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Dropbox
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Dropbox is a cloud storage solution, equipped with features that help users to save time, improve productivity, and collaborate with others. Users can edit PDFs, share videos, sign documents, and collaborate with stakeholders without leaving Dropbox.
DataDog Is well suited to all of the Infrastructure Monitoring Solutions, DB monitoring, and other Network monitoring also. It's not well suited because it cannot give perfect Infrastructure recommendations for our use case but also For example: If we are using AWS DB to monitor performance insights then Datadog is less effective there because AWS gives very niche recommendations.
I keep paying because it’s what I’m used to, but free google tools have some much more free storage. I started a free account for me elderly mom and it’s nearing full capacity. There is NO WAY she’s ever going to pay you, so I’ll likely have to find her another photo storage solution soon.
APIs, the ability to interact with the data we pull into data dog is key. We port the information over to Servicenow, so the ability to pull everything into DataDog, then Servicenow, is a key component of our success here at Wayfair.
Simple Interface - clean, useful, effective. Allows users to use DataDog for one reason, get work done.
We had a couple "integrations" that had some issues during setup, but Support addressed them very quickly
Unnecessary alerts about DataDog components...by the time I see them, they're almost always also fixed
I wish there was a DataDog mobile app that would have dedicated alerts (configurable per alert to override Do Not Disturb setting) instead of relying on emails notifications that could be overlooked in the midst of many incoming emails around the same time.
I like to add emojis to some of the file names (because keyboard allows me to do so), but Dropbox doesn't allow files with certain special characters or emojis. I would love to get this restriction removed.
I have enabled backups for my devices. Unfortunately, Dropbox doesn't allow me to modify the backup name (it uses the device name for the backup). Being in a multi-device setup, I have a few devices using same names, and it gets crazy to identify the right one.
I would like to get a feature where device backups are not separated by device. Instead they are incremental file units coming from the same folder from multiple systems to create an exhaustive data repository. E.g. Desktop/ Download folders from multiple devices get synced to a common folder on the cloud, without any limitation to the source device.
Dropbox is a user-friendly, easy tool which requires little to no skill and they offer a free version with a good amount of storage available. There are other file sharing tools available however at a cost. Dropbox free version I have used for years and it serves every purpose I need.
I rate Dropbox a nine because it’s easy to use, has a clean interface, and makes file sharing and storage simple. It syncs well across devices and has excellent version history features. I deducted one point because large file uploads can be slow, and collaboration tools could be better.
Dropbox is really useful, you can access any file from anywhere and you can upload and even edit files online, but, sometimes it can be slow. Downloading, uploading, and syncing is a bit slow, it can take several minutes. Furthermore, the search engine for large amounts of data can be slow too and it is not powerful.
The support team usually gets it right. We did have a rather complicate issue setting up monitoring on a domain controller. However, they are usually responsive and helpful over chat. The downside would be I don’t think they have any phone support. If that is important to you this might not be a good fit.
They immediately responded like in an example that I gave where one of our staff members accidentally deleted the whole Special Hope Network Dropbox, we immediately contacted Dropbox they walked us through the steps of how to retrieve the information and luckily enough we were able to retrieve the entire Dropbox and we have had back and forth with Dropbox on what to do when an employee leaves how to remove them how to add another employee.
I did not personally take any training for Dropbox so I am self taught but I know when our Vice President selected Dropbox, he personally did do some training modules on it and I'm assuming it was very easy and simple to understand since he now acts like he is a pro at it!
I needed to stay current in improving my daily operations. Dropbox was suggested to me by a former colleague two-years ago and I've been using it just fine ever since.
We are still trying other products, but people still like Datadog. After setting up a dashboard, it's great for monitoring instances on Datadog. Also, the DevOps team had a good time setting up Datadog. It means Datadog was way easier to set up compared to those others.
Though Google Drive Offers more space, the subscription is higher and can not be used off line. Teams when associated with One Drive works well but can not be used offline. Therefore Dropbox is user friendly and cost effective Dropbox sees more secure as I have not yet experienced any breach
We had an incident lately where a locomotive was in an accident and the data logger wat completely damaged, but I was able to retrieve most of the information since everything continually syncs to Dropbox. If it wasn't for Dropbox, we would not have know what happened with that accident.
