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Dropbox Business - Enterprise vs ownCloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 27, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Dropbox Business - Enterprise
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (3rd)
ownCloud
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
19th
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 September 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Dropbox Business - Enterprise is 10.1%, down from 10.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ownCloud is 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Dropbox Business - Enterprise10.1%
ownCloud0.9%
Other89.0%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Edgar  Paez - PeerSpot reviewer
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
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

"The setup was straightforward."
"It offers convenience. It can connect with all devices that you own."
"Offers great flexibility."
"The solution provides great performance."
"Dropbox offers 24-hour support, both through chat and limited hour calls."
"It's very easy to use and quite accessible for everybody."
"Dropbox is an easy-to-use solution that has good stability."
"For me, the biggest thing is version history. I can easily go back and view older versions."
"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
 

Cons

"The solution could be a bit less expensive."
"The solution could be better integrated with other platforms."
"The arrangement of documents can be simplified. Personally, I am used to it, but for a new user, it might be a little confusing. It can maybe have a feature to allow people to collaborate or work on the same document at the same time. I'm just using it to load and access information, and I haven't faced many challenges. However, I have seen that the whole system or laptop slows down a bit when I am synchronizing files to Dropbox. I don't know if it is because of my system. It might be good if they can enhance the synchronization process so that we can specify that synchronization should be done after 30 minutes. In addition, synchronization should only be done for the documents that have been uploaded."
"The solution could be more scalable."
"Dropbox needs to improve its integration with Google platforms, including Google Sheets, Google Docs, and Google Slides, which facilitate easier collaboration."
"The solution could improve by being more secure and having more storage."
"Currently, it permits up to five users, but for larger families, it would be beneficial to have a more flexible offering."
"While generally user-friendly, there is room for improvement in the user interface, especially with the introduction of new integrations and features."
"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

"The solution is purchased on a subscription basis, and there are purchasing options. If you purchase annually there is a discount."
"I am on a monthly subscription for the solution and I am somewhat satisfied with the pricing. However, the price could a bit better."
"Dropbox could be less expensive, and I pay monthly."
"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."
"We pay a monthly subscription fee."
"We must pay when we upsize to a larger space."
"The solution does not come with a licensing cost."
"The amount of free space they provide is sufficient for me. However, if you want more space I don't believe is very expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
9%
Performing Arts
9%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
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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 Enterprise31
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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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