Dropbox for Creatives
April 19, 2024
Dropbox for Creatives
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Dropbox
I use Dropbox to share creative assets both internally and with clients.
- Quick drag and drop file sharing
- Quick previewing of images provided the size isn't too large
- Sharing folders easily using generated links
- Easy sharing space for internal team members
- Proofing galleries for clients with integrated selection tools
- Better file folder management
- Integrate translation tools to enable users to work in the language of their choice
- The ability to schedule and share folders/assets
- Better batch selection. E.g. select all from selected date range, select all odd, even
- The ability to share creative assets with my team is absolutely invaluable to the functioning of my work. Pricing while steep for higher capacity, is worth the expense.
- On average I upload around 10k photos to my Dropbox annually. It's been extremely reliable in that respect. As a secondary offsite backup it's great.
As stated earlier, Dropbox, as an agnostic platform, just plays well with a wide variety of devices. This broad compatibility is the primary reason why I decided to switch over to the platform. Close integration within a suite of apps is hardly worthwhile when it hinders your ability to work with someone in a different ecosystem.
Drive, OneDrive and iCloud all suffer from this issue, and quite frankly, I will never use them for my personal or business uses until they learn how to play nice with one another.
In comparison to Google Drive (arguably the worst in terms of sync, and image viewing), Dropbox is a seamless experience. Drive works great in terms of being an automated dumping ground for backups for other Google apps, but that same feature becomes a curse as your gmail attachments inevitably eat up storage capacity and isn't easy to discover unless you dig into the cesspool that is the google suite of apps. Dropbox is simple, self-contained, and does not hide files that eats up capacity.
That said, if there were an option to sync my email with Dropbox so that attachments could be optionally downloaded to a specific folder, I wouldn't be adverse to that.
Drive, OneDrive and iCloud all suffer from this issue, and quite frankly, I will never use them for my personal or business uses until they learn how to play nice with one another.
In comparison to Google Drive (arguably the worst in terms of sync, and image viewing), Dropbox is a seamless experience. Drive works great in terms of being an automated dumping ground for backups for other Google apps, but that same feature becomes a curse as your gmail attachments inevitably eat up storage capacity and isn't easy to discover unless you dig into the cesspool that is the google suite of apps. Dropbox is simple, self-contained, and does not hide files that eats up capacity.
That said, if there were an option to sync my email with Dropbox so that attachments could be optionally downloaded to a specific folder, I wouldn't be adverse to that.
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