Dropbox vs. WeTransfer

Dropbox

4,201 Reviews and Ratings

WeTransfer

74 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
WeTransfer	Score7.7 out of 10	N/A	WeTransfer offers a large file transfer service which includes up to 20 GB transfer with its Pro service, as well as 100 GB of cloud storage.	$12 per month

Pricing

Dropbox

WeTransfer

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

Pro: $12.00
per month

Pricing Offerings
Dropbox	WeTransfer
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Dropbox	WeTransfer
Considered Both Products	Dropbox Verified User Chose Dropbox It has just become industry standard. WeTransfer got to be a little confusing and I don't love the interface of PhotoShelter. Dropbox is very straight forward and has the tools we need without having to learn a system. Everything has its place and home and that's what I love in … Incentivized Helpful? Allen Morris Illustrator in Professional Services at Allen Morris Art (Publishing, 11-50 employees) Chose Dropbox I didn't like using WeTransfer. I don't know how it is now, but it didn't meet my needs when sharing and updating multiple files at once. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox WeTransfer seems more modern and tech orientated event the free version is good Incentivized Helpful? Jordan O'Neil Graphic Designer at Runback (Graphic Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Dropbox is easier to use and has better pricing then Google Drive. I found WeTransfer and Sendspace unreliable and not easy to use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Dropbox beats WeTransfer by being able to integrate with Finder and by having download links that don't expire. Google Drive has some integration with Finder, but it is not amazing and there are syncing issues more frequently than with Dropbox. Google Drive has the obvious … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Gretchen Becker Owner and Creative Director in Professional Services at Ash and Arrow Events LLC (Events Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Much better - other programs seem to have more bugs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox I think it is user-friendly, inexpensive, and easy to use compared to most of the others. I like that files don't expire and that it is so established. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox actually in prefer Google Drive because friendly with another google apps but the customer and client prefer the Dropbox Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox I think the transfer is better for upload and download speed, but Dropbox's advantage is I don't have the extra steps in Dropbox, such as visiting a webpage, uploading, and entering details; Dropbox puts the file in my Dropbox folder and shares the link, much faster than the … Incentivized Helpful? Enzo Tedeschi Producer at Deadhosue Films (Entertainment, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Many of the tested platforms are very usable, however for our specific use case of large files, all of them were left wanting. Upload or download speeds were often slow, available file space was low for the subscription tier, or simply getting a successful upload or download … Incentivized Helpful? Rommy Sandhu Creative Director at New York Theatre Project (Entertainment, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Google is fine to use, but I'm concerned about datamining of my documents and the invasion of AI. I prefer to keep my work to myself and not a bot spidering through my files. IT security is a concern, and I trust Dropbox to keep my files from prying eyes. Incentivized Helpful? Matt Cundill Owner in Engineering at The Sound Off Media Company (Media Production, 11-50 employees) Chose Dropbox Dropbox does a better job of organizing files better than ones mentioned above. Google Drive is a messy tool. Incentivized Helpful? Dana Hursey CEO in Professional Services at Dana Hursey Photography (Photography, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox I think Dropbox is too expensive to be used as a high volume archive / backup Incentivized Helpful? Darren Sager Owner in Marketing at DMS Video Productions (Motion Pictures & Film, 11-50 employees) Chose Dropbox WAY BETTER! Google Drive is extremely cumbersome for us. We greatly prefer Dropbox over all the competition. Incentivized Helpful? Niko Jalauzidis Sound Engineer in Marketing at resound.cz (Music, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox No expiration on transfers is one of my strongest arguments FOR Dropbox Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Dropbox is much more user freidnly for non users, and google sucks because it compresses files and ofter degrades image quality Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Dropbox is definitely a great competitor to Google Drive. The way it is so easy to send over documents with all of the permission issues is very nice. Google has good integration with all of its products, but Dropbox is easier to use. I would recommend Dropbox over Google Drive. Incentivized Helpful? Renato Lizardo Creative Director in Marketing at Robbie Picard Media (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox It's easier to use Dropbox. With Google Drive, the price is expensive and sharing files suck. It's easy to share and download files with Dropbox and you can send over videos for clients to check out and just comment on. With OneDrive, it's a bit too constricting when it comes … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Dropbox is better for file sharing overall. Access control is better and file uploads are fast. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Google Drive pails in comparison to file searching and I find the file versioning and file linking way more intuitive on Dropbox. The overall user experience and range of capabilities seems better with Dropbox. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox I prefer Dropbox because it’s easier to manage lots of different folders, the versions of files names the same thing update automatically and the interface is easier to understand Incentivized Helpful?	WeTransfer Verified User Chose WeTransfer Dropbox is too complex and unreliable to use. I have had many headaches with files not downloading properly, going missing or not opening. I have to spend a lot of time to figure out what I need to do. And just as you think you have everything under control, you set up a nice … Incentivized Helpful? Rob Gokee Podcast Producer & Audio Mixer in Professional Services at Rob Gokee Music (Entertainment, 1-10 employees) Chose WeTransfer While Dropbox is more robust with storage and ways to share, it's often cumbersome to send files, especially with clients that don't use Dropbox. WeTransfer sends my clients a link that results in an immediate download - no fuss, no having to log in. The process is much easier, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WeTransfer Both solutions work fairly seamlessly. But we prefer Dropbox because we can more easily track our files across devices and across the organization. They are equal when it comes to sending files, but receiving files is where some friction points/frustration points arise. Incentivized Helpful? Chris Hecox Business Owner in Marketing at Lucky Whisker LLC (Online Media, 1-10 employees) Chose WeTransfer Dropbox is a terrible and slow service, so WeTransfer is the far better option between the two. Google Drive isn't as professional as WeTransfer (in my opinion) so using WeTransfer might be the better option. Incentivized Helpful? Aubrey Dixon Finance Administrator in Finance and Accounting at Arkadin (Telecommunications, 1001-5000 employees) Chose WeTransfer While Dropbox does offer features that WeTransfer does not in terms of collaboration & organization, WeTransfer is the better option for simple file transfers. In my experience, WeTransfer is much faster for uploads & downloads. The premium version of WeTransfer also offers a … Incentivized Helpful? Doug Harrison Director of Client Services in Marketing at Ramp Communications Inc. (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose WeTransfer WeTransfer doesn't require storage. You just send the files and you're done! Incentivized Helpful? Ann M. Frank Digital Asset Management and Art Buyer in Product Management at BVK (Marketing and Advertising, 201-500 employees) Chose WeTransfer We actually use both other platforms because we may be required to by our clients or vendors. I find We Transfer easier to use especially remotely - quicker to upload and send. Incentivized Helpful? Daryl Wise Jr. Founder/Owner in Information Technology at VGSoundtrackGuy Music (Music, 1-10 employees) Chose WeTransfer The listed alternative are also very good but we have specifically used WeTransfer for it's simple and straight to the point file hosting. All of the above services require registration and WeTransfer doesn't. We can just send our files quickly and call it a day. The files … 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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Features

Dropbox

WeTransfer

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Dropbox and WeTransfer
Feature	Dropbox 7.8 887 Ratings	WeTransfer - 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 WeTransfer
Feature	Dropbox 8.0 848 Ratings	WeTransfer - 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 WeTransfer
Feature	Dropbox 8.0 836 Ratings	WeTransfer - Ratings
Performance	7.4829 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reliability	8.3834 Ratings	00 Ratings
Storage Reports	8.2636 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	Dropbox	WeTransfer
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (911 ratings)	10.0 (10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	6.7 (31 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	7.5 (65 ratings)	7.9 (4 ratings)
Availability	6.7 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	6.0 (8 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	7.5 (34 ratings)	9.6 (4 ratings)
Online Training	8.2 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.5 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	6.4 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	6.6 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)