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Dropbox vs Google Workspace comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Dropbox
Ranking in Cloud Storage
5th
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Google Workspace
Ranking in Cloud Storage
6th
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
101
Ranking in other categories
Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Dropbox is 4.3%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Workspace is 3.7%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Storage
 

Featured Reviews

Edgar  Paez - PeerSpot reviewer
Work from anywhere and backup easily while being practical
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.
Sunil-Nair - PeerSpot reviewer
Email collaboration and accessibility have improved team productivity
The valuable features include the email service, email updates, and Google Drive. People are given email access to Google Drive. The team can share manual files and work accordingly. They can access different teams from anywhere, collectively putting files, sharing them, and managing them. Additionally, the manufacturing product does not require any downgrades. It works fine and continuously for the last three or four years. Users can access their emails from anywhere in their browser without a laptop or can directly access from Gmail. This is helpful for salespeople.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of Dropbox is its user-friendliness. You can drag and drop files you want to store easily. Additionally, the speed of the solution is great if you have a fast connection."
"The security is very good."
"I like the synchronization, and the integration with Microsoft Office is good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its convenience, I can retrieve files online from various places. It has backup options in case something was to go wrong with my computer I can restore my files."
"The security features of the product for data protection are good. I rate the security part a ten out of ten."
"What I like most about Dropbox is that it's very, very easy to use. It's also easy to share files through it."
"The solution provides great performance."
"It's easy to control the admin settings, like updating the SDS, NIK, etc. I"
"The solution is easy to use, and you don't need a lot of knowledge for it."
"The initial setup is easy because it's all pre-configured."
"From a security point of view, Google will alert you if anything strange is happening. They will flag it for you so you are aware."
"Good search features, reliable storage, and quick thinking."
"The features we use quite a lot are the mail and Google Drive. We can store documents and share documents between both employees here, locally in Sweden, and we have an office in the US as well. It's a very easy way to share information and documents, and have online meetings and stuff with Google Meet. We use it quite a lot."
"What I like most about Google Workspace is the Google Drive app because you can easily access it from anywhere and from any device. I also find the solution easy to use. It's user-friendly."
"It is a stable platform. It is very easy to use, and most importantly, it is very easy to administer. It also gets up and running quite easily."
 

Cons

"The arrangement of documents can be simplified. Personally, I am used to it, but for a new user, it might be a little confusing. It can maybe have a feature to allow people to collaborate or work on the same document at the same time. I'm just using it to load and access information, and I haven't faced many challenges. However, I have seen that the whole system or laptop slows down a bit when I am synchronizing files to Dropbox. I don't know if it is because of my system. It might be good if they can enhance the synchronization process so that we can specify that synchronization should be done after 30 minutes. In addition, synchronization should only be done for the documents that have been uploaded."
"The product improvement could include better integration with other tools and more advanced file versioning features."
"The solution could be more scalable."
"Improve the ease of use. Sometimes, occasional users struggle to login again and access documents."
"Sometimes, it takes a while to start Dropbox services and files are not synced."
"Dropbox, like many file sharing tools, needs to synch to a local hard drive. That is a bit difficult with 5TB Dropbox content."
"2 Gb of free space and then a not so cheap subscription (also if the competitors have similar proposals for customers)."
"The solution lacks sufficient storage capabilities."
"The UI could be more graphic and sassy, but otherwise, it is quite functional."
"We noticed that sometimes when we forward emails to somebody, it is being relocated as part of the communication somewhere else. The traceability and other features should be improved."
"Despite being an excellent platform, I would very much like Google Docs to be more compatible with Microsoft Word."
"In some cases, we are using the Google Meet functions but only when we have external clients. Internally, we are using Slack. Google Meet virtual meeting function is not as advanced as the one in Slack and should improve."
"If your storage requirements in day-to-day work are large, then it will incur an additional cost since free storage is limited."
"Integrating Copilot with Google Workspace is slightly difficult."
"There are too many steps for sharing pictures."
"Not all tools are available in the one facility."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is paid for annually."
"I find their pricing to be fairly standard and competitive when compared to the rest of the market."
"I was using the free version of the product."
"It has some free features, but for some of the features, you need to pay. If you need more storage, then you need to pay. Its licensing probably is on a monthly basis."
"We must pay when we upsize to a larger space."
"I use the free version of the solution."
"Given the price and limitations, there are more competitive options available."
"The solution is purchased on a subscription basis, and there are purchasing options. If you purchase annually there is a discount."
"It's cheaper to run a couple of users in a Google platform than what it would be with Microsoft Exchange."
"It's low in cost as compared to Office 365. There is an annual licensing cost."
"We normally purchase the license on a yearly basis."
"The price of Google Workspace is reasonable. I pay less than 100 a month."
"We pay on yearly basis."
"The price per client within the business is too high."
"I can't recall the exact pricing per user for Google Workspace, but I know it's not that expensive. I'm in a mid-sized company that's able to maintain and afford Google Workspace, so it has competitive pricing, and I would rate its price as four out of five."
"It's about $8.30 up a user per month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
63%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Government
3%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Educational Organization
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dropbox?
For me, the biggest thing is version history. I can easily go back and view older versions.
What needs improvement with Dropbox?
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...
What do you like most about Google Workspace?
Easy-to-build forms are allowing me to get feedback and information from my internal teams as well as from the customers very efficiently with the result data in structured manner.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Workspace?
I'm not satisfied with the cost because I feel these services should be free as they use our data.
What needs improvement with Google Workspace?
As far as Google Workspace is concerned, it is working fine for us. Our needs are fulfilled, so that's fine. However, integration with Microsoft Outlook could be improved. The new integration was i...
 

Comparisons

 

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