is a scalable solution since it is a cloud-native tool.
I am the only user of the solution in my company.
Dropbox is a scalable solution. Its scalability is based on the plan guide or on the plan that you use.
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Wasanchai Homthip
Business Mobility Development (AVP-BMD) at SC Asset
The solution is scalable.
Dropbox offers a free personal plan with limited storage, but additional storage can be purchased in increments of 2GB, 1TB, and 2 TB. While this provides some flexibility in scaling storage capacity, it does not offer a continuous spectrum of options. Instead, users must choose from these predefined tiers. It is a scalability limitation, as it may not perfectly align with individual storage needs. For instance, if users require more than 2GB but less than 1TB, they still have to pay for the 1TB tier. However, the price difference between the tiers is relatively small, so the overall impact of this limitation may be minimal for most users.
It is scalable. Scalability also depends on your subscription plan.
I don't have any plans to increase its usage at the moment because I have some extra storage.
View full review »Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight and a half out of ten.
In every technology, there are new developments. No new technologies introduced in the market can be 100 percent perfect.
My colleagues, consisting of 11 or 12 people, use Dropbox in our organization.
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Shahed-Akhtar
Technical consultant at BTC
While I don't have personal experience in this aspect, based on what I've read, I would say it is quite scalable. Initially, we had around fifty users, but the number has since decreased, currently ranging from thirty to forty. Despite the reduction in users, the platform is still extensively used.
View full review »While I am impressed with the scalability aspect, I would like to emphasize the need for more scalability, especially for personal use. I would rate it eight out of ten.
View full review »I rate the tool’s scalability a ten out of ten. More than 20 people are using the product in our organization. We do not have plans to increase the number of users.
View full review »Scalability isn't a top priority for our needs at the moment, so we haven't specifically requested high scalability for our storage. Typically, custom solutions aren't inherently very scalable. This is why integrating with a cloud solution like Dropbox makes sense for us - it offers the scalability we might need in the future without worrying about it. At our company, we have teams of five to ten people in larger groups with around 100-150 users. It helps us cater to different-sized teams and projects.
I am an individual user of the solution.
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Joseph Raisi
IT Manager at Botswana Accountancy College
It is very scalable. It is just a question of choosing a plan depending on the amount of data. If you want to increase your storage from 15 GB to more than 15 GB, you can easily do that. You just make the payment.
In terms of the number of users, we have 200 staff members and around 3,000 students. Some people in our organization prefer using Google Drive, and some of them prefer using Dropbox. Therefore, I can't provide the number of users. If we had an enterprise Dropbox where the IT department managed the storage space for different users, I would know how many people are using it and how often. For deployment, we have about five people in total.
We plan to keep using this solution. If I can get somebody to assist me with the enterprise solution, I will definitely go for it.
View full review »It is a scalable solution. I can buy more storage. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
I use the tool at a personal level.
There is scalability. However, the subscription plans jump too much from one plan to another. There's a very big difference between the two plans.
Five people are using the solution right now in my company.
We do not have plans to increase usage.
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reviewer933312
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I am not in a position to comment on the scalability.
I have no intention of increasing my usage. I am happy with what I am using right now.
View full review »The scalability is very good. It's not a problem to expand. You can buy more capacity as needed.
I'm not sure how many people are using the solution in my organization.
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Anuj Shahi
Enterprise Architect at CCandC Solutions
It belongs to me, and I use it. If I want to share a document with someone, I give them access and then remove the rights after a set period of time.
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Shabeer Mohamed
CAD Engineer at Pro AV
I use the solution for my personal purpose.
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Iryna Ivashenko
CMO at ESCC
The product can scale. If a company needs to expand it, it can.
View full review »The scalability of Dropbox is good, but you would need to increase your subscription if you want more capacity.
View full review »DropBox is a little more complicated to scale up than OneDrive. It isn't as seamless to scale up storage or change the number of users. We have two or three users in Mumbai, and we don't plan to add more.
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reviewer1191660
Co founder BlackRock Pictures and freelance consulting at a media company with 1-10 employees
I have found the solution to be scalable.
We have the producer, director, editor, and our customer base using the solution. We share the files and they only take a look at the files. They're not doing any editing or modifications.
View full review »The solution is scalable.
The solution is scalable.
We have approximately 500 using this solution in my organization.
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Lorenzo Imperatrice
Software Engineer at Lorenzo Imperatrice
I am the only user. I rate the product’s scalability a ten out of ten.
View full review »The scalability of Dropbox has been good for my personal use.
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reviewer1326276
Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
It's my understanding that the solution scales well. I've never run into any problems. If a user needs to expand their usage, they can do so.
We have about 200 people using it within our company.
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Gopi Jtech
Computer Operator at Jtech
Dropbox is scalable.
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RichardDuggan
Owner at Richard Duggan Pty Ltd
It's a scalable solution.
We have anywhere from one to fifty users in our organization who use this solution.
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AtefehMohib
Business Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
In my team, I think more than 10 people are using Dropbox - between 10 and 20.
All of us use it as separate users but we share files. We don't use the professional package.
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reviewer1575618
Research and Teaching Assistant at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
While our team of five or six uses the solution frequently, it's my understanding that the solution is widely used throughout the company as well.
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Pedro Coelho
Associate Partner at Inodev
We have eight users who use this solution. We don't have any plans to increase its usage. We are planning to move to Microsoft SharePoint.
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reviewer1242801
Co-Founder
This solution is scalable. It's always scalable because you can always pay to get more storage.
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reviewer1307565
Digital Transformation Manager at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dropbox is a scalable solution.
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reviewer1401330
Director of Client Strategies at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees
Dropbox is a scalable product. We are a small company, and we only have a couple of users who are using Dropbox.
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reviewer1213521
Sales Engineer - IM Cloud at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
The solution is very scalable.
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reviewer1736505
Head of Security Services at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
For my usage, it's scalable enough.
There is probably a relatively small number of Dropbox users in my organization because we use SharePoint and other solutions as well.
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Leon Drury
Director at Systems Services
The solution is scalable.
We have approximately 15 customers using this solution.
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reviewer1206981
Bookkeeper
I only use a free account, so my storage is very limited. That's the only problem for me but other than that I think it is pretty scalable.
View full review »I've had no issues with scalability, except the limited total storage space.
View full review »I have found Dropbox to be scalable.
We have approximately 10 people using the solution in my company and we plan to increase usage.
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reviewer1717506
Microsoft 365 Technical Solution Architect at a marketing services firm with self employed
Dropbox is scalable.
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Ashish Chaturvedi
Principal Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We don't have a massive team size; the team is around 60 to 70 people. I've been able to share some files with all of them, while others I've only been able to share with only a few.
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Consultant678
Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
This solution is scalable. If you are willing to pay, then you can scale.
View full review »Staying inside the 2Gb of the free subscription is not easy, when you get used to using DropBox
View full review »I did not encounter any issues with scalability.
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reviewer1644669
PMO at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Dropbox is scalable.
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sharepoi927843
Senior Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
You can increase the size of Dropbox storage making it scalable.
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James Phoon
Sales Director at CLoud3 Solutions Pte Ltd
It is scalable. We have around 30 users.
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reviewer1411233
Security consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Almost everyone in our organization is using this solution.
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reviewer1600719
Director, CEE Investment Services at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
From what I have been using the solution for I have not had any issues with the scalability.
View full review »I’ve only seen Dropbox scale across small to mid-sized businesses. I am not sure how well it works at the enterprise level.
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Sandeep Math
Team Leader, Benchmarking at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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.
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reviewer1393092
Developer / Team Lead at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
It is scalable.
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reviewer1656168
Information Management Specialist at a government with 501-1,000 employees
The solution could be more scalable.
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BobenGeorge
Sr.Customer Engineer- Projects at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The solution is scalable.
View full review »Dropbox allows us to upgrade to increase space.
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reviewer1515003
IT Security Architect at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
I have found the solution to be scalable.
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Dropbox
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Dropbox. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.