Dropbox team plans (Standard, Standard Classic, Business, Advanced, Business Plus, Enterprise and Education) are subscriptions licensed per End User License. The Dropbox Services Agreement lets a customer provision End User Accounts “up to the number of End User Licenses purchased”, requires a paid licence for each account, and forbids sharing an account between individuals.[11] Unlike per-user storage on individual plans, team storage is a single pool that starts at a plan-specific amount and grows with each actively-used license.[1] This article explains the counting rules and storage formulas; contract terms are in Dropbox Services Agreement and terms.
Editions
| Plan | Licence minimum | Starting storage | Storage added per extra actively-used licence | Version history |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | None | 3 TB (1 licence) | 1 TB | 180 days |
| Standard Classic | 3 | 5 TB (3 licences) | None stated | n/a |
| Business | 3 | 9 TB (3 licences) | 3 TB | n/a |
| Advanced | 3 | 15 TB (3 licences) | 5 TB | 1 year |
| Business Plus | 3 | 15 TB (3 licences) | 5 TB | 365 days |
| Enterprise | By quote | Customised | By agreement | n/a |
| Education | 300 | 15 GB per user, pooled | 15 GB per user | 120 days |
Sources: licence and storage help article and the plan help articles.[1][2][3][4][5][7] The plans page lists Advanced at 1-year history and Standard at 180 days.[13]
Standard and Standard Classic
Dropbox changed Standard on 2026-06-30. The current plan gives 3 TB for the first member plus 1 TB for each additional actively-used licence, with “No minimum user requirements”. Most customers who bought Standard before 2026-06-30 are on Standard Classic and keep 5 TB shared across the team with a minimum of 3 members; Standard is not available in Brazil or Japan, where teams are on Standard Classic (rule).[2]
Business, Business Plus and Advanced
Business is described as a plan for “small, agile teams” with a built-in eSignature workflow (unlimited signature requests and up to 15 templates) in addition to most Essentials features (rule).[3] Business Plus adds data classification, 365-day version history, security alerts and ransomware detection, unlimited eSignature templates, advanced key management and end-to-end encryption (rule).[4] Advanced, which has the same storage formula as Business Plus, adds tiered admins, single sign-on, sign-in-as-user, security alerts and live support; the plans page sells it “For 3 people or more” (rule).[5][13] The Service-Specific Terms treat file storage in Business and Business Plus under the Standard, Advanced and Enterprise terms, the “Send and track” analytics under the DocSend terms and Signatures under the Dropbox Sign terms.[14]
Enterprise and Education
Enterprise has all Advanced features plus customised storage, enterprise mobility management and network control, domain insights and account capture, 24/7 support with an assigned support manager, and training; pricing depends on team size and location.[6] Education is only available to “Licensed and accredited higher educational institutions” buying 300 or more licences, with 15 GB per user pooled (a 300-user team has 4.5 TB) and discounts that depend on licence count (rule).[7]
Metrics
- End User License: the billing unit.
- Actively-used license: “a unique team member who regularly logs in and uses Dropbox”; it decides how much storage is added, not what is billed.[1]
- Team storage space: the pooled storage limit.
Counting / floors
What counts as a licence
“Each member of a Dropbox Standard, Business, Advanced, Business Plus, or Enterprise team counts against the total number of licenses”. Pending invites and suspended members are included, and inactive licences are not removed automatically (rule).[1] The Dropbox Services Agreement confirms that accounts suspended by the customer still require a paid licence, while deleting an account allows the licence to be reallocated (rule).[11]
Adding and removing licences
Admins add or remove licences in the admin console under Billing. Teams paying by card, PayPal or direct debit can change the count at any time, but “a reduction in licenses will only come into effect on your renewal date”; teams paying by invoice must ask their account manager, and requests to remove licences must be made at least 30 days before renewal (rule).[1] Licences added during a term are charged pro rata to the end of the existing term (rule).[11]
Some teams are in a closed beta of monthly licenses on yearly plans: the base plan stays yearly, but additional seats can be billed monthly and removed at any time with a prorated refund. The option applies only to new members “whose email domain doesn’t match the email domain of any team admin” (rule).[10]
Storage pooling
Storage is shared by the whole team. On Business, for example, a 3-licence team starts at 9 TB and each additional actively-used licence adds 3 TB, up to 1,000 TB total.[3] Because only actively-used licences add storage, licences held for people who never log in do not increase the pool. Removing licences on Advanced, Business or Business Plus “may put your team over its storage limit”.[1] Admins can buy storage add-ons; Enterprise admins agree additional storage with Dropbox.[1] Dropbox notes that some legacy Advanced customers can still request extra storage depending on purchase date.[5]
What uses the pool: team folders, team-owned shared folders, members’ folders (including those of suspended or removed members), archived and app-created folders, and Replay and Backup content. Deleting team members “doesn’t instantly free up space” because files and backups remain until removed or transferred (rule).[8] Admins can set per-member limits of at least 2 GB that apply only to a member’s own folders; team folders count toward the team total but not member limits (rule).[9]
Over quota
If an account goes over its quota, syncing stops until it is back under; if it stays over, “your account may be closed, or your files may be deleted”, after notice (rule).[5] Under the Dropbox Services Agreement Dropbox may also suspend a team that exceeds its Service Limits, which include storage and End User limits (rule).[11]
Virtualization & partitioning
Not applicable: licences are per person, and plans allow unlimited devices.[13]
Cloud / BYOL
Not applicable: Dropbox is a hosted service. The desktop app’s performance can decline after syncing about 300,000 files, and Dropbox recommends not exceeding 1 million files on one computer; these are technical limits, not licence terms.[1]
Programs
Changing between Standard, Business, Advanced and Business Plus in the admin console takes effect at the next renewal; Enterprise customers must contact Dropbox at least 30 days before renewal to change plans. Disbanding a team converts members to Dropbox Basic with 2 GB (rule).[12] Add-ons are covered in Dropbox Sign, DocSend, Replay and add-ons.
Out of scope
Individual plans (Basic, Plus, Family, Professional, Essentials) and their storage are outside this article. Prices are country-specific and are not listed here.