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.
$9.99
per month
monday.com
Score 8.4 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
monday.com Work OS is an open platform designed so that anyone can create the tools they need to run all aspects of their work. It includes ready-made templates or the ability to customize any work solution ranging from sales pipelines to marketing campaigns, CRMs, and project tracking.
They both are good at keeping organized, but I think Dropbox is better because it shows the history of the file and once saved it easily updates. With monday to update a file I would have to edit it save, delete the original file and re upload. Monday was more of a hassle, …
Verified User
Manager
Chose Dropbox
We tried monday.com for a short time, and it worked okay as an internal communication device, but was more form over function. Whereas Dropbox looks minimal, but is very functional. We quickly dropped Monday and switched back to using Dropbox exclusively for file management. We …
Dropbox is quite universally used so I selected it based on the recommendations of others. It is also important to me that in integrates with my computer browser.
Verified User
Director
Chose Dropbox
I think it is user-friendly, inexpensive, and easy to use compared to most of the others. I like that files don't expire and that it is so established.
Verified User
Employee
Chose Dropbox
Dropbox most closely compares to Google Drive for our use cases and we use both. We use Dropbox for content that requires more level of control on how it shared and consumed. Dropbox is more flexible.
While Google Drive is a viable option, especially if your team is already using the Google suite of products, it feels more like a "cloud dump," rather than a system that you can truly operate within. Dropbox remains not only an effective storage solution, but also offers the …
Verified User
Manager
Chose Dropbox
Affordability is the most important to me as a small business owner. I used Brandfolder for almost 2 years but it got too expensive. Dropbox gives me the basic tools and capabilities I need to share and save files without worry.
Verified User
Administrative Assistant
Chose Dropbox
The app is much more user friendly, looks better, easier to use and save items. Easier to find documents.
Verified User
Employee
Chose Dropbox
Dropbox has a better user interface design and it is clear to me what I am uploading, and where I am uploading them on Dropbox. It also gives me a preview of what I am looking at, whereas Google Drive does not provide that same usability. Dropbox is better when it comes to …
Verified User
Analyst
Chose Dropbox
It wasn't my task to select a drive service, but I prefer Dropbox because it has more features, it is easier to use and in terms of design/front it is more appealing.
It's easier to use Dropbox. With Google Drive, the price is expensive and sharing files suck. It's easy to share and download files with Dropbox and you can send over videos for clients to check out and just comment on.
With OneDrive, it's a bit too constricting when it comes …
We have been with Dropbox since the company went remote.
Verified User
Program Manager
Chose Dropbox
Dropbox is better in most situations Except for when multiple users are editing and saving one document. In this circumstance typically Google Drive allows easier use of services as you do not have to worry about your files being overwritten and chasing the change history to …
each have a method of file storage but dropbox is the best for file storage and access.
Verified User
Employee
Chose Dropbox
I'd say it is better than Cloudinary and Google Drive. Ease of use and options with the product are better.
However, when it comes to versioning and file maintenance I'd still say that GitHub is the best option here.
Verified User
Director
Chose Dropbox
Dropbox is similar to SharePoint, but I have found that the search functions are better and DropBox also makes organizing and accessing files offline easier.
I love Google Drive, but am limited on using it because many of my clients and stakeholders are in China.
Verified User
Project Manager
Chose Dropbox
I did not necessarily choose Dropbox, however it does have much simpler integration with other programs like Slack which makes it my preferred file storage solution. It also boasts a native file transfer platform, which outperforms the other programs I have used. The Dropbox …
Verified User
Manager
Chose Dropbox
Similar but Dropbox was simpler to understand and easier to control. It also doesn't lock you in to one type of document and works decently well with all sorts of different document types.
Verified User
Project Manager
Chose Dropbox
Egnyte was quite similar but desktop native, which made onboarding a bit easier and more natural for non-tech native folks and folks who are used to the typical file system structure. That said, Dropbox with the desktop functionality is a good hybrid between Egnyte and Google …
Verified User
Contributor
Chose Dropbox
I like Dropbox better than both of them. SharePoint I find has more glitches and bugs, and Google Drive isn't as user friendly as the typical Google product.
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Verified User
Professional
Chose monday.com
The easy of use and configuration is where monday.com has had an advantage. The ability for all our users to startup on the platform has helped to incorporate it into our enterprise environment quickly.
I like that monday.com has automations so that I can set myself a reminder if tasks are not completed by the due date. Monday.com also makes it easy to replicate or copy boards, as well as the customization opportunities. Monday.com makes it easy to break down a project into …
In the past we have used Harvest as an organizational tool, while we still use it for budgeting, Dapulse is a much more user-friendly interface for organization.
It has been great for my real estate business as I have many files and need to keep them for a minimum of 5 years. I use it for business and personal files to stay organized. I don't care to use it for photo storage as I feel that it takes up too much space, and I prefer to keep them separate.
The platform is very well suited for our nonprofit programs that serve low-income clients who need diapers, wipes, and period products. It has helped us run our programs, capturing information and allowing us to view the data for reporting purposes. The ability to filter data is very helpful by allowing us to categorize information to get a better picture of the progress of our programs.
I can make projects available to editors so that they can do their work.
Dropbox is a place where I can store files that I can access from anywhere, even if I don't have my laptop with me at the time.
I have an old friend who is an acting professor in Tokyo. He loves the dialogue that I write in my novels. He converts chapters into scenework for his acting students. They get very excited when there's new material!
I like summary of subitems, especially with subitasks as subitems and add item tracking for each subtask it can show total tracked in parent item. Similar with other columns, like numbers, status, date.
Dashboard features, Many kinds of dashboard view available, we can utilize on the basis of requirements.
monday.com workform is very powerful, easily share form link when submitted it will create line item in board with provided data.
monday.com automation is very helpful in order to automate steps with specific rules and easy setup.
monday.com also provides integrations in order to automate processes if need to integrate multiple app together. or need to transfer data between multiple apps.
I’d like to be able to hover over an image/document and have it expand/enlarge without actually opening it
I’d love to see a carousel that lets me thumb through more quickly
I’m almost always in thumbnail view. I’d like to see them re-organize automatically when something is moved or deleted instead of leaving an empty space.
The desktop app for Mac seems to have a few issues with visual glitches appearing on screen, it only seems to go away when I close the tool and reopen it
Subtasks don't show on the individual users to-do list, only main level tasks
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.
Teams involved in content creation, such as marketing or editorial teams, could use monday.com to manage the entire content lifecycle. Boards might track content ideas, assignments, drafts, reviews, approvals, and publication schedules, helping teams collaborate and keep content production on track.
It works extremely well, and we have never had any issues with connecting or sharing files. It's very easy to use, and any team member can share, add, and delete files to a virtual drive. This is extremely helpful, and it's an amazing tool to use, ensuring everyone can connect and work together effectively.
I give monday.com a 10/10 because I almost never encounter any lag or connectivity issues despite all of the many templates, boards, and automations we have. As a matter of fact, I feel like the last issue I encountered was over a year ago... and I'm in monday.com every single work day. Not only is monday trustworthy, it is easy to find what I'm looking for... making the overall usability extremely hard to beat.
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.
Everything performs fairly well. Every now and then there are user errors where an employee will not click "ok" on a note they've created and simply exit out (I do wish that something was in place to prevent this, such as a pop "are you finished?")
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.
monday.com only really care about accounts that have 20 seats or more. While this is great for monday.com, it pushes smaller organisations to evaluate alternatives. We rate monday.com highly in our organisation because key staff have already got good experience with the application and we know we will get to 20+ seats one day. But, till then the billing model and lack of permanent enterprise features is a dread.
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!
To have someone walk you thru the features and capabilities of Monday.com is priceless. Someone also coming along later in the contract to see if you are maximizing the program to suit your company needs is beyond helpful. The staff that have provided this training are fun, creative and very patient.
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 signed up for the accounts. Created the accounts. Ran the trial version and tested it live while we were running multiple projects and found that it was fitting our needs perfectly. When the trial ended and we were asked to purchase the full version, we did. We have found other ways to use it and it's a breeze.
For me, Dropbox is so much easier to use than Google Drive. I have both because I have a client who relies on me using Google, but each time I upload something, it gets lost in translation, and the document does not appear the same in Google. Frustrating. Love Dropbox!
monday.com is simpler and easier to grasp, apply and navigate than ClickUp, but the ClickUp free version has so much more functionality available than the monday.com free / low-cost options (sorry, but it's true!). Google Tasks is really simple and I shouldn't really compare them - it's just really nice to be able to see my tasks right next to my Google Calendar or Gmail (widget) - the "all on one" view on the screen is really nice ease of access, but the power of monday.com outweighs the nice-to-have of an all-in-one screen layout - it feels clumsy to bring in all my Calendar items from Google to monday.com, so an integration app to the Google screen where you can see monday.com tasks would be amazing.
For it to work across multiple departments and sites, I would like to see improvements made with integrations and automation. For this question, I am acknowledging not only the addition of internal triggers/automation, but also an expansion on external ones.
When it works (usually if a client already has Dropbox, so they don't get the solicitation to sign up), it works flawlessly.
I've had multiple clients not see the "continue with download only" at the bottom and email me to resend the media another way because they don't have a Dropbox account.
