Dropbox Business - Standard/Advanced

I use Dropbox on a personal level and do not use it for work. I know some of our projects do, but I have a personal Dropbox account.

My main use case for Dropbox in general is personal storage, file management, and family sharing with family members.

I really enjoy Dropbox. I have been using it for probably 15 to 20 years. When they first came out, I jumped on the bandwagon, so I have had them ever since. I do enjoy the family sharing plan, so my entire family can use my one plan and my data storage, and we can have shared files or private areas for their own files. That is great. I love the backup features.

Dropbox does have reporting capabilities. I do not use them much because I use it on a personal level, but I have seen the reporting and analytics that you can get from Dropbox. It is about on par with other cloud-based services. It gives you the same analytics: who has accessed what and who has shared what files, and your basic analytics.

I am not fond of their syncing. Their file syncing is very clunky, so I am not a real fan of the file syncing. I think Box does a much better job of the syncing of data onto desktops and laptops.

When you try to sync the files in Dropbox, it actually puts a copy of the file on your laptop, so it sucks up all of your memory. Whereas with Box, I can sync files into my file explorer and it is still cloud-based. They have not saved the file physically onto my laptop. They save it in the cloud and it just does a temporary download and then it uploads again, but that file is not saved on my laptop. Whereas with Dropbox, anytime you want to sync on your laptop, it actually does save it. There is a way to set it up, but it takes a lot more work and effort and I have never been able to get it to work the way I want it to work. So I just do not sync my files with Dropbox on my laptop. That limits my ability to use Dropbox from my work laptop because my work laptop just does not have any memory at all on it. They give the bare minimum of memory and say that it should all be in the cloud anyway, so you do not need to have that much storage space. So I cannot even access Dropbox from my work laptop and have to use the browser version of Dropbox if I need to access my Dropbox from my work laptop.

Within the company, it is a personal choice. Our company has not dictated what cloud service to use. As long as it has all the security measures that meet the standards of our IT department, anyone can use whatever cloud service they want. For example, our company is not allowed to use Google because Google is not a secure cloud service in the estimation of our IT department. So there are cloud services that we are not allowed to use, but from the five to seven different services that they give us to choose from, we all can find what meets our needs.

I have been using it for probably 15 to 20 years.

I have not really had to use their customer support, so I suppose that is a good thing. I really have not hit many brick walls where I have had to ask for customer support. But when I have, I want to say that it has been adequate. I do not have any bad memories. I do not have any great memories. They just come in, do what they need to do, and get out.

Before Dropbox, I used Box. Dropbox, I think, for me was primarily focused on personal accounts and small business for a number of years. They were not really focused on corporate or large company support. They are just now, really in the last two to three years, getting into meeting the needs of business customers more than personal accounts. I see a lot more options for businesses as far as enterprise-level options and add-ons, including signing features similar to what Box offers. That has only come in recently with Dropbox. So they are starting to play catch-up because Box is really working hard to earn large corporation business. I think that Dropbox is losing out to Box. They are fixing that now in the last three to five years. They have been really focusing in on business so that they can be competitive.

I would probably give Dropbox Business - Enterprise  an eight. I think that there is still a lot of work to do on it.

Dropbox Business - Enterprise  is intuitive. I really do believe that it is very intuitive in its use and functionality, so that is a huge thing for me. It is easy to get in and play and try and do things, and you really do not break it that easily. I believe my parents who are in their 80s use my Dropbox account, and it is good for people that are older.

I think Dropbox Business - Enterprise would be a solid enterprise application for a mid-level company. I am not sure they are quite up for a large top-tier company, but for a mid-level company with 50 to 100 employees or 100 to 200 employees, they would be fine. It would be good. My overall review rating for this product is 8 out of 10.

We normally use Dropbox  for team collaboration and file backup. We use it to store files, share them online, and manage organized groups from our decade-long usage.

Dropbox  is primarily used for storing and sharing files, along with backing up files. If someone deletes a file, we can retrieve it from Dropbox. It also features an admin console where we can easily manage users, see which user has access to which content, and how much space they are consuming.

One area of improvement would be to allow multiple users to edit a file simultaneously and see edits in real time, similar to OneDrive. In Dropbox, once a file is opened on one system, it locks the file from others. It would be useful to have real-time collaboration features in Dropbox.

I have been working with Dropbox for over a decade.

Dropbox offers 24-hour support, both through chat and limited hour calls. They are very helpful, and if initial support does not resolve an issue, they escalate the call to senior staff.

We use a mix of Dropbox and OneDrive. OneDrive is connected to our ID and Microsoft Teams  app for collaboration purposes.

Setting up Dropbox is simple. New users are guided through the process with pop-ups explaining how to add files.

In our use case, Dropbox provides more control and security. I rate the overall solution eight out of ten. Improvements, such as real-time collaboration capability, could make it even more beneficial.

I use it just as a backup system on the cloud for my personal documents and pictures.

It is very practical and so easy to upload and download files and carry on without my computer. I can work anywhere, and that's correct.

I would like to have a document flow. Sharing documents with other people in the same division or department and being able to work without downloading the file would be ideal. Working online would be nice.

I have used it for maybe five years, yet only in a personal mode.

The support is provided by a special area inside of the company. These are people who have the skills for technology issues. They try to configure and teach other people how to use it. We provide the support ourselves and do not have any support straight from Dropbox.

I used SharePoint and ShareFile maybe five years ago for a specific project. I was only a user, not an administrator of the environment.

It is difficult to set up. I'd rate the solution maybe a six or seven out of ten.

Many of our employees are not technical people. They work in energy and are field workers. We have two main groups of people. One is for administrative issues, and the other, which is 70% of the company, consists of field workers. That is about 60 or 70 people, with maybe 12% needing to work with it.

I would like to know how to use all of its features or used other options.

I recommend Dropbox, yet not for all of the features it has. I am a basic user. In a personal mode, we have about 100 employees, and maybe 20 of them use Dropbox as a personal backup system. ShareFile is more secure than Dropbox. Five years ago, ShareFile was qualified as having better security control, access privilege management, and version control recovery, among many features that we were using for private documentation.

Overall, I would rate Dropbox an eight out of ten.

We use Dropbox  primarily for file storage and management.

The search functionality and the ability to preview images are quite good. It's similar to managing files on my computer.

Dropbox  needs to improve its integration with Google platforms, including Google Sheets, Google Docs, and Google Slides, which facilitate easier collaboration. I would also like to see features related to folder structure recommendations and enhanced encryption.

I have used the solution for around two years.

We are considering switching from Dropbox to Google Suite because Google Suite offers better collaboration features.

We are using the free version of Dropbox.

I am considering switching to Google Suite.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.

I use the solution to store and share my files. It is used for my personal use.

The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is user-friendly.

The scalability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.

I don't know if the product has an AI assistant-type functionality. In the future, I would want the product to have AI.

I have been using Dropbox for five years.

The tool's stability is good. Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

There is only one person who uses the product.

I have not contacted the solution's technical support team.

I have experience with Google Drive.

The product's initial setup phase was straightforward.

The solution can be deployed in a couple of minutes.

The solution can be deployed by myself.

There were no measurable benefits from the use of the product.

I was using the free version of the product.

I have not tried the integration features associated with the product.

I haven't had a problem with the security features of Dropbox to meet our company's data protection needs.

I recommend the product to others who plan to use it.

I would tell others that Dropbox is a good tool to use since it is stable and reliable.

I rate the tool an eight out of ten.