We performed a comparison between Dropbox and SharePoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, Google, Nasuni and others in Cloud Storage."Dropbox has a simple interface, and it's pretty straightforward."
"It's very easy to use and quite accessible for everybody."
"Availability of dedicated Apps on any kind of OS."
"We haven't had any issues at all with the solution."
"Many people can use the Dropbox service and edit the data, it is simple to use."
"The product's most valuable feature is storage."
"The main feature that I found the most valuable is the ability to link the documents such that they are automatically taken to a page where you can review them."
"I use the product to open files."
"Its configuration management ability is critical for document-based systems."
"We can arrange all our documents on one platform and see the document's changes and edits."
"It improved transparency around work products."
"It offers an easy way to store unstructured content (.pdf, .doc, .xls, images) and to tag them with metadata."
"It has helped us with storing all the documents, which means that people are not going to intervene. There is a way of extracting knowledge within documentation and tracking it. There are knowledge assets for where documentation is stored, indexed and searchable through SharePoint."
"It facilitates collaboration and the ability to create custom workflows."
"Document flows, storage, and numbering take off the actions for checking and assigning the numbering and running around with approvals and pre-approvals."
"The workflow feature is valuable because it enables us to cascade responsibilities."
"The free storage amount should be increased."
"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."
"While generally user-friendly, there is room for improvement in the user interface, especially with the introduction of new integrations and features."
"File version control can be improved. It generates a lot of conflicts when people are working on the same file. Its integration with other solutions can be improved in terms of user experience. Integration is there, and it has connectors for Excel, Word, and other solutions, but it is not very friendly. There should be a better user experience."
"I'd rate the scalability maybe a seven out of ten. Once I stop paying, it is an issue."
"They can do the scanning of viruses, and they can also do malware detection when they do the synchronization."
"The tool must be better protected."
"The complex initial setup phase of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The product must provide more automation."
"I understand that some functions are lost when you store the information in a file system, so maybe that's a way SharePoint can improve."
"Document management and the ability to easily integrate single sign-on (SSO) are areas for improvement in SharePoint."
"The management of the product/back-end is complex."
"Workflow is something that can become more intelligent."
"We'd like to be able to upload from MS Excel to deploy tasks and use drop-down lists to collect further information."
"The integration with Outlook could be improved."
"The support is the worst. It is bad when Microsoft support does not even know what to do and you have to tell them. Also, they take too long to solve a problem."
Dropbox is ranked 4th in Cloud Storage with 85 reviews while SharePoint is ranked 1st in Enterprise Content Management with 146 reviews. Dropbox is rated 8.2, while SharePoint is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dropbox writes "Seamless file synchronization across devices with user-friendly deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SharePoint writes "Good integrations, helps with collaboration, and increases visibility". Dropbox is most compared with Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Google Workspace, Office 365 and Box, whereas SharePoint is most compared with Citrix ShareFile, Microsoft OneDrive, WordPress, Box and OpenText Documentum.
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