OneDrive for Business vs. Dropbox Comparison

Instructions for moving your files from Dropbox to OneDrive for Business:

Feature

OneDrive for Business (or Teams/Office 365 Groups)

Dropbox

Feature

OneDrive for Business (or Teams/Office 365 Groups)

Dropbox

Arranged under contract with hosted provider

Supported Client OS

Windows, macOS, iOS, Android

Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android

Accessible from any browser in any OS

Default Quota

1024 GB

2 GB

File Upload Limit

250 GB

50 GB via website; Unlimited via desktop sync client

File Versioning

Content Approval/Workflows

File Check In/Out

Sharing

Guest link or named account holders

Guest link or named account holders

Share Files

Location of Shared Files

Owner's account or Microsoft Teams/Office 365 Group account

Mirrored to all collaborators' accounts

Web Authoring of Documents

(Open and edit docs in web browser)

Manage Documents with Tags

Follow Documents (Get Notified of Changes)

Selective Folder Syncing

Search

Full Text Search - find text within documents

Full Text Search - find text within documents