Overview
What is Dropbox Business?
Dropbox Business expands on the company's cloud storage service by providing additional features, such as lost file recovery for an extended period, integration with popular office suites (e.g. Office 365), the Dropbox Paper collaboration extension, two-factor authentication (2FA) and single…
Dropbox, Business' New Paradox
Dropbox is great for the price
Dropbox All the Way!
Just not as good as Google Drive but it's ok
File sharing the best
"Dropbox Business Robustness Is Due To Its Usability, Adaptability, And Connectivity Anywhere."
An Impressive Cloud Storage Platform for All Sizes of Businesses
It is also a great cloud storage platform …
DropBox for Business Offers Global Team Collaboration Keeping Corporate Network Secure
Dropbox Business Review
Dropbox Business Meets Our Needs Very Well!
All the features you need.
Dropbox Business is an Awesome File Sharing Software
Great file sharing / collaboration tool
Dropbox Business gets it done for us, despite clunky navigation
Awards
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Popular Features
- File organization (126)9.494%
- File search (126)9.292%
- Performance (126)8.686%
- Access control (126)6.363%
Reviewer Pros & Cons
Pricing
Standard
$15
Advanced
$25
Enterprise
Contact sales team
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $15 per month
Product Demos
Dropbox Restore Demo Video
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Features
File Sharing & Management
Features that allow collaborators to view, work on, and organize files.
- 8.4Versioning(102) Ratings
Users can access the most up-to-date version of a document, track changes, and revert to older versions if needed.
- 9.4Video files(113) Ratings
Supports video file types
- 8.8Audio files(106) Ratings
Supports audio file types, such as .mp3, .mp4, and .wav
- 7.2Document collaboration(120) Ratings
Users can edit files and attach comments to files.
- 6.3Access control(126) Ratings
Users can control access to (shared) files, including different levels of access such as view-only or permission to edit.
- 9.2File search(126) Ratings
A search function that allows users to easily find files, and in some cases even search within multiple files.
- 9.3Device sync(123) Ratings
Device syncing that updates files connected to the cloud, keeping all files up to date regardless of where they are edited or viewed.
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Features related to security and administration for cloud storage platforms
- 9.3User and role management(114) Ratings
Administrators can manage users and user groups by role, in terms of setting permissions for things like file access, sharing, and editing permissions.
- 9.4File organization(126) Ratings
The ability to choose where files will be stored, and manage individual users' storage; includes control over file organization structure.
- 7.8Device management(108) Ratings
Administrators can manage devices connected to the cloud storage platform, including restricting access for certain devices or wiping files from devices remotely.
Cloud Storage Platform
Features around the functionality of the cloud storage platform.
- 8.6Performance(126) Ratings
Platform runs at a good speed on all browsers; files load and sync quickly.
- 8.6Reliability(126) Ratings
Cloud storage platform is secure, all features are consistently available, and the platform maintains file integrity.
- 7.2Storage Reports(92) Ratings
Includes reporting capabilities to monitor user activity and storage levels.
Product Details
- About
- Integrations
- Tech Details
- FAQs
What is Dropbox Business?
Dropbox Business Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
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Reviews
(1-3 of 3)Boxing Dropbox
- It has top-notch security, which is highly appreciated by my clients.
- The history feature saved us numerous amounts of time from re-doing work.
- Ability to track who made changes to a document, and comment on it helped us with keeping content organized and avoiding conflicts.
- Recently we started integrating Dropbox into other product management and communication tools such as Slack and Monday. Works really good.
- Once we had a major problem where one of the employee accidentally deleted lots of data and had to restore. It appears that this mechanism work much less effective than restoring a group of files. Eventually it took Dropbox about 2 months with resolving the issue, and us additional 2 weeks of cleanup afterwards.
- Dropbox is getting very expensive and there are today some alternatives that have better price to value ratio.
- Ability to work seamlessly from my file explorer without using the website interface
- Content is integrated naturally on my pc (without "my content" and "shared with me" which are very confusing)
- Ability of the admin to see who deleted content and when, and then restore it
- Versioning
- 70%7.0
- Video files
- 70%7.0
- Audio files
- 70%7.0
- Document collaboration
- 60%6.0
- Access control
- 80%8.0
- File search
- 70%7.0
- Device sync
- 90%9.0
- User and role management
- 90%9.0
- File organization
- 100%10.0
- Device management
- 90%9.0
- Performance
- 90%9.0
- Reliability
- 90%9.0
- Storage Reports
- 90%9.0
- When we had to restore a large portion of our database, it took Dropbox about 2 month to handle the problem, and eventually we got a very huge mess. Some of the files were never restored, and we lost money and reputation. Dropbox, on their part, did not do but the bare minimum to help us with this, nor they took responsibility for their inability to supply us with the backup and restore features they were committed to.
- Google Drive, OneDrive and Copy
OneDrive sync functions tend to break and lots of time we found ourselves wondering why a work we just saved disappeared, only to find out that it was overridden by the server version, and that our newer version is available as a revision of the server...
Copy was actually pretty decent and cost effective, but the product was cancelled.
- Share content with clients
- Backup
- Organize the content to be easily reachable to my team members from anywhere
- We used Dropbox comments to review content with our clients
- Also used Dropbox to get content we needed to work on, when we were working abroad
- Some business meetings were saved because some very important content that was unreachable, was eventually retrieved from Dropbox
- We are currently exploring Paper and its functions
Also, we did not like Dropbox customer service, and felt that they should have found a way to compensate us for some of the damage they were responsible for when restoring our data.
We also reviewed Box, but it felt like Box is aimed for bigger companies than us.
- Price
- Product Usability
- Prior Experience with the Product
For the period we've been using Dropbox, we still think it is the most convenient product there is right now. I am very upset that the price per user is so high in Dropbox, thus forcing us to look for alternative, because otherwise, we would probably have stuck with this product for a very long time.
- Implemented in-house
- We've had to teach employees that deleting files on their computer will delete these files for the entire team
- We've needed to teach employees not to work on local folders
- Work only in designated folders
- Delete files that can be removed for the entire team
- Only temp files can be local
- Selective sync and online save are imperative to keep the content secured
- no training
- Use selective sync
- Have admin create and dictate the folder structure
- Use the public folder for essentials only
- Share files/folders with the team
- Send links to files/folders
- Send as a transfer file with receipt
- Manage activity and restore data
- The software itself is cumbersome, and I have no idea why it is needed
- Restoring a folder can be difficult
The only issue I've found is that while uploading content to Dropbox on iPhone, the Dropbox app must be in focus and the phone screen should be always on (Which is annoying because it drains the battery and the phone is unusable at that time)
Even when we've had to scale down and fire 10 employees, it was still easy to salvage all the material and keep it organized within Dropbox.
We manage to salvage 90% of the data. Sadly it was messy (because files and folders which were deleted prior to the incident have been restored as well) but it was better than facing our clients and telling them that we will not be able to deliver our work because of a data loss.
When working online, the preview sometimes displays low quality.
We integrate Dropbox with any service we work with that uses storage and did not encounter any problems
- Jotforms
- Nintex
- Office
- Clickup
- Wordpress
- File import/export
You purchase the licenses at their terms, and that's it
You purchase the licenses at their terms, and that's it
You purchase the licenses at their terms, and that's it
- Dropbox Transfer
- To consolidate Office online comments and Dropbox comments
Dropbox - We can't live without it!
- Speed: Dropbox file access, for a mass market solution is incredibly fast, almost as fast as if we had our own dedicated servers.
- Flexibility: From an admin perspective, we can move files, directory structures, close structures off, virtually anything we need to do, from any device we need to it.
- Cost Effective: For the scope of the solution we have, we could not implement anything like this cheaper ourselves, nor can we buy it cheaper anywhere else and get the same level of service. Believe me, we have checked!
- Mobile: As with most other services out there, mobile access could be better to mirror what we can do from a desktop browser. But that day is coming, and it is not just Dropbox, that is with most mass market SaaS solutions.
- Complexity of Solutions: Okay Dropbox, you are simple, we get it, but how about ramping it up a bit. Perhaps it is time to step beyond the simple and add a little more complexity to the mix and compete against the next level of solutions. It would be interesting to see what happens there and what you come up with. Perhaps you would be able to disrupt their solutions a bit and simplify their models somewhat as well and really shake things up!
- Video files
- 100%10.0
- Audio files
- 100%10.0
- Access control
- 100%10.0
- Device sync
- 100%10.0
- User and role management
- 70%7.0
- File organization
- 100%10.0
- Device management
- 50%5.0
- Performance
- 100%10.0
- Reliability
- 100%10.0
- Storage Reports
- 80%8.0
- Our experience has been overall extremely positive from a cost lowering perspective...we immediately lowered costs from our old solution which was great, so we migrated once we decided that technically it was the right solution for our customers.
- Then a funny thing happened...after the migration to Dropbox, we actually were able to lower our data storage fees to our customers because the bandwidth costs reduced more than we expected. So while we painted the same profit margin, we reduced cost to our customers, it became a win-win for everyone! This then also positioned us competitively in a slightly better position to win more customers which never hurts! Thanks Dropbox!!
- OneDrive, Bitcasa and Zoho
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Implemented in-house
- The only issue we encountered was the initial architecture and building of the directory structure, which we quickly resolved with a bit of research. We quickly realized that the directory structure needed to be slightly different than usual which we researched and were able to implement without any difficulty. The lesson learned here is to plan, plan, plan ahead!!!
- They are all super easy to use. It literally mimics the directory structure of a desktop/laptop and it is very visually appealing.
- I don't find anything difficult of cumbersome, really!
Dropbox is great for design business
- It allows me to easily share files with people inside and outside the organization. This really helps for large files as well.
- It allows me to keep all of my computers in sync.
- I love being able to communicate and share across the platform.
- I wish I could do more project management with it, so it could be an end-to-end solution.
- I HATE that you can't easily split up files to multiple hard drives, you have to do workarounds for that.
- It can be hard to stomach the fees.
- Versioning
- 80%8.0
- Video files
- 80%8.0
- Audio files
- 90%9.0
- Document collaboration
- 80%8.0
- Access control
- 90%9.0
- File search
- 90%9.0
- Device sync
- 80%8.0
- User and role management
- 90%9.0
- File organization
- 100%10.0
- Device management
- 90%9.0
- Performance
- 90%9.0
- Reliability
- 100%10.0
- Storage Reports
- 80%8.0
- It's allowed me to get projects done easier.
- I work on multiple platforms, so it helps to have the information at my fingertips at all times.
- Helps with project management.
- Graphic design
- Video production
- Audio production
- Print Production
- We've been able to use it for sharing with volunteers, that's been good.
- Revisioning has helped with documents getting deleted.
- It's been an easy way to share video proofs with people because of the web interface when sharing the file. They don't need software to watch the video.
- I think it would be great to expand it to the whole staff.
- It would be great to use it with more project management.
- Price
- Product Usability
- Prior Experience with the Product
- Implemented in-house
- None really, the only hard part is that Dropbox can't be split among multiple hard drives.
- Syncing files are easy as pie
- Installing on multiple machines is easy
- None really, it's pretty straight forwards.