Dropbox vs Internxt
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Dropboxsite ↗pricing ↗
The file sync and sharing service that popularised the category, now with document and team collaboration tools around it. Paid plans start at $3.99/mo (Extended Version History); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $10/mo (Replay). We read the same $3.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
Internxtsite ↗pricing ↗
Privacy-focused, open-source cloud storage that encrypts files before they leave your device, sold by subscription or as a lifetime plan. Paid plans start at €9.99/mo (Essential); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at €29.99/mo (Ultimate). Lifetime pay-once plans are also sold. Its published prices moved on 2026-08-28 — the change log holds the rows. Sells lifetime pay-once storage alongside subscriptions — divide the one-off price by your honest years of use before comparing.
The two ladders
Dropboxsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-13 · USD
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Replay | $10/mo |
| Extended Version History | $3.99/mo |
Internxtsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-27 · EUR
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | €9.99/mo · €380 | Page note: 'Annual plan, billed at €1.99 for the first month, then renews at €9.99/mo'. So the recurring cost is €119.88 a year, not €23.88. Lifetime €380 against a struck-through €1,900 — 3.17 years of the true annual cost. Includes post-quantum and zero-knowledge encryption, 2FA, computer backup, encrypted VPN and antivirus. |
| Premium | €19.99/mo · €580 | Marked 'Recommended'. Page note: 'billed at €3.99 for the first month, then renews at €19.99/mo' — €239.88 a year. Lifetime €580 against €2,900, which is 2.42 years of the true annual cost, or €193.33 per TB. Adds collaboration and file versioning. |
| Ultimate | €29.99/mo · €780 | Page note: 'billed at €5.99 for the first month, then renews at €29.99/mo' — €359.88 a year. Lifetime €780 against €3,900, which is 2.17 years of the true annual cost, or €156 per TB. Adds Photos, CLI and WebDav support, NAS and Rclone support. |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Dropbox at $3.99/mo, against Internxt at €9.99/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: neither publishes one. Any free access here is a trial, which is a deadline.
- How far each ladder goes: Dropbox tops out at $10/mo, Internxt at €29.99/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Recently moved: Internxt (2026-08-28). A change only counts once a second clean read agrees.
- Dropbox: We read the same $3.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
How to choose in this category
- Per-terabyte cost falls as tiers rise — the entry tier is rarely the value point.
- Lifetime pay-once plans exist in this category; divide by your honest years of use before comparing them to subscriptions.
- Business and personal ladders differ — make sure the page you read matches the plan you would buy.