Re: What is the best plan to support 15 users to each upload vacation pix to my new dropbox account?

rastronut · ‎10-28-2023

I've been tasked to create a shared location / folder with subfolders so that each traveler can upload their photos to my dropbox account. I expect to need approx 1-2TB. What is the best plan to purchase to support access to all these users to be able to upload and download ?

Rich · ‎10-28-2023

@rastronut wrote:

Can this be done without the vacationer's needing their own dropbox account ?

With a shared folder, no. Each member of a shared folder needs their own account with enough available space to hold the entire content of the folder.

Could I then share a link to each subfolder so that they could download the photos?

Yes. If they only need download access, use a File Request for them to upload, and then a view-only Shared Link for them to download. No account necessary for them.

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Rich · ‎10-28-2023

@rastronut wrote:

I've been tasked to create a shared location / folder with subfolders so that each traveler can upload their photos to my dropbox account. I expect to need approx 1-2TB. What is the best plan to purchase to support access to all these users to be able to upload and download ?

If you plan on using a shared folder, then every member of the folder would need an account with enough available storage in their account to hold the entire folder. So if you're expecting to use 1-2TB of space in the share, EVERY member of that shared folder would need to upgrade to at least a Plus account.

If you only need them to be able to upload files to you and they won't need to access the files after upload, you can use a File Request which allows anyone to upload files to you without needing an account. Only you would need to upgrade to at least a Plus plan to have enough storage.

rastronut · ‎10-28-2023

Thanks Rich for your prompt reply!

Actually I need for each vacationer to be able to upload their photos to a shared dropbox designated folder/subfolder and then to allow each vacationer to then access all the subfolders to download any photos. Can this be done without the vacationer's needing their own dropbox account ? Could I then share a link to each subfolder so that they could download the photos?

Rich · ‎10-28-2023

@rastronut wrote:

Can this be done without the vacationer's needing their own dropbox account ?

With a shared folder, no. Each member of a shared folder needs their own account with enough available space to hold the entire content of the folder.

Could I then share a link to each subfolder so that they could download the photos?

Yes. If they only need download access, use a File Request for them to upload, and then a view-only Shared Link for them to download. No account necessary for them.