Amazon Drive allows users to aggregate all of their digital content, including photos and videos, in one place. The Cloud Drive is build in to Amazon devices. Users have secure access from any computer, or via their free mobile apps. Amazon Drive offers a free 3-month trial, and pricing packages based on what type of storage users seek. For $11.99/yr, users can store unlimited photos plus 5GB of videos and other files. For $59.99/yr, users can upgrade to unlimited everything (photos, videos,…
$1.99
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Dropbox
Score8.2 out of 10
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Dropbox is a cloud storage solution, equipped with features that help users to save time, improve productivity, and collaborate with others. Users can edit PDFs, share videos, sign documents, and collaborate with stakeholders without leaving Dropbox.
Owner in Corporate at Sound Wave Events (Events Services, 11-50 employees)
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Other platforms I would compare Amazon Drive to would be Dropbox and Box. Amazon Drive is excellent because the files do not have to live in a collaborative folder that syncs to every device (thus taking up space on each of those devices). Amazon Drive is an "upload and forget" …
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Verified User
Chose Amazon Drive (discontinued)
Actually I think both Box and Dropbox are easier to use and have better features for sharing files, especially if you need password security on those files, but Amazon is better for storing tons of data. Box and Dropbox are much more expensive to store a lot of files.
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Publicidad in Social Media at club cuervos (Internet, 1-10 employees)
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I do not have any special reason to use Amazon Cloud Drive, except perhaps that it is cheap to increase storage size and maybe also because the video management is much more video-friendly in the Amazon environment than in Dropbox.
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Verified User
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Even though Dropbox is great and has syncing capacities, we use Amazon Cloud Drive just because we are on AWS big time.
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Student in Engineering at Rochester Institute Of Technology (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51-200 employees)
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The well organized version of Amazon Cloud wins over both Google Drive and Dropbox. Better accessibility compared to Google Drive and faster access speed compared to Dropbox. Won over the both of them overall except for the pricing case.
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Information Technology Manager in Information Technology at rit (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees)
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Honesty.. I would rather choose Dropbox or OneDrive over Amazon Cloud due to no mobile application or file sync. Amazon does not offer folder sharing but does offer file sharing. The only way for me to use amazon cloud drive over others is music. Amazon Cloud Drive is ideal for …
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Verified User
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We selected Amazon due to the large reliable brand name behind ACD and the ability of it to be nested within other services. While Microsoft and Google were strong options, we decided that ACD had a better cost and availability uptime compared to other services. Dropbox has …
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Web Application Developer in Information Technology at Aloompa (Entertainment, 11-50 employees)
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The functionality/integration of Amazon Cloud Drive is unbeatable. The syncing/usage/add-ons is no where near some of the others like OneDrive or Dropbox.
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Digital Marketing Manager in Marketing at LGD Communications (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees)
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If you compare based on functionality and user-friendliness, other services like Google Drive and Dropbox are better options. However, if you are simply looking for somewhere to securely and reliably host your digital files, Amazon Cloud Drive is a great option. Adding to that …
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Assistant System Engineer in Information Technology at Tata Consultancy Services (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)
Chose Amazon Drive (discontinued)
Less costly compared to other cloud storage providers available in the market. Amazon Drive gives us [the] option to store and backup data with less or minimal effort from dev side. [Therefore,] we don't need to hire a specific developer for that. As we plan to extend or …
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Ecommerce & Consumer Products Manager in Sales at Midwest Tungsten Service (Mining & Metals, 11-50 employees)
Chose Amazon Drive (discontinued)
We're already inside the Amazon portal so often for sourcing, the cloud storage was an easy extension. It is included in our Prime membership so it was an easy option. Furthermore, the functionality is beyond simple, helping to sell the software internally and gain support …
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Director de Marketing en Festejos Car-Yan. C.A. in Marketing at Festejos Car-Yan. C.A (Events Services, 11-50 employees)
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Amazon Drive Cloud has the advantage of being backed by one of the companies that has had the highest growth in recent years: Amazon. That gives us security and has been the main reason for us to trust this product. We believe that the security systems of this company are good …
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Senior Web Developer at Web Juice Ltd (Internet, 1-10 employees)
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I use this product in conjunction with other products to store information. As a storage solution it performs as expected, it's use as a business application could be open to improvement mainly due to the lack of collaboration, lock off of files, etc. However, its photo storage …
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Servant Leader in Customer Service at JasonScottMontoya.com (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Chose Amazon Drive (discontinued)
The other services have a better computer syncing software, but the unlimited photo and video space for a small annual fee is unsurpassed by the competition.
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Dropbox
Verified User
Chose Dropbox
While Amazon Drive is frequently faster, it has less friendly user interfaces that our employees have difficulty understanding. Dropbox has a largely intuitive user interface that employees are able to use effectively. DropBox offered better customer support than AmazonDrive, …
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Verified User
Chose Dropbox
Dropbox is easy to access and upload and download data. The data is secure and safe. [Files are put in an] organized manner, folder creation is easy, and [adding] titles, labeling, and tagging are easy.
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Professional Announcer in Social Media at Chuck Fresh (Broadcast Media, 11-50 employees)
Chose Dropbox
Dropbox WAS faster, offered more storage, seemed more reliable six years ago. Today, Amazon, Google, OneDrive are outperforming DropBox. We will probably not renew our subscription and switch to one of the other providers.
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CEO in Professional Services at OneHipSista/Design (Graphic Design, 1-10 employees)
Chose Dropbox
I have free cloud storage accounts for a number of services but dropbox and Google Drive are my go-to's. I use GSuite and Android mobile devices and Drive is heavily integrated, however, all my clients use dropbox. When I start working with new clients, it's the first service I …
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Dj, Emprendedor y Community Manager en Eventos CAR-YAN in Human Resources at Eventos CAR-YAN (Music, 11-50 employees)
Chose Dropbox
I have been lucky that I have liked the programs that I have selected to store my music and other files. Dropbox is a comfortable program for me, because I have access to this software through my cell phone anywhere in the world, it's free and very easy. That is why I have …
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Dropbox provides robust features and collaboration tools. It’s great for organizations that store sensitive data or want to work in the cloud. Amazon Drive offers flexible pricing and unlimited storage for photos, making it ideal for organizations that mainly store photos, or don’t need the advanced features offered by Dropbox.
Features
Dropbox and Amazon Drive both offer the basic features for cloud storage solutions, but there are also some standout features for each one. Dropbox includes collaboration tools for stored files, version history for stored files, and many software integrations. Amazon Drive includes unlimited photo storage, flexible pricing plans, including a free option, and fast upload speed.
Limitations
Dropbox and Amazon Drive both have distinct strengths, but they also have some key limitations. Dropbox’s limitations include no free option for businesses, no 24/7 Phone support, and slow upload speed. Amazon Drive’s weaknesses include that files can’t be edited in the cloud, no file version history, and no file encryption.
Pricing
Dropbox has three plans for businesses: the standard plan includes 5TB of storage for $12.50 per month per user, the advanced plan offers unlimited storage for $20.00 per month per user, and the enterprise plan is priced depending on the size of the organization.
Amazon Drive has a free plan which includes 5GB of storage. They also offer 13 other plans that provide unlimited photo storage and 100GB to 30TB of general storage starting at $19.99/year. Amazon Drive uses a single master account for all plans.
Features
Amazon Drive (discontinued)
Dropbox
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Amazon Drive (discontinued) and Dropbox
Feature
Amazon Drive (discontinued)
8.4
24 Ratings
0% above category average
Dropbox
7.8
887 Ratings
7% below category average
Versioning
9.014 Ratings
7.5714 Ratings
Video files
7.021 Ratings
7.8697 Ratings
Audio files
8.019 Ratings
8.0623 Ratings
Document collaboration
9.016 Ratings
7.7780 Ratings
Access control
9.018 Ratings
7.8828 Ratings
File search
8.919 Ratings
7.6855 Ratings
Device sync
8.022 Ratings
8.1814 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Amazon Drive (discontinued) and Dropbox
Feature
Amazon Drive (discontinued)
8.3
22 Ratings
4% below category average
Dropbox
8.0
848 Ratings
8% below category average
User and role management
8.018 Ratings
7.9778 Ratings
File organization
9.020 Ratings
8.1837 Ratings
Device management
8.017 Ratings
7.9730 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Amazon Drive (discontinued) and Dropbox
Amazon Cloud Drive is a fantastic backup solution for storing your digital files on the web, but if you want to manage, tweak, organize or otherwise maintain those files after they have reached the cloud, the experience immediately begins to suffer. This is especially noted when major competitor products like Microsoft and Dropbox offer similar services at similar prices, but offer far better interfaces for file management.
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It has been great for my real estate business as I have many files and need to keep them for a minimum of 5 years. I use it for business and personal files to stay organized. I don't care to use it for photo storage as I feel that it takes up too much space, and I prefer to keep them separate.
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I can make projects available to editors so that they can do their work.
Dropbox is a place where I can store files that I can access from anywhere, even if I don't have my laptop with me at the time.
I have an old friend who is an acting professor in Tokyo. He loves the dialogue that I write in my novels. He converts chapters into scenework for his acting students. They get very excited when there's new material!
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I’d like to be able to hover over an image/document and have it expand/enlarge without actually opening it
I’d love to see a carousel that lets me thumb through more quickly
I’m almost always in thumbnail view. I’d like to see them re-organize automatically when something is moved or deleted instead of leaving an empty space.
Dropbox is a user-friendly, easy tool which requires little to no skill and they offer a free version with a good amount of storage available. There are other file sharing tools available however at a cost. Dropbox free version I have used for years and it serves every purpose I need.
The system is very easy to use and it's use of apps for almost all devices and hardware makes it even easier to manage and store photos and documents. I highly recommend this as an easy to use solution for novices!
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It works extremely well, and we have never had any issues with connecting or sharing files. It's very easy to use, and any team member can share, add, and delete files to a virtual drive. This is extremely helpful, and it's an amazing tool to use, ensuring everyone can connect and work together effectively.
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Dropbox is really useful, you can access any file from anywhere and you can upload and even edit files online, but, sometimes it can be slow. Downloading, uploading, and syncing is a bit slow, it can take several minutes. Furthermore, the search engine for large amounts of data can be slow too and it is not powerful.
Overall great software to use for file share, storage, and collaboration. Its security is great and the user management is spot on. The only thing that makes me dock it a point is that the device management as a subset of user management is kind of clunky. It hasn't been an issue yet, but it could compromise security in the future. Overall, would recommend
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They immediately responded like in an example that I gave where one of our staff members accidentally deleted the whole Special Hope Network Dropbox, we immediately contacted Dropbox they walked us through the steps of how to retrieve the information and luckily enough we were able to retrieve the entire Dropbox and we have had back and forth with Dropbox on what to do when an employee leaves how to remove them how to add another employee.
I did not personally take any training for Dropbox so I am self taught but I know when our Vice President selected Dropbox, he personally did do some training modules on it and I'm assuming it was very easy and simple to understand since he now acts like he is a pro at it!
I needed to stay current in improving my daily operations. Dropbox was suggested to me by a former colleague two-years ago and I've been using it just fine ever since.
Amazon Drive Cloud has the advantage of being backed by one of the companies that has had the highest growth in recent years: Amazon. That gives us security and has been the main reason for us to trust this product. We believe that the security systems of this company are good enough to be quiet while our files are stored on their servers
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For me, Dropbox is so much easier to use than Google Drive. I have both because I have a client who relies on me using Google, but each time I upload something, it gets lost in translation, and the document does not appear the same in Google. Frustrating. Love Dropbox!
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When it works (usually if a client already has Dropbox, so they don't get the solicitation to sign up), it works flawlessly.
I've had multiple clients not see the "continue with download only" at the bottom and email me to resend the media another way because they don't have a Dropbox account.
