Dropbox Professional

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Post by psychotik » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 4:55 PM UTC

Re: Dropbox Professional

#2

Post by bpicolo » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 5:21 PM UTC

So they're trying to compete with Behance? That actually kinda sorta explains the recent, somewhat odd redesign. Not sure how they'll manage to take market from Behance though.

Re: Dropbox Professional

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Post by digitalengineer » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 5:24 PM UTC

A showcase portfolio? Is that still a problem in need of fixing? I can't imagine myself using this and I've been using dropbox for ages and I work for myself in the creative industry.

Re: Dropbox Professional

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Post by sidcool » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 5:24 PM UTC

I would love to see Dropbox get into the Productivity market. Google and Microsoft gives everything an enterprise would need, Storage, Sync, Document collaboration, Online word, sheets etc., email etc.

Dropbox so far is a brilliant file sync and storage service. Dropbox Paper may be a start, but if they want to stay relevant, productivity is something they will have to do.

Re: Dropbox Professional

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Post by wonder_bread » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 5:36 PM UTC

So a Squarespace/Wix replacement?

Re: Dropbox Professional

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Post by bachmeier » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 5:37 PM UTC

sidcool wrote: post #4

I would love to see Dropbox get into the Productivity market. Google and Microsoft gives everything an enterprise would need, Storage, Sync, Document collaboration, Online word, sheets etc., email etc. Dropbox so far is a brilliant file sync and storage service. Dropbox Paper may be a start, but if they want to stay relevant, productivity is something they will have to do.

I think they have less reason to be concerned about their competitors than they do about their pricing. $99/year for a somewhat crippled version of Dropbox is steep.

Re: Dropbox Professional

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Post by brightball » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 5:38 PM UTC

I might sign up for this just for Smart sync.

A great next step here would be to venture into the online document signing space (Ecosign, RightSignature, etc).

You’ve got probably 70% of what you need for it here already with Showcase.

EDIT: Tried to sign up but the linux client doesn't support Smart Sync yet. Support people tell me it's pending.

Re: Dropbox Professional

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Post by komali2 » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 5:40 PM UTC

brightball wrote: post #7

I might sign up for this just for Smart sync. A great next step here would be to venture into the online document signing space (Ecosign, RightSignature, etc). You’ve got probably 70% of what you need for it here already with Showcase. EDIT: Tried to sign up but the linux client doesn't support Smart Sync yet. Support people tell me it's pending.

Doesn't google drive have a similar feature?

Re: Dropbox Professional

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Post by forgot-my-pw » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 5:41 PM UTC

sidcool wrote: post #4

I would love to see Dropbox get into the Productivity market. Google and Microsoft gives everything an enterprise would need, Storage, Sync, Document collaboration, Online word, sheets etc., email etc. Dropbox so far is a brilliant file sync and storage service. Dropbox Paper may be a start, but if they want to stay relevant, productivity is something they will have to do.

Dropbox is also expensive for the average user. You either get 2.5G for free or pay $100/year for 1TB or even higher plan. There's nothing in between.

Google drive in comparison has a 100G plan for around $20/year, which is enough for most people. Too bad Google has no delta sync.

Re: Dropbox Professional

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Post by microtonal » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 5:41 PM UTC

So they created a new Pro plan:

https://www.dropbox.com/plans/individual?trigger=nr

Recently, they renamed the old Pro plan to Plus. This sucks quite a bit for long-time users, since they are only adding new features (smart sync, full content search) to the new Pro plan.