Unidy vs Dropbox
Dropbox is bulk storage: every file you have, kept in sync across your devices. Unidy is for your most important personal documents, like your passport or your lease, shared with a PIN and an end date, and for your contacts and your digital business card.
| Feature | Unidy | Dropbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price and free storage | 1 GB free for your documents. More space: $1 per GB a year. It costs more than bulk storage because Unidy reads and encrypts each document, and makes a new protected copy every time you share it | 2 GB free on Basic. Plus, 2 TB: $11.99 a month, or $9.99 a month billed yearly |
| Encryption when stored (at rest) and sent (in transit) | AES-256 at rest. TLS 1.3 with a hybrid post-quantum key exchange | AES-256 at rest. SSL/TLS in transit, version not stated |
| End-to-end encryption | Not end-to-end. One key per person, kept apart from your information. No master key | For team folders on Advanced, Business Plus and Enterprise. Not on personal plans, where Dropbox holds the keys |
| A copy for each recipient, with their name on it | A fresh copy for each person, company or government office, never your stored file, with their name, the purpose of the share and the date watermarked by default | A fixed text or image watermark, Standard and up. A copy per recipient or the recipient's name: not found on their site |
| PIN or password on a shared file | A 6-digit PIN, on by default. If you want, also a password on the PDF copy, which it still asks for once downloaded | Link password, Standard and up: $18 a user a month, or $15 billed yearly (not Basic or Plus) |
| End date and limit on openings for a shared file | Every shared copy stops opening after 7 days at most, and can be limited to 1, 3, 5 or 10 openings | Link expiry date, Standard and up. A limit on views: not found on their site |
| See who opened a shared file | Every opening of a shared copy, with time, approximate place and device, and refused attempts | Viewer history, Standard and up. Viewers who are not signed-in invitees show as Guest |
| Share only some pages or some details | Chosen pages of a document, or chosen details such as name and photo | Not found on their site |
| Reads expiry dates and reminds you | Reads a document’s expiry date and reminds you months before, free | Not found on their site |
| Contacts that update themselves, and a digital business card | People you’re connected with on Unidy get your new details. A personal digital business card and up to 5 professional ones, free | Dropbox has no contacts or business card product |
| Selling your data, or using it for ads | Unidy never sells your personal information and builds no ad profiles | Dropbox’s privacy policy says it won't sell your information to advertisers or other third parties |
Prices checked on October 13, 2026, in US dollars.
Where Dropbox is the better choice
- Keeping every file you have, of any kind, in sync across your computers and phone.
- Large amounts of space: Dropbox Plus gives you 2 TB.
- Working on files together with other people, in shared folders.
- End-to-end encrypted team folders, on the Advanced, Business Plus and Enterprise plans.
Where Unidy is different
- Each time you share a document, Unidy makes a new copy just for that recipient, a person, a company or a government office, with their name and the date written across it. The file you stored is never sent.
- Every document you share has a PIN by default, stops opening on the end date you choose, 7 days at most, and can be limited to 1, 3, 5 or 10 openings.
- You see each time someone opens a document you shared: when, roughly where, and on what device.
- You can share chosen pages, or only some details, such as a name and photo instead of a whole passport.
- Unidy reads the expiry date of a passport or driver’s license and reminds you months before it runs out.
- Change a detail, like your phone number, and your digital business card and the people connected with you on Unidy get the new one.
Using both
Keep your everyday files in Dropbox. Keep your important documents, such as your passport and ID card, in Unidy, and share them from there.
Unidy accepts PDF, photos (including iPhone HEIC), Word and Excel files, so you can add the documents you already have.
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Checked on October 12, 2026. Products change: tell us if something here is out of date.