Item: Dropbox
Rating: 8
Author: Dana Preble

Overall Satisfaction with Dropbox

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Dropbox professionally to share secure data, it's great for internal sharing without having to navigate emails. I also use it personally to share data between friends, and just backup any local information that I deem needed. It's very useful and convenient and integrates with your desktop or mobile device. I've been using dropbox off and on for the past ten years, it's held up great and my old files are still there, still secure.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Shares files
Stores files
backups
holds files for a long time
stable
share between friends
share securely professionally

Cons

I could use more storage, but the free version still gives you a good amount of storage
I can't think of too many things to dislike about this, Dropbox is pretty good

Return on Investment

I have been able to share lots of secure data professionally, so the information has been secure and private. Return on investment has been great.

Usability

We've been using it pretty often and for a long time. It's pretty simple to use, anyone with the right credentials can share. The interface is drag and drop simple, and it even integrates with your desktop. Dropbox has been around for well over a decade, I used it in school over ten years ago. It was useful for sharing notes and project files. Those files still exist in my dropbox today!

Alternatives Considered

I have tried to use Microsoft Onedrive to back up and share files. However, the limited space and desktop integration isn't as streamlined as Dropbox's. Plus Onedrive has limited space and it keeps backing up files I don't always want to back up, it is not always the greatest. For usability I prefer Dropbox.

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

Likelihood to Recommend

I wanted to share some files for a class with a few classmates, and we were able to compare notes, some texts from class, and some books from our professor. We also used this on a project we were working on together. And this functionality was before a lot of other file sharing platforms were available, probably 2008. Dropbox has been a good place to securely share files for a long time. Since then, I've used it in the workplace to securely share passwords and other things.

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