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Clarifications regarding Personal Use Plans vs Business Use Plans
Hi,
I am trying to figure out a general outline of all the plans, and here are my finds.
Personal Use plans : (payed as an individual)
1. Basic 2 Gb 1 user...
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey Dan1979, thanks for your interest in our new plans!
I believe this page, that has an overview of the new plans will give you a lot of the info you're looking for.
Dropbox Essentials is mainly an individual account, which is more suited for work purposes.
You can find out more about Dropbox Essentials, Dropbox Business and Dropbox Business Plus in the following Help Center articles:
https://help.dropbox.com/plans/dropbox-essentials
https://help.dropbox.com/plans/dropbox-business
https://help.dropbox.com/plans/dropbox-business-plus
If you still have questions, let us know.
Cheers!
Dear Hannah,
Dropbox Essentials is mainly an individual account, which is more suited for work purposes.
Work purposes means that it is payed for as a company? One man business account?
I believe this page, that has an overview of the new plans will give you a lot of the info you're looking for.
This page only shows those Business plans: Essentials, Business, Business Plus and Enterprise.
There is absolutely no mention or the "Standard" and "Advanced" plans, yet this page has information on them:
https://help.dropbox.com/plans/what-dropbox-plan-do-i-have
But there is absolutely no mention if Standard and Advanced plans in this link are business plans or not.
I am an IT professional writing an application that uses DropBox API and I want to be able to know which of all the plans in this link
https://help.dropbox.com/plans/what-dropbox-plan-do-i-have
can allow 3rd party applications to access Dropox API.
If you answer this last question all my problems/questions are solved, as I won't have to test out every single plan separately.
I appreciate the fast answer, but I would very much appreciate to take the time to answer this message as it would save me tons of work and testing hours.
Cheers,
Dan
Dear Hannah,
It seems that the information from the previous message is not entirely correct.
The error that prevented me from connecting to DropBox API is not because "I cannot connect to API using a basic account", which is INCORRECT, but for the fact that I selected the "Delete Files Permanently" option in the Permissions tab for an account that is not a business account.
In other words, my problem regarding the API is solved. Sorry if it caused any time loss..
1. However, in the link:
https://help.dropbox.com/plans/what-dropbox-plan-do-i-have
It seems that the "Standard" and "Advanced" plans are nowhere to be found, so I assume that they are no longer valid, as they have been replaced with "Business" and "Business Plus" plans. Is this correct?
2. Also, my assumption is that "Essentials" is a 1 man business plan.
3. But "Professional" I am not sure if it can be used for both single user payment (no company, just for personal use) as well as for a business that only needs 1 single user.
Can you please help on those last 3 points?
- Rich
Super User II
Dan1979 wrote:
The error that prevented me from connecting to DropBox API is not because "I cannot connect to API using a basic account", which is INCORRECT, but for the fact that I selected the "Delete Files Permanently" option in the Permissions tab for an account that is not a business account.
Any plan can access the API.
It seems that the "Standard" and "Advanced" plans are nowhere to be found, so I assume that they are no longer valid, as they have been replaced with "Business" and "Business Plus" plans. Is this correct?No, that is not correct. Standard and Advanced are still available.
Also, my assumption is that "Essentials" is a 1 man business plan.Basically, yes, but so is Professional.
But "Professional" I am not sure if it can be used for both single user payment (no company, just for personal use) as well as for a business that only needs 1 single user.It doesn't matter who pays for it or how it's used. Only that it's meant for one person (it's not a team account).
- Rich
Dan1979 wrote:
Work purposes means that it is payed for as a company? One man business account?
It doesn't matter how it's paid or how it's used. Essentials in an individual plan meant for one person, not multiple people, and work purposes simply means that it includes some of the features normally found on the Business plans. Both the Professional and Essential plans are similar in this regard. They're typically used by business professionals, not Grandma saving pictures of her grand kids, though many people still use them for personal use. I am an individual, not a business, and I use a Professional plan for personal use only.
Dan1979 wrote:
But there is absolutely no mention if Standard and Advanced plans in this link are business plans or not.
The Just need storage? link on that page leads to the other plans.
Basic, Plus Professional and Essentials are individual plans meant for one person. Professional and Essentials include some, but not all, of the features found in the Business plans. For this reason you will often see them listed along side the actual Business plans, but they're still meant for an individual.
Family is like the Plus plan, but shared among a group of people.
Standard, Advanced, Business, Business Plus and Enterprise are all Business accounts meant for a team of people.
The plans are separated like they are on the Dropbox website because some plans (Plus, Professional, Standard, Advanced) are best for those that just need storage and a few extra features, while other plans (Essentials, Business, Business Plus, Enterprise) have more functionality beyond storage (file tracking, signature requests, video editing and review, etc.).
