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Dropbox vs SharePoint comparison

 

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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
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (5th), Content Collaboration Platforms (1st)
SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
154
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Dropbox is designed for Cloud Storage and holds a mindshare of 4.2%, down 6.3% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 17.7% mindshare, down 20.7% since last year.
Cloud Storage
Enterprise Content Management
 

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.
Sanil Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined collaboration through seamless integration and customization
I have been an administrator for SharePoint and have used it as an end-user for document storage. Predominantly, I've been involved in administration SharePoint helps a lot since we've moved from using it directly to using it as a backend for Teams, which makes collaboration easier. It supports…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"One of the most useful features of Dropbox is its ease of use."
"The product's most valuable feature is storage."
"The solution is very clear and easy to use."
"It is very practical and so easy to upload and download files and carry on without my computer."
"Dropbox's most valuable features are ease of use and performance."
"The scalability is great for us."
"One of the advantages of Dropbox is that you can share files with people who are external to your organization without any additional costs. It is also easy to use, stable, and trustworthy."
"The main feature that I found the most valuable is the ability to link the documents such that they are automatically taken to a page where you can review them."
"OneDrive and SharePoint provide a secure, fully auditable way of storing information."
"It has good integration with other MS products."
"The most valuable features of SharePoint Online are content management, document management, and approval processes. Additionally, there are a number of features that provide integration with multiple Office services and external services."
"We can arrange all our documents on one platform and see the document's changes and edits."
"Tech support tops off as excellent."
"Staff training is reduced because learning basic SharePoint is not as complicated as an EDRMS."
"The search feature is valuable."
"The most valuable feature of SharePoint is its ease of use."
 

Cons

"We are moving to Microsoft Teams. Instead of Dropbox, we will be using Microsoft Teams that has the advantage of saving the versions. It supports file versioning so that you can always go back to the previous version if you want to. If somebody has made a change in one of the files and you don't know what changes have been made, you can always go back to the previous version. This feature led us to migrate to Microsoft Teams. With Dropbox, there is no option for simultaneous work. This feature is there in Google Files. In Microsoft Teams, you can invite team members to collaborate. That is the reason why I prefer Microsoft Teams over Dropbox. It should also have more integration with other solutions."
"Dropbox could probably be improved around the integrated security, but those options are probably available. I don't have much of a view on improvements, based on the relatively few occasions that I use it."
"I find it a little hard to organize my Dropbox folders on my mobile device."
"The storage is not large enough."
"For us, storage is an issue. The free version is too small in terms of the amount of storage on offer."
"I would like to see integration with Office products, it would be very helpful."
"The only thing I have had trouble with is the ability to share files. The recipients of my requests have had difficulty accessing the files."
"The search could be made more intuitive."
"The search functionality could be improved, especially when dealing with 'lift' lists, where there are performance issues."
"The navigation is confusing."
"Microsoft support could be better, especially for enterprise troubleshooting. They require a lot of logs and often rely on online support, which does not meet customer expectations."
"​Improve the user-friendliness."
"There are some limitations on storage."
"The limitations and boundaries must be extended."
"The management of the product/back-end is complex."
"The initial setup is complex and has room for improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use a yearly license. The pricing is not a bad price. I'd rate it about a five out of ten, with ten being expensive and one being cheap."
"I am on a monthly subscription for the solution and I am somewhat satisfied with the pricing. However, the price could a bit better."
"Its price is quite cheap. It is quite competitive. You just need to pay for the license. There are no additional costs."
"The product is free up to a certain limit."
"You pay as you go, which is a good thing. There is a monthly fee, and you can also pay annually. This flexibility makes the subscription easier and affordable for some of us. I prefer yearly pricing, which is also slightly cheaper than monthly pricing."
"The solution is paid for annually."
"I use the free version of the solution."
"The solution is expensive."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
"The pricing works for us."
"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."
"The platform has medium pricing."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"The data classification and search elements are cheap."
"Licensing can be by server or by seat."
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Comparison Review

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
62%
Computer Software Company
5%
University
3%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Government
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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...
Would Alfresco give an organization more benefits in terms of cost, features & security as compared to Sharepoint?
Alfresco scores are high on all features of an ECM solution and tools. Back office processing, rated as 3.36 good. Business Process Application 3.55 Good to excellent. Document Management 4.12...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
I am not involved in the licensing, but Microsoft offers bundled pricing for Office, SharePoint, and Exchange, making it cost-effective.
 

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