Dropbox vs. Vanta

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
Vanta
Score 1.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Vanta is an automated security and compliance platform. Vanta helps businesses get and stay compliant by continuously monitoring people, systems and tools to improve security posture.N/A
Pricing
DropboxVanta
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DropboxVanta
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
DropboxVanta
Features
DropboxVanta
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Dropbox
8.0
1336 Ratings
4% below category average
Vanta
-
Ratings
Versioning8.11110 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files7.91092 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.2988 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration7.81162 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.41234 Ratings00 Ratings
File search7.61280 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.31230 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Dropbox
8.5
1265 Ratings
1% below category average
Vanta
-
Ratings
User and role management8.41130 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization8.41246 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management8.61110 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Dropbox
8.3
1255 Ratings
4% below category average
Vanta
-
Ratings
Performance7.81244 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability8.91251 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports8.2954 Ratings00 Ratings
Governance, Risk & Compliance
Comparison of Governance, Risk & Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Dropbox
-
Ratings
Vanta
1.0
9 Ratings
153% below category average
Common repository of GRC items00 Ratings1.09 Ratings
Risk management00 Ratings1.08 Ratings
Integration with Corporate Performance Management (CPM) systems00 Ratings1.05 Ratings
GRC policy management00 Ratings1.06 Ratings
Incident management00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
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User Ratings
DropboxVanta
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(1348 ratings)
1.0
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.1
(41 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(496 ratings)
2.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
6.8
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
6.0
(8 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.6
(38 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.5
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
6.4
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
6.6
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
DropboxVanta
Likelihood to Recommend
Dropbox
Let me describe a scenario that happened recently in our organization's marketing team storing thousands of images videos and pdfs and Dropbox is done a great perfomer in this situation by the product features which is very helpful for the team, such as smart sync reduces disc usage, preview support for many media formats & Integrate with Adobe Creative Cloud.
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Vanta
Vanta seems excellent for startups, but I expect that they would be even more useful at bigger companies. I think it really helps people that haven't done SOC2 before. I also think it would help in monitoring compliance across teams with many users. If the budget is extremely tight, I think it would be possible to save money by not using it.
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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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Vanta
  • API driven capabilities offer a very easy way to connect your systems to their application.
  • It was mostly intuitive to figure out what needed to be configured.
  • I like how responsive they have been and how they have been able to outline the entire process for us from the start to the end.
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Cons
Dropbox
  • 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.
  • AI options for photo editing.
  • Easier pdf markups
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Vanta
  • In my opinion, they make it very hard to contact them when you need something.
  • In my experience, they write their contracts to make it difficult to cancel service.
  • In my experience, they have no policy for refunds in addition to their [...] contacts.
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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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Vanta
Great to maintain for our SOC2 compliance and further compliance evolutions
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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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Vanta
In my experience, the sheer volume of tasks and to do items is a bit inundating.
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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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Vanta
Always available
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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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Vanta
Fast although the agent may take some time to reping on checks
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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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Vanta
Direct support and replies in a timely manner to tickets submitted
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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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Vanta
Pretty straight forward
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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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Vanta
Straight Forward
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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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Vanta
Pretty seemless and did it almost entirely myself
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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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Vanta
Vanta's reporting was far superior, the price was competitive but my engineers running the project said that working with vanta would save them significant amount of time. Secondly vanta had more integrations so they could plug directly into the systems we use!
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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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Vanta
No answers on this topic
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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Vanta
Works as intended
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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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Vanta
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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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Vanta
  • We were able to close contracts because we had our SOCII compliance in place
  • SOCII certification process was reduced by at least 80%
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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.

Vanta Screenshots

Screenshot of Vanta's task management, used to monitor a control system and take action on outstanding configuration issues, security issues, and required compliance tasks.Screenshot of the results of a risk assessment and identified risks to a business.Screenshot of policy that can be generated from templates or by uploading a company's existing policies that describe the business' internal and external commitments to security and compliance.Screenshot of vendor assessments.Screenshot of employee and contractor task completion status monitoring. Take action to flag ex-employee accounts to be deprovisioned or service accounts that are not included in onboarding processes.Screenshot of Vanta's monitoring, used to take action to remediate package vulnerabilities that have been detected on a company servers.