In this post, we round up 3 free yet effective methods to Sync Google Drive with Dropbox: download & upload, add from Google Drive, and direct sync tool. Either way allows you to transfer folders, pictures or other data from Google Drive to Dropbox.
As you may know, Google Drive and Dropbox are two popular cloud drives. They are different in many aspects, such as price, size, function, performance, etc. Some users choose between these two cloud drives due to service differences, and some users simply use these two cloud drives at the same time to achieve complementary functions.
In order to give you a better understanding of the differences between these two cloud storage services, this article lists a few points for reference only.
| Google Drive | Dropbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Storage | 15GB | 2GB |
| Premium Storage | 100 GB – 30 TB | 1 – 2 TB (unlimited amount for business subscriptions) |
| Security | 128-bit encryption | 256-bit encryption |
| Pricing for 2 TB | $99.99 (annual) | $119.88 (annual) |
| Sync | Downloads and uploads the entire document to sync it | Sync changes to the file in blocks, it's much faster |
| Desktop app | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Mobile app | Android, iOS | Android, iOS |
| User count | Approx one billion | Over 500 million |
Since these two cloud drives each have their own advantages, it is difficult to make a choice. If you are just for a data backup, both Google Drive and Dropbox can meet your needs, whether it is syncing Google Drive to Dropbox or syncing Dropbox to Google Drive.
If you have the above-mentioned needs, keep reading and you will learn 2 free ways to realize moving files from Dropbox to Google Drive or Google Drive to Dropbox. We will take syncing from Google Drive to Dropbox as an example.
Here a FREE web-based multiple cloud storage manager, MultCloud, is highly recommended, which enables you to:
In detail, here are what MultCloud can do for you.
Next, you'll learn how to use MultCloud to sync Google Drive to Dropbox in 4 simple steps.
Create a MultCloud account freely and sign in. If you already have a MultCloud account, you can directly click "Log in".
Add your Google Drive account by clicking Add Cloud. And then, add a Dropbox account in MultCloud.
Click "Cloud Sync" to enter the following window.
Click the "FROM" section to add Google Drive as the source and click the "TO" section to add Dropbox as the destination. Then, click "Sync Now" to sync Google Drive with Dropbox directly.
Notes:
After the syncing process is complete, you can click on "Task List" to manage your sync task.
Here we will show you sync Google Drive to Dropbox in 2 common ways, let's find out.
The first traditional way to sync between Google Drive and Dropbox is to use the "Download" and "Upload" method. In other words, you need to download files you need from Google Drive to your local drive first, then upload them manually to the destination Dropbox account. Following the below steps to complete the operation.
Step 1. Sign in to your Google Drive account. Step 2. Select the files or folders you want to download, select the "Download" button from the drop-down window, and wait for the process to complete.
Step 3. Sign in to your Dropbox account, click the "Upload Files" button, and select files downloaded to your local drive to upload them to your Dropbox account.
Notes:
It is available to sync files between Google Drive and Dropbox using the download and upload feature.
Limitations:
Recently, Dropbox provides you with an option for you to sync Google Drive files to Dropbox, named Add from Google Drive, here is how it works:
1. Please log in to your Dropbox account, then click All Files from the left side.
2. Tap the three-dots icon from the top menu, choose Add from Google Drive.
3. Follow the steps to sign in with your Google Drive account, or choose the Google Drive account that you have logged in to sync files from.
4. Choose files in the Google Drive tab, or choose folders in the Folders tab in the pop-up window, and hit Select.
5. It shows you a window, The file(s) selected will be uploaded to Dropbox, tick Keep folder structure, Overwrite files with same name, or Delete files from source according to your demands, and click Upload to sync Google Drive files to Dropbox.
Limitations:
So, is there any tool that has the feature to bypass the above limitations? According to the above information, MultCloud can make up for all the limitations. Besides, it's a piece of cake for Multcloud to sync Dropbox to Google Drive for free.
Following any way above, it can help you sync Google Drive with Dropbox easily. If you prefer to move everything from Google Drive to Dropbox, you may find that MultCloud has many advanced features including "Cloud Transfer", "Cloud Sync", "Remote Upload (directly download the file from its link and upload to the target cloud service)", etc. to meet your different demands.
With the features mentioned above, you can migrate from Dropbox to OneDrive with "Cloud Transfer" and manage multiple OneDrive accounts on the same PC with other features, such as "Share", "Download", "Preview", "Copy" or "Copy to" and so on.