Dropbox Primary Use Case
I use it just as a backup system on the cloud for my personal documents and pictures.
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Anish Khajuria
Research Analyst at Counterpoint Research (Counterpoint Technology Market Research)
We normally use Dropbox for team collaboration and file backup. We use it to store files, share them online, and manage organized groups from our decade-long usage.
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We use Dropbox primarily for file storage and management.
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I generally use it when I want to share work stuff quickly with somebody else because OneDrive can be a pain in the ass.
I kind of just use it as it is without any integrations.
View full review »I use the solution in my company since it helps us in the area of our internal testing. The area of document storage is connected directly with the solution.
View full review »We use Dropbox to store files in the cloud and share them with different people and sources.
View full review »I rely on its implementation feature to securely back up my critical files without the need for individual backups which involves utilizing its integration with the local drives on my various computers. I also use it to share files with clients across different computers. Whether using a computer within our company, my laptop, or another family computer with Dropbox installed, I can access my files seamlessly from all these locations. Another use case involves synchronizing certain documents between Dropbox and my mobile phone. This ensures that I have access to the latest versions of these files whether I'm working on my computer or my mobile device.
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Wasanchai Homthip
Business Mobility Development (AVP-BMD) at SC Asset
We use Dropbox for three main reasons. First, it provides a safe backup of our critical files without individual backups. We simply utilize Dropbox's synchronization feature to ensure that our local drives and Dropbox are always in sync.
Second, Dropbox allows us to share files with our clients easily. As long as Dropbox is installed on the computer, whether within our company, on our laptop, or another family computer, we can access our files from any of these locations.
Third, Dropbox synchronizes documents between our mobile phones and our Dropbox accounts.
Dropbox provides a space where you can get all the required files, and you can also upload anything you require, like any kind of files or storage configurations, which you can then access directly from it.
View full review »We can use Dropbox for free at an individual level. We can log in and upload our files. It is a cloud-based storage. We can upload our documents and important files. We must use multi-factor authentication so others cannot access our email IDs. I have uploaded more than 1000 files on Dropbox.
View full review »I use the solution to keep track of the things that I use at my store.
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Emmanuel Sikwane
Partner channel manager at Inactic
I use it for the email functionality provided. It also helps with sharing or working on a folder in collaboration with other people. The product serves as a single point where you can have everything. The product serves as a bit of a collaboration tool. My use cases related to the product are really simple.
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Shahed-Akhtar
Technical consultant at BTC
I primarily use it to store and share files with individuals across different continents. It serves as a convenient platform for saving and exchanging various documents and materials with others.
View full review »I use Dropbox primarily for exchanging data with customers.
I use it for personal file sharing.
View full review »Dropbox is used to store files and I am using it on a personal level.
View full review »I use the solution for sharing data. I also use it for sharing project responsibilities with my team.
It is just a normal tool for file-sharing purposes and a common platform that allows people to save and access files from different users.
I use Dropbox for backups.
View full review »I usually work with Dropbox to upload my documents. I use it for personal and business needs.
View full review »I use DropBox to store pictures and files. It's a cloud solution like OneDrive, but Dropbox is for personal use, and I use OneDrive professionally.
View full review »Dropbox is used for storing data in the cloud. We use it for storing company documents for them to be accessed by other groups. For example, something gets published on Dropbox and we have the link for access.
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Smita S
Founder/Director at Thoughtschools
I use Dropbox to store files and pictures.
View full review »I use Dropbox for personal use, mainly for storing photographs and other personal documents.
View full review »I use Dropbox mostly for collaboration. If I want to share a document that needs to be edited by my team, I use Dropbox.
View full review »I only use the solution for personal use, on my mobile and computers. I use it exclusively for my file storage needs and do so on a personal, not organizational, basis.
View full review »We use Dropbox for our files when we finish our projects. For example, once we've done a forming project, we then upload the material. We do a first assembly cut on the material, and then we upload the content to Dropbox.
The final videos and productions that we use, all go into a Vimeo account that we have.
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Anuj Shahi
Enterprise Architect at CCandC Solutions
We use Dropbox to store our documents.
View full review »I use it for anything from backups to storing information.
View full review »Dropbox can be useful for one's organization and personal usage.
We employ it for personal use.
I have used Dropbox on the odd occasion to share files and so on with external parties. For example, I've used it to share big files such as videos and items of that nature. I mainly use it for sharing different types of files and for storage.
View full review »This solution is for my personal use and the primary use case is for storing files.
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Iryna Ivashenko
CMO at ESCC
The solution is primarily used for storing my personal files. I store items such as photos, maybe some documents, and faxes from everywhere.
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RichardDuggan
Owner at Richard Duggan Pty Ltd
I use this solution for sharing files with other people.
View full review »I am using it for my personal use. It is not used in our organization because of security reasons. I have its latest version, and I always update the software.
I use it for storing data and sharing the data between different devices. For example, I store something on the mobile, and then I open it on my MacBook. I am also using Dropbox to share data with different people.
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AlbertAugustine
retired at 0
We use the solution for backup in our organization.
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Lorenzo Imperatrice
Software Engineer at Lorenzo Imperatrice
We use the solution to back up documents and folders related to my work. I also use it to back up my personal data.
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Gopi Jtech
Computer Operator at Jtech
I mainly use Dropbox for file sharing.
View full review »I am using Dropbox to store my files, such as documents and photos.
View full review »Dropbox can be used for documents, secret documents, and backups.
View full review »I used Dropbox for personal use for data management and storage.
View full review »I am using it to keep my data.
View full review »I generally use Dropbox for exchanging large scale documents or large files, and things of that nature.
Dropbox is a cloud-based solution.
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Ryan Schaenman`
Product Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
We use Dropbox both for storage and organizing. I'm not doing anything extravagant necessarily with it, but it is a product that works the way I would expect it to and I personally have not had any functionality issues with it.
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Rahul Aryan
Business process manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
I use Dropbox for personal and business documents.
View full review »My primary use case is to store files and photos. Since this is a cloud-based solution, it's always updated to the latest version.
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James Phoon
Sales Director at CLoud3 Solutions Pte Ltd
The use case is to keep all the files that your device can't handle. It can go up to two terabytes.
View full review »Dropbox is a cloud platform for storing data.
View full review »I am using Dropbox to store photos and documents to share with other colleagues, clients, or my family.
View full review »I use Dropbox for sharing files.
View full review »I use it to sort out the space limitation for emails and real-time file sharing and editing.
View full review »I use Dropbox for file storage and file-sharing with other people.
View full review »I use Dropbox service for personal use to store files of all types. The organization where I work does not use this solution. I do not have my personal computer at the moment and that is why I am using Dropbox less frequently than before. When I will have my own personal computer again I think I will use it more often.
View full review »We primarily use the solution for data storage. I mostly use the solution to share files with others and to share files also with my phone.
I use the solution both at work and at home.
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Pedro Coelho
Associate Partner at Inodev
We use it for sharing files and folders with our clients. We are using its latest version.
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Sandeep Math
Team Leader, Benchmarking at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is my company's policy to use Dropbox to store all the official details. It is a central storage unit. All of our official files have to be invariably stored on Dropbox until now. However, going forward, we will be migrating to Microsoft Teams.
View full review »I use Dropbox for document and file sharing.
I am more active now because I am using my personal storage to share project files.
View full review »We primarily use all aspects of Dropbox, from storage to file transfers.
I use it for notes when I'm in meetings so I can share it with my team. I use it for sharing files as well.
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Consultant678
Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The primary use case of this solution is to store and share files between several devices and also as a repository to have harmonization of the same versions of the same documents.
The deployment model is a hybrid cloud because I use it on my desktop, my laptop, on my mobile, and it operates in the cloud.
View full review »I used Dropbox to store my files but they have deleted my account, and everything is no longer accessible.
View full review »We use it for storing, retrieving, and sharing data. When teams work together, they may use documents which govern how the work is done or the product works.
Dropbox enables storing such documents centrally and retrieving them as required.
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Thozamile Futshane
Product dei at TMIG
I use the solution to store and share my files. It is used for my personal use.
I have been using Dropbox to store personal documents.
View full review »Dropbox can be used to share files which can be easily accessible to many users. We use it often in the company. I'm a customer and Dropbox is for my personal use only.
View full review »The solution is primarily used for storing and sharing documents.
View full review »I use Dropbox for cloud sharing of my personal documents.
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Shabeer Mohamed
CAD Engineer at Pro AV
I use the product to open files.
View full review »We use Dropbox primarily for transferring files to others for personal use and basic file-sharing needs.
Buyer's Guide
Dropbox
June 2025

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