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Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage vs. Dropbox Business

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ABackblaze, headquartered in San Mateo, provides cloud storage and online backup, boasting trust with over an exabyte of data from customers in 175 countries. A backup service specialist, Backblaze describes their B2 cloud object storage service as S3 compatible and purpose built to provide simplicity, reliability, and affordability. B2 Cloud Storage is available at $0.005/GB/Month, with single-tier pricing.

    $6

    per month per TB

    Dropbox Business

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADropbox Business expands on the company's cloud storage service by providing additional features, such as lost file recovery for an extended period, integration with popular office suites (e.g. Office 365), the Dropbox Paper collaboration extension, two-factor authentication (2FA) and single sign-on (SSO), tiered administrator controls and granular permission sharing, remote device wipe, API, and other features of use to larger groups and businesses.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageDropbox Business
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $15
    per user/per month
    Advanced
    $25
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageDropbox Business
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsTwo pricing models are available: consumption-based pay-as-you-go, and capacity-based storage bundles. Pay-as-you-go consumption-based cloud storage costs $6/TB per month, with your first 10GB free. Egress is free up to 3x of average monthly data stored, and unlimited to many leading content delivery network (CDN) and compute partners. Capacity-based storage, called B2 Reserve, is designed for companies looking for all-inclusive pricing on a single invoice. Storage bundles start at 20TB and can be purchased for one, two, or three years. Egress is always free.—
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    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageDropbox Business
    Considered Both Products
    Backblaze
    Chose Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage is the best of the bunch. It's priced better than the more expensive cloud based solutions and more robust than the file storage sites like Dropbox or Google Drive.
    Incentivized
    Dropbox
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageDropbox Business
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Dropbox Business
    Feature
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    Dropbox Business
    8.9
    130 Ratings
    Versioning10.03 Ratings8.9102 Ratings
    Video files10.03 Ratings9.2113 Ratings
    Audio files10.03 Ratings9.1106 Ratings
    Access control10.02 Ratings8.5126 Ratings
    File search10.01 Ratings9.1126 Ratings
    Device sync10.02 Ratings8.9123 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.2120 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Dropbox Business
    Feature
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    Dropbox Business
    9.0
    129 Ratings
    User and role management10.02 Ratings9.2114 Ratings
    File organization10.02 Ratings9.1126 Ratings
    Device management10.02 Ratings8.8108 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Dropbox Business
    Feature
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    Dropbox Business
    8.9
    126 Ratings
    Performance10.03 Ratings9.0126 Ratings
    Reliability10.03 Ratings9.0126 Ratings
    Storage Reports10.02 Ratings8.692 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageDropbox Business
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.5
    (131 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (19 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (27 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)