Client needs a shared space to collaborate with another firm.

[thecomputerguy]

I have a client that uses Dropbox business for their own company. It works well and they are comfortable with it.

The types of files they work with are typically word, excel, pdf, pictures etc.

They need to collaborate with another company on a legal matter and I initially thought sharing a folder out of their dropbox would be the solution but it sounds like there may be 10-12 people accessing this data that they need share permission control over, per user, and dropbox free is only 2GB and shared folders count against dropbox free storage so they'd all need to upgrade to paid dropbox if total data was above 2GB which it most likely will be.

I'm thinking about setting up a share location in their in house server and setting up remote users to VPN into as my client needs to be the admin of all the data in this collaboration unless there may be a better option.

Web based is not an option because of it cumbersomeness.

Any other options here like maybe a cloud server location that isn't tied to a dropbox account limited to 2GB that just allows them to click and access data they can collaborate with share permissions?

Ideas?

 

[CaltechComputers]

As far as I can remember google drive allows you 15 gb free with every account with sharing, might be what your looking for

 

[Markverhyden]

I'd certainly not recommend drop box or any other free service. Personally I'd get them to think about self hosted. Gives them much better control. Short of that I'd recommend Sharepoint/OneDrive Business.

 

[nerd2u]

Cumbersome sounds like it has nothing to do with it being cheap sounds like it's at the forefront here.

Almost anything free isn't going to give you the control you need.

Could setup a little mediavault server

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[nlinecomputers]

I don't understand why Dropbox business isn't fine for this. You just have to pay the costs of a joint account. It has group permissions just like a regular server does.

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

Are they using O365? SharePoint has external sharing options and 1TB of space.

 

[Your PCMD]

Synology, with a quick connect ID. Your welcome.

 

[acscva]

Check out Basecamp as we use this with our marketing company and works really well for sharing files and collaborating.

 

[Your PCMD]

Check out Basecamp as we use this with our marketing company and works really well for sharing files and collaborating.

I hate SaaS model.