Dropbox Business - Enterprise vs Microsoft Office SharePoint Server comparison

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Dropbox and Microsoft are both solutions in the Content Collaboration Platforms category. Dropbox is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.2, while Microsoft is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.4. Dropbox holds a 7.0% mindshare in CCP, compared to Microsoft’s 3.6% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Dropbox users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Dropbox Business Enterprise and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server are two prominent solutions competing in the enterprise-level cloud services market. While Dropbox is celebrated for its ease of use and file-sharing simplicity, SharePoint emerges stronger in collaboration and integration with Microsoft tools.

Features: Dropbox is renowned for intuitive cloud storage, effortless file sharing, and synchronization across multiple devices. Meanwhile, SharePoint provides outstanding document version control, advanced collaboration tools, and seamless integration with Microsoft's productivity suite, offering robust support for intricate workflows.

Room for Improvement: Dropbox requires enhancements in security features, integrations, and its pricing model, while users have also reported challenges with mobile file organization and syncing. SharePoint needs improved user-friendliness and workflow capabilities, alongside a more streamlined migration process. The cost implications of additional SQL Server licensing can also be a concern for on-premise users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dropbox is typically deployed through a hybrid cloud model, offering 24/7 support, though there could be delays in response. Its intuitive interface usually demands minimal technical assistance. SharePoint accommodates both on-premise and hybrid deployments and excels in complex enterprise environments. Customer service is adequate, although more detailed documentation could facilitate smoother deployments.

Pricing and ROI: Dropbox offers a freemium model which includes competitive pricing tiers beyond the free storage capacity, potentially providing significant ROI through enhanced sharing security and collaboration efficiency. Conversely, while SharePoint's comprehensive collaboration features justify its higher cost, especially with additional SQL Server licensing, it creates substantial ROI for large enterprises by improving project workflows and efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

Dropbox Business - Enterprise

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Storage (1st)

Microsoft Office SharePoint...

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

6th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

4.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Dropbox Business - Enterprise is 7.0%, down from 9.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is 3.6%, down from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Dropbox Business - Enterprise	7.0%
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server	3.6%
Other	89.4%

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NancyHartman

Business Process Manager/ Educational Technologist at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

Family sharing and personal backups have improved how I manage and access my files anywhere

I am not fond of their syncing. Their file syncing is very clunky, so I am not a real fan of the file syncing. I think Box does a much better job of the syncing of data onto desktops and laptops. When you try to sync the files in Dropbox, it actually puts a copy of the file on your laptop, so it sucks up all of your memory. Whereas with Box, I can sync files into my file explorer and it is still cloud-based. They have not saved the file physically onto my laptop. They save it in the cloud and it just does a temporary download and then it uploads again, but that file is not saved on my laptop. Whereas with Dropbox, anytime you want to sync on your laptop, it actually does save it. There is a way to set it up, but it takes a lot more work and effort and I have never been able to get it to work the way I want it to work. So I just do not sync my files with Dropbox on my laptop. That limits my ability to use Dropbox from my work laptop because my work laptop just does not have any memory at all on it. They give the bare minimum of memory and say that it should all be in the cloud anyway, so you do not need to have that much storage space. So I cannot even access Dropbox from my work laptop and have to use the browser version of Dropbox if I need to access my Dropbox from my work laptop. Within the company, it is a personal choice. Our company has not dictated what cloud service to use. As long as it has all the security measures that meet the standards of our IT department, anyone can use whatever cloud service they want. For example, our company is not allowed to use Google because Google is not a secure cloud service in the estimation of our IT department. So there are cloud services that we are not allowed to use, but from the five to seven different services that they give us to choose from, we all can find what meets our needs.

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Tom Runar Lauritzen

Enterprise Architect at Veidekke

Creating internal architecture content has become smoother but embedding linked diagrams still needs work

I'm not currently working with IBM, IBM Controller, or other IBM tools. I still do a little bit of work with my previous company, but it's very minor. I don't work with any software or solutions outside of personal productivity suites such as Microsoft Office and things of that nature. I use Microsoft suite, Exchange, Teams, and so on. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is more accessible for the average user, but it lacks certain features that more advanced users would look for, making it seem unnecessarily complicated to do simple things or things one expects to be simple. I'm not directly involved in pricing and licensing, but I work closely with people who are, and my company has a third party to help manage licensing. I don't have the impression that Microsoft is regarded as particularly expensive. The product was licensed directly from Microsoft. I would give Microsoft Office SharePoint Server a rating of seven points on a scale from zero to ten, where ten is the best.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The tool is incredibly intuitive and easy to master on your own."

"The security is very good."

"The most valuable features I have found to be accessibility and ease of use."

"Dropbox enables storing such documents centrally and retrieving them as required."

"I think Dropbox is a good option for Windows users because it's easy to use in Windows and a user can access all other products and software."

"Dropbox is a good solution for data storage."

"As the solution is cloud-based, installation is easy."

"Dropbox's most valuable features are ease of use and performance."

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"The software is friendly to use for mixing data and analyzing it."

"The integration with security tools in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is one of the significant pluses since it alerts the IT team if anyone tries to redirect an email, which is illegal for us."

"It's a very robust product."

"The support from Microsoft is very quick and they are very proactive."

"This product has improved the way our organization functions in the following manner: We are provided with policies and procedures for administration, we can store all the documentation related to all IT projects, and we have developed some workflows for automating licensing requests and other types of requests."

"The ability to work through a web browser without requiring installation on devices is particularly beneficial."

"I like the collaboration, the ability for multiple users to work on a single document and be able to firstly collaborate and share notes about the document, as well as being able to work on the document without losing the information."

"The most valuable feature is that it is very usable. I can navigate it, I can have a media call, I can have a call with my project team, so we can chat with every team kind of like WhatsApp. Any time there are projects or other things, we can chat in a secure way. It's automation-specific secure."

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Cons

"One area that has been a big issue for me is when I tried to close my accounts, it is difficult."

"The cost for gain is just not lined up with other business offerings."

"It could be more secure."

"The solution could be better integrated with other platforms."

"The product could always offer more storage."

"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."

"The solution could be more scalable."

"2 Gb of free space and then a not so cheap subscription (also if the competitors have similar proposals for customers)."

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"This solution is not very stable. It is useful to arrange data but it's not the best for big data. Sometimes we have issues with our reports as a result."

"Concerning technical support from Microsoft, I am not very satisfied with their support."

"With SharePoint, if you change the location of a file or you change its name, you are breaking those links."

"It is a bit restrictive to develop in the cloud version. A lot of features are in the cloud now, and you have to develop on the outside. As far as the platform and the programming side of things are concerned, it is moving more towards configuration management rather than programming. When we are doing solutions, we are basically just configuring it to make solutions happen rather than actually using the Visual Studio code and developing from scratch in the cloud. It is almost like creating an app. You have created an app for your phone, but the app doesn't really sit on your phone. It sits somewhere on a server, and the database sits on another server. The app is just pulling and pushing information. The whole development has changed. We used to install things directly on the server and then run the application from the server. Now, it is more of a modular architecture."

"The Microsoft support is not great."

"The Branding and User Interface Design and CK Editor should be improved, as well as the upgrade process."

"The solution needs to enable better sharing capabilities between users and external users. Several users also have problems with linking their emails to their Microsoft account."

"The product could be improved by accommodating different technologies, particularly integration."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"A bigger discount for existing users would be appreciated."

"It has some free features, but for some of the features, you need to pay. If you need more storage, then you need to pay. Its licensing probably is on a monthly basis."

"Dropbox offers a freemium model which is very convenient and affordable. Beyond that, the pricing is favorable."

"The solution is expensive."

"The solution is purchased on a subscription basis, and there are purchasing options. If you purchase annually there is a discount."

"Dropbox is one of the cheapest tools in the market."

"There is a subscription-based pricing model and I pay monthly."

"I don't pay any licensing costs."

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"There are some aggressive discounts offered by Microsoft for organizations that are not for profit, which we are, and it makes it quite attractive to consider."

"It can be expensive for on-premises deployments, especially when you have to support SQL Server as your backend database. That's where the cost comes into play. SQL Server has its own licensing, which Microsoft keeps on changing. Therefore, it can become costly. In the earlier versions of SharePoint, version 2007 or 2010, they had an express version where the SQL Server licensing was free. It wasn't like a full-blown SharePoint. It was only a slimmed-down version. It used to be whatever your hardware costs. You would install the free software and work with it, but you were very limited in what you could do in SharePoint. If you wanted the SharePoint Enterprise Server with all the bells and whistles, then you had to pay more to get the SQL Server license based on the number of users or servers. The subscription model is different for cloud deployments. Licensing is per user and per month. The cost also depends on the storage required. If you have a lot of sites or documents, then you need to expand it based on your needs."

"One of the reasons why we don't recommend the cloud version of SharePoint is the cost. With the on premise version, you pay for the license once. For the cloud version, there is a recurring fee. It is very expensive. They expect everyone to pay $20 or $30 per user per month."

"Pricing plans may be flexible depending on volume usage and your corporate relationship with Microsoft."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

14%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	40
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	40

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	17

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dropbox?

Dropbox makes it easy to share files across teams, hence improving collaboration. Also, I can store and access my files anywhere, anytime.

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What needs improvement with Dropbox?

Sometimes syncing takes longer than I expect, especially with large folders or when my internet is unstable.

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What is your primary use case for Dropbox?

Dropbox is very secure, easy to use, and reliable for file syncing, making it a preferred choice for seamless collaboration and file sharing across devices. The performance is generally smooth, wit...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

I am not aware of the pricing, so I cannot say if the solution is expensive or quite affordable.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

My expectation when I start using a Microsoft product is that it would be easy to incorporate diagrams and such from other Microsoft Office products. Incorporating a diagram I've embedded in a slid...

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What is your primary use case for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

I produce content about the work I'm doing inside the company, making information about IT architecture, work processes within IT architecture, and security reviews of applications or infrastructur...

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Overview

Dropbox Business - Enterprise enables seamless device synchronization and efficient file sharing with a user-friendly interface. It enhances productivity and security with diverse access options and scalable pricing.

Dropbox Business - Enterprise is a tool for data storage and sharing across devices, offering cloud-based solutions that facilitate communication between team members. It provides a stable performance with integration capabilities, version history, and collaborative tools. Limitations exist in link sharing, permissions management, and mobile interface usability, alongside the need for better real-time collaboration and stronger authentication. Despite these, Dropbox serves as a central repository for critical data, making document accessibility easy.

What are the key features of Dropbox Business - Enterprise?

Seamless Synchronization: Users enjoy smooth data sync across devices.
Efficient File Sharing: Easy sharing and management of documents.
User-Friendly Interface: Intuitive design for power users.
Security Measures: Protects files with robust security protocols.
Diverse Access Options: Access documents from any device, anywhere.
Collaboration Tools: Enhance productivity with team collaboration features.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Stable Performance: Maintain reliable file management.
Version History: Retrieve earlier document versions when needed.
Integration: Connect seamlessly with third-party platforms.
Scalable Pricing: Find a plan that fits business needs.
Community Support: Receive assistance from a broad user network.

Dropbox Business - Enterprise is implemented across industries for centralized file management. Corporations use it for backing up crucial data and ensuring smooth collaboration among departments. In education, it supports faculty and students by enabling resource access on any device, while media companies use it to manage large files and creative assets efficiently.

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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server enhances collaboration, document management, and version control while integrating seamlessly with Office apps, Teams, and OneDrive for efficient communication and content sharing.

Offering automation, workflow management, and effective metadata usage, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server improves operational efficiency. It's user-friendly with low-code and no-code capabilities, ensuring accessibility for organizations. Robust security measures and access control with Active Directory integration provide secure data handling, while real-time editing allows multiple users to collaborate productively. Its search functionality streamlines information retrieval, although enhancing this feature could further improve usability. Addressing the need for a more intuitive interface, distinct integration between Team and SharePoint sites, workflow simplification, as well as improved performance with large data handling, would add to its practicality. Better third-party application integration, enhanced document sharing, and increased licensing flexibility are areas for potential development.

What are the key features?

Collaboration: Enables seamless team collaboration with integrated Office apps and Teams.
Document Management: Advanced version control and document sharing capabilities.
Automation: Streamlines processes with workflow management and metadata usage.
Security: Robust access control with Active Directory integration.
Real-Time Editing: Allows multiple users to edit documents simultaneously.
Search Functionality: Assists in swift information retrieval.

What benefits or ROI should users consider?

Improved Productivity: Real-time editing and seamless integration enhance work efficiency.
Security Assurance: Strong access control supports safe data management.
User Accessibility: Low-code and no-code features increase ease of use.
Operational Efficiency: Automates workflows and optimizes document handling.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is utilized in industries such as healthcare, finance, and manufacturing for document sharing, collaboration, and internal communications. It supports project management, custom application development, and acts as an enterprise content management system. Organizations leverage its integration with Microsoft Teams for coordination and use it as a corporate portal. It facilitates data management, serves as a document library, and supports workflows with advanced capabilities like integration with Power Apps and Power BI for enhanced data visualization and interaction.

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