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DannyJPN's avatar
DannyJPN
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Which plan should I go for? Professional or Business?

Greetings,

I am planning to upgrade to higher plan from the free version,since I have TERABYTES of data I need to back up.

I am not getting though this:

 

Professional: €16.58/month,3 TB (3,000 GB)

BUT
Standard: €12/user/month,5 TB (5,000 GB)

Why is 5TB cheaper than 3TB?
And what is the process if one wants to change between pricing plans ?

That is one of the things I struggle with,as I am unsure what plan would fit best for me,and also I need to balance price vs features.

Danny

  • Richard Eltink's avatar
    Richard Eltink
    Explorer | Level 4

    Hallo Danny,

     

    I'm also new here and i'm testing DBox as well.

     

    I believe the differents are (Standard: €12) for each user, You have to buy 3 licences,So the standard one is 12x3=36 euros.

    And de Profecional plan is for 1 user only.

     

    @Staff, correct me if I'm wrong 🙂

    • DannyJPN's avatar
      DannyJPN
      Explorer | Level 3

      I am a Dropbox user for I think about 10 years,but I have always used only Free,because I had a powerful backup by university-provided GDrive and Onedrive licenses,which allowed me to go up to 2TB of storage. Now when my unviersity membership ended (I already graduated),I need to substitute for it.
      I chose to try it with Dropbox,as it proved to have much better sync capabilities.

      I was able to crash both GDrive and OneDrive by the sheer amount of changes I do,because most of my data are mass-managed by PowerShell.
      I will still have to pay for Office365 Suite due to the need of the Office applications (I extensively use Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Outlook and their specific functions,which Libre/OpenOffice etc. usually dont do -or do it in a manner which is not good for me)
      But Dropbox was my first onlien storage and to this point remains my major online storage.

    • Rich's avatar
      Rich
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      Richard Eltink wrote:

      I believe the differents are (Standard: €12) for each user, You have to buy 3 licences,So the standard one is 12x3=36 euros.

      And de Profecional plan is for 1 user only.


      DannyJPN 

       

      Exactly as Richard Eltink states. Standard is a Business plan meant for a team of people and starts with a minimum of three users. Professional in an individual plan meant for one person.

      • DannyJPN's avatar
        DannyJPN
        Explorer | Level 3

        Therefore,what do you think would be the best option for me?
        Go for Professional? (and risk too high price)
        Go for Plus (and risk too small storage)?

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