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So will this ever be available for paying customers that aren't on a business plan? If not, that is incredibly frustrating. I pay for their service every month

So will this ever be available for paying customers that aren't on a business plan? If not, that is incredibly frustrating. I pay for their service every month. I am not a business, so why should I pay more to have a feature that should be standard? Plus loads of features I don't want or need?

gordon_freeman 10y ago
i am a regular customer who just uses Dropbox free without paying to any individual or business plan and I could access Paper. So yes you should be able to access.
- coldtea 10y ago
  This is not about Paper.
  - gordon_freeman 10y ago
    oops. looks like added to the wrong article.
cridenour 10y ago
Agreed. If anything, it should Pro first since individuals are more likely to accept the unpolished nature of new features.
philfrasty 10y ago
The same goes for their OCR full-text search which (I think) is only available to business customers (and not „regular“ paying customers). EDIT: source (at the very bottom) https://www.dropbox.com/help/9244 https://www.dropbox.com/help/9244
brianbreslin 10y ago
They have had Selective Sync on desktop for a while for Pro non business users. I've been using it for at least 6 months. Let's you pick folders to not load locally. BUT it isn't the same as this new feature, just close.
gutnor 10y ago
Another point - even if you want to consider yourself a business ( 10$ instead of $8.25 at this stage why not ), the business plan starts at minimum 5 users ( you can use less user, but you are still charged for 5 ) FYI if you are ever tempted to try this free 30 days upgrade of your pro account that is always 1 click away.
antoncohen 10y ago
The FAQ[1] says: > Smart Sync is available in early access for Dropbox Business users. It is not yet available for individual accounts. Maybe they are rolling it out to Business customers first because they think they can provide better support to them? I've had Smart Sync (Infinite) on my personal Dropbox account for a long time. It is awesome. When I recently added Dropbox to a new computer it started with all the files "in the cloud". It was so nice to have all my files available in the Finder and from command line, but not have to sync my whole Dropbox. [1] https://www.dropbox.com/help/9293 https://www.dropbox.com/help/9293
- jpalomaki 10y ago
  Could be also just a way to push people towards business edition. This is a pain point when you have lots of data in the Dropbox folder. Managing things with the current "selective sync" is painful and if you have lots of data, the full sync may take ages. This is handy for example for the use case that you travel with clean laptop and sync needed stuff at the destination.

gordon_freeman 10y ago

i am a regular customer who just uses Dropbox free without paying to any individual or business plan and I could access Paper. So yes you should be able to access.

coldtea 10y ago
This is not about Paper.
- gordon_freeman 10y ago
  oops. looks like added to the wrong article.

cridenour 10y ago

Agreed. If anything, it should Pro first since individuals are more likely to accept the unpolished nature of new features.

philfrasty 10y ago

The same goes for their OCR full-text search which (I think) is only available to business customers (and not „regular“ paying customers). EDIT: source (at the very bottom) https://www.dropbox.com/help/9244 https://www.dropbox.com/help/9244

brianbreslin 10y ago

They have had Selective Sync on desktop for a while for Pro non business users. I've been using it for at least 6 months. Let's you pick folders to not load locally. BUT it isn't the same as this new feature, just close.

gutnor 10y ago

Another point - even if you want to consider yourself a business ( 10$ instead of $8.25 at this stage why not ), the business plan starts at minimum 5 users ( you can use less user, but you are still charged for 5 ) FYI if you are ever tempted to try this free 30 days upgrade of your pro account that is always 1 click away.

antoncohen 10y ago

The FAQ[1] says: > Smart Sync is available in early access for Dropbox Business users. It is not yet available for individual accounts. Maybe they are rolling it out to Business customers first because they think they can provide better support to them? I've had Smart Sync (Infinite) on my personal Dropbox account for a long time. It is awesome. When I recently added Dropbox to a new computer it started with all the files "in the cloud". It was so nice to have all my files available in the Finder and from command line, but not have to sync my whole Dropbox. [1] https://www.dropbox.com/help/9293 https://www.dropbox.com/help/9293

jpalomaki 10y ago
Could be also just a way to push people towards business edition. This is a pain point when you have lots of data in the Dropbox folder. Managing things with the current "selective sync" is painful and if you have lots of data, the full sync may take ages. This is handy for example for the use case that you travel with clean laptop and sync needed stuff at the destination.