Dropbox increases space for Pro users to 1TB

One of today's highlights was the increased space and new features that Dropbox has offered its paying users Specifically, the space of the Pro accounts, which cost $10 per month, has increased to 1TB, and a couple of security features have been added that we will detail more below. In part this has been due to pressure imposed by OneDrive and Google Drive, which with their recent increases in free and paid capacity had left it in a very poor position comparatively.

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Given this, it is worth asking, does Dropbox take advantage of Microsoft&39;s virtual disk? The truth is that no, OneDrive continues to be a more competitive and complete option than Dropbox in almost all sections For starters, Dropbox has increased its storage only for Pro users, so free accounts still have tiny 2GB, which falls far behind 15GB OneDrive is free, and actually, behind the free space offered by any other major cloud drive (iCloud, Amazon, Box all offer 5GB minimum)."

Another flaw in the Dropbox offer is that we don't have intermediate plans: either you pay for 1TB or you keep the free 2GB . On the other hand, in OneDrive there are plans for 100GB and 200GB at 2 and 4 dollars a month, respectively. Since money is never too much, it's a great plus that users who simply want a little more space can have what they need, paying less.

Considering OneDrive's advantages in terms of storage, price, and added features (like Office 365) it's very hard to recommend the paid version of Dropbox to anyone

And although the prices for 1TB storage of Dropbox and OneDrive are the same, in this segment Microsoft offers a killer-feature that leaves it light years ahead of Dropbox: for the same 10 dollars a month we also get a Office 365 subscription, being able to install the full and original Office applications on up to 5 devices , including Macs, and tablets with iOS and Android (the apps here are already free, but with the subscription we gain editing functions). With that in mind, it's very difficult to recommend the paid version of Dropbox to someone over OneDrive

And to all this we must add that Dropbox has not yet been able to offer an official client for Windows Phone, which makes it even less convenient for users of this operating system to use this service.

The only nuance to this OneDrive benefit are a couple of exclusive security features that Dropbox Pro just added. These allow us to set expiration dates for links to files and folders, protect shared links with a password, and remotely delete downloaded files on devices that sync with Dropbox (very useful in case of loss or theft). And then there's the fact that only Dropbox offers support for Linux and Windows XP, so if someone frequently uses a computer with either of those 2 systems, Dropbox may be for you despite all the benefits of OneDrive.

Let's see how Dropbox's proposition evolves in the coming months, but right now I'll stress what I've said: in the factors that are relevant to most users, Dropbox is still far behind OneDrive, and is that Microsoft has made an aggressive bet to the point of being unable with cloud storage, which is noticeable at all levels.

Update: As many have mentioned, there is another feature of Dropbox that sets it apart from OneDrive that we missed mentioning in this article . It is about being able to synchronize shared folders In OneDrive we have to enter the web to see those folders that we do not own, while in Dropbox we can access from the desktop to any folder with access permissions. This is another factor that qualifies the advantage of OneDrive, and that makes it convenient for some users to use Dropbox, in its free and paid versions.

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