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Dropbox vs Google Docs: What are the differences?
What is Dropbox? Build the power of Dropbox into your apps. Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.
What is Google Docs? Real-time docs collaboration. It is a word processor included as part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google. It brings your documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs.
Dropbox belongs to "File Storage" category of the tech stack, while Google Docs can be primarily classified under "Document Collaboration".
Lyft, StackShare, and 9GAG are some of the popular companies that use Dropbox, whereas Google Docs is used by Blue Toque Software, Fortative, and Sotong Kitchen. Dropbox has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1071 company stacks & 960 developers stacks; compared to Google Docs, which is listed in 12 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.
Pros of Dropbox
- Easy to work with434
- Free256
- Popular216
- Shared file hosting176
- 'just works'167
- No brainer100
- Integration with external services79
- Simple76
- Good api49
- Least cost (free) for the basic needs case38
- It just works11
- Convenient8
- Accessible from all of my devices7
- Command Line client5
- Synchronizing laptop and desktop - work anywhere4
- Can even be used by your grandma4
- Reliable3
- Sync API3
- Mac app3
- Cross platform app3
- Ability to pay monthly without losing your files2
- Delta synchronization2
- Everybody needs to share and synchronize files reliably2
- Backups, local and cloud2
- Extended version history2
- Beautiful UI2
- YC Company1
- What a beautiful app1
- Easy/no setup1
- So easy1
- The more the merrier1
- Easy to work with1
- For when client needs file without opening firewall1
- Everybody needs to share and synchronize files reliabl1
- Easy to use1
- Official Linux app1
- The more the merrier0
Pros of Google Docs
- It's simple, but expansive3
- Free2
- Fast and simple1
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Cons of Dropbox
- Personal vs company account is confusing3
- Replication kills CPU and battery1
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