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Dropbox Business - Enterprise vs ownCloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Dropbox Business - Enterprise
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
2nd
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
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 November 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Dropbox Business - Enterprise is 9.9%, up from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ownCloud is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Dropbox Business - Enterprise9.9%
ownCloud1.0%
Other89.1%
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 most valuable features I have found to be accessibility and ease of use."
"The search functionality and the ability to preview images are quite good."
"Setting up DropBox is straightforward, and one person can do it in less than five minutes."
"It is very practical and so easy to upload and download files and carry on without my computer."
"Many people can use the Dropbox service and edit the data, it is simple to use."
"Its usability is valuable. It is easy to use."
"The solution is easy to use, everyone can use it."
"Irrespective of the geographical location that you are present in, and even if you don't have any storage devices, you can access your data and files with the help of Dropbox."
"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
 

Cons

"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."
"I find it a little hard to organize my Dropbox folders on my mobile device."
"While generally user-friendly, there is room for improvement in the user interface, especially with the introduction of new integrations and features."
"There is a potential improvement regarding storage capacity and offering more than its current four gigabytes."
"The product must provide users with the ability to edit and modify documents."
"The product could always offer more storage."
"I'd rate the scalability maybe a seven out of ten. Once I stop paying, it is an issue."
"I would like to see more storage included and more lessons on how to optimize it."
"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

"We must pay when we upsize to a larger space."
"I find their pricing to be fairly standard and competitive when compared to the rest of the market."
"Dropbox could be less expensive, and I pay monthly."
"There is a subscription-based pricing model and I pay monthly."
"Dropbox is one of the cheapest tools in the market."
"We pay a monthly subscription fee."
"I don't pay any licensing costs."
"I am on a monthly subscription for the solution and I am somewhat satisfied with the pricing. However, the price could a bit better."
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Top Industries

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Performing Arts
9%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
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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