The simplest apps are typically designed for individuals. Everything from the original iPhone to minimalist writing apps to simple file sharing apps were designed to help you be more productive and enjoy your work better. Even Word started out as a pretty simple app that just ran on your personal DOS computer.
Then, over time, more and more features are added and the product goes enterprise. That used to always mean that the app would have way too many features aimed at businesses and be insanely complex for individual use, and someone would have to start the cycle all over with a new, simple tool. And yet, lately, a number of simple apps have started taking on business-focused features while still staying simple. It’s pretty magical to see.
Droplr for Business is the original simple file sharing tool’s first shot at growing beyond their current file-sharing tool into something businesses rely on. Best of all, they’ve maintained their trademark simplicity while adding features that make sense for teams.
Customization Without Complication
Business customization without complicated settings.
The new Droplr for Business is almost the exact same as normal Droplr. For your team members, it is the exact same — they’ll sign into their account online or in the Droplr apps, and upload files or annotate screenshots just as they normally would with Droplr. It makes file sharing far simpler than most tools, since all you do is drag a file to your menubar and seconds later you’ll have a link copied to your clipboard to share the file privately with others or publicly with the world. Sure, it’s not the way most business file sharing works, where you’d share the original file where others could edit said file directly, but it’s one that works a lot more logically for the way most of us work.
And now, it’s customizable for teams. Droplr for business lets the account administrator manage everyone’s accounts and payments together in one place, starting at $49.95/month for 5 team members. The administrator can also add a logo to the top left corner of the drop page of everything the company shares, and choose to use their own URL or a yourname.d.pr sharing URL — which honestly looks customized enough that most companies could easily skip buying their own short URL. And every Droplr Business file has a secure link, to make sure your files aren’t released to the public unless you directly share them.
What’s interesting is that Droplr for Business isn’t aimed at letting people manage files together. I almost assumed that it’d show every file shared by everyone in the same online interface, or at least in an administrator view, but no. Instead, each user has their own 180Gb of storage in Droplr, and they’ll only see the files they upload themselves in Droplr. The administrator can see how much space they use, and can delete or suspend individual accounts on the team, but they can’t even see the uploaded files. It’s an interesting approach of giving users the same privacy and experience they’d expect from Droplr, with team account management and personalization, and it’ll be interesting to see if businesses adopt to using it or find they prefer traditional file sharing.
It’s Still Droplr
The simplest way to share files quickly, on your own or in a team.
The great thing about Droplr for Business is that it’s still one of the simplest ways to share files. You just drag-and-drop files to your menubar, or upload them in a tap from a mobile app, and share the link publicly or directly with your colleagues. They can make edits, save and upload the file to Droplr, and send it back to you — and you’ve both still got your originals. Any app that has Droplr support built in will work with Droplr for Business automatically. It’s the same Droplr, just now with team accounts and customization. And that’s great.
If the Dropbox approach of keeping all your team’s files synced with everyone’s computers doesn’t work good for your team, give Droplr for business a shot. It’s a neat way to take the complexity away from file sharing, one that most people will already know how to use.
It’s been a big year for Droplr, and we can’t wait to see what else they do to simplify file sharing for everyone.
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