FileBackerz vs. the field
- FileBackerz · 10 users
$49.99
per month, flat, whole workspace
$499.90 / year
- The field · 10 seats
$140–$220
per month at annual rates
$1,680–$2,640 / year
- Price gap
3–5×
and it widens with every hire, because we do not bill per seat
- Members included
Unlimited
staff, clients, contractors and auditors - no seat or guest fees
What this table says
- 01
For a 10-person team needing about 1 TB of shared storage with granular folder permissions, FileBackerz costs $49.99/month ($499.90/year) flat, against $140–$220/month ($1,680–$2,640/year) at annual-commitment rates for Google Workspace, Box, Dropbox and Egnyte - because those four charge per user and we do not.
- 02
The advantage is structural, not promotional: unlimited members with no per-seat creep, seven permissions per folder, an exportable audit trail, and the option to bring your own storage bucket at your provider's rate - which none of the four offer on the compared plans.
- 03
Permissions are competitive: FileBackerz has seven per-folder permissions for members or groups, Box has seven collaborator roles and Egnyte granular folder permissions, Google's shared drives have five roles, and Dropbox uses editor and viewer roles plus team-folder controls.
A 10-person business, 1 TB, permissions for clients and contractors.
Annual-commitment rates, since that is what a business signing today would pay.
| Vendor & plan | Per month | Per year | How it is built |
|---|---|---|---|
| FileBackerz | $49.99 | $499.90 | One flat subscription, 1 TB included, members unlimited - all 10 people plus clients and contractors cost nothing extra. $599.88/yr if billed monthly. |
| Google WorkspaceBusiness Standard | $140 | $1,680 | $14/user/mo annual × 10. Flexible monthly is $16.80 → $168/mo, $2,016/yr. 2 TB per user pooled. |
| DropboxStandard | $150 | $1,800 | $15/user/mo billed annually × 10. Included pooled storage far exceeds 1 TB. |
| BoxBusiness | $150 | $1,800 | $15/user/mo annual × 10; $20 monthly → $200/mo, $2,400/yr. Unlimited storage, 3-user minimum. |
| EgnyteBusiness | $220 | $2,640 | $22/user/mo × 10, paid annually. |
Even against the cheapest competitor, FileBackerz is under a third of the monthly cost - and the gap widens with every additional user, because we do not bill per seat.
The whole comparison
| Row | FileBackerz | Google WorkspaceBusiness Standard | DropboxStandard | BoxBusiness | EgnyteBusiness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headline price | Not per-user - $49.99/mo flat for the whole workspace ($499.90/yr, 2 months free) | $14/user/mo (annual); $16.80/user/mo (flexible monthly) | $15/user/mo billed annually; price varies by team size and geography per Dropbox | $15/user/mo billed annually; $20/user/mo monthly | $22/user/mo, paid annually |
| Total, 10 users, per month | $49.99/mo flat, incl. 1 TB | $140/mo annual · $168/mo flexible | $150/mo annual rate | $150/mo annual · $200/mo monthly | $220/mo, paid annually |
| Total, 10 users, per year | $499.90/yr annual, or $599.88/yr monthly | $1,680/yr annual · $2,016/yr flexible | $1,800/yr | $1,800/yr annual · $2,400/yr monthly | $2,640/yr |
| Storage included | 1 TB pooled | 2 TB per user, pooled org-wide (≈20 TB at 10 seats) | 3 TB first user + 1 TB per additional active licence (≈12 TB at 10 seats) | Unlimited, subject to Box Fair Use Policy | Not shown on Egnyte's public pricing pageUNVERIFIED |
| Growing beyond the included storage | Connect your own S3, Azure, GCS or Google Drive bucket and pay your provider directly - no markup from us | Add-on storage: 1 TB for $40/mo on an annual plan | Sold in 1 TB increments; price shown on the admin billing page | N/A (unlimited) | Custom / contact salesUNVERIFIED |
| Minimum seat count | None - unlimited members, no per-user fee | No minimum; max 300 users on Business Standard | New Standard: no minimum user requirement (legacy Standard Classic required 3) | Minimum of 3 users | Maximum 100 users on Business; minimum not publishedUNVERIFIED |
| Fees for external collaborators | None | No paid seat needed; people without a Google account can join as PIN-verified visitors if an admin turns this on | No paid licence for file-request or shared-folder guests | Business tier: external collaborators require paid accounts; free external collaborators from Business Plus up | External user accounts included; number not publishedUNVERIFIED |
| Granular folder permissions | 7 permissions per folder, for a member or a group: View, Download, Upload, Edit, Delete, Share, Manage; inherited by subfolders and files | Shared drives: 5 roles | Editor/Viewer roles plus team-folder and admin controls | 7 collaborator roles on Business/Enterprise, folder-level | Discretionary / granular folder permissioning |
| Inbound file requests, no account | Yes - file requests and folder shares | No documented native no-account uploadUNVERIFIED | Yes - File Requests, no account required for senders (up to 250 GB per file) | Yes - Box File Request; senders need no Box account (Business and up) | Yes - Upload Links for people outside the account (up to 25 GB per file); plan availability not stated |
| Bring your own storage bucket | Yes - S3, Azure, GCS, Google Drive at provider cost, no markup | None advertised | None advertised | None advertised | Data residency / BYO cloud storage from Enterprise Lite up - not on Business |
| File version history | 50 versions, one-click restore | Non-Google files: up to 100 versions or 30 days; native Docs effectively unlimited | 180-day version history | Version history 50 | Versioning and global file locking; version count not publishedUNVERIFIED |
| Audit logging, exportable | Yes; exportable; 12-month retention | Admin audit logs; export and longer retention via Google Vault (higher tiers) | Activity logging; fuller audit trail on Advanced | Full user activity tracking from Business Plus up; not on Business | Audit reporting included; CSV export |
| Custom branding | Yes, plus custom subdomain | Custom email domain; file-sharing branding not publishedUNVERIFIED | Brand your files to share | Custom branding | Custom subdomain at signupUNVERIFIED |
| Free trial | 60 days, no card required (cannot auto-convert) | 14-day trial; payment setup required | 30 days; billing info required at signup | 14-day trial; whether a card is required is not statedUNVERIFIED | 15-day trial; no credit card required |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | Neither - stated publicly on our trust page | SOC 1/2/3; ISO 27001 (+27017/27018) | SOC 1/2/3; ISO 27001 | SOC 1/2/3; ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type 2; ISO 27001:2022 |
| Desktop sync client | No | Yes - Drive for desktop | Yes - flagship | Yes - Box Drive | Yes - desktop app |
| Mobile apps | No - browser only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (iOS / Android) |
| Real-time co-editing | No | Yes - native Docs, Sheets, Slides | Via Google / Office integrations | Via Office / Google integrations plus Box Notes | Yes - M365 and Google Workspace co-editing |
| Max single file size | 100 MB per file, including uploads through a share link or file request | Very large - Drive supports up to 5 TB per file | Dropbox Transfer up to 100 GB; file requests up to 250 GB | 5 GB file upload | Uploads up to 100 GB on Business |
| Published SLA | None - provided as-is | 99.9% monthly uptime SLA with service credits | Enterprise agreements onlyUNVERIFIED for Standard | UNVERIFIED | Published SLA, service-credit based |
| Data export after cancellation | 30 days to export, then deletion | Export before cancelling; afterwards data is deleted and cannot be restored | Reverts to Basic; retention per plan termsUNVERIFIED window | Per contractUNVERIFIED | Per contractUNVERIFIED |
Cells marked UNVERIFIED could not be sourced to that vendor's own published page, and are left visible rather than guessed at. Prices verified 12 November 2026 and re-checked quarterly.
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