Dropbox vs. ONLYOFFICE Workspace vs. Socialtext (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dropbox
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
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
ONLYOFFICE Workspace
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
ONLYOFFICE is a cloud business service that enables you to manage projects, customer relations and documents in one place.
$0
per user/month
Socialtext (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Social Text was a tool that focused on social learning and includes Twitter-like microblogging capabilities. The product competed with MindTouch,Confluence, Jive Team Collaboration and other collaboration platforms. It was acquired by PeopleFluent in 2012 and is no longer available as a separate product, though similar capabilities are supplied by the PeopleFluent platform.
$1
Starting Price Per Month
Pricing
DropboxONLYOFFICE WorkspaceSocialtext (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
Plus
$9.99
per month
Essentials
$18
per month
Business
$20
per month per user
Business Plus
$26
per month per user
Basic
Free
Statrup
$0
per user/month
Business
$4
per user/month
VIP
$6
per user/month
Enterprise Plus
$300
Per server, lifetime license
Enterprise
$1,900
Per server, lifetime license
Enterprise Premium
$4,150
Per server, lifetime license
Socialtext
$1.00
Starting Price Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DropboxONLYOFFICE WorkspaceSocialtext (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoYesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFor self-hosted solutions, pricing is based on a number of users, with minimum prices for each edition mentioned here. For SaaS, pricing is based on a number of users and the subscription period (1 month, 1 year, 3 years). This page shows minimum prices per user.
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Community Pulse
DropboxONLYOFFICE WorkspaceSocialtext (discontinued)
Features
DropboxONLYOFFICE WorkspaceSocialtext (discontinued)
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Dropbox
8.3
1348 Ratings
0% below category average
ONLYOFFICE Workspace
-
Ratings
Socialtext (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Versioning8.51121 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files8.11100 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.6996 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration8.31169 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.91246 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
File search7.91291 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.11240 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Dropbox
8.8
1277 Ratings
2% above category average
ONLYOFFICE Workspace
-
Ratings
Socialtext (discontinued)
-
Ratings
User and role management8.71138 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization8.81258 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management8.81119 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Dropbox
8.7
1267 Ratings
1% above category average
ONLYOFFICE Workspace
-
Ratings
Socialtext (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Performance8.41256 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability9.11263 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports8.7963 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Dropbox
-
Ratings
ONLYOFFICE Workspace
-
Ratings
Socialtext (discontinued)
7.6
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Task Management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Search00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Dropbox
-
Ratings
ONLYOFFICE Workspace
-
Ratings
Socialtext (discontinued)
7.2
1 Ratings
11% below category average
Chat00 Ratings00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
DropboxONLYOFFICE WorkspaceSocialtext (discontinued)
Small Businesses
SugarSync
SugarSync
Score 4.1 out of 10
Google Workspace
Google Workspace
Score 9.1 out of 10
Stackby
Stackby
Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10
Google Workspace
Google Workspace
Score 9.1 out of 10
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Score 8.9 out of 10
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
DropboxONLYOFFICE WorkspaceSocialtext (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(1348 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(41 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(496 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
6.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
6.0
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.6
(38 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.5
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
6.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DropboxONLYOFFICE WorkspaceSocialtext (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Dropbox
Dropbox is well suited for sending File Requests to clients to upload documents, and for me to send File Transfers to clients with documents for them to download. I can create separate files for each client, and also create files within files, which is very convenient and useful for my business purposes. In Dropbox I can also see all of the File Requests that I have sent and it shows me how many times they've accessed it and how many files they uploaded. I can also see all of the File Transfers that I have made and whether how many times the client has accessed it and how many documents were downloaded. It also sends me notifications if the clients haven't downloaded their files yet so I can remind them. Dropbox Sign has been very easy to use, and I have already stated what could be changed with it
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Ascensio System SIA
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
We use Social Text as a platform to air our issues with different departments. We voice our concerns and suggestions so we can help find a solution to the problems we incur on a daily basis. We need to have social text as an app so we can communicate in real time not only during work hours.
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Pros
Dropbox
  • I can share projects I need feedback on.
  • 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!
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Ascensio System SIA
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Discontinued Products
  • Version history - Always keeps the edited versions and one can revert back any time
  • Creating and Editing an article is very easy and intutive
  • Sharing the articles with peers
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Cons
Dropbox
  • Admid Control Can feels little basic it can be improve by easy access quick tabs for important button.
  • Smart sync behaviour can be little confusing it can be improve by displaying more futuristic way
  • Pricing and storage facility can be improve for really more demanding for a tool can be imporve.
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Ascensio System SIA
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Discontinued Products
  • Search needs a ton of improvements. It was very slow a year ago
  • Search result quality was also not that good
  • I know they have improved their UI recently but when i used it last year it did not really have any design elements which could be used to make the articles look more presentable. It was important for us as we used it for external communication as well.
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Likelihood to Renew
Dropbox
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.
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Ascensio System SIA
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
We have a lot of info in Socialtext already. It would be hard to get all that info out and port it to a different system
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Usability
Dropbox
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.
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Ascensio System SIA
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Discontinued Products
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Reliability and Availability
Dropbox
I really recommend the product for the Dropbox availability is a great having very very less downtimes, they errors are less I have been faced yet, due to connectivity sometimes we are getting errors. Only sometimes the limitations of some features show some errors.
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Ascensio System SIA
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Discontinued Products
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Performance
Dropbox
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.
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Discontinued Products
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Support Rating
Dropbox
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.
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Ascensio System SIA
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Discontinued Products
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In-Person Training
Dropbox
The person for corporate product dealing and knowledge of the product explore and better and secure use are properly handover to us. Also provide full software and tool training from the basic to the pro level with each and every possible explanation. Provide many sessions regarding every doubt. Also Guide better suitable options for our business to migrate and integrate for the expansion in all places employee smoothly.
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Discontinued Products
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Online Training
Dropbox
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!
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Discontinued Products
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Implementation Rating
Dropbox
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.
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Ascensio System SIA
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Discontinued Products
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Alternatives Considered
Dropbox
I prefer the layout and visual aspect of Dropbox as it mirrors my files on my computer. I feel that I am more organized, and it's easier to find my files in Dropbox than it was with Google Drive.
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Ascensio System SIA
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Discontinued Products
I frankly like Confluence better than socialtext because of the speed and the quality of search. They also have better design elements which can help make the articles pleasant to the eyes.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Dropbox
I would recommend to this product directly to the sales team of Dropbox for the best deal provide to my referred person and provide the best service to them.
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Ascensio System SIA
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Scalability
Dropbox
It's easy to integrate with the systems of Windows and Linux, easy to have web versions accessible, which provide the web login credentials. Also, it can be installed for individuals for the best autosync features.
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Ascensio System SIA
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Professional Services
Dropbox
Their services are highly rated for moving massive, complex data sets from legacy on-premise servers to the cloud with minimal downtime.
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Ascensio System SIA
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Return on Investment
Dropbox
  • 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.
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Ascensio System SIA
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Discontinued Products
  • We get solutions to concerns much faster
  • We promote interactions with the other depts
  • We listen and have discussions
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ScreenShots

Dropbox Screenshots

Screenshot of the action bar, that sits across the browser page can be used to record the screen, edit PDFs, upload files, create folders, get signatures, or send and track documents.Screenshot of Dropbox Replay, that lets collaborators leave frame-accurate feedback and markups directly on project files.Screenshot of Dropbox Capture, which can be used to take screen recordings, screenshots, and GIFs with one click and share them with a link.Screenshot of the interface where Dropbox lets users upload, edit, send, and sign PDFs in one place.

ONLYOFFICE Workspace Screenshots

Screenshot of CRMScreenshot of Document EditingScreenshot of Document ManagementScreenshot of Email AggregatorScreenshot of Gantt ChartScreenshot of Project Management