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With a 300k File Limit - Does Dropbox Really Provide Business Solutions?
For many many years, I've been a Dropbox Pro member. During this time, they decided at some point, that 300,000 files is the maximum they will support. Now, I know what you are thinking. The ar...
I did not accept this as a solution (now fixed). It doesn't solve anything and is factually incorrect. At the time of your reply and this post, there is a baked in hard-limit in Dropbox that makes it unusable - and your support team refused to provide support to anyone with over 300K files. Nothing in your response you marked as the "answer" addresses this in any way shape or form. Wishing you had the answer isn't the same as providing one.
The right answer was moving to Google Drive and getting an actual business grade cloud based file sync solution in place.
I am running into the same issues, with Dropbox just closing my tickets.
I found them unresponsive and so disspointed. We have been with them for many years, and this is what it has come to. I would love to know what you all switched to as I am at the point to cancel my subscription of 70 users on the account. I don't even have that many files, 800K but Dropbox can't handle that.
i've been running into a similar problem with sync.com.
i've been a early dropbox supporter since day one, always had premium plans, when they had their 2tb individual plan i was really happy, because thats basically what i need, done. nope. 300000 files limit - back then there was no hint about that, when having 2.500000 files online i almost lost all of them, because that thing wne totally bonkers.
anyways, i quit after that, and checked out sync.com - who had the same plan for less money, with no file limits, but a limited gui. their big problem was, that they dont have a search and you cant really download or share big files (because it downloads them first - and after that again - which is an absolute nightmare if you're on a mobile) and i asked them for two years why the hell its not possible to change or improve that?! and honestly i really dont get why those two companies (in my case) are not able to implement those features or get rid of those bugs. a proper business that has a dropbox account will likely exceed that file limit. i love the dropbox menu and file system and up to 300000 files its an absolute charme to work with. for now i've gone back to google drive, the only acceptable gui, file history and no issues with larger files or file limits. only downside is that their updates are linear, so if its uploading a bunch of files and you change something during that period and extensively copy or move folders - it might get little bit messy. but all in all - best bang for the buck, by far. and i've tried every f-in single other competitor. dear dropbox - the day you can handle this - please let your customers know - or your ex-customers. i really hope you can and want to change something bout those issues.
Thanks for the feedback. I do love Dropbox interface as well, but their 300K file limit is a bummer. Been with them from the beginning and always had the top plans. They actually can't support small businesses, so don't even know why the try and sell it as a small business solution. We don't even have many files, and 300K files is absolutely nothing.
Dealing with the same issues here. Thnanks for sharing all this. Dropbox replied to me after 2 days then another 4 days and completely disregarded my updates and feedback regarding the issues. In fact, the message I received is below. More boilerplate responses. No explanation regarding whether that's the reason why the service just stopped working recently, despite having no issues over a month ago. Also no explanation for why only a previous version of their software will even begin to syn (but locks up eventually) . Will be moving to another service if even for "better" service and will be advising others the same. I have a month before my subscription expires. I think they are so big they don't think service matters anymore. They are pretty great at "copy and paste" help service so gotta give them credit that they have mastered that useful skill.
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- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Sorry to hear about this vscript - I have passed your comments along to the team and nudged the expert handling your case, informing them on your current status - thank you for the feedback; we appreciate it whether positive or negative.
In addition, I can see that our higher level technician has provided you with an update on your email so I'd suggest that you continued directly with them via your existing ticket.
If there is anything I can help with from my end, do let me know.
the problem is, it's not just vscript, it's all of us.
and probably a **bleep** whole lot more who dont take their time to write some form of feedback into this forum...
what i dont get is how this hasn't been solved yet....it's just that file limit, without that it would be freakin ace.
what is the technical reason for this, if there is one? could someone of dropxbox explain that to us? please?
Thank you for your patience on this matter.
It appears your Dropbox account contains a large amount of files. The performance of the Dropbox application starts to decline after reaching about 300,000 files. You can read more about this issue in the Help Center:
https://www.dropbox.com/help/39
One way you can speed up your Dropbox is by using selective sync. Selective sync lets you control which files and folders are being synced with your computer. Remember that if you’re having trouble accessing your files right now because of selective sync issues, your files are safe and accessible on dropbox.com.
Learn how to use selective sync in this Help Center article:
https://www.dropbox.com/help/175
Regards,
Matt