Item: Dropbox
Rating: 9
Author: Howard Reichman

Overall Satisfaction with Dropbox

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I store important video and text media for sharing with clients and partners, and to back up my hard drive automatically. This addresses the problems of transferring large files over email and text. Also, I grant access to a folder and can continually update the files in that folder without having to send follow-up emails.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Link generation
organization in my hard drive, mirrored in the cloud
reliable synchronization

Cons

The synching is only one file at a time.
When I export video files from Adobe Premiere, it creates a redundant file with "conflict" in the name, not sure what this is
Sometimes Dropbox just doesn't synch the files I need to
Dropbox doesn't connect in some cases when I'm on remote wifis

Return on Investment

It doesn't add to my bottom line, per se, but it makes it easy to send files to clients
It's a reliable platform that I can count on
It automatically synchs files in my laptop, without my having to worry about it.

Usability

There may be other functions I'm not aware of that I would love to use -- so I might not be using it's full capabilities. For what I need, it fills a necessary hole for my personal and business needs.

Key Insights

Do you think Dropbox delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Dropbox's feature set?

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 Premiere Pro, Microsoft 365, Adobe Acrobat, Google Chrome

Likelihood to Recommend

For simple media organization and sharing with clients and others. I also use the Dropbox password app. I also like that I can choose which files to synch with my computer and which ones to remain on the cloud and not take up space in my computer.

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Great for media