COMPARISONS

Understand the difference between moving files and governing sensitive document workflows.

These pages compare operating models, not just feature lists.

Written for procurement, compliance, and operations reviews.

Dropbox

The distinction is not storage volume. It is operational custody.

Email attachments

Email works as a communication layer. It does not work as a document custody system.

Generic client portals

The question is not whether a portal exists. It is whether the workflow is governed.

Google Drive

Collaboration repositories do not replace workflow-specific document custody.

Shared drives

A shared drive is a repository, not a governed external collection workflow.

Chat-based document collection is fast to start and difficult to govern.

File sharing

File sharing is a transport function. Governed custody is an operating model.