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Dropbox vs Google Cloud Storage comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Dropbox
Ranking in Cloud Storage
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (1st)
Google Cloud Storage
Ranking in Cloud Storage
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
Public Cloud Storage Services (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Dropbox is 4.2%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Cloud Storage is 9.5%, down from 12.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Edgar  Paez - PeerSpot reviewer
Work from anywhere and backup easily while being practical
I recommend Dropbox, yet not for all of the features it has. I am a basic user. In a personal mode, we have about 100 employees, and maybe 20 of them use Dropbox as a personal backup system. ShareFile is more secure than Dropbox. Five years ago, ShareFile was qualified as having better security control, access privilege management, and version control recovery, among many features that we were using for private documentation. Overall, I would rate Dropbox an eight out of ten.
Naresh Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers great reliability to users
Protection is an area in the product where improvements are required. If big companies want to use the tool for protection purposes, like security, which is a big thing people are looking for nowadays. Sometimes, the tool's user interface automatically puts all the files in a different place, making it a bit difficult to go deep and figure out in which folder a file is present. I need to search for a file and drill down to be able to find it. There are a few bugs in the tool, as with all content management tools, since the solution is usually used to deal with huge amounts of content. If the flow of the documents is huge, the tool might get slow for the end users, or when the data is being migrated or imported into the tools.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It offers security, accessibility, and user-friendly features."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its convenience, I can retrieve files online from various places. It has backup options in case something was to go wrong with my computer I can restore my files."
"I can edit my files online, and I like the comments option."
"Dropbox is a very easy-to-use site that allows me to save files to the cloud for retrieval from almost any device (laptop, iPhone, iPad, etc...)."
"The primary standout feature for me is the effortless synchronization across various devices."
"Dropbox is reliable, and I've never reached the storage limits."
"I can use the cloud version for storage and easy retrieval."
"The way the tool is designed and using the tool itself is quite transparent."
"The most valuable features of Google Cloud Storage are the ease of use and I can share files with my colleagues."
"The solution is flexible and very user-friendly."
"There is a free-to-use version. This is the version I use."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is the filter option. You can search with some artificial intelligence kinds of features. For example, if I search for a beach, it'll show me all the beach-related pictures, which I took five or ten years before. So this is a cool feature that I've seen. They give as many features as they can to make it better, so I'm happy with this solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is reliability."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is that I can link with my PC."
"Google Cloud Storage performs well and it's easy to use."
"There's no implementation process."
 

Cons

"It's an expensive solution."
"Dropbox could improve by being more secure."
"The complex initial setup phase of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"I cannot edit a document at the same time as another user."
"Dropbox needs to increase its storage."
"The Security and privacy of this solution need improvement."
"There could be better integration with other solutions, such as Microsoft Office 365 for more collaboration. At the present time, it is more focused on its own internal systems."
"I would like to see integration with Office products, it would be very helpful."
"Google Cloud Storage could improve by increasing the storage from 15 GB. If I want to have more storage I need to pay extra money."
"There are inefficiencies with cache when the names are sequencing."
"It would be helpful to offer more packages to increase the storage."
"One area for product improvement would be better synchronization across regions."
"In the next release, if improvements are made to the GPU instances for machine learning, for example, it would be helpful."
"When compared to one of its competitors, Google Cloud Storage does not have or offer a lot of services to its users. So, this is one of the downsides of the solution."
"The user experience needs to be simplified."
"The solution should offer more free storage."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution does not come with a licensing cost."
"We use a yearly license. The pricing is not a bad price. I'd rate it about a five out of ten, with ten being expensive and one being cheap."
"I use the free version of the solution."
"It has some free features, but for some of the features, you need to pay. If you need more storage, then you need to pay. Its licensing probably is on a monthly basis."
"I need to pay towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. The solution is expensive."
"The subscription could be cheaper."
"I find their pricing to be fairly standard and competitive when compared to the rest of the market."
"We are using the unlicensed free version of Dropbox."
"The solution was very cheap compared to other products."
"I use the free version and have never paid for any extra storage. I have been able to manage in whatever free spaces are given."
"In general, it's fairly priced."
"I pay monthly for Google Cloud Storage. It could be cheaper, but for now, it's okay."
"The product is not expensive. If you are in India, the tool charges around six to eight USD if I consider the discounts offered by the product."
"Regarding the cost of the solution, Google offers its users a pay-as-you-go model pricing."
"It's an inexpensive product."
"They know that the pricing is comparable with Azure, AWS, and those other solutions like Amazon are cheaper, but they are not as flexible."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
63%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
3%
University
3%
Educational Organization
74%
Computer Software Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Comms Service Provider
2%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dropbox?
For me, the biggest thing is version history. I can easily go back and view older versions.
What needs improvement with Dropbox?
I would like to have a document flow. Sharing documents with other people in the same division or department and being able to work without downloading the file would be ideal. Working online would...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Storage?
Depending on your setup, Google Cloud Storage is economical, especially if you do not need high stability and scalability. We use it for backup, so the storage that is not used often is affordable.
What needs improvement with Google Cloud Storage?
So far, when it comes to security, it meets our needs and requirements, so I have nothing to say about improvements to their services. I do not find any areas needing improvement currently.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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