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Lisa Douglas
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
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Closed - Not for right now
Allow a personal account to have more than 3 TB, or more than 4 TB with the add on
Hello,
I'm a graphic designer with over 15 years of workload. This obviously equates to extreme files sizes. I was disappointed to learn Dropbox don't offer a package for single users over 3TB. I work solely and require more cloud space and don't want to have to upgrade to a 'per user' plan as this isn't cost effective. This option has to become available soon.
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- shinbeth2 years agoExperienced | Level 13
XDC Indeed, the storage solutions you mentioned might be sufficient for 4TB Mac owners, but Apple has been offering 8TB MacBook Pros like mine since 2019. Consequently, I require at least 8TB for my MacBook, plus an additional 1-2TB for miscellaneous files, transfers, and extra storage, totaling around 10TB. Ideally, I'd double this to maintain a bi-weekly Carbon Copy clone of my MacBook for utmost security. This clone, which I prefer not to sync locally for now (awaiting the day Apple introduces a 16TB internal SSD), should be stored on Dropbox as well for maximum peace of mind. I also perform real-time backups with Time Machine on two identical external SSDs, alternating them between two different locations (one at home, one at a secret remote location) for added security against potential fire or theft. Thus, my ideal Dropbox plan would be 18TB, considering Google Drive already offers the 30TB option I don't get why Dropbox does limit itself to a ridiculously low 3TB. Nonetheless, I'd be content with an 8-10TB plan for now. It's time for Dropbox to evolve; the era of needing only 2-3TB is behind us.
While we might dream of quantum computing enabling ultra-fast cloud SSDs linking Dropbox or iCloud to our machines in real time, for now, we must focus on realistic and incremental improvements - let's go with small wins 🙂 Take our money Dropbox, everyone is asking for it, what are you waiting for?
- XDC2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
It’s basically the amount of TB we need is to match our Mac hard drive so we can back up completely. 4TB. 5TB would allow for extra odd bits of random files and transfers and personal photos maybe.
- XDC2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
If we can buy extra TB would be an option. From real use and experience I need at most 5TB.
- XDC2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
I am exact the same. We need more TB as we grow!
- MajorHavoc2 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
Hello Dropbox
Now over 11 pages of requests to this suggestion. How much more do you need? If you are not ever going to do this, can you just say so then we can all move on? Be nice to understand why you don’t want to consider this as well. Thank you.
- Long Peter2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Yep. Also a sole-trading graphic designer with the same comments. Photoshop is so greedy for disk space these days that it is easy to add several GB a week all by itself.
We should be able to just buy more Dropbox space like I'd buy more hard drives. The whole point of using cloud storage is to make this all someone else's problem. If I still need to worry about space constraints, then what's the point?
- Eric Arneson2 years agoNew member | Level 2
I have a two person business that ran out of room with our Onedrive at 2.6TB which cannot be upgraded... So we are looking to Dropbox but it has the SAME PROBLEM stuck at 3TB! No scalable storage options. Listen to your customers and other cloud storage customers looking for greener pastures. We want more flexible storage options! NOT BUSINESS PLANS with bloatware and unnecessary features. YOU ARE LOSING CUSTOMERS!
- shinbeth2 years agoExperienced | Level 13
Hi it's 2024 and I still no upgrade on the pricing page this is getting ridiculous WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW ME TO PAY MORE FOR MORE THAN 3TB OF PRO STORAGE DROPBOX????? I NEED AT LEAST 6TB (PROBABLY EVEN MORE SINCE MY MACBOOK M3 RUNS ON 8TB INTERNAL SSD) I DON'T NEED 3TB ANYMORE THIS WAS BACK IN 2010 WE NEED MORE SPACE IN 2024 AND I DON'T NEED YOUR 3-USER ENTERPRISE PLANS EITHER SO JUST GIVE ME 6-8TB ON PRO PLAN THANKS
- pcolton2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Just jumping on top of the pile here. I was "forced" to get biz plan only because I keep all my assets in dropbox for 3d work, materials, textures, etc.
It's a very simple request, just allow me to pay for additional storage on a personal account, without limit. You get paid, I get more space, everyone wins. 🙂
Thanks.
- MajorHavoc2 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
Curious Dropbox, just how many pages of comments asking for a feature does it take before you actually decide one is going to be implemented?
And if you never plan to implement the feature, how about just saying so and closing the discussion as "Will Not Change" so we know where the company stands?
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