We performed a comparison between Azure Data Lake Storage and Dropbox based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's a cloud-based tool within the Microsoft ecosystem, offering many benefits for data handling."
"The response time and quality offered by the support team are good."
"The tool's most valuable feature is security access policies."
"I also like its speed. It's basically built on Azure Blob Storage, which was already fast. But Azure Data Lake Storage adds the hierarchical structure for even better performance."
"Azure Data Lake Storage is a user-friendly and easy-to-learn solution."
"The most valuable feature of Dropbox is its user-friendliness. You can drag and drop files you want to store easily. Additionally, the speed of the solution is great if you have a fast connection."
"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...)."
"Dropbox is reliable, and I've never reached the storage limits."
"The solution is easy to use, everyone can use it."
"The user interface is very user-friendly."
"It is easy to install. It is stable and scalable."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"We don't really use the collaboration features because we have only a small organization. Dropbox is valuable having the hard drive space available, and the access to be able to upload and access the content."
"Some terminology is not easy to understand when using some interfaces."
"The solution needs to improve APIs and make them more accessible."
"From an SAP perspective, direct connectivity to SAP systems is an area that could be enhanced."
"The high price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Pricing is always a factor. It could be more affordable."
"The pricing could be better and/or more clear. Right now, they have a strange way of splitting pricing. It's a bit complicated and not clear for users."
"I'd like to see security improved a bit."
"For us, storage is an issue. The free version is too small in terms of the amount of storage on offer."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Dropbox, like many file sharing tools, needs to synch to a local hard drive. That is a bit difficult with 5TB Dropbox content."
"The product must provide users with the ability to edit and modify documents."
"The product could always offer more storage."
"Considering the solution's shortcomings, I want the product to be more user-friendly and offer more storage capacity."
Azure Data Lake Storage is ranked 15th in Cloud Storage with 5 reviews while Dropbox is ranked 4th in Cloud Storage with 85 reviews. Azure Data Lake Storage is rated 8.8, while Dropbox is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Azure Data Lake Storage writes "User-friendly and helps aggregate all information into one particular environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dropbox writes "Seamless file synchronization across devices with user-friendly deployment". Azure Data Lake Storage is most compared with , whereas Dropbox is most compared with Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint, Citrix ShareFile, Google Workspace and Office 365. See our Azure Data Lake Storage vs. Dropbox report.
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