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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs Dropbox 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

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block S...
Ranking in Cloud Storage
8th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Dropbox
Ranking in Cloud Storage
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is 2.3%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dropbox is 4.9%, down from 6.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

MuhammadAzhar Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Diverse features and affordability drive effective resource management
Amazon EBS offers diverse features. It can be used for multi-purpose storage, supporting single, multiple, or heavy loads. It has different types for various use cases, allowing me to choose based on my specific requirements. The primary advantage of Amazon EBS is affordability compared to other solutions like EFS or FSX. It acts as a hard drive for servers, making it essential for operation.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Amazon EBS offers diverse features."
"The tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD."
"The most important feature is the volume types in those hundred EDS. For example, if you need a volume with high IOPS, you should choose an io2 or io2 Block Express volume type. The default volume type for EBS is GP3, which is a good balance of performance and price for most workloads."
"It also supports encryption by default for added security."
"The tool's most valuable feature is reliability."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is its scalability."
"This solution is scalable based on the free tier instances."
"EBS can handle Apex, which helps us manage many issues. EBS is easy to use and has high performance."
"The solution is reliable and user-friendly."
"We haven't had any issues at all with the solution."
"The solution is very clear and easy to use."
"As the solution is cloud-based, installation is easy."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is user-friendly."
"I use the product to open files."
"The product's most valuable feature is storage."
"A valuable feature is that it stores my files and photos. I'm satisfied with this product."
 

Cons

"I think performance can be improved."
"The setup could be easier."
"One of the major issues in the tool arises whenever it handles a large amount of traffic in the system, making it an area where improvements are required."
"AWS services could improve by including services in the FreeTier, like Route 53 domains or SSL certificates."
"There is room for improvement in terms of file storage. Recently, we had a scenario in which, in a file share, we had increased the IOPS capacity; this was for the production environment."
"Having more flexibility in resizing, especially scaling down, would be beneficial."
"It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ."
"Amazon EBS could improve by offering immutability of the data."
"Considering the solution's shortcomings, I want the product to be more user-friendly and offer more storage capacity."
"I cannot edit a document at the same time as another user."
"The storage is not large enough."
"It could be more secure."
"Dropbox could make the installation and the log of what has changed in a file easier. Showing logs could be more accessible."
"Dropbox could improve by being more secure."
"Dropbox could introduce some sort of a notification with respect to how much storage you have left out of what is purchased."
"Security could be enhanced."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."
"The product is low-priced than other solutions."
"The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."
"The solution is quite costly."
"I find the price reasonable for our I environment."
"The solution is reasonably priced."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high, I rate the price a seven."
"The cost can vary greatly depending on the use case, ranging from one dollar to over $1200 dollars per month."
"I believe I pay around $5 per month for the license."
"I need to pay towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. The solution is expensive."
"I am using the free solution, which provides me with 2GBs of storage, and for me, it's sufficient."
"A bigger discount for existing users would be appreciated."
"We are using the unlicensed free version of Dropbox."
"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 find their pricing to be fairly standard and competitive when compared to the rest of the market."
"We must pay when we upsize to a larger space."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
44%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
68%
Computer Software Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
3%
University
3%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Amazon's S3 Glacier or EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon's S3 Glacier or Elastic Block Store data storage software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Amazon's S3 Glacier, whi...
What do you like most about Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
The durability and snapshot capabilities are good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
The cost of Amazon EBS storage is high. I rate the price as eight out of ten. It is expensive to store a lot yet provides significant cost-efficiency as I pay only for the storage time required.
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...
 

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Sample Customers

Bazaar Voice, Crowd Strike, Adobe, Gamevil, Hess, CopperEgg, TotalJobs Group, SuperCell, Dropcam, Unilever
Vita Coco, BCBGMAXAZRIA Group, Centric Project, Kayak, FourSquare, Asana, Huge Adversting , USA Gymnastics, Appen, Valliant, Radio Lab
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