The verdict
It's a dead heat.
Neither pulls ahead on the published figures and review sites, so the decision is in the details this comparison cannot see. Check the current figures on both pages.
Choose Dropbox if…
- • You want Dropbox's edge on how easy it is to use and what 2 tb costs
Choose OneDrive if…
- • You want OneDrive's edge on how much you get free and what the cheapest paid plan costs
Round by round
- Round 1How much you get freeOneDrive wins
OneDrive wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 2What the cheapest paid plan costsOneDrive wins
OneDrive wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 3How easy it is to useDropbox winsOneDrive5/10
4.4 out of 5
ease-of-use rating from Capterra reviewers
- 4.4 out of 5, against 4.5 out of 5
Source: capterra.com ↗
Dropbox wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 4Who can read your filesTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 5Paying once instead of monthlyTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 6Storage on the cheapest paid planOneDrive winsOneDrive8/10
100 GB
Microsoft 365 Basic (100 GB), monthly ('Or buy at ... per month'); Microsoft 365 Family for 2 TB
Source: microsoft.com ↗
OneDrive wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 7What 2 TB costsDropbox winsDropbox8/10
$11.99/mo (Plus, monthly)
Basic Extra (cheapest) / Plus (2 TB), billed monthly (click Billed monthly)
Source: dropbox.com ↗
OneDrive5/10$12.99/mo (Family, 2 TB shared)
Microsoft 365 Basic (100 GB), monthly ('Or buy at ... per month'); Microsoft 365 Family for 2 TB
- $12.99/mo (Family, 2 TB shared), against $11.99/mo (Plus, monthly)
Source: microsoft.com ↗
Dropbox wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 8Biggest single file you can uploadDropbox winsDropbox8/10
2 TB per file
Basic Extra (cheapest) / Plus (2 TB), billed monthly (click Billed monthly)
Source: help.dropbox.com ↗
OneDrive5/10250 GB per file
Microsoft 365 Basic (100 GB), monthly ('Or buy at ... per month'); Microsoft 365 Family for 2 TB
- 250 GB per file, against 2 TB per file
Source: support.microsoft.com ↗
Dropbox 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
- 5 GB, against 15 GB
- 4.4 out of 5, against 4.7 out of 5
- $12.99/mo (Family, 2 TB shared), against $9.99/mo (AI Plus 2 TB)
- 250 GB per file, against Up to 5 TB per file