When it comes to online file sharing, companies such as Box, FilesAnywhere, and our own online file system, TrueShare.com, there are three limits that can be found within each service: file size limit, disk space limit, and user limit.  The file size and disk space limits are fairly obvious, but the one elusive limit we will be talking about today is the user limit.

What exactly is a user and why is it important?

Well, a user is someone who has access to a file sharing account.  There is always at least one user, and this first user has full access to all features of the account.  This is the person who originally opens the account.  Depending on the service you are using and its user limits, adding additional users may be an option. These extra users are set up and managed by the original user or that task can be assigned to a new user. These new users can be set up to have any level of permission from very limited access up to full access.

The option of extra users in TrueShare is powerful, especially for businesses, but also for personal or family use.  With unlimited users you can assign all of your employees a folder for remote access to their work, you can give customers and clients quick access to project folders and files they need as well as collect files from them, you can also utilize multi user features such as reporting, user groups, work groups, versioning, and forums for superior online teamwork. These extensive user management options and collaboration tools make unlimited users indispensible for a business or work environment.

TrueShare’s unlimited users versus the competition

Honestly, we feel there is no competition.  With any TrueShare business account, no matter the disk space, you get unlimited users.  You might be saying “I only need 10 users because I only have 10 employees.”  I would counter with “How much disk space are you looking to use?” If you only want to share word documents with your employees, you would not need to pay for much space.  But looking at Box.net, they do not offer packages with 10 users for less than $150 a month regardless of the disk space needed.  And while FilesAnywhere’s additional users are more reasonably priced in the neighborhood of $3 monthly each, you get charged for every one.

The reason these services become so expensive is that they charge by the disk space and per user, so that the price looks good for the amount of space you get, but ends up skyrocketing per user you add, which is why having only 10 users costs so much.  If you are looking to more efficiently share your computer files with your employees for a reasonable cost, Box and Files Anywhere are not for you.  For just $25 a month (annual rate), TrueShare offers businesses 5 GB of storage with unlimited users, which is perfect for business documents sharing needs, but TrueShare is so much more than that.

If you are a large business or enterprise looking for a file sharing service, you may require a lot of disk space, so the above scenario doesn’t seem to affect you.  But the problem is Box and Files Anywhere still charge you for every user in addition to disk space, so you will be overpaying hundreds if not thousands of dollars for the additional user accounts that come free with all TrueShare Business and Enterprise packages.

Get more for your money

Here at TrueShare, we believe that you should only have to pay for what you need, which is why we offer unlimited users, and charge only by disk space.  We also provide premium features such as Send-a-Link, Direct Link, file and photo widgets, auto transfer and dropbox applications, and HIPAA and SAS 70 compliant security.  Whether you’re a big corporation, small business, have a large extended family or just a few close friends, take advantage of TrueShare’s unlimited users and get more for your money.  In fact, take a test drive on us-sign up for the 7 day free trial and experience a full featured TrueShare account today.

Business	Unlimited Users
	5 GB Disk Space – $30/mo
	10 Users	20 Users	30 Users	40 Users
Web Basic	$3.30/user/mo 5 GB total $33.95/mo	$3.00/user/mo 5 GB total $59.45/mo	$2.84/user/mo 5 GB total $84.45/mo	$2.75/user/mo 5 GB total $109.45/mo
Business	$15/user/mo 10 GB/user 100 GB total $150/mo	$15/user/mo 10 GB/user 200 GB total $300/mo	$15/user/mo 10 GB/user 300 GB total $450/mo	$15/user/mo 10 GB/user 400 GB total $600/mo

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