We performed a comparison between Dropbox and Office 365 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Content Collaboration Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The primary standout feature for me is the effortless synchronization across various devices."
"The initial setup is extremely easy."
"A valuable feature is that it stores my files and photos. I'm satisfied with this product."
"The product's most valuable feature is storage."
"As the solution is cloud-based, installation is easy."
"Dropbox is easy to set up as it doesn't require any installation, just a download."
"The performance has been good."
"I don't need to carry my laptop while traveling. I just synchronize whatever I've been doing to Dropbox. After the document is synchronized, I can leave my laptop and use Dropbox wherever I am. I can also easily share a document with my colleagues, no matter how big it is. I can allow them to edit, and the editing will be instant. I can see whatever changes they've made to the document. It doesn't delete a document automatically. If I make a mistake and delete a file, it doesn't automatically delete the file. It gives you the warning to say you're deleting a file. In terms of security, I haven't had any challenges with Dropbox where they tell you that your data is compromised."
"The most valuable feature of Office 365 is that it has many solutions bundled together."
"The solution is quite intuitive and easy to use."
"Adaptable solution with a good interface. It's easy to set up and easy to use."
"Many of the features in Office 365 are good, but I think Excel is a very good tool."
"The most valuable feature of Office 365 is automatic saving. If something happens on the computer your work is saved."
"There are all sorts of really good tools for use on the information security side that allow us to make sure that our people are doing business and doing business right."
"I like that it is cloud-based, wherefrom any computer I can access my documents and continue working."
"The product helps us be more efficient. It helps us to have a standardized way of doing things."
"Dropbox could probably be improved around the integrated security, but those options are probably available. I don't have much of a view on improvements, based on the relatively few occasions that I use it."
"There could be better integration with other solutions, such as Microsoft Office 365 for more collaboration. At the present time, it is more focused on its own internal systems."
"If someone manages a large amount of data, they will need more storage, which they must purchase."
"The price for storage space is a little expensive."
"Dropbox could introduce some sort of a notification with respect to how much storage you have left out of what is purchased."
"The solution lacks sufficient storage capabilities."
"The problem with the storage is that you are only able to synchronize the information within the amount of storage that you have. It doesn't matter if you are accessing from a team member who has more storage, the limitations are with your storage."
"Currently, it permits up to five users, but for larger families, it would be beneficial to have a more flexible offering."
"Security is still complex, but the admin console improving."
"Performance-wise, Office 365 needs a lot of bandwidth. The problem is, the solution requires very high bandwidth and internet usage. Meaning, the desktop application consumes a lot of internet data. Sometimes, when the connection is slow, it won't work and it won't load. This is an area for improvement for Office 365."
"It could be more user-friendly for inexperienced people."
"Integration between Outlook calendar and Google Calendar would be a good improvement since many of our team use Android phones and personal Gmail accounts as their main calendar application."
"There are some complexities to the initial setup if you use some of the more advanced features."
"Their support is so terrible and unusable except during dire emergencies."
"The online applications have limited functionality compared to the local applications."
"I started working a lot on Microsoft Teams and I find it a bit vast. It should be divided out a bit so that someone can use it for basic functionality, like audio, video, and calls. Then, if someone wants more advanced functionality for file sharing and team creation, and so on, they could use a separate app."
Dropbox is ranked 1st in Content Collaboration Platforms with 83 reviews while Office 365 is ranked 3rd in Content Collaboration Platforms with 54 reviews. Dropbox is rated 8.2, while Office 365 is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dropbox writes "Seamless file synchronization across devices with user-friendly deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Office 365 writes "Great vulnerability insights, offers very impressive cash savings, and offers great information security tools". Dropbox is most compared with Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint, Citrix ShareFile, Google Workspace and Box, whereas Office 365 is most compared with Amazon WorkDocs, Atlassian Confluence, Citrix ShareFile, Box and Microsoft OneDrive. See our Dropbox vs. Office 365 report.
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