Allow a personal account to have more than 3 TB, or more than 4 TB with the add on

I am exactly the same. With a 4TB Mac being more the norm, 3TB of files is a minimum. 

Hi jackiesterna,

just my 2 cents in this now …

What I have taken to doing these days is use a second offline backup service to keep a copy of all my Dropbox files (and other folders of course) and manage the smaller Dropbox space to keep only what is needed at the time there. 

It is pain at times, but we are all here because Dropbox makes some things we need in a file sharing service easy to use, and sadly the few alternatives (Google Drive, iCloud, and OneDrive are just not as good as Dropbox in file management and sharing.)

My bandwidth is not capped, so if my manual rearrangement means moving files in and out of Dropbox on a regular basis, so be it. And I believe they keep deleted files for some time, so you sort of get extra space anyway (just not much). 
If you could see my drive that is backed up now, right next to my Dropbox folder is a folder called Dropbox-removed, and those two folders are what the regular offline backup system takes. There are lots of alternatives for general backup to use, some even with physical disk services that will FedEx you a copy of files if needed (not free of course).  (I’m using Carbonite as there is no limit to the storage I can put there and while not as fast as Dropbox nor as convenient to use, it serves the extra space issue fairly well if I do the management.). Just sad that we have to jump through these hoops. But I finally realized, I don’t need all 

And I’ll add, these days I’m not even sure I would buy extra space anymore. DB charges way too much IMHO for the small bits one can get now. Budget is a concern for me as well, and unlimited backup keeps me safe for less money. 

end of 2 cents. 

Agree with the comments, "So please, if you are reading this and agree, leave you're own comment here stating that you want this feature so we can let the Dropbox Management know that they are LOSING money by not offering this service. " 

I am currently looking for other storage options since I'm maxed out on Dropbox and cannot pay for 5 licenses. If anyone has alternative recommendations please post!

The pricing at Dropbox has always puzzled me, it feels we get punished for actual using the space. 60$ for an additional single TB is beyond anything that's acceptable short of a scam.

I've been starting to look at alternatives to migrate everything and close my DropBox, after a decade of loyalty to the service. Sure, it's going to be a pain for a couple of days while I have to relink many of my files, but it will be worth it for the long-term gains (both financial but also in terms of time, finally avoiding having to see what old files I can delete to stay within the 3TB limit every 2 months).

randypeck as stated before, Pro and Business are different accounts. I’ve tried Business at personal and business level, it changes my file directory structure with a unecessary 3-user folder structure which messes up my organization, whereas with individual Pro account there’s no such thing.

Just provide a single individual plan with more than 4TB Dropbox thanks, just like all your competitors. I really don’t know what’s so difficult to change a line of code to allow it.

Is that $60/month for an additional 1TB maxpantani ? That is highway robbery.  I guess we all want it so badly they feel they can change a ridiculous price for a TB.

I want more space, but I do want to be charged a ludicrous price for it.  SIGH

@randypeck

Even funnier is before I found this, I contacted customer service and asked directly if there was a way to add another terabyte and they said "No"... very strange. This is what happens at big companies I guess. 

Thanks for pointing out that you can now add another TB to the Essentials plan for a total of 4TB.  I've never noticed this before -- they don't seem interested in promoting it.

I think that since it's unrealistic to wait for Dropbox to *ever* change their single-user licenses, the solution is to jump from 4TB to 9TB via their Business Plan and register two unused emails as the second two "accounts," and just use the entire 9TB in your primary account.  The cost/TB ($60/mo for 9TB) is similar to the personal plan.  Right?

If you need more you can jump to the 15TB Business Plus plan for $78/mo -- which is lower cost/TB than the personal or regular Business plan.  Again you'll just need to set up two fake users that don't use any of the storage -- just use it all yourself.

What am I missing?  Is this not a viable course of action (unless you want more than 4TB but less than 9TB)?  The cost/TB on all of these options is comparable if not identical.

@maxpantani 

I did just find you can ADD 1 TB in your subscription settings for another $60 but then you can't keep adding after that. 

maxpantani yeah mate that's very solid. 50 eur / month but at least I can sleep at night knowing my personal and pro lives are backed on the cloud at any given time 🙂

This situation of using an external hard drive really stressed me out haha

What is your current setup?