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    Dropbox Business

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ADropbox 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 sign-on (SSO), tiered administrator controls and granular permission sharing, remote device wipe, API, and other features of use to larger groups and businesses.

    $15

    per month

    Exclaimer

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AExclaimer is a provider of email signature solutions, operating with the goal of empowering businesses to u

    $0.90

    per month (billed annually) per user

    Pricing
    Dropbox BusinessExclaimer
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $15
    per user/per month
    Advanced
    $25
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    Starter
    $0.90
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Standard
    $1.45
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Pro
    $1.75
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Dropbox BusinessExclaimer
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Licensing is based on the number of active mailboxes Exclaimer adds email signatures to. Subscriptions are on a monthly or annual basis. Volume and charitable discounts are available. Minimum number of users is 10 per month.
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    Community Pulse
    Dropbox BusinessExclaimer
    Considered Both Products
    Dropbox
    No answer on this topic
    Exclaimer
    Chose Exclaimer
    We have never used any alternatives except Exclaimer.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    275 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    262 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    275 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    41 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    231 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    243 Answers
    Features
    Dropbox BusinessExclaimer
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Dropbox Business and Exclaimer
    Feature
    Dropbox Business
    9.0
    123 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Exclaimer
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning9.096 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files9.0107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files9.1100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration9.0113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control9.1120 Ratings00 Ratings
    File search8.9119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.6117 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Dropbox Business and Exclaimer
    Feature
    Dropbox Business
    9.0
    122 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Exclaimer
    -
    Ratings
    User and role management9.0109 Ratings00 Ratings
    File organization9.1119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device management9.0102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Dropbox Business and Exclaimer
    Feature
    Dropbox Business
    9.1
    120 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Exclaimer
    -
    Ratings
    Performance9.1120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reliability9.1120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Reports9.188 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Dropbox BusinessExclaimer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (123 ratings)
    8.9
    (288 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (19 ratings)
    10.0
    (67 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (27 ratings)
    10.0
    (19 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dropbox BusinessExclaimer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dropbox
    Everywhere as aforementioned it is well suited ... The largest and most appropriate... A business can never ever have too many locations of its data stored. This option allows my company to have our data stored in one location and everyone works it in real time whereas the updates go in "Real time" no matter who is working that file. This is the most awesome trick of the entire program not to mention that I can see everything that Bobbiesue is working on out west at the same time pull another activity report to see if indeed Peggy logged in for work from home at 2p yesterday as she stated she did. Its a check and balance for small businesses such as ours that runs on the honor system for telework employees. At this time, there just is not any less appropriate!
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    Exclaimer
    Exclaimer is highly beneficial for larger companies that have a range of business units and requirements around the look and feel of signatures. Smaller organisations are unlikely to need the same degree of customisation, so the requirement is diminished. Particularly as there is something of a cost premium and another platform to manage.
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    Pros
    Dropbox
    • It enables us to share documents and workflow to all employees for whom access is allowed regardless of where in the world they may be located.
    • Dropbox Business provides a means to safely store our documents without having to have physical copies.
    • Dropbox also allows for easy organization of our documents in folders and such in the system.
    Incentivized
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    Exclaimer
    • Allows for easily customizing the templates for the signatures.
    • Allows uploading custom logos or banners to be applied in the different signatures
    • Allows assigning specific signatures to groups of users
    • Connects easily with all Google Suite email accounts within the organization
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    Cons
    Dropbox
    • I deeply dislike the navigation. I find it very clunky and hard and not intuitive. A few years ago Dropbox redesigned its navigation and I'm frequently at a loss to figure out where to access the option I need.
    • It should be quicker and easier to figure out how to send a file. I wish I could do that from the drop-down menu in my taskbar under the Dropbox logo.
    • I wish I had the option under the same drop-down menu in my taskbar under the Dropbox logo to go to where the files are on my laptop, which I find much easier to navigate.
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    Exclaimer
    • A complete tutorial could be added to avoid common pitfalls (such as when to use 0 and when to use auto).
    • The email add-in seems quite clunky when getting going.
    • There is no way to self-serve user-specific changes (such as toggling on/off certain extras, such as direct dials, extensions, and job titles).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dropbox
    Dropbox is very expensive and its price is not as competitive as it was. We are looking for an alternative that will enable as to subscribe more users at a more affordable cost. 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.
    Incentivized
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    Exclaimer
    We are very happy with exclaimer it runs 99.9% of the time without any issues. It also very easy to use and maintain and the design team are happy to use it as its so user friendly. When compared to how much time we used to spend updating banners exclaimer saves us hours. This more than justifies the cost and when it comes to renew we wont be thinking twice about doing so
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    Usability
    Dropbox
    Well-designed, smart, packed with functionality without being overwhelming—Dropbox knows what they are doing and they do it well. They know what users want from the service and they make sure that all the normal use cases are intuitive and at your fingertips. I have never had a hard time finding things with Dropbox and I think their usability is excellent.
    Incentivized
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    Exclaimer
    In the order that I recall the setup process: Signature templates need to be set up (attribute mapping to AD) Office 365 connector needs to be set up (global admin needed and exclaimer engineer for guidance) Signature policies need to be set up (who gets which signatures) Office membership groups need to be setup (who in the org will use exclaimer) Members need to be added to those groups (user membership) Agents need to be deployed on the end-user hosts (local agent)
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    Reliability and Availability
    Dropbox
    At least once a week the app crashes on my computer and causes files to stop syncing. It is an easy fix to re-open the app, however I have to notice the app stopped working to realize it needs to be reopened.
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    Exclaimer
    Never had any issues with availability during our outages.
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    Performance
    Dropbox
    The Dropbox site and tools load in a reasonable amount of time. I don't feel like their site and app performance is any better or worse than any other paid product that I've seen offered by any other large company. Compared to a competing product like Google Drive, the performance is probably about the same.
    Incentivized
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    Exclaimer
    I have to admit that there has been an odd occasion when the pages have taken a while to load. This is the exception rather than the rule.
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    Support Rating
    Dropbox
    I give it a nine because I haven't ever had to use the support or help. I would give it a ten but since I've never had to use them, I can't really give a full review of how their support works. I've talked to market research teams from Dropbox about new features, but have not had to get any assistance with a problem yet.
    Incentivized
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    Exclaimer
    I've only had one issue in 7 years where I needed to reach out to Exclaimer for support, but it was handled quickly and resolved my issue. No messing around to provide additional information. Just a quick solution to what I was facing which resolved the issue on the first go around.
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    Implementation Rating
    Dropbox
    The implementation was actually very simple. Again, as stated previously, the most intriguing part of the entire exercise was the implementation of the directory structure for each account. Once you design and implement it for one, it becomes quite simple to replicate for each account you implement thereafter. You just really need to take time to ensure you implement the first perfectly and those that follow on will be likewise work efficiently and easily.
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    Exclaimer
    Our implementation was relatively easy as we weren't cutting over from anything. We just got the software installed, set up the file share and got active directory set up. We got exsync on a scheduled task and it just worked. We built our templates and policies and it has always been relatively smooth.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dropbox
    Dropbox Business is dependable, adaptable, and cost-effective for our businesses. On the inside, it’s comparable to other file-sharing and storage. Also, file access and navigation are much faster. We use it to share documents and store data and files for our business purposes. And I’ve never been convinced of other tools’ integrity or dependability. Dropbox Business has good connectivity and is smooth to use.
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    Exclaimer
    Exclaimer blows the doors off compared to Letsignit. Exclaimer is a little more expensive, but you get what you pay for. What you get is a much better user interface, real analytics instead of one crappy report you have to manually sort, and a much more robust campaign area. With Letsignit I was constantly getting messages that they were experiencing one problem or another, leading to service outages that impacted our users. Gotta love it when the CEO calls because he can't find his email signature. I've had no service interruptions with Exclaim and no email "excuses." That's the sort of thing that makes you lose confidence in a supplier quickly. Oh, and no communication/bills in French. I lived near the Canadian border, I get it, but you have customer databases, communicate appropriately.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Dropbox
    No answers on this topic
    Exclaimer
    Everything runs smoothly between us
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    Scalability
    Dropbox
    We've used this when we were 2 users and when we were 20. It did not make any difference. 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.
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    Exclaimer
    you can easily design more than one signature and spit it among the organisation
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    Professional Services
    Dropbox
    No answers on this topic
    Exclaimer
    We used the Design Template service; this was a very pleasant experience and the design team we in constant communication with us to ensure the templates were designed exactly to our remit.
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    Return on Investment
    Dropbox
    • Improved risk mitigation - know our files are encrypted.
    • Expiring Shared Links are a must have.
    • Positive impact from Happy Customers. No more trying to send cumbersome encrypted emails that customers struggle with. Dropbox makes it easy for them to retrieve their files.
    • Collaboration makes it faster for us to complete plan documents with our customers.
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    Exclaimer
    • Uniform feel for all emails sent by the organisation.
    • Meets regulatory Compliance.
    • Ability to send out the right phone numbers for the right departments.
    • It is easy to onboard new staff with the correct details from day 1 (no setup is needed from the new starter).
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    ScreenShots

    Exclaimer Screenshots

    Screenshot of how Exclaimer helps amplify every email with optimized email signatures for the whole organization.Screenshot of the Social Feeds feature. This can display the three latest social posts in an email signature, to strengthen connections and communities.Screenshot of where Exclaimer gives users the ability to automate and schedule signature updates. This helps to guarantee consistent, branded signatures on every email – even from mobile devices and Macs.Screenshot of the Exclaimer Cloud Outlook Add-in, which allows users to choose their email signature as they compose a message.Screenshot of where users can assign signatures to teams, departments, or entire organizations. This interface lets users tailor messages for specific recipients, fostering engagement through personalized approaches.