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1 TB on Google Drive = $50/mo 1 TB on Amazon S3 = $125/mo (down to $55/mo for 5,000 TB) Being based on S3, Dropbox is going to have a tough time competing
by hornbaker 15y ago
1 TB on Google Drive = $50/mo
1 TB on Amazon S3 = $125/mo (down to $55/mo for 5,000 TB)
Being based on S3, Dropbox is going to have a tough time competing on price.
- etrain 15y agoUntil they switch backends, or negotiate with Amazon. While google has the buying power and made investment in running cheap, reliable datacenters, DropBox has so far made its investment in good software and user acquisition. Dropbox has a number of ways out of this, and they've got a healthy user base and plenty of access to VC dollars to fix this.
- morsch 15y agoThat's assuming Dropbox pays the regular S3 fees...
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- rogerbinns 15y agoThe S3 price is for unique storage. A lot of content is going to be duplicated across Dropbox users so they won't need to pay S3 for every byte, just the unique ones.