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Dan1979
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3 years ago

Clarifications regarding Personal Use Plans vs Business Use Plans

Hi, I am trying to figure out a general outline of all the plans, and here are my finds.   Personal Use plans : (payed as an individual) 1. Basic                    2 Gb            1 user...
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Dan1979
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Dear Hannah,

It seems that the information from the previous message is not entirely correct.

The error that prevented me from connecting to DropBox API is not because "I cannot connect to API using a basic account", which is INCORRECT, but for the fact that I selected the "Delete Files Permanently" option in the Permissions tab for an account that is not a business account. 

In other words, my problem  regarding the API is solved. Sorry if it caused any time loss..

 

1. However, in the link:

https://help.dropbox.com/plans/what-dropbox-plan-do-i-have

It seems that the "Standard" and "Advanced" plans are nowhere to be found, so I assume that they are no longer valid, as they have been replaced with "Business" and "Business Plus" plans. Is this correct?

 

2. Also, my assumption is that "Essentials" is a 1 man business plan.

3. But "Professional" I am not sure if it can be used for both single user payment (no company, just for personal use) as well as for a business that only needs 1 single user.

 

Can you please help on those last 3 points?

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Rich
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3 years ago
Dan1979 wrote:

The error that prevented me from connecting to DropBox API is not because "I cannot connect to API using a basic account", which is INCORRECT, but for the fact that I selected the "Delete Files Permanently" option in the Permissions tab for an account that is not a business account.

Any plan can access the API.

 

It seems that the "Standard" and "Advanced" plans are nowhere to be found, so I assume that they are no longer valid, as they have been replaced with "Business" and "Business Plus" plans. Is this correct?

No, that is not correct. Standard and Advanced are still available.

 

Also, my assumption is that "Essentials" is a 1 man business plan.

Basically, yes, but so is Professional.

 

But "Professional" I am not sure if it can be used for both single user payment (no company, just for personal use) as well as for a business that only needs 1 single user.

It doesn't matter who pays for it or how it's used. Only that it's meant for one person (it's not a team account).

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