Upload file directly from Google Drive

[civon]

As a Dropbox fan, Google Drive has always been a nightmare to me, due to its unstable download speed, horrible syncing app, irrational sharing logic, etc.

I used to be able to transfer files directly from Google Drive to Dropbox using the Dropbox's native feature on Jun 18, 2022. I thought it was the day to end the Google Drive nightmare, but unfortunately the next day Dropbox took this feature away.

I have to say this feature is so critical to my Dropbox using experience. As my business partners always use Google Drive to share large files every day, and I use Dropbox to store all my own files. In the past, I have to install third-party app to my Google Drive to allow the files stored on Google Drive to be downloaded to the server provided by the third-party developer, and then they upload the files to my Dropbox account. During the process, files from both Google Drive and Dropbox have a high risk of being exposed to a third party or even leak to public. If Dropbox could establish a direct tunnel with Google Drive, I will be more confident to transfer files. Sometimes the files our business partner shared need not to be downloaded to local computer, and only need to be stored on cloud. That's where this direct-transfer feature becomes especially useful.

[civon]

Yes. This is exactly the feature I was mentioning. And I also noticed this change last week, that they moved the button from "Upload" menu to under the "More" menu.

[Megan]

Hello all! 

We are currently exploring ways to allow users to access the Upload button at any time. In the meantime, would you mind if i reached out to your email to look into this further?

Keep me posted!

[jzavala1986]

I wanted to add to this thread. I find a lot of people are wanting to move from google drive to Dropbox for Advanced as of recent do to a price hike on their unlimited plan. If this migration feature, if implemented, would be useful on the team account also. 

[Amilia]

I understand your frustration. It is definitely inconvenient to have to use a third-party app to transfer files between Google Drive and Dropbox. And I agree that the direct transfer feature would be very useful, especially for large files.
But for me I suggest using a third-party app like Gs Richcopy 360 or CloudFuze , these apps allow you to transfer files between different cloud storage services easily and fast .

[civon]

Hi Amilia. I believe Dropbox has already released this feature (at least released to me, and not sure if this feature is made public).

The button "Upload from Google Drive" has now been renamed into "Add from Google Drive", and you can discover this button from the drop-down menu under the three dots button:

[Amilia]

Happy to hear that