The verdict
MEGA takes it, 4–2 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, MEGA takes 4 of 7 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Dropbox if…
- • You want Dropbox's edge on how reviewers rate its support and what the cheapest paid plan costs
Choose MEGA if…
- • You want MEGA's edge on how much you get free and who can read your files
Round by round
- Round 1How much you get freeMEGA wins
MEGA wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 2Who can read your filesMEGA winsDropbox5/10
Not zero-knowledge
Dropbox can read files on its servers
- Not zero-knowledge, against Zero-knowledge
Source: cloudslinker.com ↗
MEGA wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 3How reviewers rate its supportDropbox winsMEGA5/10
4 out of 5
customer-service rating from Capterra reviewers
- 4 out of 5, against 4.3 out of 5
Source: capterra.com ↗
Dropbox wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 4Paying once instead of monthlyTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 5What the cheapest paid plan costsDropbox winsDropbox8/10
$11.99/mo (Plus, monthly)
Plus, billed monthly (no Basic Extra plan in the US)
- Basic Extra (cheapest) / Plus (2 TB), billed monthly (click Billed monthly)
Source: dropbox.com ↗
MEGA5/10$3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.)
Essential 200 GB, billed yearly (default Yearly toggle, USD selected; MEGA charges in EUR, USD is an estimate); feature rows from the 'Pro I to III' column
- $3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.), against $0.99/mo (Basic Extra)
Source: mega.io ↗
Dropbox wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 6Storage on the cheapest paid planMEGA winsMEGA8/10
200 GB
Essential 200 GB, billed yearly (default Yearly toggle, USD selected; MEGA charges in EUR, USD is an estimate); feature rows from the 'Pro I to III' column
Source: mega.io ↗
MEGA wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 7Password-protected share linksMEGA winsDropbox5/10
No - Standard plan and up
Basic Extra (cheapest) / Plus (2 TB), billed monthly (click Billed monthly)
- No - Standard plan and up, against Yes on Pro plans
Source: dropbox.com ↗
MEGA8/10Yes on Pro plans
Essential 200 GB, billed yearly (default Yearly toggle, USD selected; MEGA charges in EUR, USD is an estimate); feature rows from the 'Pro I to III' column
Source: mega.io ↗
MEGA wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- Basic Extra (cheapest) / Plus (2 TB), billed monthly (click Billed monthly)
- 2 GB, against 15 GB
- $9.99, against $8.33
- $9.99, against $1.99
- 1.3 out of 5, against 2.3 out of 5
- 4.5 out of 5, against 4.7 out of 5
- $3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.), against $1.99/mo (Basic 100 GB)
- 4 out of 5, against 4.3 out of 5
- $3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.), against $0.99/mo (Basic Extra)