Dropbox and Google Drive both offer cloud storage and file sharing across various platforms like web, iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone. They target similar customers including freelancers, small businesses, and mid-size businesses. Both provide online support, knowledge bases, and FAQs. Dropbox offers a free 2GB plan while Google Drive offers 15GB for free. Paid plans for additional storage are offered at $10/month or less per user. Both integrate with over 200 apps and services. They meet common security and privacy standards. Google Drive uses 128-bit AES encryption while Dropbox uses 256-bit. Both support various file types but Dropbox allows more editing online. Dropbox syncing is faster than Google Drive. Dropbox keeps unlimited older file

2. Overview
DROPBOX
Platforms supported
• Web based
• iPhone app
• Android app
• Windows Phone app
Google Drive
Platforms supported
• Web based
• iPhone app
• Android app
• Windows Phone app

3. DROPBOX
Typical Customers
• Freelancers
• Small Businesses
• Mid-size Business
Google Drive
Typical Customers
• Freelancers
• Small Businesses
• Mid-size Business

4. DROPBOX
Available Support
• Online support
• Knowledge base
• Video tutorials
• FAQ
Google Drive
Available Support
• Knowledge base
• FAQ

5. Pricing & Storage
DROPBOX
• Free trial available-FREE 2GB
Pricing is per user, per month, paid on a monthly or annual basis.
• $9.99/user/month for 1TB of storage-Dropbox Pro
• $15/user/month with unlimited storage-Dropbox Business

6. Google Drive
• Free trial available--FREE 15GB
• $5/user/month for 30GB of online storage
• $10/user/month for unlimited storage (capped at 1TB if you have
under 5 users)

7. Integrations
DROPBOX
• IFTTT
• Microsoft office 365
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft Flow
Total integrations 257
Google Drive
• Instagram
• YouTube
• Twitter
• Facebook
Total integrations 242

8. Security & Privacy
DROPBOX
Standards
ISO27001/ISO 27018
PCI DSS
CSA STAR
Google Drive
Standards
ISO27001/ISO27017/ISO 27018
FISMA

9. Encryption
Google Drive uses an 128-bit AES encryption and HTTPS to
protect your files. This is a lower encryption level than Dropbox,
which uses a 256-bit AES.

10. File Type Support
• Google Drive supports up to 30 different file types, all of which you
can open directly within your Web browser. Other than your standard
text, audio, and video files, Drive also supports Autodesk, Adobe
Illustrator and Photoshop files, even if you don't have those programs
installed on your computer. That means you can edit documents and
other files without needing to download them to your computer.
• Dropbox does support many file types including PDFs, documents,
video, photos, Photoshop files, and music. They can be viewed in the
browser, but you can't edit them online.

11. Syncing & Speed
• Google Drive does offer some nice features like automatically backing
up your photos without the need for a separate app, but for the most
part, its sync client is slow and you must export any Google Drive files
created if you want to edit them in another program like Microsoft
Word or PowerPoint. This creates a lot of downloading/uploading,
tortoise-like steps, creating a more cumbersome, inconvenient
process. For the larger projects with many collaborators, this can be
headache-inducing.
• Dropbox’s syncing capabilities are 2.3x faster than Google Drive’s.

12. Deleted Files and Old Versions
DROPBOX
Dropbox keeps unlimited versions
of your document for 30 days and
it does not count toward the total
storage space you are allowed.
Google Drive
The way Google Drive deals
version control it is that it stores
up to100 revisions of a document
or 30 days of versions per
document, which counts towards
your total storage allowance.

13. Where is your data stored ?
DROPBOX
Amazon’s S3 servers
GOOGLE DRIVE
Their data servers

14. Top Features
DROPBOX
• File Sharing
• Automatic Organization & back
up
• Any device accessibility
GOOGLE DRIVE
• Access your files everywhere
• Store you files
• Collaborate with Others

15. Questions??