Testing a range of tasks in four cities and on two operating systems, Dropbox delivered overall better performance than three competitors

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Testing a range of tasks in four cities and on two
operating systems, Dropbox delivered overall
better performance than three competitors
Sync files
more quickly
with Dropbox
*PT tested using the Dropbox Advanced plan, Microsoft OneDrive for business
(Plan 1), Box Business, and Google Workspace™
Business Plus. We tested on PCs
(two Dell™
XPS 13 9315 laptops running Windows 11 Pro) and Macs (two 13-inch
Apple®
MacBook Pro®
2022 laptops running macOS®
13.5.1 using File Provider).
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size. Please be mindful of each graph’s data range as you compare.
With employees and customers scattered across
the globe, today’s businesses need responsive,
effective tools to enable worldwide collaboration.
To take a closer look at four popular cloud storage
services, we tested the speed of Dropbox, Box,
Google, and Microsoft offerings in four metropolitan
cities located in the United States, Europe, and
Japan.*
We found that Dropbox delivered the
best overall performance, completing 289 of
the 336 individual upload, download, and sync
comparisons in less time than the competition.
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Dropbox was the faster
service in 86% of our
total comparisons
(289 of 336)
Seconds
|
Lower
is
better
Dropbox solution Google solution Box solution Microsoft solution
Upload a 250MB file in 79% less time
vs. Microsoft solution on Windows
PC
Mac
6.59
18.88
29.72
32.66
7.44
26.47
33.12
35.25
Sync a 50KB file in 83% less time
vs. Box solution on macOS
PC
Mac
3.72
9.40
10.34
4.84
5.35
10.09
32.41
4.94
Durham, NC, USA
Learn more in the test reports:
Durham
https://facts.pt/7vAK7YR
London and Berlin
https://facts.pt/3GlWVmc
Tokyo
https://facts.pt/e74PglQ
Upload a 250MB file in 10% less time
vs. Google solution on Windows
Sync a 50KB file in 77% less time
vs. Box solution on macOS
77.44
86.85
85.60
82.04
79.78
87.50
89.50
86.16
5.00
15.56
7.78
6.25
5.59
20.91
24.97
8.47
PC
Mac
PC
Mac
Seconds
|
Lower
is
better
Dropbox solution Google solution Box solution Microsoft solution
London, UK
Upload a 250MB file in 23% less time
vs. Microsoft solution on macOS
PC
349.28
358.91
488.60
400.03
368.22
384.18
403.37
482.53
Mac
Sync a 50KB file in 66% less time
vs. Google solution on Windows
4.94
14.66
67.43
5.72
5.87
11.50
112.71
11.09
PC
Mac
Dropbox solution Google solution Box solution Microsoft solution
Seconds
|
Lower
is
better
Tokyo, Japan
Upload a 250MB file in 23% less time
vs. Microsoft solution on macOS
Sync a 50KB file in 77% less time
vs. Box solution on Windows
54.75
63.88
63.28
58.09
57.50
64.37
63.06
75.28
4.25
15.84
19.19
5.68
6.38
11.53
23.57
9.38
PC
Mac
PC
Mac
Seconds
|
Lower
is
better
Dropbox solution Google solution Box solution Microsoft solution
Berlin, Germany