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Overview
What Dropbox does
Dropbox is a file hosting service that offers personal and business cloud storage, file synchronization, and client software. It enables users to create a special folder on their computers, which Dropbox then synchronizes across all devices, making files accessible from anywhere.
What people use it for
- File backup
- Team collaboration
- Content sharing
- Remote work
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Dropbox.
- The free Basic plan gives 2 GB of storage
- Version history is 30 days on Plus, 180 days on Standard and 1 year on Advanced
- File transfers are capped at 50 GB on Plus and 100 GB on the team plans
- The Advanced team plan requires a minimum of 3 users at $24 per user per month
- eSignature requests are limited to 3 per month on Plus and Standard
Pricing
What Dropbox costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Basic
Free
- 2 GB storage
- File sync
- Mobile apps
- Basic sharing
Plus
$9.99 /mo
- 2 TB storage
- Offline access
- Remote device wipe
- Priority support
Capabilities
Features
File synchronization
File synchronization capability
Cloud storage
Cloud storage capability
File sharing
File sharing capability
Version history
Version history capability
Offline access
Offline access capability
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Integration with Zoom
Two-factor authentication
Two-factor authentication security feature
File encryption
File encryption security feature
Remote wipe
Remote wipe security feature
Behind it
Who makes Dropbox
- Company
- Dropbox Inc
- Based in
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Founders
- Drew Houston, Arash Ferdowsi
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