filesnare vs Dropbox file requests
Keep strangers out of your Dropbox.
Dropbox file requests drop other people's files straight into your folders, and every upload counts against your storage quota. That works inside a team that lives in Dropbox. It works less well when the uploader is a client you met last week.
filesnare gives client uploads their own front door: separate encrypted storage, a virus scan before you download, and a link that carries your name.
Where uploads land
Storage cost
Deadlines
Per-file size
Rules on uploads
Virus scanning
The link itself
Sending files back
When Dropbox is enough
Your team lives in Dropbox, the files belong in a shared folder anyway, and the people uploading already know you. File requests cover that case well, and you should keep using them.
The picture changes when uploads come from outside. Clients, applicants, suppliers. Strangers' files deserve a scan before they touch your storage, and a request page with your logo on it earns more trust than a generic form.
Built for the request, not the folder
filesnare requests carry rules: allowed file types, a size ceiling, a deadline. Uploads that break them never land. When files arrive you can preview them, grab one, or pull everything as a single zip, then let retention clean up the rest.
Give client files their own front door.
Free to start. Uploaders never need an account.