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Maybe I just have a different view of pricing, but I find €120 a year for 2TB with unlimited versions, ability to share files of any size, rock solid syncing on

Maybe I just have a different view of pricing, but I find €120 a year for 2TB with unlimited versions, ability to share files of any size, rock solid syncing on all my devices etc to be extremely cheap!

ketzu 3y ago
Oh they increased to 2TB? (Seems it was around 2019... wow I am not up to date! https://venturebeat.com/business/dropbox-increases-plus-plan-to-2tb-for-12-per-month-adds-rewind-smart-sync/ https://venturebeat.com/business/dropbox-increases-plus-plan... ) Back when I decided which cloud storage to use, all the big ones were at 1TB and dorpbox was the most expensive with the least features, while microsofts offer included office 365 for nearly half the price. Right now it seems: MS 6$/mo for 1TB + Office (https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-365/onedrive/compare-onedrive-plans?activetab=tab%3Aprimaryr1&market=af https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-365/onedrive/compa...) Dropbox 10$/mo for 2TB (https://www.dropbox.com/plans https://www.dropbox.com/plans) Google 12$/mo for 2TB+some smaller things like calls (https://workspace.google.com/pricing.html?utm_source=driveforwork&utm_medium=et&utm_content=seemoreplans&utm_campaign=pricing&hl=en https://workspace.google.com/pricing.html?utm_source=drivefo...) There obviously are smaller companies offering storage too, which seems to be around 4~5$/(mo and TB), eg https://www.pcloud.com/cloud-storage-pricing-plans.html?period=year https://www.pcloud.com/cloud-storage-pricing-plans.html?peri... https://icedrive.net/plans https://icedrive.net/plans https://www.sync.com/pricing-individual/ https://www.sync.com/pricing-individual/ Overall I'd say its not a terrible offer after the increase to 2TB, but on the expensive side compared to competitors.
- vvillena 3y ago
  The main advantage for Dropbox is that file sync works flawlessly. I've had issues with Onedrive and Google Drive in the past. Maybe they fixed those, but I can't trust them anymore.
  - rmm 3y ago
    I know right. I tried to move to OneDrive and within a few hours had multiple “conflicted versions” or whatever.
    - ajolly 3y ago
      That's been my experience with syncthing sadly
  - michael9k 3y ago
    Agree. I am forced to use OneDrive when I do consultation work for one of my customers, still works like crap compared to Dropbox with slow syncing etc.
  - oriolid 3y ago
    In my experience syncing with pCloud is at least as good as with Dropbox. Google Drive is still quite bad.
Hamuko 3y ago
My problem is that I don't need 2 TB. I had like 10 GB of files on Dropbox. And Google offers 100 GB of Drive storage for 20€/year.
Dylan16807 3y ago
It's only cheap if you need those features! Imagine if someone offered you gasoline for 50 cents a gallon, delivered directly to your car, but for personal use only and the minimum contract is 400 gallons a week.

ketzu 3y ago

Oh they increased to 2TB? (Seems it was around 2019... wow I am not up to date! https://venturebeat.com/business/dropbox-increases-plus-plan-to-2tb-for-12-per-month-adds-rewind-smart-sync/ https://venturebeat.com/business/dropbox-increases-plus-plan... ) Back when I decided which cloud storage to use, all the big ones were at 1TB and dorpbox was the most expensive with the least features, while microsofts offer included office 365 for nearly half the price. Right now it seems: MS 6$/mo for 1TB + Office (https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-365/onedrive/compare-onedrive-plans?activetab=tab%3Aprimaryr1&market=af https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-365/onedrive/compa...) Dropbox 10$/mo for 2TB (https://www.dropbox.com/plans https://www.dropbox.com/plans) Google 12$/mo for 2TB+some smaller things like calls (https://workspace.google.com/pricing.html?utm_source=driveforwork&utm_medium=et&utm_content=seemoreplans&utm_campaign=pricing&hl=en https://workspace.google.com/pricing.html?utm_source=drivefo...) There obviously are smaller companies offering storage too, which seems to be around 4~5$/(mo and TB), eg https://www.pcloud.com/cloud-storage-pricing-plans.html?period=year https://www.pcloud.com/cloud-storage-pricing-plans.html?peri... https://icedrive.net/plans https://icedrive.net/plans https://www.sync.com/pricing-individual/ https://www.sync.com/pricing-individual/ Overall I'd say its not a terrible offer after the increase to 2TB, but on the expensive side compared to competitors.

vvillena 3y ago
The main advantage for Dropbox is that file sync works flawlessly. I've had issues with Onedrive and Google Drive in the past. Maybe they fixed those, but I can't trust them anymore.
- rmm 3y ago
  I know right. I tried to move to OneDrive and within a few hours had multiple “conflicted versions” or whatever.
  - ajolly 3y ago
    That's been my experience with syncthing sadly
- michael9k 3y ago
  Agree. I am forced to use OneDrive when I do consultation work for one of my customers, still works like crap compared to Dropbox with slow syncing etc.
- oriolid 3y ago
  In my experience syncing with pCloud is at least as good as with Dropbox. Google Drive is still quite bad.

Hamuko 3y ago

My problem is that I don't need 2 TB. I had like 10 GB of files on Dropbox. And Google offers 100 GB of Drive storage for 20€/year.

Dylan16807 3y ago

It's only cheap if you need those features! Imagine if someone offered you gasoline for 50 cents a gallon, delivered directly to your car, but for personal use only and the minimum contract is 400 gallons a week.