1. No - what with all those folders I'm sharing with other DB users - I'd have to persuade them to switch too; what am I, Google's marketing team? Not. 2. Free user, about 5GB space in total. Also at Google Drive: iPhone app "coming soon", Linux app "nowhere in sight".
That's a great point. I was able to switch because I don't have many shared folders. I am a paid user and the main reason I switched was to get a lower price.
I have a dropbox account but I really rarely use it so no I did not switch or even try Google Drive since it's not really useful for me. I have a lot of stuff in Google Docs though, I don't know if it gets automatically sent to my Drive or something.
I signed up for Google Drive, but only as a formality - Dropbox serves my needs well and has a much nicer interface, and doesn't have an awful privacy/data ownership policy.
1. I have both installed. Wanted to check out Google Drive but not necessarily switch. I rarely use Dropbox as it is.
2. Between the two, currently Dropbox has more value for me both in terms of overall storage space and in terms of users I have shared folders with.
3. Free on both. I haven't had a need to upgrade to the paid version yet due to limited need to use the service. Possibly later if I ever end up needing more space.
No. Google Drive never gave me a good reason to switch. Fundamentally, Google Drive is the same as Dropbox, with the only benefits being increased storage and integration with Google Docs. To me, it would require a considerably better feature set for me to switch platforms
I'm a Dropbox user with 5gb of space and while I have installed Google Drive, I see no real reason to switch from Dropbox. First I can earn more space on Dropbox if needed with more referrals and second Google doesn't have an iOS app available at launch (however it's coming soon).
I haven't switched, but I am giving it serious thought.
It probably matters that I haven't downloaded the Google Drive client yet, but on the basis of cost alone, Google Drive is substantially cheaper.
That said, I love Dropbox (which is the reason I haven't switched yet), but the features they seem to be rolling out aren't particularly appealing to me. I just really want somewhere to store my files.
Dropbox also has the advantage of being the client I use to share files with a variety of people already and I'm honestly not sure if I downgraded to the free plan, that I could keep up with all those fileshares. I'll have to look and see where the cap is implemented.
If I have a 2Gb plan, and a paid user shares a 3Gb folder with me, do I have to upgrade to see/use it?
As far as my experience goes, the answer is "yes" for Dropbox - your account will show "1 GB over quota" (and syncing will stop) in this case, as shared folders count toward the quota both for you and the person who shared it with you. Many moons ago, Dropbox promised this will be changed, but it has been on hiatus ever since (my guess is on slightly larger profits and drastically simpler quota accounting).
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3. Free on both. I haven't had a need to upgrade to the paid version yet due to limited need to use the service. Possibly later if I ever end up needing more space.
I'm switching to the first one to implement webhooks for file updates.
skydrive: tried it for 10 minutes, could'nt find versioning/revert support => deleted
1. I do not want to keep installing software on my system especially on my office computer.
Why not Google came out with a G Drive similar to Amazon where you do not have to install anything but still can upload and access all files?
2. And Google is late to the game. I have already 5 GB from Amazon and 5 GB from Dropbox and that will be enough for me for a while.
It probably matters that I haven't downloaded the Google Drive client yet, but on the basis of cost alone, Google Drive is substantially cheaper.
That said, I love Dropbox (which is the reason I haven't switched yet), but the features they seem to be rolling out aren't particularly appealing to me. I just really want somewhere to store my files.
Dropbox also has the advantage of being the client I use to share files with a variety of people already and I'm honestly not sure if I downgraded to the free plan, that I could keep up with all those fileshares. I'll have to look and see where the cap is implemented.
If I have a 2Gb plan, and a paid user shares a 3Gb folder with me, do I have to upgrade to see/use it?