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Dropbox Business - Enterprise vs Panzura CloudFS comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.0
Dropbox Business users reported varied ROI experiences, appreciating features and security, though some struggled to establish clear financial gains.
Sentiment score
5.1
Organizations experienced enhanced resilience, doubled performance, and productivity gains by adopting Panzura CloudFS, solving past file storage issues.
Previously, we had latency issues with syncing up files between offices. Files were not locked, leading to overwrites which cost us literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost time and revenue.
CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.
We saw the benefits of Panzura CloudFS immediately because our remote offices were able to share files immediately after the product went live.
Information Technology Manager at The Gateway Engineers, Inc.
Panzura CloudFS saves us a significant amount of time frequently.
Technical Expert at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
2.9
Users find Dropbox intuitive, with generally good support available 24/7, though some experience delays and manage support independently.
Sentiment score
6.8
Panzura CloudFS support is praised for quick, expert assistance despite occasional delays, receiving high ratings from users.
Dropbox offers 24-hour support, both through chat and limited hour calls.
Research Analyst at Counterpoint Research (Counterpoint Technology Market Research)
We provide the support ourselves and do not have any support straight from Dropbox.
Measurement Manager at A3E Ingenieros
I really have not hit many brick walls where I have had to ask for customer support.
Business Process Manager/ Educational Technologist at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
The support staff and the number of people they have on staff right now are truly good.
CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.
When we have a priority-one issue, we typically receive a call within 20 to 30 minutes.
I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering
I would give the support for Panzura CloudFS a ten out of ten because they are responsive and helpful.
Senior Systems Administrator at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Dropbox Business - Enterprise offers scalable plans for various needs, with flexible options requiring payments for added storage or users.
Sentiment score
6.8
Panzura CloudFS is highly scalable, effortlessly supports many users across locations, with seamless deployment and dedicated support.
Unlimited users can access the system without issues.
Technical Expert at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
From our original entry with Panzura CloudFS, we have added an additional seven sites, and deploying those additional nodes was very seamless and did not take any effort.
Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.
The latest version, 8.0.2, has better ease of decommissioning filers and bringing new ones online.
I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Dropbox Business - Enterprise is highly stable, rated ten out of ten, with minor issues like syncing delays in low bandwidth areas.
Sentiment score
6.1
Panzura CloudFS is highly stable with rare outages and improved reliability, earning high user ratings overall.
I would rate it a nine out of ten for stability.
CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.
We have never had their system crash on us.
Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.
There were times with file lock issues between filers, causing various anomalies, but with their ongoing development, these issues have improved.
I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering
 

Room For Improvement

Dropbox Business - Enterprise could improve file sharing, security, storage, pricing, integration, UI simplicity, real-time collaboration, and scalability.
Panzura CloudFS needs improvements in performance, compatibility, pricing, dashboard, alerting, licensing, Active Directory reliance, NFS service, and support.
Sharing documents with other people in the same division or department and being able to work without downloading the file would be ideal.
Measurement Manager at A3E Ingenieros
One area of improvement would be to allow multiple users to edit a file simultaneously and see edits in real time, similar to OneDrive.
Research Analyst at Counterpoint Research (Counterpoint Technology Market Research)
When you try to sync the files in Dropbox, it actually puts a copy of the file on your laptop, so it sucks up all of your memory.
Business Process Manager/ Educational Technologist at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
When something goes wrong somewhere, there should be a little bit better alerting with issues before they become a big problem.
CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.
The GIS data formats, such as a geo database, have been found better kept outside of Panzura CloudFS.
Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.
It would have been nice if they had offered them in increments, of 5, 10, 15, or 20 terabytes than having to get a whole chunk of 25 terabytes again for licensing purposes, which is a little costly.
I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users appreciate Dropbox Business for competitive pricing and flexibility, though some desire better discounts compared to alternatives.
Panzura CloudFS pricing is higher than competitors, lacks granular licenses, but offers negotiation flexibility and transparency.
It did require us to purchase new hardware, however, that was not overly expensive.
Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.
They should consider more attractive pricing for companies of our size.
I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering
Overall, it is quite costly compared to NetApp and similar solutions.
Technical Expert at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Dropbox Business - Enterprise provides seamless file sharing, strong security, and integration, enhancing productivity for both individuals and teams.
Panzura CloudFS enhances workflows with high availability, security, and seamless collaboration, reducing storage costs and boosting productivity.
It also features an admin console where we can easily manage users, see which user has access to which content, and how much space they are consuming.
Research Analyst at Counterpoint Research (Counterpoint Technology Market Research)
I do enjoy the family sharing plan, so my entire family can use my one plan and my data storage, and we can have shared files or private areas for their own files.
Business Process Manager/ Educational Technologist at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is very reliable and very quick.
CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.
It helps us increase network resilience. We have a primary object library stored in the cloud and have Panzura Mirroring which allows us to place data in a secondary cloud for added resiliency.
Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.
There is no degradation of speed because these filers have cached the data, and they are constantly swapping metadata and updating with each other, which is a very attractive method of getting us to use these applications.
I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering
 

Categories and Ranking

Dropbox Business - Enterprise
Ranking in Cloud Storage
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (3rd)
Panzura CloudFS
Ranking in Cloud Storage
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
File System Software (3rd), NAS (9th), Cloud Storage Gateways (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Dropbox Business - Enterprise is 7.7%, up from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Panzura CloudFS is 4.0%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Storage Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Dropbox Business - Enterprise7.7%
Panzura CloudFS4.0%
Other88.3%
Cloud Storage
 

Featured Reviews

NancyHartman - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Process Manager/ Educational Technologist at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Family sharing and personal backups have improved how I manage and access my files anywhere
I am not fond of their syncing. Their file syncing is very clunky, so I am not a real fan of the file syncing. I think Box does a much better job of the syncing of data onto desktops and laptops. When you try to sync the files in Dropbox, it actually puts a copy of the file on your laptop, so it sucks up all of your memory. Whereas with Box, I can sync files into my file explorer and it is still cloud-based. They have not saved the file physically onto my laptop. They save it in the cloud and it just does a temporary download and then it uploads again, but that file is not saved on my laptop. Whereas with Dropbox, anytime you want to sync on your laptop, it actually does save it. There is a way to set it up, but it takes a lot more work and effort and I have never been able to get it to work the way I want it to work. So I just do not sync my files with Dropbox on my laptop. That limits my ability to use Dropbox from my work laptop because my work laptop just does not have any memory at all on it. They give the bare minimum of memory and say that it should all be in the cloud anyway, so you do not need to have that much storage space. So I cannot even access Dropbox from my work laptop and have to use the browser version of Dropbox if I need to access my Dropbox from my work laptop. Within the company, it is a personal choice. Our company has not dictated what cloud service to use. As long as it has all the security measures that meet the standards of our IT department, anyone can use whatever cloud service they want. For example, our company is not allowed to use Google because Google is not a secure cloud service in the estimation of our IT department. So there are cloud services that we are not allowed to use, but from the five to seven different services that they give us to choose from, we all can find what meets our needs.
Roger Clark - PeerSpot reviewer
I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering
Handles file locks effectively enabling seamless remote collaboration in global teams
It has not reduced the data storage cost. We have been trying to come up with a plan internally to archive project data at a certain time frame. However, our data continues to grow, so at the point of 25 terabytes, we had to buy another 25 terabytes license to exceed that threshold. It would have been nice if they had offered them in increments, of 5, 10, 15, or 20 terabytes than having to get a whole chunk of 25 terabytes again for licensing purposes, which is a little costly. It would be nice if Panzura offered data in increments instead of 25 terabytes per license. They have done a pretty good job of development from the point of offering new products. Pricing seems to be high for certain things, such as the audit feature of Panzura Data Services. It would be nice to see who deleted that 100 gig of data out there. They should make the pricing plan more attractive for a company of our size. We have almost 700 employees over the southeast from Texas to Florida and up to Tennessee, so we are a pretty big region.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
6%
University
6%
Construction Company
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise34
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise3
 

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...
What are the products that Panzura provides?
Panzura offers four main products: CloudFS, data services, smart apps, and global services. They call this "all-in-one solution" and it's for end-to-end cloud data management. Why is it called that...
What kind of industries does Panzura serve?
Hello, I think businesses from all industries that have their data on a cloud can benefit from Panzura. Especially if you have offices in various locations or your employees are working from home a...
Why was Panzura acquired? Is the acquisition going to cause a change?
I think Panzura may change in a positive direction now that it's been bought by Profile Capital. That's a very big investment company for technology businesses and I think it's an opportunity for ...
 

Also Known As

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Panzura Freedom
 

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Sample Customers

Vita Coco, BCBGMAXAZRIA Group, Centric Project, Kayak, FourSquare, Asana, Huge Adversting , USA Gymnastics, Appen, Valliant, Radio Lab
Petrofac, Komatsu, HCA Healthcare, Vanguard, Disney, Pokemon, US Department of Justice, Gensler, Fluor, AFRY, Milwaukee Tool, Navy Federal Credit Union, TechTarget
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