Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Dropbox
The 20 closest cloud file storage alternatives to Dropbox, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 19 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Dropbox? The closest matches are iCloud, Syncthing and MediaFire. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 22 ms
01 · Entity
About Dropbox
Dropbox dropbox.com
Dropbox: Secure cloud storage, file sharing, and more
Discover Dropbox – secure, easy cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration. With Dash, save time and organize all your company content in one place.
Wikidata: cloud storage and file synchronization service
Summary by Claude
Dropbox is a cloud storage and file synchronization service for storing, syncing and sharing files, with tools for e-signatures, file review, search across company content (Dash) and integrations with AI assistants.
- Who it’s for
- Individuals, teams and businesses
- Business model
- Freemium subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Dropbox’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Dropbox
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Dropbox, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
iCloud
Log in to iCloud to access your photos, mail, notes, documents and more. Sign in with your Apple Account or create a new account to start using Apple services.
Very close cos 0.905 - 02
Syncthing
open source continuous file synchronization software
Very close cos 0.904 - 03
File sharing and storage made simple
MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
Very close cos 0.900 - 05
Box | AI-Powered Content Management, Workflow & Collaboration
Intelligent Content Management makes it easy to automate workflows, collaborate internally and externally, and protect your sensitive data, all on one platform.
Very close cos 0.897 - 06
TeraBox - Free Cloud Storage Up To 1 TB, Send Large Files Online
TeraBox offers 1 tb free cloud storage & online file transfer. Login or Download TeraBox app to get 1 tb storage and use it on your PC, Mac, iPhone & Android.
Close cos 0.889 - 07
Samsung Cloud
See what's synced and backed up across your Samsung devices.
Close cos 0.887 - 08
Cloud storage and data transfer services ~ pixeldrain
Pixeldrain is a file transfer service, you can upload any file and you will be given a shareable link right away. pixeldrain also supports previews for images, videos, audio, PDFs and much more.
Close cos 0.889 - 09
Image and Video Platform for Visual Experiences | Cloudinary
Streamline media management and improve user experience by automatically delivering images and videos, enhanced and optimized for every user.
Close cos 0.885 - 10
WeTransfer | Skicka stora filer snabbt
Det enkla, snabba och säkra sättet att skicka filer till hela världen utan ett konto. Dela filer, foton och videor idag helt gratis.
Close cos 0.885 - 11
Nextcloud - Open source content collaboration platform
The most popular open source content collaboration platform for tens of millions of users at thousands of organizations across the globe
Close cos 0.882 - 13
Synology Inc.
Synology uniquely enables you to manage, secure, and protect your data - at the scale needed to accommodate the exponential data growth of the digital world.
Close cos 0.880 - 14
Scribd: Home to the world’s documents.
Get to the source. Specialized knowledge on any topic, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Home to the world’s documents, 300M+ and counting.
Close cos 0.881 - 15
Zotero | Your personal research assistant
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Close cos 0.878 - 16
Docker | Secure Sandboxes for AI Agents
Run AI agents and containers safely, anywhere. Docker gives builders trusted sandboxes, governance, and a secure supply chain for modern software.
Close cos 0.876 - 17
ImageShack: Image Hosting & Photo Sharing
Image hosting and photo storage for your high-res photos. Upload, organize into albums and share anywhere with ImageShack. Plans from $3.99/month.
Close cos 0.879 - 18
Control your data governance with an independent cloud. Solutions hosted in the heart of Europe, designed to protect your confidentiality.
Close cos 0.879 - 19
Slack | AI Work Platform & Productivity Tools
Boost productivity and save time with Slack — the AI work platform for managing projects, automating workflows, and connecting teams securely. Start working smarter today.
Close cos 0.876 - 20
Portal Home - Hosting AliDropship
Close cos 0.875
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to dropbox.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Dropbox uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Dropbox is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Marketing automation
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 ip4:45.58.64.0/20 ip4:185.45.8.0/22 ip4:162.125.0.0/16 ip4:199…
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=7f4c0115f99ee7bc4ed67beff4365dd6b29ec5e4cfca03b87…
- Web servers
- Envoy header server: envoy
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 ip4:45.58.64.0/20 ip4:185.45.8.0/22 ip4:162.125.0.0/16 ip4:199…
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms91256510
- Proofpoint MX mxb-001ed902.gslb.pphosted.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 ip4:45.58.64.0/20 ip4:185.45.8.0/22 ip4:162.125.0.0/16 ip4:199…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-564.awsdns-06.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=4977108a-46c6-4763-a3cc-b23b3d87e5cc
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=6wGFrdfZ2TC4HlEk
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=yjrZDQ/hCS3k4pk87lelfsKb7+aOLpQPPgowWw/…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=a3cf77c9-f563-4c9b-8cbb-73c5322feb8e
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=6Gs0C-CwJui707tVZirEFGKvKfGtwwZf2Snzz0-2nUQ
- Miro TXT miro-verification=06f0d83f07b5b7c1936df29f6dc8a6a11cf82d08
- Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=enHWmn6FFlHvaUid8AdXGKPkDn7j1VVAKudIomtvw0z
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-taySZvuNYfU5nkRTfwxixP7F
- Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=1qkjOc6gwuxLaFmX90NDKDiQVw0k4aNHyeT15kdt
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Dropbox adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Amazon Route 53 10/20
- Microsoft 365 9/20
- Google Workspace 8/20
- jQuery · not on dropbox.com 6/20
- Apple Business 6/20
- Atlassian 5/20
- Bootstrap · not on dropbox.com 4/20
- Fastly · not on dropbox.com 4/20
- Google Analytics · not on dropbox.com 4/20
- Google Fonts · not on dropbox.com 4/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on dropbox.com 4/20
- Stripe 4/20
- Zendesk 4/20
- DocuSign 4/20
- OneTrust · not on dropbox.com 4/20