Why Google customers love Dropbox

Shifting between desktop and mobile in Google Workspace is challenging enough when it’s just you, but when your customers and vendors use different productivity suites, like Microsoft 365—or they’re Mac OS and you’re Android—things can really get frustrating. And if everyone’s trying to work together on large files, it can be downright chaotic.
Collaboration in today’s remote-working world is critical, so it must be effortless. Dropbox makes it easy for individuals and teams to quickly preview, manage, review and deliver complex files of any type from anywhere, on any device.
Dropbox is tailored to the needs of large-content creators—offering more TB of storage—so you can sync file uploads as big as 2 TB (even massive CAD files and 4K video) and keep on working. Google Drive, on the other hand, stops you from uploading additional files after hitting 750 GB in a single 24-hour period. And when that happens, you’re done for the day.
Plus, small changes are quick and seamless, as our incremental backup function uploads only the updated portions of large files, so you don’t have to wait for transfers to complete.
For marketing, advertising, design, and film/video workflows, Dropbox is a one-stop shop. It’s where you can start a project; write content; then share, review, edit files, comment on and deliver the end product to the client—all in one secure place.
By previewing video and audio files entirely through Dropbox, you can save both time and bandwidth. You simply skip the download and streaming versions of your content, making things easier for you, your stakeholders, and your clients.
The Dropbox robust preview engine supports 288 different file types, three times more than Google Drive previews, so when you need to get quick access to a file your review process won’t get tripped up with downloads.
Storage and sync |
Dropbox |
Google Drive |
Desktop file size upload limit |
2 TB |
5 TB |
Daily upload limit |
None |
750 GB |
Ability to have cloud-only content |
Yes |
Yes |
Sync small changes to files faster file syncing for large files |
Yes |
No |
Simultaneous upload / download for large files |
Yes |
No |
Accelerated sync over local network |
Yes |
Yes |
Mobile |
Dropbox |
Google Drive |
Automatic camera uploads |
Yes |
No |
Document scanner |
Yes |
Android only |
Viewing and project collaboration |
Dropbox |
Google Drive |
Preview 100s of file types |
Yes |
|
Preview professional audio and video codecs (MXF, MTS, ..add) |
Yes |
No |
Restore previous versions of all files in 1 click |
Yes |
Google file types only (Docs, Sheets, Slides) |
Metadata search |
Yes* |
Yes [in beta] |
Branded file transfer (up to 250 GB) |
Yes |
No |
Request files from collaborators |
Yes |
No |
Frame-based commenting for video* |
Yes* |
No |
Time-based commenting for video and audio |
Yes |
No |
See who viewed each file (and when) |
Yes |
No |
Natively integrated eSignature |
Dropbox Sign |
No |
Deep Adobe integration |
Dropbox |
Google Drive |
File transfer within Photoshop |
Yes |
No |
Preview and annotate Adobe files (PSD, EPS, AI, and more) without license |
Yes |
No |
Native integration with Premier Rush |
Yes |
No |