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Is there a cheaper plan than Dropbox Plus?
Many people do not need 2TB of data. So $9.99 a month is waste of money. But $0.99 a month for 50-100GB would be great with a 4 device limit. And perhaps another tier of 500GB for $2.99/month with a ...
Sorry, but this sounds just like a totally generic reply (which is also copy-paste as I saw it elsewhere) which won't change anything at the end. Fact is, that Dropbox is too expensive and barely any private user needs 2TB, when other service providers, including Apple, offer much cheaper options like 50-200GB, which are FAR more reasonably balanced.
Think about this: Till today you offer NO OPTION between the free plan (which, by the way, has laughably low storage with 2GB, while others like MEGA offer 20GB) and the first paid plan (which jumps to a crazy 2TB). So you can pick between 2GB and 2TB, nothing in between. Absolutely silly. I know this is intentional marketing, but you are missing a LOT of potential subscribers. Offering an additional 50-100GB option for 1-2$ wouldn't hurt your 2TB+ sales, but bring you new customers! But hey... if you don't want...
- Rich
Super User II
Dropbox is too expensive ... when other service providers, including Apple, offer much cheaper options like 50-200GB, which are FAR more reasonably balanced.
And nearly all the other major cloud storage providers subsidize their storage offerings through other products. Google has their ad business, Apple their hardware business, and Microsoft their software business. All of these are used to offset the costs of providing cloud storage, and they do this to get you into their ecosystem where you'll spend more money on their other offerings. Dropbox only has their storage business.
... but you are missing a LOT of potential subscribers. Offering an additional 50-100GB option for 1-2$ wouldn't hurt your 2TB+ sales ...
Dropbox has tried this several times in the past and it has hurt sales. Every once in a while they come up with a new lower-cost plan and try it again, but it rarely lasts. And as Jay mentioned above, there are two such plans available right now depending on your location.
- Mark
Offering an additional 50-100GB option for 1-2$ wouldn't hurt your 2TB+ sales, but bring you new customers!
It does and it has.
As Dropbox has repeatedly said they are not a storage solution (like iCloud or OneDrive). They are a complete solution online with way more functionality.
