Dropbox review

Dropbox remains the easiest business storage to roll out, and its plans now cover most of what a team needs to share work with clients. Standard starts at 3 TB for the whole team and works for a single user, with team folders, groups and roles, password protected shares, branded file links, PDF editing and signatures, plus transfers of files up to 100 GB. Deleted files can be restored for 180 days. Advanced raises pooled storage to 15 TB, keeps a year of history and adds the controls larger companies ask for: tiered admin management, end-to-end encryption, advanced key management, compliance tracking and single sign-on. Enterprise lifts transfers to 250 GB and adds integrations with security tools and dedicated support. The weak spot for admins is that SSO and tiered roles sit on Advanced, which needs 3 or more people. We could not confirm a USD price from our location, so check the vendor page.

Who it is for

Creative, agency and client-facing teams that move large files and want the simplest sync.

Price

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Key features

• Standard starts at 3 TB for the team, Advanced at 15 TB
• Transfer files up to 100 GB, or 250 GB on Enterprise
• Team folders, groups, roles and team sharing controls
• 180 days to restore deleted files on Standard, 1 year on Advanced
• Tiered admin, end-to-end encryption, compliance tracking and single sign-on on Advanced

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Standard works for a team of 1 person or more
• Strength: Password protected and branded file shares
• Strength: PDF editing and signatures included
• Weakness: SSO and tiered admins require Advanced
• Weakness: Advanced needs at least 3 people
• Weakness: Storage is pooled per team, not per user

Key facts

• Storage: Starts at 3 TB per team (Standard), 15 TB (Advanced)
• File transfers: Up to 100 GB, 250 GB on Enterprise
• Version history: 180 days (Standard), 1 year (Advanced)
• Encryption: 256-bit AES and SSL/TLS

Where it ranks

Dropbox is No. 2 in our Best Cloud Storage for Business verdict.