Dropbox vs Box Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Plus
- 1 user
- 2 TB of storage
- Stay connected across all devices
- 30 days to restore deleted files
- Transfer files up to 50 GB
- Edit PDFs and get signatures
Standard
Popular- 3+ users
- 5 TB of storage for the team
- Stay connected across all devices
- 180 days to restore deleted files
- Transfer files up to 100 GB
- Edit PDFs and get signatures
- Brand your files to share
- Password protect files
- Preview of Dash, your AI teammate
- Ask Dash questions, get answers
- Summarize meetings and more
- Get team folders for organization
- Manage team sharing
- Create groups and roles
- Admin control
Advanced
- 3+ users
- Starts at 15 TB for the team
- Stay connected across all devices
- 1 year to restore deleted files
- Transfer files up to 100 GB
- Edit PDFs and get signatures
- Brand your files to share
- Password protect files
- Preview of Dash, your AI teammate
- Ask Dash questions, get answers
- Summarize meetings and more
- Get team folders for organization
- Manage team sharing
- Create groups and roles
- Tiered-admin management
- End-to-end encryption
- Advanced key management
- Compliance tracking
- Single sign-on
Business
- Unlimited storage
- 5GB file upload
- External collaborators (pay per each)
- Integrated Box AI
- Unlimited e-sign requests
- 1,500+ integrations
- AI integrations
- Built-in security and SOC 1/2/3 compliance support
- 50K API calls per month*
Business Plus
- Unlimited storage
- 15GB file upload
- Unlimited external collaborators
- Integrated Box AI
- Unlimited e-sign requests
- 1,500+ integrations
- AI integrations
- Built-in security and SOC 1/2/3 compliance support
- Advanced admin controls
- 50K API calls per month*
Enterprise
- Unlimited storage
- 50GB file upload
- Unlimited external collaborators
- Integrated Box AI
- Content portals with Box Hubs
- 1K AI Units per month
- Unlimited e-sign requests
- 1,500+ integrations
- AI integrations
- Advanced workflows
- Advanced security
- FedRAMP Moderate, HIPAA, SOC 1/2/3 compliance support
- 100K API calls per month*
Enterprise Plus
Popular- Unlimited storage
- 150GB file upload
- Unlimited external collaborators
- Integrated Box Agent
- Content portals with Box Hubs
- 2K AI Units per month
- Unlimited e-sign requests
- 1,500+ integrations
- AI integrations
- FedRAMP Moderate, HIPAA, SOC 1/2/3 compliance support
- Advanced workflows
- Advanced security
- Threat detection rules and alerts
- 100K API calls per month*
- Enhanced support 24 hour coverage
Dropbox vs Box FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- Dropbox starts lower at $9/mo, compared to $20/mo for Box.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Dropbox has a free plan. Box doesn't — though they do offer a free trial.
- How do they charge?
- Both use a per-seat model, so the comparison is straightforward — it comes down to features and limits at each price point.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Dropbox: They're playing the premium-but-accessible game — not the cheapest cloud storage option but positioned as the reliable, feature-rich choice that justifies paying more than Google Drive or OneDrive. Going after teams who want something better than basic but aren't ready for enterprise complexity. Box: Box sits in the mid-to-premium range for cloud content management — more expensive than Google Workspace's storage layer but competing directly with SharePoint/OneDrive bundles that come 'free' with M365 licenses. They're not trying to win on price; they're targeting security-conscious enterprises and regulated industries where compliance and audit trails justify the premium over cheaper alternatives.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Dropbox and Box and let you know when something moves.