Dropbox API vs Google Drive API

Two free Cloud Storage & File Sharing APIs compared on access, reliability and developer ratings, using data from our daily health checks.

The verdict

Choose Dropbox API if you want faster responses.
Choose Google Drive API for its data: Discover resources about enhancing the Google Drive experience, automating tasks, or integrating your service.

	Dropbox API	Google Drive API
What it does	With the DBX Platform, you can go from idea to implementation quickly and easily.	Discover resources about enhancing the Google Drive experience, automating tasks, or integrating your service.
Provider	Dropbox	Google Drive
API key	OAuth	OAuth
HTTPS	Yes	Yes
CORS (browser calls)	Unknown	Unknown
Status today	Online · 759 ms	Online · 1239 ms
Uptime (30 days)	Up	Up
Developer rating	Not rated yet	Not rated yet
Price	Free / free tier	Free / free tier

With the DBX Platform, you can go from idea to implementation quickly and easily.

With the DBX Platform, you can go from idea to implementation quickly and easily. Discover how you can develop apps for millions of Dropbox users.

Strengths

Discover resources about enhancing the Google Drive experience, automating tasks, or integrating your service.

Strengths

Prototyping or a tutorial? Pick the one that needs no API key (neither does, so compare their free tiers).
Calling from a web page? You need CORS. Otherwise route requests through your own server or a serverless function.
Going to production? Favour HTTPS, a strong uptime record and a provider with clear rate limits and terms. Check each API's docs before you commit.
Still unsure? Both are free to try: send one request to each and compare the data you get back.

Both require authentication (OAuth and OAuth).