Dropbox Dropbox Basic vs Dropbox Plus
Dropbox Plus costs $9.99 more a month ($119.88 a year) than Dropbox Basic. Here is exactly what that extra money buys.
Dropbox Basic
$0 a month
Best for: Someone who only needs to move a handful of documents between a computer and a phone.
Dropbox Plus
$9.99 a month
Best for: One person with a large collection of photos, documents or videos.
What you get by choosing Dropbox Plus
- Storage space: 2 TB (instead of 2 GB)Text documents take almost no room. Photos and videos are what fill up a plan.
- Largest batch of files you can send someone: 50 GB (instead of 2 GB)
Same on both
people who get their own account (1), can be shared with family members (not included), how long you can get back a deleted file (30).
Which one should you pick?
It depends on what you actually use. If you don't need storage space or largest batch of files you can send someone, Dropbox Basic does the same job for less. Answer a few questions and we'll tell you which plan fits.
Prices and features verified September 21, 2026 from Dropbox's official pages (source ↗). Prices are before tax and can change. See all Dropbox plans.