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Dropbox vs Office 365 comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Dropbox
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (5th)
Office 365
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
9th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
80
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Dropbox is 8.0%, down from 12.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Office 365 is 5.5%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

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.
Minos Pitsillides - PeerSpot reviewer
Excellent technical support, easy to install, but the price, while affordable, could be improved
Office 365 is scalable, but it is dependent on the situation. We don't have a problem with it from an organizational standpoint. They started with 100 employees and then added another 500 after six months, for a total of 600 employees. The setup of new users, new emails, and new applications to be assigned to the new users is straightforward. They also provide the PowerShell command, which they provided more, development type, like, for example, you can create users, not manually, but through a script that can create users, for example, 100 users in two, three minutes, and you don't do it manually. They're fantastic. My portfolio contains approximately 50 companies. Office 365 is our primary platform for the 50 companies. I only have one on G Suite, and the majority of them will be migrating from G Suite to 365 in the coming month.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The primary standout feature for me is the effortless synchronization across various devices."
"It is easy to install. It is stable and scalable."
"The various methods for accessing files, such as through mobile apps, online synchronization, and on a PC, are highly valuable."
"File syncing is the most valuable feature. I use it every day to sync files across to the cloud."
"Dropbox offers helpful functionalities for business purposes, such as receiving file requests from external parties like customers who don't have an account. Additionally, it includes features, such as reminders and workflow capabilities."
"The solution is very clear and easy to use."
"One of the most useful features of Dropbox is its ease of use."
"The solution provides great performance."
"Using Office 365 has allowed us to go digital and onboard people seamlessly for working at home during the COVID pandemic."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with OneDrive, which has allowed us, a small business, easy access to a cloud environment, with no need to back up the data from five different computers."
"The most valuable features of Office 365 are Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams. Teams helped us to collaborate more through its call and document sharing features."
"It is very easy to deploy."
"I love all of the applications being interlinked. I do not have to separately work on an independent system when it comes to file storage, email, and other tools."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration."
"The most valuable feature is the integration between net and mobile devices."
"The solution is quite intuitive and easy to use."
 

Cons

"Security could be enhanced."
"The pricing could be better and/or more clear. Right now, they have a strange way of splitting pricing. It's a bit complicated and not clear for users."
"The product improvement could include better integration with other tools and more advanced file versioning features."
"For us, storage is an issue. The free version is too small in terms of the amount of storage on offer."
"The solution could be a bit less expensive."
"The free storage can be increased."
"The solution lacks sufficient storage capabilities."
"Considering the solution's shortcomings, I want the product to be more user-friendly and offer more storage capacity."
"In terms of improvement, it should have tutorials when you first have the opportunity to use it, to be able to really learn it."
"Microsoft Word is a little bit left behind regarding the tools it has."
"There are several additional features we would like to see, such as advanced features of SAN protection in Office 365. The main thing is the SAN protection; we would like to see a lot of advanced features added because we had a lot of spam attacks."
"I rate the support of Office 365 a four out of five."
"Constantly evolving with new features, which can be challenging for users."
"The integration with mobile services is not so good. It's coming, but they could improve a lot."
"Integration between Outlook calendar and Google Calendar would be a good improvement since many of our team use Android phones and personal Gmail accounts as their main calendar application."
"In the next release, I would like to have a more intuitive tutorial."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The subscription could be cheaper."
"I am using the free version of the solution."
"We must pay when we upsize to a larger space."
"I am using the free solution, which provides me with 2GBs of storage, and for me, it's sufficient."
"Users need to pay to increase the solution's capacity."
"A basic version of Dropbox is available for free with a paid subscription from Microsoft."
"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."
"I don't pay any licensing costs."
"We have a license to use this solution. We have an E3 license which covers many different solutions."
"For the moment, we are paying on a monthly basis because we are still adapting the support and how we want to proceed. I think we will move to paying for the annual license."
"The pricing is not really high, but one can get the software with the license key for free."
"Most of the time, we purchase Microsoft Exchange licenses, which are less expensive and provide only an email platform and 50 gigabytes of email storage for free."
"I think that we pay $9.99 USD per user, monthly."
"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis, or we prepay them."
"The pricing is high and has actually caused us to limit the number of licenses we purchase due to budgeting."
"The price of Office 365 is very expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
66%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
3%
University
3%
Educational Organization
79%
Computer Software Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
2%
Government
2%
 

Company Size

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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?
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Also Known As

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Microsoft Office 365, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E5, Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 F1
 

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