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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 is easy to use."
"Dropbox's most valuable features are ease of use and performance."
"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."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"One of the most useful features of Dropbox is its ease of use."
"The way the tool is designed and using the tool itself is quite transparent."
"It offers security, accessibility, and user-friendly features."
"The initial setup is simple and straightforward."
"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
 

Cons

"DropBox is a little more complicated to scale up than OneDrive. It isn't as seamless to scale up storage or change the number of users. We have two or three users in Mumbai, and we don't plan to add more."
"I'd rate the scalability maybe a seven out of ten. Once I stop paying, it is an issue."
"While generally user-friendly, there is room for improvement in the user interface, especially with the introduction of new integrations and features."
"The solution could be more scalable."
"There is a potential improvement regarding storage capacity and offering more than its current four gigabytes."
"The interface could have bigger buttons."
"It would be good if they could market themselves as a safe solution for corporates. Currently, most corporates don't see it as a safe area to share within."
"The solution could improve by being more secure and having more storage."
"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

"One area that has been a big issue for me is when I tried to close my accounts, it is difficult. We had small personal accounts, and we then wanted to consolidate everything to the business account, but then to cancel and close those smaller accounts, it's a big issue. I still haven't done it and it's quite a long process."
"I am on a monthly subscription for the solution and I am somewhat satisfied with the pricing. However, the price could a bit better."
"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."
"A basic version of Dropbox is available for free with a paid subscription from Microsoft."
"We are using the unlicensed free version of Dropbox."
"I use the free version of the solution."
"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 find their pricing to be fairly standard and competitive when compared to the rest of the market."
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Top Industries

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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

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For me, the biggest thing is version history. I can easily go back and view older versions.
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