How Dropbox prices

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Dropbox plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Billing |
|---|---|---|
| PlusFor personal use | $9.99 | / month |
| StandardHighlightedFor teams and professionals | $15 | / user / month |
| AdvancedFor companies | $24 | / user / month |
As printed on the page captured October 26, 2026.
How does Dropbox pricing work?
The value metric is the user, with storage and AI credits as the scale axes. Plus is a flat $9.99 / month 'For 1 person' with 2 TB of storage, Standard is $15 / user / month 'For 1 person or more' and 'Starts at 3 TB for the team', and Advanced is $24 / user / month 'For 3 people or more' and 'Starts at 15 TB for the team'. The team plans add an 'AI in Dropbox' block, with 'Starts at 250 AI credits per month' on Standard and 'Starts at 750 AI credits per month' on Advanced. Beyond those allowances, the plans separate on recovery windows of 30 days, 180 days and 1 year, transfer sizes of 50 GB and 100 GB, and admin and security controls such as tiered admin roles, end-to-end encryption and single sign-on. Pooled storage and pooled credits fit a file platform, where a team's data and its AI work are shared and used unevenly across people.
The motion is self-serve with Enterprise by conversation. 'Go from idea to done with Dropbox' sits over a Billed monthly / Billed yearly control, with a 'Help me choose' button at the right edge of the plan row. Three cards carry audience labels, For personal use, For teams and professionals and For companies; Plus offers Buy now, while Standard and Advanced lead with 'Try for free' and a text link 'or buy now', and both carry a 'New AI features' badge. Basic Free with Get Basic and Enterprise with 'Contact us for pricing' share a row beneath. Compare plans repeats the billing control, adds a 'Show only differences' switch, and runs a header with prices and buttons above nine sections from Dropbox core features to Support. A 'How Dropbox compares:' section then sets Dropbox beside Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and Box, with performance figures footnoted to a 2023 Principled Technologies study.
Under the hood, the team plans now run three linked meters. Each seat adds a user, while the storage pool and the AI credit pool each begin at a base set by the plan, printed as a 'Starts at' figure on every team card. Advanced's credit base is three times Standard's, matching its three-seat minimum, which points to a credit allowance that grows with the team the same way storage does. The AI features are framed as actions on files, 'Ask AI to organize and rename files', 'Convert, compress, and combine files' and 'Approve AI actions and undo changes', so credits measure work done rather than raw model usage, and the 'For select teams' label marks a staged rollout. Advanced's three-seat minimum sets its entry at $72 a month and positions it for companies with security and compliance needs: ransomware detection and recovery, suspicious activity alerts, Advanced Key Management and audit logs with file event tracking. Signature requests read 3 per month on all three plans next to 'Unlimited self-signing', with Dropbox Sign in the footer's product list as the path for signature volume. Bundling a credit allowance into the seat is where seat-based pricing is heading: the seat stays the purchase unit, and credits give AI its own measurable budget inside it.
What does Dropbox's pricing page do well?
- Audience labels above each plan, For personal use, For teams and professionals and For companies, let buyers self-select before comparing features
- A Best Value badge on Standard gives a single recommended default in a three-card row
- The AI allowance is printed as a number on each team card, 'Starts at 250 AI credits per month' and 'Starts at 750 AI credits per month', beside a list of the actions credits power
- A 'Show only differences' switch above the comparison table narrows the matrix to the rows that separate the plans
- The comparison table prints concrete values, 30-day, 180-day and 1-year history and 'Deliver up to 50 GB' against 100 GB, with price and CTAs repeated in the header
What does Dropbox's pricing page reveal about its pricing strategy?
- Per-user pricing with pooled team storage and pooled AI credits sells access by seat and capacity by plan
- A credit base that triples from Standard to Advanced, beside a three-seat minimum, points to an AI allowance that scales with team size
- AI features framed as file actions, organize, rename, convert and find images, make credits a measure of work done rather than tokens
- Team cards leading with 'Try for free' over 'or buy now' put the trial at the center of the team journey
- Signature requests at 3 per month on every plan, with Dropbox Sign in the product family, keep signing volume in a dedicated product
Learn with Orb
- GuideBuild a pricing and packaging strategy in 9 steps Audience labels, For personal use, For teams and professionals and For companies, sit above each plan; Orb's nine steps start from who each plan is for and how the lineup scales.
- Guide8 SaaS pricing models: how to choose one Standard and Advanced price per user while storage pools at the team level, from 3 TB to 15 TB; Orb's guide covers per-seat and hybrid models and how each structures payment.
Questions about Dropbox pricing
How much does Dropbox cost?
Dropbox's pricing starts at $9.99/mo. The page shows 3 plans, including a free plan, with the top plan priced through sales.
What pricing model does Dropbox use?
Dropbox prices per seat, combined with credits and flat-rate tiers. Buyers can sign up on their own or go through the sales team. Its plans are aimed mainly at small businesses.
Does Dropbox have a free plan?
Yes, Dropbox has a free plan, and its paid plans offer a free trial. Paid plans start at $9.99/mo.
Does Dropbox offer an annual discount?
Dropbox offers monthly and annual billing; the page doesn't state the discount. The listed prices start at $9.99/mo. Terms for the plans priced through sales are set with the sales team.
How is Dropbox's pricing page laid out?
The page shows 3 plans, highlights Standard, and includes a comparison table. The breakdown above marks 14 points on it: 6 things it does well and 8 insights into the pricing.
How many AI credits come with Dropbox Standard and Advanced?
Dropbox Standard "Starts at 250 AI credits per month" and Advanced "Starts at 750 AI credits per month" as part of the AI in Dropbox features. Credits power actions like "Ask AI to organize and rename files", "Convert, compress, and combine files" and "Find images just by describing them", with the option to "Approve AI actions and undo changes". The page labels these AI features "For select teams".
How much storage do Dropbox team plans include?
Dropbox Standard at $15 / user / month "Starts at 3 TB for the team", and Advanced at $24 / user / month "Starts at 15 TB for the team", so storage is shared across the whole team. For individuals, Plus at $9.99 / month includes 2 TB of storage, and Basic is free with "2 GB to store and share your files". Advanced is offered "For 3 people or more".
How many signature requests does Dropbox include per month?
Plus, Standard and Advanced each include 3 signature requests per month, along with "Unlimited self-signing". Every paid plan also lets you "Edit PDFs and get signatures" and annotate and sign PDFs. Dropbox Sign appears in the Dropbox product family for dedicated eSignature work.
From the page as captured October 26, 2026. Current prices are on dropbox.com





