#1 most frequent
United States of America
68.3%71 installations of 104
What is Dropbox DocSend?
Dropbox DocSend helps business professionals to securely share and control content. Dropbox DocSend's link-based system is used to set security preferences for each stakeholder, receive notifications each time someone views a file, analyze content performance on a page-by-page basis, and create modern virtual deal rooms.
With DocSend, business can offload administrative burdens and securely share the most impactful proprietary information faster. DocSend’s Virtual Data Rooms manage sensitive documents securely and gets team real-time deal insights, simplying the entire deal process from initial pitch to final signature.
Categories & Use Cases
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Screenshot of the granular permissions that give control of what content visitors can access.
Who Buys & Uses Dropbox DocSend
#2 most frequent
Canada
5.8%6 installations of 104
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3.8%4 installations of 104
best file sharing platform in easy access
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It makes it easy to share documents between people and helps me keep track of just one document without having to worry about whether it's the right version. It also ensures that I can easily and intuitively share this document only with people who really care and need it in a totally secure way.
Pros
- Share document links
- Helps understand how my recipients behave with the document
- Full platform control
Cons
- UX
- more editable functions
- Larger number of users interacting
Most Important Features
- interaction between accounts
- platform that easily organizes files
- sharing
Return on Investment
- all in real time
- files always available
- jobs edited in minutes
Alternatives Considered
OneDrive, MS SharePoint / SQL and Adobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Adobe Spark)
Other Software Used
monday.com, Microsoft Teams, Adobe Connect
Diversity is key
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Docsend is similar to other software but it is more reliable in terms of security. Wetransfer or any other third parties sometimes you hear about their data breaches Dropbox prices are high compared to the competition. This is why we rely on Google Drive in our company 70% of our staff is remote so file transfer is mandatory.
Pros
- File Transfer.
- Security.
- Ease of use.
Cons
- Prices.
- More privacy.
- Anonymous.
Most Important Features
- Speed.
- Ease of use.
- Security.
Return on Investment
- The buy now or upgrade.
- The first reference for file transfer.
- Expensive solution.
Alternatives Considered
WeTransfer and Google Drive
Other Software Used
Google Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer
Great product and easy to use
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Docsend is simply a better way to share content with prospective clients, from documents to presentations to video clips to proposals. Prospective clients like the organized access to relevant content - it's quickly become a critical resource for us.
Pros
- we can finally send e-signs with DocSend
- The user interface is straightforward
- it is simple to navigate and get what you need to be done
Cons
- docsend doesn't have the emailing feature directly from the platform and it costs way too much.
Most Important Features
- Easy share and tracking signature was useful
Return on Investment
- I am able to easily send documents that need to be signed and mark the locations that need signing or filling out.
Effortless Document Sharing
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
DocSend allows you to upload documents and share them with a trackable link. We use DocSend for fundraising and share our pitch decks with prospective investors. With DocSend, you can track who is viewing the document, how are they engaging with it and track overall campaign performance. At any given point of time you can choose to disable or enable access to your documents.
Pros
- Document management with access control
- Unique shareable links
- Access management
- Gmail integration to insert links right from gmail
- Dataroom creation
Cons
- Doesn't support sharing videos. This would be a big plus
Most Important Features
- Shareable documents with unique links
- Document management and access control
Return on Investment
- Fundraising becomes a breeze, knowing exactly who is interested and engaging with your pitch decks.
- DocSend is a popular application in the startup ecosystem so there is zero learning curve for investors and founders alike
Alternatives Considered
Adobe Send & Track
Great for document sending, terrible for audio conferencing.
Pros
- Really good at tracking whenever someone views your presentation, including where they are opening the presentation.
- They allow you to control whether a prospect is able to download the presentation or not.
- I like the ability to skip around in my deck without the viewer seeing that.
Cons
- I would like the ability to turn off tracking when I share a deck with someone. For example, I shared my deck with an internal team member and I don't want to receive an email alert every time they open it.
- I would also like the flexibility to be able to clone presentations and add/remove slides in docsend instead of having to export the presentation, manipulate it in powerpoint, and then re-import it.
- I wish they had their own native conference line instead of relying on the join.me integration which does not work well. 1/3 of the time when I try and switch my screen to my desktop (utilizing join.me) my prospects aren't able to see my screen. I realize this is an issue with join.me, but if Docsend had their own native screenshare capabilities we wouldn't have to mess around with integrations with other systems that aren't reliable.
- Frequently people will click on the DocSend link thinking they can use the audio through their computer and it's very confusing for them. Wish they had their own conferencing information.
Return on Investment
- As a sales person I think having some way to share documents with prospects and track their viewing activity is critical. DocSend has met my needs in this regard.
- DocSend is not an all-in-one demo tool. They lack the audio conferencing and screen share capabilities so they must rely on their partner join.me to provide this. This integration does not work well and has caused a lot of pain on demo calls. For this reason we will be switching back to ClearSlide when our contract is up with DocSend because while it's more expensive than DocSend, it actually works as an all-in-one solution.
- DocSend has helped me identify when my deck is being passed around an organization and being opened up all over the world.
Alternatives Considered
ClearSlide
Other Software Used
Calendly, ClearSlide, Slack
