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Both keep your files online so you can share them and get them back from anywhere. The difference is who runs it, where your files are kept, and how much you pay.
| Dropbox | JDrive | |
|---|---|---|
| Who runs it | Dropbox, Inc., a U.S. cloud software company. | Your hosting company, under its own name |
| Where your files are kept | Not published | On your hosting company's own server, in the country they chose |
| How you pay | Free Basic account; paid personal subscriptions per account; business subscriptions per user. | Set by your hosting company. No price per person. |
| Cheapest personal plan | Plus: $11.99 a month for 2 TB | Set by your hosting company |
| Cheapest business plan | $15.00 per person a month | No price per person |
| Free storage | 2 GB | Your hosting company decides |
| App that syncs to your computer | Yes | No, works in the browser |
| Phone app | Yes | No, works in the phone browser |
| Two-step login | Yes | No, not yet |
| Edit documents live with others | Yes | No |
| Run it on your own server | Not listed | Yes |
| Sell it under your own name | Not listed | Yes, with resellers built in |
People and teams that want polished file sync and sharing, broad device support, and mature collaboration integrations.
Usually, for a team. Dropbox's cheapest business plan is $15.00 per person a month, so 10 people pay $150.00. A hosting company runs JDrive for well under a dollar a month per customer and sets its own price, with no charge per person.
For keeping, sharing and getting back files in a browser, yes. If you want your files synced to your computer automatically, Dropbox is the better choice today.
From a hosting company that offers it. If you are a hosting company, you can download it and run it on your own server.
Sources for Dropbox: pricing: Plus is 2 TB; $11.99/month when billed monthly and $9.99/month when billed yearly; Basic has 2 GB free (2026-09-13), business pricing: Standard is $15 per user/month and is available for one or more users; storage starts at 3 TB (2026-09-13), business storage: Standard gives 3 TB for the first member and 1 TB for each additional actively used license (2026-09-13), desktop_sync_app and mobile_app: Dropbox documents desktop and mobile apps and supported operating systems (2026-09-13), two_factor_login: Dropbox supports two-step verification (2026-09-13), live_document_editing: Dropbox Paper supports simultaneous editing; Microsoft 365 coauthoring is also supported on eligible plans (2026-09-13), end_to_end_encryption: Dropbox documents end-to-end encrypted team folders on eligible business plans (2026-09-13).