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Dropbox vs Google Workspace comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 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
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
102
Ranking in other categories
Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Dropbox is 4.8%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Workspace is 3.2%, down from 9.1% 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

"The scalability is great for us."
"The search functionality and the ability to preview images are quite good."
"The small business version gave us ample capacity."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"The performance has been good."
"Dropbox is reliable, and I've never reached the storage limits."
"The features that I find most valuable are the ability to sync across devices, easily access/share files and organize them among myself and my team."
"A valuable feature is that it's useful for exchanging large files and documents. I'm happy with it."
"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."
"I find smart sheets in Google Sheets to be useful."
"The most valuable feature is that it is simple to use."
"Users can work anywhere with an internet connection."
"It's stable. There isn't really any downtime."
"G Suite Enterprise is user-friendly, and the technical toolkits and other information are on the website. Additionally, the technical documents are comprehensive."
"The document sharing in which multiple people can work on the same document. To go along with that is the archiving of documents. If you mess up a document, it's easy to go get a previous version."
"The product can scale easily."
 

Cons

"The solution could improve by being more secure and having more storage."
"The free storage amount should be increased."
"Dropbox could improve by increasing its storage."
"They should archive the data."
"It would be good if they could market themselves as a safe solution for corporates. Currently, most corporates don't see it as a safe area to share within."
"While I feel the price being charged to be reasonable, it should either be more cost-effective or account for an increased amount of storage space."
"While generally user-friendly, there is room for improvement in the user interface, especially with the introduction of new integrations and features."
"Considering the solution's shortcomings, I want the product to be more user-friendly and offer more storage capacity."
"I'm not sure if Google Drive has a customizing feature, however, if it did, then it would be better."
"The stability should be addressed."
"Everything is online, so you don't have a client on your desk. Working on email is online work, so can't do work offline and go back online. Sometimes it's not so intuitive. If you answer an email, it puts your answer at the bottom of the existing email."
"There's a bit of a learning curve."
"Improvements to G Suite would be the ability to collaborate more easily and better quality video compression in Google Meet."
"Not all tools are available in the one facility."
"We've had difficulty using PowerPoint files in G Suite. PowerPoint has some functions that are not available in G Suite, so when you convert from PPTX to the Slides format, they don't work."
"I am not a big fan of how Gmail organizes the mail. I find it complicated to see which mail from which users send at which date. Especially if there is a lot."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is paid for annually."
"Dropbox could be less expensive, and I pay monthly."
"I am on a monthly subscription for the solution and I am somewhat satisfied with the pricing. However, the price could a bit better."
"The subscription could be cheaper."
"A basic version of Dropbox is available for free with a paid subscription from Microsoft."
"The pricing varies depending on the version, and the one we currently utilize is the business version."
"I am using the free version of the solution."
"I don't pay any licensing costs."
"Traffic management tools may be required for larger setups and should be included in any pricing calculations."
"I give the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being the most affordable."
"2,500 Rupees per month per user."
"It's about $8.30 up a user per month."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The solution is expensive."
"There are different versions of the solution available, such as premium."
"It's low in cost as compared to Office 365. There is an annual licensing cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
66%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
3%
University
3%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Educational Organization
8%
Comms Service Provider
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

 

Also Known As

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G-Suite Enterprise, G-Suite, Google Apps for Business, G Suite Basic, G Suite Business, G-Suite Basic, G-Suite Business, Google Vault
 

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Sample Customers

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