My plan is to archive all my older Dropbox content onto Box or maybe Google Drive, which I’d like to keep empty except for Google apps documents. It all currently lands on Dropbox, and probably will for the foreseeable future. Likewise, my Macs are not allowed to use iCloud for documents, either. So far I have resisted using Microsoft’s OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) as the storage place for Microsoft Office documents. Google also packages a number of other features (ad-free email, etc.) into its $5-a-month plan. If you want more than simple storage, Box sells additional features, such as indexing and better access control.

Anyone can get at least 25GB of free storage without too much trouble.

It is not enough to backup whole computers, but it is plenty for my “important stuff” which also gets a more traditional local backup.Ĭloud storage today is cheap – thanks to Google – and if you have limited needs, it’s quite free. That means I have at least 99GB of essentially free storage spread across five services. If I add additional free users - up to five - to Office 365, each gets their own 20GB OneDrive cloud. I also get 20GB as part of my Office 365 Home Premium subscription. Reason #2: While I love Dropbox, I also have free accounts at Box (50GB for life was a great promotion while it lasted), Apple’s iCloud (5GB) and Google Drive. These are great plans for small businesses like mine. The 1TB plan makes a huge leap from $49.99 to $9.99-a-month. Last week, Google dropped the monthly price for 100GB storage from $4.99 to $1.99. Why? Google already has, making its cloud the choice for value-minded customers.

Reason #1: If Dropbox is at all sensitive to competition, it is about to drastically lower its prices. I am not about to pay that amount and it turns out I really don’t have to. In reality, Dropbox wants me to pay $120-a-year for perhaps 10GB of new storage that I’d actually use. So I just clear some content off Dropbox to free space and keep going. At my current growth rate, my 100GB Dropbox would fill sometime around 2050. The current price is $9.99-a-month for 100GB. But not important enough to pay for.Īs I fill my space, Dropbox has long been after me to upgrade.

My Microsoft Office apps even use Dropbox as their default save folder.ĭropbox is an important part of my life. In the past, I have referred enough friends to the service that my 1GB free account has grown to 9GB and is always very full. I love Dropbox, so the above headline was a hard one for me to write.

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