Dropbox Advanced review

Dropbox Advanced is sold to teams of three or more and starts at 15 TB of storage for the team. That is still a large shared pool, and Dropbox's sync remains one of the most familiar for creative teams. Advanced keeps a full year of version history and deleted file recovery, sends transfers of up to 100 GB, and adds end-to-end encryption, advanced key management, ransomware detection and recovery, tiered admin roles, single sign-on and audit logs with file event tracking. Video teams get transcripts, captions, commenting and review through Dropbox Replay. For heavy users the questions are cost and the cap. Every seat is paid, there is a 3 user minimum, and 15 TB is a starting quota rather than unlimited space. The pricing page we saw showed euros only, so the USD price is marked pending. Teams that only need storage will spend less on Box Business Plus.

Who it is for

creative teams that already work in Dropbox

Price

Starts at 15 TB for the team, minimum 3 users; see vendor pricing (USD check pending).

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Starts at 15 TB of storage for the team
• 1 year to restore deleted files and version history
• Transfer files up to 100 GB
• End-to-end encryption and advanced key management
• Tiered admin roles, SSO and audit logs

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Largest starting team quota among the capped services here
• Strength: One-year version history and deleted file recovery
• Strength: Video review tools and full text search built in
• Weakness: Requires 3 or more users
• Weakness: Not unlimited: storage starts at 15 TB for the team
• Weakness: We could not confirm USD pricing from our location

Key facts

• Team storage: Starts at 15 TB
• Minimum users: 3
• File recovery: 1 year
• Transfer size: Up to 100 GB

Where it ranks

Dropbox Advanced is No. 6 in our Best Unlimited Cloud Storage verdict.