
However, sync is a crucial part of any EFSS service," said Chandana Gopal, research manager at IDC. “Sync is often overlooked or under-tested when evaluating EFSS services because it is something that essentially happens in the background. We collaborate with colleagues on all kinds of files across devices and platforms, in offices around the world. Helping customers work smarter and faster And after a series of tests that evaluated performance in several key areas, IDC concluded that Dropbox sync technology delivers “by far, the fastest update performance.” IDC’s tests also show that Dropbox offers businesses “the fastest upload and download speeds for a large file by a significant margin.” And Dropbox sync is smart, saving time, network costs, and bandwidth by only syncing file changes instead of the whole file over and over again. For this study, IDC compared the Dropbox sync client against other products in the Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS) space, including Microsoft’s OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, and Egnyte. And leading industry analyst IDC agrees: their independent “EFSS Evaluation Guide” names Dropbox sync performance as best-in-class. Fast, efficient sync technology is one of the many reasons people choose Dropbox.
