Storages

Dropbox online storage review

Dropbox online storage

CHOICE Expert Rating

79%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  •  Good value if you enable the automatic uploading of photos feature giving you 5GB overall for free
  •  Simple folder structure should appeal to long time PC and Mac users
  •  Automatic uploading of photos from iOS or Android device
  •  Strong collaboration tools if you go with one of the paid plans
Bad points

Bad Points

  •  Although you can get 16GB of storage for free, you need to do lots of referring of friends, liking on various social networking sites which may not appeal to some users
  •  Many of the automated folder creation and updating features may be too limiting for experienced online storage users

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Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
79%
Sharing and collaboration score
89%
Security score
60%
Windows PC ease of use score
90%
Mac ease of use score
90%
Web access ease of use score
72%
Android app ease of use score
90%
iOS app ease of use score
90%
Set-up and help ease of use score
82%
Features score
37%
Documentation score
69%

Specifications

Ongoing free storage space (GB)
2
Maximum single file size
10GB through the website and no limit via desktop or mobile apps. Also smaller than your quota.

Cost

Price per month
$11.50

Features

Versioning
Web browser access
File protection in transit
1
Two-step authentication
Share folders
Auto upload photos
Save files for offline access
Picture album browser
Document editor
Music streaming
Kindle

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