Item: Dropbox
Rating: 10
Author: Timothy Beck

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We maintain a great deal of information about our company and our customers that needs to be shared among multiple computers and staff members. Dropbox provides us with a central location where all of our information is readily available. It's even available on our mobile devices, which makes things very convenient.

Pros and Cons

Shared data
Software to manage data on mobile devices
Status Notifications

Users with Multiple accounts
Forcing applications to use Dropbox for storage

Return on Investment

File sharing frees us from requiring staff to be at a specific location.
We can easily share large files with non-staff members.

Alternatives Considered

OneDrive

OneDrive appears to be tied to a single user account, limiting file sharing abilities.

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

Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft 365

Likelihood to Recommend

Unlike some cloud storage applications (e.g., OneDrive), Dropbox is not necessarily tied to a specific user making sharing data among multiple users easy. The notifications when creating or removing files also make decisions to keep files or create them locally versus for everyone easy.

What A Wonderful Application!

Overall Satisfaction with Dropbox