Item: Dropbox Business
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Whole organization - cloud based file sharing, no central servers in use

Pros and Cons

File syncing
File sharing outside of organization
LAN Based Synchronization for new copies
File history for admins for accidental deletes
Policy enforcement on internal team
provides a lot of space

Cost
Conflicted Copies

Most Important Features

Ease of Use
File sharing internally
File sharing externally
undo/oops button for admins

Return on Investment

its a critical business need to have shared project space

They are very alike-- in the end we need to work locally more often than others, so for that reason we went with Dropbox business as our main internal group collab for files. Box's security is better, but Dropbox's sync and sync control is better.

Key Insights

Do you think Dropbox Business delivers good value for the price?

Are you happy with Dropbox Business's feature set?

Yes

Did Dropbox Business live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Dropbox Business go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Dropbox Business again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Box, OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile

Likelihood to Recommend

Easiest to use of the file collaboration bunch. However, has a reputation for not being as secure as box -- and as such many companies block access to Dropbox.

As an internal tool, its ease of use is King -- compare this to a sharefile or OneDrive/sharepoint experience & you'll immediately see the benefit.

The biggest selling point for Dropbox is -- do I want my users to work in the cloud in cloud apps, or do I want them to work locally. If in the cloud, there's better choices (despite Dropbox making good improvements here, they're still not the best -- box is, or google is for google apps customers) but if there's a need to have a localized sync (think autocad, other big files where you don't want them to be cloud based) Dropbox is the best hands down.

Dropbox for business is a great, but not perfect tool

Overall Satisfaction with Dropbox Business