Item: Dropbox
Rating: 9
Author: Tim Cigelske

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our editorial/magazine department uses Dropbox to share files, photos, videos and design pages. I use it to work with our multimedia, video and designers to share larger files, as well as to access files from desktop to use on my phone. I use both the web and mobile app versions.

Pros and Cons

Making storage accessible on desktop and mobile
Finding files through search

Syncing files from your desktop adds unwanted files
Pro price can be cost prohibitive

Return on Investment

So much easier to use than storing all files on computers/email
Allows more cross-team collaboration

Alternatives Considered

OneDrive and Google Drive

I also use OneDrive and Google Drive, but Dropbox has the best interface and file preview systems in my opinion.

Support Rating

I have not had the need to use Dropbox support, other than when I accidentally synced my entire computer files to Dropbox. That was corrected and things were fine after that.

Key Insights

Do you think Dropbox delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Dropbox's feature set?

Yes

Did Dropbox live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Dropbox go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Dropbox again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Microsoft 365 Business

Likelihood to Recommend

For me, Dropbox is especially helpful when using a larger file (particularly video) across mobile devices. It allows me to access and share a video file that I can then upload to multiple places such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The file system and search also makes it helpful to categorize and find what you're looking for. It's of course less helpful if you're not sharing large file sizes.

Dropbox makes my life easier when syncing files from desktop to web

Overall Satisfaction with Dropbox