One Drive - Am I the Last Person Using Dropbox for Business

[KootK]

Just a poll here. Is everybody using OneDrive for cloud collaboration with clients?

I'm still rocking Dropbox just because I was an early adopter and I detest change in all of its myriad forms. And my personal & business files are not as separate as they probably ought to be...

But, lately, I seem to be the only consultant using Dropbox and that doesn't feel great. The $$ are of no consequence either way of course. I mostly just don't want to switch over and have to switch to something else any time soon.

Yes, I'm a fossil.

 

[ThomasH]

Perhaps not entirely relevant since I am in Europe but we use several services. What we don't use, as far as I know, is Dropbox. But I have a software vendor that distributes software with Dropbox. It works, but I just download a installation file.

I have two computers. One good thing with OneDrive is that I can duplicate files on the computers with OneDrive.

 

[SE2607]

I use DropBox exclusively and, in fact have removed OneDrive (as much) as I can from my system. I keep all of my files in a folder under My Documents so that they are accessible from any of my devices. Prior to DropBox, I tried OneDrive. However, whenever I would save as file, I would get an annoying message saying something like "The file has changed. Do you want to replace the existing file?". At minimum, this interrupted my work flow, but, often, it caused me to lose my changes to the file if I made the wrong decision. It's a nominal fee to have enough storage (for me), but worth it. It has worked flawlessly for me for years. It's not broke.

With regards to transferring files too large to email, I have had occasions where the recipient complained about having to sign into DropBox or some other hoop that they would rather not do. Lately, either those people have gone away or I have learned how to send the file without requiring the recipient to sign in.

 

[milkshakelake]

I used to use OneDrive. I've had a million issues with it, so I switched to Google Drive. I'm having very annoying issues with that as well, so I'm looking for an alternative. Maybe a self-hosted FTP like another user mentioned. I'm in the world of Linux and Docker, and a lot of that stuff is open source. I have it on my list to investigate the Linux stuff; I'll update here if I find anything. But those aren't click-to-install types of stuff. The good thing is that they can interface well with Windows Server, which I use. Another good thing is that all the login stuff is kept internal, so there's less "leakage" in terms of privacy and passwords.

Dropbox is out of the question for me. It doesn't support Windows Server (source). Tried running it anyway, and they weren't joking; I have to restart it like every day. Even Google Drive supports Windows Server. The alternative is to install Dropbox on like 10 different computers in my office, and I just don't have the IT capacity to manage that. It's already tough to manage all the other licenses and stuff.

 

[JStructsteel]

One drive since its integrated into my file system, just another "hard drive" to me.
Plus I can use it with my phone, remarkable, etc. Pretty much have access to my network anytime I need.

 

[KootK]

Praise be to everyone who took the time to respond to this. Just what I needed.

 

[hemiv]

Dropbox has had some security issues, so I switched to Sync.com. One architect I know uses Google Drive. The rest seem to use One Drive.

IMO - this is less about One Drive being good as it is about it being conveniently bundled with your Microsoft subscription (or hosting).