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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon S3

    Score8.7 out of 10
    		N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A

    Dropbox

    Score8.2 out of 10
    		N/ADropbox is a cloud storage solution, equipped with features that help users to save time, improve productivity, and collaborate with others. Users can edit PDFs, share videos, sign documents, and collaborate with stakeholders without leaving Dropbox.

    $9.99

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon S3Dropbox
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Plus
    $9.99
    per month
    Essentials
    $18
    per month
    Business
    $20
    per month per user
    Business Plus
    $26
    per month per user
    Basic
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon S3Dropbox
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon S3Dropbox
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Evan Laird
    Digital Marketing Consultant in Marketing at Webspearmint (Internet, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    Amazon S3 compared to all of these has the worst user interface. Drive and Dropbox as everyone knows is simpler and used for shared work files with a user-friendly interface. Google Cloud Storage and Amazon S3 are both in the same boat for large application files and great for …
    Incentivized
    Chris Barretto
    Engineering Manager in Engineering at Indeed.com (Staffing and Recruiting, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    S3 is so much cheaper for space versus Dropbox.
    Incentivized
    Robb Glietz
    Technology Advisor in Information Technology at RE/MAX Advantage Redlands (Real Estate, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    Several issues with Dropbox where it was hard to set up in the application I was using and once it was set up it would work fine but then become disconnected for really no reason and the support from Dropbox was not that great. The one time that I had to bring back a backup it …
    Incentivized
    Anudeep P
    Software Developer in Information Technology at Monsanto Company (Farming, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    I haven't been personally involved in the decision to use S3, but in comparison to Dropbox or Google Drive, this offers a less robust UI to modify things, while being a cheaper storage mechanism over the rest.
    Incentivized
    Michael Weisel
    Chief Technology Officer in Information Technology at Gold Lasso, Inc. (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    Amazon S3 has so much other functionality than it's competitors with so many more use cases. We use One Drive, Drop Box, Teams, Google Drive and other products for basic file sharing while working with partners and clients but that's kind of the extent of those products. S3 …
    Incentivized
    Mike Carruthers
    IT Director in Information Technology at First Baptist Church of Milford (Non-profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    More robust and feature rich. Also more cost effective. However, the other options do lend themselves to be better at user friendliness. But if your technological and willing to look up help in the support knowledgebase you will do just fine and get a better product at …
    Incentivized
    Andre Correa
    Founder in Corporate at Malware Patrol (Computer & Network Security, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    Better price and easier to use.
    Incentivized
    James Hilton
    Director Of Engineering in Engineering at LabRoots (Publishing, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    The main differences are that S3 files can be accessed publicly without having an account on the service so it is suitable for website assets, but the other services have desktop hard drive syncing applications so they are more suitable for sharing files to other staff in the …
    Incentivized
    Bryan McAnulty
    Product Director in Product Management at Velora Studios (Design, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    Since we use other AWS products, and since AWS and S3 are more familiar to developers, it is easier for us to stick with Amazon S3 over a similar solution like Google Cloud Storage.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon S3
    S3 is more of a niche product for hosting data within an IT infrastructure. The others are more end-user focused.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon S3
    Amazon S3 comes with all other services of AWS, all other services are very quick and secure with S3 storage, which is the best option for any application. Again, compared to other services like Azure or GCP, AWS provides more configuration and functions to host multi nature …
    Incentivized
    Matthew Gardner
    Co-Founder at RouteThis (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    S3 is still being used within our org but we have dialed it back heavily due to the inexpensive competing product CloudFlare offers. CloudFlare is basically free for the same functionality and the company has matured to the point where it is reliable and scalable, plus CDN …
    Incentivized
    Mark Richards
    Chief Systems Architect / Analyst in Professional Services at TEAM International (Information Services, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    [Amazon s3 has a] Simpler interface.
    Incentivized
    Dropbox
    Verified User
    Chose Dropbox
    Google Drive's interface is slow and clunky. Downloads take forever just to zip before you can download, and they unreliably tend to fail. Wasabi didn't seem trustworthy, and the price was too good to be true. Amazon was unintuitive and was going to require too much of a …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Dropbox
    Dropbox seemed to be broader and provided more storage than its counterparts. However, when compared with WeTransfer, the ability to send a very large file with a time limit would be nice, even if the recipient doesn't have Dropbox. The link feature helps, but by default, …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Dropbox
    I already answered this on the last question. Sorry.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
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    Features
    Amazon S3Dropbox
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Dropbox
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    Dropbox
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Dropbox
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    Dropbox
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication9.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics8.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities9.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Dropbox
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Dropbox
    7.8
    887 Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings7.5714 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings7.8697 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings7.9623 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.7780 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings7.8828 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings7.6855 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings8.1814 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Dropbox
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Dropbox
    8.0
    848 Ratings
    User and role management00 Ratings7.9778 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings8.1837 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings7.9730 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Dropbox
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Dropbox
    8.0
    836 Ratings
    Performance00 Ratings7.4829 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings8.3834 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings8.2636 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon S3Dropbox
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    8.0
    (911 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.7
    (31 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    7.5
    (65 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.7
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    7.5
    (34 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (4 ratings)