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No additional space on Business Advanced anymore.
Dear community,
I'm here to advice that the support have been denying us additional space for two weeks, first telling us that there was a momentary problem, then that we had made a request before ...
i really dont mean to side at all remotely in favor of dropbox here as i have also been affected by the storage lockdown out of the blue with zero notice or communication - but following this thread for awhile it seems that there are probably a small % of accounts that are using dropbox as a backup or mass cheap cloud storage and not using it as a platform with its many collaborative features etc. people mentioning PB of space etc - potentially seems that a few are ruining it for the many. that being said dropbox should have defined clear outlines for its "unlimited" storage and should be handling this better.
rclone integrates with many other services which are very inexpensive. azure archive tier for example
They could 1000% be handling this better. Go after the few accounts uploading PBs. Don’t continue to advertise “as much space as you need” when you’re only going to give 1TB per month. Communicate to your users about policy changes. Don’t dance around the truth in support calls. I’m taking my refund and advising everyone I know in my industry to take their business elsewhere.
- I agree with you, only the fact that drobpox has reviewed its unlimited offer, it is simply because they are recovering the Google cloud groups that allowed themselves to store tons of content. All is indicated in various sources of REDDIT. A few months ago if you ask for 1 pb a dropbox have give it to you eyes closed.
Niitr0, As an IT professional, I do not believe the excuse that they did not know what was happening before it was too late. None of the companies I work with would offer a service they could not support or accommodate.
For example, one of the companies I manage asked up front for 800TB, they wanted to create an off-site backup of their local server data and databases. Dropbox had no problem telling them they could get the 800TB and even told me over the phone and chat lines that it would be given once the account was paid for; this by the way has been the normal for the other companies I have helped with implementing Dropbox in their workflows. However, in this case, they are stuck at around 420TB and being told they can only get 1TB a month. Now, a simple calculation will tell you this will mean they will need to wait 38 months to get the data needed to complete their offsite backup, clearly not what was sold. We need to make sure Dropbox knows that this is unacceptable to promise one thing and give another.
Unfortunately, this thread seems to devolve into a finger pointing game at various groups; IE plex users, backup users, storage only users, etc. In fact, we all need to be collectively pointing the finger at Dropbox and letting them know we see them and that this is not acceptable. We need to make sure we stay focused and have people simply comment that this is affecting them and how it is going to cost Dropbox their business. This is the only thing that is going to make Dropbox move. Pointing fingers serves no purpose other than angering and dividing a community needlessly.
- This is exactly what is done on the discussion thread, I just give you the reason that was given by "members of the dropbox staff" at REDDIT
