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Dropbox Business - Enterprise vs ownCloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Dropbox Business - Enterprise
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (2nd)
ownCloud
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
20th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Dropbox Business - Enterprise is 8.8%, up from 8.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ownCloud is 1.2%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Dropbox Business - Enterprise8.8%
ownCloud1.2%
Other90.0%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Edgar  Paez - PeerSpot reviewer
Measurement Manager at A3E Ingenieros
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.
SC
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Self-hosted file sync tool used to deploy custom web UIs.
I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market. It’s a full web application platform, an indispensable tool for a business of any size that needs to deploy any kind of custom web UI. If you build an ownCloud app, you’ve got authentication, storage, security, caching, and database layers already fully baked for you. You just need to build your UI and custom logic. Your app doesn’t even need to interact with files, sync, or interact with other ownCloud features. Any web UI can be included without ownCloud. It can even be a portal to web interfaces of other applications within a business using the external app to display external sites within ownCloud. This is the case as long as that site allows itself to be displayed within a frame.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Dropbox offers 24-hour support, both through chat and limited hour calls."
"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."
"The small business version gave us ample capacity."
"It ensures all our staff are using the current version of our documents."
"Dropbox is an easy-to-use solution that has good stability."
"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 easy to use."
"The initial setup is simple and straightforward."
"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement in Dropbox's security measures."
"I would like to see an option to secure my files and set password protection to my folders."
"It could be more secure."
"If someone manages a large amount of data, they will need more storage, which they must purchase."
"I would like to have a document flow. S"
"It is difficult to set up. I'd rate the solution maybe a six or seven out of ten."
"Dropbox needs to improve its integration with Google platforms, including Google Sheets, Google Docs, and Google Slides, which facilitate easier collaboration."
"The search could be made more intuitive."
"Even with fast disks, it still takes a fair bit of time to write most schema changes to multi-GB tables."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a subscription-based pricing model and I pay monthly."
"We pay for the license yearly."
"Its price is quite cheap. It is quite competitive. You just need to pay for the license. There are no additional costs."
"My company makes monthly payments towards the licensing charges associated with the product. I think it's a reasonably priced product."
"Given the price and limitations, there are more competitive options available."
"I need to pay towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. The solution is expensive."
"While the pricing is comparable, especially for users of Microsoft Office 365, the value proposition might not be as competitive for those seeking primarily storage options."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise32
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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?
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...
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