Dropbox vs. Microsoft 365

Dropbox

4,201 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft 365

7,168 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Dropbox	Score8.2 out of 10	N/A	Dropbox 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
Microsoft 365	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) is a Microsoft Cloud subscription service that includes Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access). The software can be installed across multiple devices and ensures that users always have the most up-to-date version of the included Office applications.	$5 Per User Per Month

Pricing

Dropbox

Microsoft 365

Plus: $9.99
per month
Essentials: $18
per month
Business: $20
per month per user
Business Plus: $26
per month per user
Basic: Free

Business Basic: $5.00
Per User Per Month
Individual: $5.84
*Per Month
Business - Apps: $8.25
Per User Per Month
Enterprise - F3: $10.00
Per User Per Month
Business Standard: $12.50
Per User Per Month
Business Premium: $20.00
Per User Per Month
Enterprise - E3: $32.00
Per User Per Month
Enterprise - E5: $57.00
Per User Per Month

Pricing Offerings
Dropbox	Microsoft 365
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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*When billed annually.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Dropbox	Microsoft 365
Considered Both Products	Dropbox Verified User Chose Dropbox Dropbox is more convenient than Google Drive or Microsoft 365. This is because materials do not have to be in a specific format to be entered into Dropbox. On other platforms, when organizing, sometimes, it requires that the materials be in that specific software in order to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox SharePoint does not connect with file explorer like Dropbox does. it is more difficult to work on files in SharePoint as well as you edit them in the browser, rather than through another application. for example: on SharePoint, an excel spreadsheet can only be edited through … Incentivized Helpful? Kenichi Yokoyama Professor at Duke University (Education Management, 501-1000 employees) Chose Dropbox Dropbox is comparable to Box in most aspects. Dropbox is significantly easier to use than Google Drive. Incentivized Helpful? Christina Ingram Product tester at Curion (Market Research, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox I like the Dropbox because it’s convenient and Photo Booth should be added. My Photo Booth is free right now and I wish Dropbox was free because this is a little too expensive. I feel like the price is a little too outstanding I wish they would lower it because this don’t make … Incentivized Helpful? Sai Cherukupalli Sys Ops Manager in Information Technology at RFOX (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) 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 Helpful? Leonard Lye Retired in Engineering at ComAdv Devices Inc (Professional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Sync is cheaper but seems very slow. Didn’t get too far with it. Incentivized Helpful? Emily Slade Rev. at Bethlehem United Church of Christ (Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees) Chose Dropbox I never bothered to really orient myself to OneDrive, because Dropbox is something I've used for so long. I can use OneDrive for free, but it's worth paying for Dropbox because I understand it and have such a history with it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Documents editing online with integration with MS products is a plus compared to other products. Easy synchronization of files and documents from local computer/mobile device to Dropbox. Security with multi factor authentication is an added advantage. Easy to authenticate with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Dropbox is much faster and easier to use than either Box or Google Drive, both of which were provided by universities I have worked for. I subscribed to Dropbox at my own expense because it is so much easier and use-friendly. Incentivized Helpful? Jim Peterson Driector of Operations and Membership in Corporate at Christian Schools International (Education Management, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Dropbox is far and away the best file sharing platform. All other have crippling storage limits or significant downtime and sync issues. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox way better in every aspect Incentivized Helpful? Felipe Rolli Motion Graphic Designer in Professional Services at Freelancer (Motion Pictures & Film, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Speed, usability, cost Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Dropbox is easier to use and allows the sharing of documents in any format (Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, etc.), as opposed to AcroPDF. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Dropbox has more capacity and the price is awesome. Incentivized Helpful? J Rio Fultz CEO in Information Technology at RIO3 Consulting (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Dropbox fares well against the other solutions in the market. We use various platforms across our organization, but Dropbox has been the most widely used. I think the track record and longevity have allowed us not to shop around for other solutions. Dropbox works well in the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox We have clients who asked that we use these products: Google Drive Microsoft OneDrive While they both offer the same sharing features, the other two prefer their file types. Dropbox seems to be agnostic; therefore, we don't have to think about what KIND of files we're using. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Dropbox has better features overall than these alternatives. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Dropbox is the most effective independent cloud storage solution in our quiver of tools. Incentivized Helpful? Krisjan Bodenstein System Integrator in Engineering at E-Bod Technologies (Railroad Manufacture, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Dropbox knocks it out of the park. It is way better than any of the other products I have used in the past. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox quite many more features and usability and much more space Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Joshua Granberg Broker in Sales at Paragon Group (Real Estate, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft 365 Both Google and Dropbox have programs for creating content. They can get the job done but there is a reason Microsft 365 is an industry standard. You can pull together a bunch of different apps and try to get them to communicate together if you want. But it will be a headache. … Incentivized Helpful? Marquis C. Brantley Regional Manager in Sales at Vivint Smart Home (Consumer Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft 365 I have used a few other products similar to Microsoft 365. I used to use Dropbox as a file storage, cloud based solution for storing documents and data. I was introduced to Microsoft 365 a few years after using Dropbox, and I prefer Microsoft because of the entire suite that … Incentivized Helpful? Austin Lin IT Operations Lead in Corporate at Providence Technology Group, Inc. (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft 365 Basically, Planner is nowhere as good and has nowhere as much functionality as Airtable, but Planner is included with MS 365 and good enough for us with no additional cost. Dropbox is actually really good and integrates well with MS 365. We actually use both Dropbox and … Incentivized Helpful? Justin Beckett Creative Design Director in Marketing at Manchester United Membership & Supporters Club USA, Inc (Sports, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft 365 Office 365 does what it does very well -- and nothing more. It is simple to implement across an organization and then share files and results, as well as organizing contacts and calendars. However, Google Drive, iCloud Drive and Dropbox all also offer seamless cloud file-sharing … Incentivized Helpful? Paul Li Principal in Professional Services at @The Office (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 provides a complete suite of tools, which none of the competition can match. Others can just offer piecemeal solutions, whereas Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) covers everything ranging from email management to office editing software to cloud storage to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft 365 It's all about the network effect. Since everyone else at my school using Microsoft 365, eventually I had to bite the bullet and join the crowd. Using the officially supported file syncing and sharing solution solves a large number of problems right out of the box. Other … Incentivized Helpful? Ali Kazempour Information Technology Adviser in Information Technology at AZEREX LLC. (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Microsoft 365 Stability, high security, unique capabilities, speed of execution, cloud storage space, and compatibility and integration with other software has made this Microsoft product one of the best in the competitive market. Incentivized Helpful? Diego Pacheco Diego Pacheco in Information Technology at Aloo Telecom (Telecommunications, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft 365 The main point was the integration of the tools: backup + email + text editors, all in one tool; Employees had greater difficulty creating presentations on their competitors' tools, as well as more advanced use of data sheets. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft 365 Microsoft Office 365 is more complete than Microsoft Office 2016. It is cloud-based, and this is a great advantage. Furthermore, now updates and upgrades are automatic and can be scheduled or accepted, really saving time compared to Office 2016. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft 365 Microsoft Office 365 is the easiest to access on the go and is always up to date. It is also affordable given all of the features it offers. Being able to use most of Microsoft's products for one price is convenient and allows our organization to store and sort information over … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft 365 Microsoft Office 365 was selected likely because most people at our company still find it to be more trustworthy than Google Drive. I personally would likely not have selected it, but do understand that it's the industry standard for most people. It's also a far lower cost for … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft 365 Having all of the offerings and services in one easy to use administrative interface makes administration of our Microsoft suite of applications much easier. We are not able to get that same integration with separated applications. Gmail is not very intuitive if you're coming … Incentivized Helpful? Rebecca T Barber, MBA, PHD Senior Director, Management Analysis in Finance and Accounting at Arizona State University (Higher Education, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft 365 Office remains the leader in the business productivity market. Apple's alternatives (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) are nowhere near as powerful and Microsoft incorporates any good ideas they have very quickly (keynote's presentation mode). Google Docs/Sheets are convenient for … Incentivized Helpful?
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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

Dropbox

Microsoft 365

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Dropbox and Microsoft 365
Feature	Dropbox 7.8 887 Ratings	Microsoft 365 - Ratings
Versioning	7.5714 Ratings	00 Ratings
Video files	7.8697 Ratings	00 Ratings
Audio files	8.0623 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document collaboration	7.7780 Ratings	00 Ratings
Access control	7.8828 Ratings	00 Ratings
File search	7.6855 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device sync	8.1814 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Dropbox and Microsoft 365
Feature	Dropbox 8.0 848 Ratings	Microsoft 365 - Ratings
User and role management	7.9778 Ratings	00 Ratings
File organization	8.1837 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device management	7.9730 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Dropbox and Microsoft 365
Feature	Dropbox 8.0 836 Ratings	Microsoft 365 - Ratings
Performance	7.4829 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reliability	8.3834 Ratings	00 Ratings
Storage Reports	8.2636 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	Dropbox	Microsoft 365
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (911 ratings)	7.8 (240 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	6.7 (31 ratings)	9.5 (6 ratings)
Usability	7.5 (65 ratings)	7.2 (8 ratings)
Availability	6.7 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	6.0 (8 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.5 (34 ratings)	8.9 (54 ratings)
Online Training	8.2 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.5 (4 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Configurability	6.4 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	6.6 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)