Best Plan for Personal and Business mixed use

[Sorg67]

I have a free plan.  I have not used it much.  I am shutting down a server and looking for a place to store the files.  There are both business and personal finance data that needs to be very secure and personal data I would like to share with friends and family.

I have about 500 GB of data at the moment.  Might have more if I pull in my wife and children's files.  2 TB is plenty for now.

Is the free plan good enough?  Do I need a paid plan?  Which one?  One of the team plans to extend access to other family members?  Can I limit family access to certain folders?  Should I have two plans?  One for business files and another for personal files?

[Rich · Accepted solution]

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@Sorg67 wrote:

I have about 500 GB of data at the moment.  Might have more if I pull in my wife and children's files.  2 TB is plenty for now.

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With 500GB of data the Basic (free) plan won't work. The Basic plan starts with 2GB and while you can earn more space for free, you won't be able to earn enough space to hold 500GB.

If you plan on bringing your wife and children in and you want to keep your files separate from theirs, I'd suggest the Family plan. You'll each have your own separate account (up to 6 people) and share 2TB of space, and you'll all have access to a common Family Room folder.

• https://help.dropbox.com/plans/dropbox-family-plan

[Sorg67]

Great answer! I miss read the 2GB for free plan as 2 TB. Thanks!