Dropbox Business vs. Google Drive

Dropbox Business

859 Reviews and Ratings

Google Drive

6,625 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Dropbox Business	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Dropbox 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
Google Drive	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Google 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

Dropbox Business

Google Drive

Standard: $15
per user/per month
Advanced: $25
per user/per month
Enterprise: Contact sales team

Basic: $6.00
per month
Business: $12.00
per month
Enterprise: Contact Vendor for Quote
per month

Pricing Offerings
Dropbox Business	Google Drive
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Discounts are available for students, educators, and non profit organizations.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Dropbox Business	Google Drive
Considered Both Products	Dropbox Afton Beebe Graphic Designer in Marketing at Designs by Afton (Graphic Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Business Google Drive is hands down a better product and more versatile. I have a paid account and it is not expensive for a lot of storage. I don't think Dropbox can really compete, honestly. They just aren't as good and useable. I also think that Google has a lot more integrations. It … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Business That it is so natural to transfer an archive or pictures to Dropbox and that it is so easy to impart that material to others through email! This is equivalent to transferring to Google Drive; be that as it may, for the individuals who are not Google Clients, I think this is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Business Dropbox Business holds up against the other big boys like Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. If you already use those platforms, it would probably make sense to use them. But many users already used Dropbox and were familiar with it. And if you don't already have a … Incentivized Helpful? Sean Patterson Software Development Director in Information Technology at Fresh Consulting (Internet, 201-500 employees) Chose Dropbox Business Dropbox Business does a better job and document organization and sharing compared to Google Drive. Google Drive by default gives you a large list of files for which you create folders and navigating through those can be a hassle. Dropbox Business gives you a good folder … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Business The services like OneDrive and Google Drive are pretty identical but, OneDrive for business is more cost-effective as it already is included in all of our user's Microsoft Office 365 subscriptions. They all similar functionality but at the end of the day if we can use a … Incentivized Helpful? Michelle Hidalgo Development and Marketing Manager at American Academy of pediatric dentistry (Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Dropbox Business Google Drive is a lot cheaper and allows for more GB than Dropbox Business. Hightail also offers a fair amount of storage space and is about the same price as Dropbox. Google Drive offers 15gb and Dropbox only 2gb however there are ways to get more storage. Dropbox though could … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Business when comparing Dropbox against Google Drive, it comes first the visualisation of the features, in which google has a clear advantage, as it has been developed with the simplicity and at the same time accessibility to all features in an easy way. The organisation has chosen … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Sauquet Senior Software Engineer in Engineering at Choice Hotels International (Hospitality, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Dropbox Business I have used Google Drive as well as OneDrive. Both of [these] are cloud storage but does not keep advanced kind of features like Dropbox Business. I am using it just because of its reliable services. Incentivized Helpful? Veronika Baranovska Inbound Marketing Manager in Marketing at Sendible (Internet, 11-50 employees) Chose Dropbox Business I like that Dropbox is an entirely separate cloud storage solution. While Google Drive and OneDrive are free as well as offer the convenience of storing all of your documents and spreadsheets in one place, I find them quite clunky when it comes to managing visual assets. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Business It's comparable to Box, way better than Amazon Drive. Google Drive may be my top choice, but depends on your use case and if you have other uses for Google Business Services to justify the cost. Incentivized Helpful? Chad Carman Digital Media Director in Marketing at Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Dropbox Business Dropbox Business is one of the most well-known and commonly-used cloud storage software. I originally started with Box and found that to be extremely generous with data storage size for a free plan. But it seems that Dropbox Business has taken the reins as far as mainstream … Incentivized Helpful? Prathamesh Muzumdar Team Lead Manager- Analytics in Information Technology at Patagonia (Retail, 501-1000 employees) Chose Dropbox Business Dropbox Business is a very efficient option when compared to Google Drive. Backup through sync and effective file transfer helps the process efficiently. Google Drive requires a third party software to perform auto-sync, which costs extra. Easy to share as multiple users can … Incentivized Helpful? Janaye Steadman Director of Social Media in Social Media at Markit23 (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Business Google Drive does not give us the option to view files on our desktop - you have to be connected to the internet to do anything on Drive. Also, it is hard to keep the most up-to-date version saved on the drive. Sharing is also slightly more difficult on Drive. For these reasons … Incentivized Helpful? Angel Rojas Sales Consultant in Sales at Bank of America (Banking, 10,001+ employees) Chose Dropbox Business Dropbox Business has much more convenience when storing all types of files. For us, the overall design of the platform is a very influential factor, and which encourages us to choose a platform. When using Google Drive, I realized that it has a straightforward design, and … Incentivized Helpful? Heather Frick Accountant in Finance and Accounting at White Horse Inn (Higher Education, 11-50 employees) Chose Dropbox Business Our company actually uses both Dropbox Business and Google Drive but we use them for different things. We selected Dropbox Business because it seemed more confidential at the time we started using it and seemed to have more storage space. It also seems to be easier and more … Incentivized Helpful? Aononna Tazin Software Specialist in Information Technology at Therap (BD) Ltd. (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Dropbox Business Dropbox Business is dependable, adaptable, and cost-effective for our businesses. On the inside, it’s comparable to other file-sharing and storage. Also, file access and navigation are much faster. We use it to share documents and store data and files for our business purposes. … Incentivized Helpful? Patrick Herrera Social Media Marketing Specialist in Marketing at Wells Fargo (Financial Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Dropbox Business I chose Dropbox Business because it is affordable, reliable, and easy to customize. Additionally, it offers ample storage space for all our files. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Business Dropbox Business is basically an industry standard for file storage at this point and most clients and team members will be familiar with it. Sharefile’s main advantage is its security. It provides more security options than Dropbox. The only downside that our team saw with … Incentivized Helpful? Jesse Bickel, MS - PMP Sr. IT Project Manager in Information Technology at CaptureRx (Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees) Chose Dropbox Business We mainly selected Dropbox business for the limited deployments are due to the customers we have already using them. They are not our centralized system of choice. Incentivized Helpful? Thomas Myers Managing Partner in Marketing at Clear Thinking (Management Consulting, 11-50 employees) Chose Dropbox Business The easiest to use and understand. No other platform is as easy to understand and use. Something like Apple iCloud manages files for you and I find that very irritating. Google edits you uses and file names and send notices if you use a word that could mean you copy files Incentivized Helpful? Lee Wheeler Owner in Marketing at Intrepid Web Marketing (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Business Dropbox Business does a great job with device syncing! Absolutely love the user interface and easy file sharing. Incentivized Helpful? Charles Combs Head of Marketing in Marketing at molly mutt (Consumer Goods, 1-10 employees) Chose Dropbox Business We've been using Dropbox Business since its early days. While we've considered other options, none of them provide functionality that would make us think about switching away from Dropbox Business. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Business - Dropbox business does a much better job with handier mobile and desktop apps; - it is much better than iCloud when used cross-platform; - it does not require the people that I share files with to have Google Accounts to use the functionality fully; Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Business Dropbox Business is more device-agnostic when compared to the others we evaluated. Its price per user was good for the fully-featured. We like the interface, and it's easy to set up for anyone. It is also very reliable and has selective sync to keep the size of our files down. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Dropbox Business So there are a variety of other file sharing and collaboration options out there: I find Dropbox Business pretty similar to Box. They seem to be about the same in terms of quality. MS SharePoint is a more sophisticated option. It seems to take more effort by the organization to … Incentivized Helpful?	Google Verified User Chose Google Drive Google Drive works perfectly when used in sync with Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, but is less ideal for other file types. Dropbox and Dropbox Business, however, are far superior in terms of native desktop integration and managing any other file types. Dropbox also has a nicer … Incentivized Helpful? Lauren Holloway Creative/Media Coordinator in Marketing at Operation Warm (Online Media, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Drive I use both Google Drive and Dropbox. I prefer Google Drive over Dropbox when it comes to documents, organization and easier access (since I always have my Gmail up). When it comes to photos or videos, I prefer Dropbox. Much like Google Drive, Dropbox's free space is limited. In … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Drive Google drive is easier to use and integrates well with different applications. It is also less expensive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Cheryl Ligon General Dentist (Dental Student) in Professional Services at University of Nebraska Medical Center (Medical Practice, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Drive Google Drive stacks up against Dropbox and other competitors by being the most accessible, mainstream, smooth-running application across a broad spectrum of devices at an affordable rate. Dropbox was more expensive, less organized, and did not upload or download quite as … Incentivized Helpful? Joshua Melder Process Optimization Analyst in Corporate at Quad (Printing, 10,001+ employees) Chose Google Drive Google Drive is a very comparable tool to many of the marquee cloud storage systems that I have used. However, I would say that Drive has one key advantage. The sharing and collaborative options for Drive are unparalleled from my own user experience. Overall, I have had a much … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Drive Google Drive is better because it has its own suite of product features so it's simple and easy to use. It also allows multiple people to edit at once, whereas for other products (i.e. SharePoint) you have to "check" the document out for a single person's use. Incentivized Helpful? Russell Davies, Digital Marketing Expert Owner in Social Media at Lobster Digital Marketing Limited (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Drive We use both Dropbox and Google Drive as some clients prefer Dropbox. In terms of how the stack up against each other, Google Drive's full suite of Apps makes it much more useful than Dropbox. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Drive Dropbox is great for cloud storage. Google drive is better with mail and other Google products packaged together. Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Dropbox Business

Google Drive

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Dropbox Business and Google Drive
Feature	Dropbox Business 8.9 130 Ratings	Google Drive 7.7 209 Ratings
Versioning	8.9102 Ratings	8.3184 Ratings
Video files	9.2113 Ratings	7.5178 Ratings
Audio files	9.1106 Ratings	7.9172 Ratings
Document collaboration	8.2120 Ratings	8.5206 Ratings
Access control	8.5126 Ratings	8.2204 Ratings
File search	9.1126 Ratings	6.0208 Ratings
Device sync	8.9123 Ratings	7.8194 Ratings

Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Dropbox Business and Google Drive
Feature	Dropbox Business 9.0 129 Ratings	Google Drive 8.1 203 Ratings
User and role management	9.2114 Ratings	8.2191 Ratings
File organization	9.1126 Ratings	7.4202 Ratings
Device management	8.8108 Ratings	8.799 Ratings

Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Dropbox Business and Google Drive
Feature	Dropbox Business 8.9 126 Ratings	Google Drive 8.3 202 Ratings
Performance	9.0126 Ratings	8.1200 Ratings
Reliability	9.0126 Ratings	8.3202 Ratings
Storage Reports	8.692 Ratings	8.587 Ratings

User Ratings
	Dropbox Business	Google Drive
Likelihood to Recommend	8.5 (131 ratings)	8.3 (210 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	5.0 (4 ratings)	9.9 (5 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (19 ratings)	8.0 (40 ratings)
Availability	8.0 (2 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	8.0 (15 ratings)	9.0 (7 ratings)
Support Rating	8.4 (27 ratings)	8.0 (48 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (3 ratings)	8.0 (3 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (1 ratings)	6.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.0 (1 ratings)	5.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (2 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	5.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)