Cloud Computing: Dropbox Supersizes
July 11, 2012
Grazed from Sys Con Media. Author: Maureen O’Gara.
Dropbox has doubled the space in its existing $99-a-year Pro 50GB and $199-a-year 100GB cloud storage plans without raising prices and introduced a new $499-a-year 500GB plan.
It says it’s responding to user demand though it’s really more a matter of trying to keep up with the competition. Google Drive only costs $60 a year for 100GB and Microsoft’s SkyDrive is $50 a year for 107GB. Current Dropbox Pro users have been automatically updated to the added space, and all new Pro users can sign up access the new 100GB, 200GB and 500GB plans.
Consumers can still get 2GB for free and businesses may be better off with Dropbox for Teams, which starts at around $800 a year for five users.