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Amazon FSx vs Dropbox Business - Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 27, 2025

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 FSx
Ranking in Cloud Storage
14th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
File System Software (5th), File and Object Storage (15th)
Dropbox Business - Enterprise
Ranking in Cloud Storage
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Amazon FSx is 4.7%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dropbox Business - Enterprise is 5.6%, up from 5.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

MuhammadAzhar Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Shared storage capabilities provide enterprise value with good reliability
Amazon FSx is more costly compared to other storage solutions like EBS or EFS. The auto-scaling feature should be improved, as it currently includes downtime. I need to manually increase the storage, which is not ideal. Integrating FSx with Windows Server is challenging; it's a long process involving Active Directory (AD) setup and synchronization.
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

"The shared storage capability is highly valuable."
"We used it for disaster recovery perspective behind a number of resources, like batch services and RDS."
"FSx operates as an independent service, not tied to any server, which eliminates dependencies between applications for storage."
"On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Amazon FSx a ten."
"I rate the stability of Amazon FSx ten out of ten."
"I had a good experiment with the technical support from Dropbox."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It is very practical and so easy to upload and download files and carry on without my computer."
"Dropbox has a simple interface, and it's pretty straightforward."
"It is easy to install. It is stable and scalable."
"What I like most about Dropbox is that it's very, very easy to use. It's also easy to share files through it."
"I like how user-friendly the solution is."
"Dropbox is easy to use."
 

Cons

"Amazon FSx is more costly compared to other storage solutions like EBS or EFS."
"A direct FTP feature would be beneficial instead of relying on transmission services."
"From my experience, there are areas in Amazon FSx where more performance is needed, as they will be looking for higher IOPS."
"I've been facing a challenge when doing a failover from FSx side. AWS console does not refresh within a half hour."
"Amazon FSx is more costly compared to other storage solutions like EBS or EFS."
"I would like to see integration with Office products, it would be very helpful."
"The solution could be better integrated with other platforms."
"I would like to be able to unarchive my files online."
"I find it a little hard to organize my Dropbox folders on my mobile device."
"The scalability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"I'd like to see security improved a bit."
"The Security and privacy of this solution need improvement."
"Considering the solution's shortcomings, I want the product to be more user-friendly and offer more storage capacity."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The lowest price I have paid is $370 or $380 per month, while the highest can exceed $3,000 per month."
"Dropbox offers a freemium model which is very convenient and affordable. Beyond that, the pricing is favorable."
"The amount of free space they provide is sufficient for me. However, if you want more space I don't believe is very expensive."
"I was using the free version of the product."
"A bigger discount for existing users would be appreciated."
"The solution does not come with a licensing cost."
"The subscription could be cheaper."
"I don't pay any licensing costs."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Retailer
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon FSx?
From my experience, there are areas in Amazon FSx where more performance is needed, as they will be looking for higher IOPS. Sometimes we go with Weka or other solutions due to this need, so it sho...
What is your primary use case for Amazon FSx?
Our customers mainly use Amazon FSx for high-performance computing. Our customers are mainly in the Life Science and Pharma industries. The majority of people are looking at S3 as their destination...
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon FSx?
There is an ongoing project where my customers are exploring the FSx solution, but not yet for AI-driven projects; they plan to in the future. For those who want to use Amazon FSx, I recommend it a...
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?
One area of improvement would be to allow multiple users to edit a file simultaneously and see edits in real time, similar to OneDrive. In Dropbox, once a file is opened on one system, it locks the...
 

Also Known As

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, Amazon FSx for Lustre
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Sample Customers

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