In addition, Filecamp allows adding annotations directly in graphic file formats including PDF, AI, EPS, and PSD files. With Huddle you can make annotations to images and documents, receive email notifications on any activities, and also request that someone approve a file or document.įilecamp enables users to comment on files, and receive email notifications when comments are added. Soonr allows you to make annotations and track change requests and signatures. Of the “Dropbox for Business” alternatives we surveyed, only three – Soonr, Huddle and Filecamp – have a proofing functionality. This is usually done over the phone or by email, but of course it’s much more useful to have commenting and collaboration functionality tied to the files themselves. During this process, people inside and outside the organization need to see a version of a file, comment on it and discuss between them, and then receive the next version and see how comments have been implemented. This allows you to present the platform as your own technology which you make available to your customers – and even charge for it.Ĭreative businesses often manage large numbers of documents, images, videos, sound files, etc., which go through numerous revisions until they are final and ready to publish. “”, and shows your branding when users log in. For example, an advertising agency can offer each of its clients a folder branded with their own logo.Īlso, to our knowledge Filecamp is the only provider that enables customizing the URL and login screen of the file sharing system, so it is accessed on a subdomain under your main website, e.g.
The feature provides companies with multiple clients (or organizations with multiple brands) personalized account interfaces and login for each client or brand, represented by a separate folder.
All the vendors in our roundup provide custom branding, except for Dropbox, Sugarsync and Copy.įilecamp goes one step further by offering custom branding of individual folders, offered on all plans. In this scenario of low storage / high users, Filecamp is by far the most cost effective – for example, with 20GB and 100 users, the other providers will charge between $790 and $2000 per month, while Filecamp charges only $61.īy customizing your file sharing to show your company’s brand and colors, you allow users to experience the file sharing platform as your own business solution, without calling attention to the third party provider involved (e.g. So customers pay according to the storage space they consume – a company needing many users but relatively small storage will save with Filecamp. Filecamp, by contrast, is the only vendor that provides unlimited users in all plans. While “Dropbox for Business” offers other advanced features, it does not provide this type of flexibility for users or online storage – the only three vendors in our roundup that provide unlimited users or storage are Box.Net, HighTail and Filecamp. When a vendor offers an unlimited amount of either users or storage space, this provides flexibility and prevents customers from over-paying for users or storage they don’t need. Many file sharing services lock users into a plan that defines both users and storage. Conversely, a boutique graphic design agency may have only a handful of users, working on a huge image library of 500GB or more. Some have a large number of users accessing a small number of files – for example, a few brand assets which are circulated across a huge organization. Creative businesses need a lot of flexibility in the number of users vs.
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