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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Google Drive

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Drive is a cloud file storage, synchronization, and collaboration platform and service, that features Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides for document editing and presentation.

    $6

    per month

    Pricing
    DropboxGoogle Drive
    Editions & Modules
    Plus
    $9.99
    per month
    Essentials
    $18
    per month
    Business
    $20
    per month per user
    Business Plus
    $26
    per month per user
    Basic
    Free
    Basic
    $6.00
    per month
    Business
    $12.00
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Vendor for Quote
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DropboxGoogle Drive
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for students, educators, and non profit organizations.
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    Community Pulse
    DropboxGoogle Drive
    Considered Both Products
    Dropbox
    Chose Dropbox
    Google Drive's privacy is like way worse.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    I use Google Drive for personal projects (although frankly, I have a personal account on Dropbox too). I don't think I'd ever use Google Drive for a professional project.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Dropbox is somehow easier to use, it is lighter and faster. Also the UX is more understandable and clear to me. I used Google Drive because it was a standard with one of my clients... But I really didn't like it. I truly hope, I will not be forced to use it again.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Dropbox provides a much larger amount of storage, a wide range of file acceptance, and a more direct integration into our devices. Although Google Drive is useful, it has too many limitations for our business to use in the quantity and quality we want. Google Drive also mostly …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Dropbox is comparable to Box in most aspects. Dropbox is significantly easier to use than Google Drive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Compares well. The two work very similarly on my macOS latop, but I feel Dropbox has the edge on mobile devices. Google Drive web interface seems more intuitive and it's easier to share files and links to files. Both are comparable with price and storage options. Would be good …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    I started on Dropbox before any of these. I hate OneDrive as it constantly crashes. Google Drive enables collaboration simultaneously, as does Teams, but the limited formatting options in Google's version of Word drives me nuts. With Teams - because I didn't create the files …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive are strong alternatives to Dropbox, each excelling in ecosystem integration. Google Drive offers 15GB of free storage and seamless collaboration through Google Workspace, making it ideal for teams already using Gmail or Docs. OneDrive
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    I like Google Drive’s free integration with the free emails you can make. It’s much more affordable too, but Dropbox has the edge when it comes to collaboration, in my opinion. I feel as though Google can feel a tiny bit clunky with navigating its non user friendly UI. Dropbox …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    While we use Google Drive in our business, it's storage capacity is limited and so for larger projects we use Dropbox more.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Dropbox seems much more secure and organized than Google Drive or OneDrive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Dropbox is more user friendly for file storage when you want to open and make notes on pdf etc.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    I think Dropbox is better and also better priced. They are quite different to what Dropbox is used for but I do use we transfer once in a while when people don't have access or an account with Dropbox
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    I like to use OneDrive for photos/log-term storage. It gives me more storage space but seems to take longer to sync than Dropbox. That's why I use Dropbox for file sharing, current work, and photos that I'm using at this moment. I had Dropbox first because I had the free …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Use both but Dropbox is the primary storage
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Dropbox is strong in terms of navigability and storage. However, Google Drives proves stronger for collaborating on live documents
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Simpler and more intuitive user interface
    Much faster synchronization - especially wrt OneDrive
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    You can create an account easily and begin storing files but an account is not required in order to access them the way it is on some of these other programs. Also, any type of file can be easily stored and downloaded to a device with Dropbox, but some of these attempt to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    The above products have good features but have some functionality missing in each of them. In comparison, Dropbox has all of them included in it which is very helpful.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    It is [...] easy to navigate. You don't have a learning curve with Drive. I selected Dropbox because I did not select Dropbox. It is my organization's native cloud storage so I had to deal with it. I am not mad, also not disappointed, but also not happy.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Dropbox has better security.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Dropbox is quite universally used so I selected it based on the recommendations of others. It is also important to me that in integrates with my computer browser.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Dropbox has a less intrusive reputation and stays out of the news for matters unrelated to its services, which is becoming more and more rare. If I ever see Dropbox or its representatives start making noise in arena outside the bounds of the services they provide I can see my …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    very similar. Dropbox offers tiers of file storage the are better for our current needs. Other than storage options, the are all very similar
    Incentivized
    Chose Dropbox
    Dropbox is way more share and collaboration friendly.
    Incentivized
    Google
    Chose Google Drive
    Dropbox is way too expensive for what it is and I have had sync issues with it before. OneDrive is pushed too hard by Microsoft and I don't like feeling like I'm "forced" to use a product and I've also had sync issues. SugarSync I used sometime back and I just didn't like the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    Dropbox is better, and we also use that, but it costs money. Google Drive makes it easier to save files among JUST my sales team, so we adopted it as it was easier to share an Excel file and each edit it together by doing so. Google Drive was free to use as well.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    Feature-wise, Google Drive is at the bottom of its peers. However, due to its Google Mail user base, Google Drive has wide acceptance and penetration. Its ease-of-use feature is probably somewhere in the middle, lower than Dropbox but higher than OneDrive. It is free but so are …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    I have used both Dropbox and Google Drive. In my experience, Google Drive is much more flexible and the seamless integration with our other Google products and even non-Google products makes our processes much easier to set up and much more efficient at the end of the day. It …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    I had similar problems with Dropbox, that's why I switched to Google Drive. But when I think about my recent experience, I see that the Dropbox experience was not so bad. They were at least able to revert the changes and their app, although has problems, was not as ridiculous …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    They can all do the basics equally well, storing and sharing documents. Google Drive is the best from an ease of use perspective. SharePoint is a little better in terms of user management. Dropbox has the best name recognition, but not all the features you will need. If you …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    From Google Drive, we like the simplicity of having a single vendor, and the integration with the rest of Google Apps. From Dropbox, we like the smooth desktop integration and the cheap storage plans.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    Google Drive and Dropbox have very similar functionality. I liked Google Drive better because it was easier to integrate with my existing Gmail and other Google apps. It also automatically coexists on any Android phone or tablet and can automatically backup your pictures. It …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    We found in comparing Dropbox with Google Drive it was lacking in ease of use, price to expand was not as attractive. We found sharing files with our clients was more difficult than with Google Drive. Our clients, when they had to shift into using it found it seamless. We did …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    The Dropbox organization system seems confusing and it becomes expensive if it's needed to be used by several different accounts. Also the user interface seems less clear than Google Drive and pricing plans are not so affordable given the functions offered. Also there is no way …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    Google Drive is more accessible and doesn't require additional implementation, downloading, and synchronization. You need a Google account. It makes it the first-choice instrument when working with non-technically savvy team members or clients. There are no complicated …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    Google Drive is more feature rich, it has stronger search capabilities and it's simple and intuitive to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    The most indeed reason is the security provided by Google. Every other company can provide lots of cloud space but my sensitive data is the key so, secure system is my first priority.

    As I am tech person i feel its very easy to use and lot of features that make it better than …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    In short, Google Drive is better for independent users who store a normal amount of stuff. OneDrive makes more sense for businesses and teams that are doing heavy-duty storage or large-scale syncing. Realistically, though, most users will fall somewhere in between the two, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    The free plan takes Google Drive at the top of the stack, paying nothing you can store data up to 15GB. This could be really important for a startup that has to consider how to manage the initial budget. I selected Google Drive because I had already a Google account, before …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    Can't compare, it's faster. It owns several Google platforms. Organization, search, and collaborative work 100%
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    The best part of Google Drive is that it provides 15 GB of space, free of charge. Moreover, since Google Drive works seamlessly with every other device smartphone, switching from one device to another is very easy and convenient which is a big plus point. Moreover, Google …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    I find google drive user friendly as compared to any other app, it's easy to use and all you have to do is save the file you need for future use. I dont have to figure out where I have saved which type of file because I can create folders too.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    Google Drive is very useful especially when you are using the entire Google workspace. If you are using Google Docs, Slides, and Gmail, then Google Drive integrates well with those apps. For those working primarily in a Microsoft environment using Microsoft Office and Outlook, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    For the free version, the storage capacity being offered is by far the greatest as compared to any other collaboration software. However, if your company has the capacity to pay for the software then there are more features being offered by the paid versions of other software …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    Google's own data and a word processor is the main factor in choosing Drive. Another thing I like about Google over Microsoft is the shareable link, which is more interpretable and helps me avoid sharing the wrong link.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    Google drive is easier to use and integrates well with different applications. It is also less expensive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    Both OneDrive and Google Drive give a similar cloud administration identified with capacity and record sharing. The two organizations' answers let you access your documents and envelopes from any place. Thus, our distributed storage examination depends on a few variables which …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Drive
    Google Drive is a very simple and practical tool. The others are also, but I really like the Google brand and its products. This one in particular because I have been using it for some time and it has helped me a lot since then. I still have documents for 7 years and are very …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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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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    TrustRadius Insights
    DropboxGoogle Drive
    Highlights

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    Features
    DropboxGoogle Drive
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Dropbox and Google Drive
    Feature
    Dropbox
    7.8
    887 Ratings
    Google Drive
    7.7
    209 Ratings
    Versioning7.5714 Ratings8.3184 Ratings
    Video files7.8697 Ratings7.5178 Ratings
    Audio files7.9623 Ratings7.9172 Ratings
    Document collaboration7.7780 Ratings8.5206 Ratings
    Access control7.8828 Ratings8.2204 Ratings
    File search7.6855 Ratings6.0208 Ratings
    Device sync8.1814 Ratings7.8194 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Dropbox and Google Drive
    Feature
    Dropbox
    8.0
    848 Ratings
    Google Drive
    8.1
    203 Ratings
    User and role management7.9778 Ratings8.2191 Ratings
    File organization8.1837 Ratings7.4202 Ratings
    Device management7.9730 Ratings8.799 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Dropbox and Google Drive
    Feature
    Dropbox
    8.0
    836 Ratings
    Google Drive
    8.3
    202 Ratings
    Performance7.4829 Ratings8.1200 Ratings
    Reliability8.3834 Ratings8.3202 Ratings
    Storage Reports8.2636 Ratings8.587 Ratings
    User Ratings
    DropboxGoogle Drive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (911 ratings)
    8.3
    (210 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.7
    (31 ratings)
    9.9
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    7.5
    (65 ratings)
    8.0
    (40 ratings)
    Availability
    6.7
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (34 ratings)
    8.0
    (48 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.6
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)