Can anyone recommend a free and easy file sharing site/ service where multiple users can edit an Excel spreadsheet? I checked out Google docs but it looks like everyone needs a Google account which can be problematic to create a bunch of accounts for the end users. Any ideas? Thanks!
File Sharing Software
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David Spigelman
8/22/2022 - Mon
J-Reese
Depending on how these files will be worked on I would recommend Dropbox. It's an application instead of a website but a small application that will automatically sync the contents of your Dropbox folder and the plus side is online backup & ability to restore files.
Where Dropbox becomes an issue is when multiple users need to edit the file at the same time. You will end up having duplicates at times if changes are being synced at the same time because each computer would have their own copy of the file which when saved is then synched to the online server and then all other users associated with that Dropbox account.
I think with pretty much all of them you are going to have to create an account of some type.
atechexpert
I use Mirosoft's Skydrive. It is free, holds 25GB and will change your life. Forget yousendit..... and all of other file servers that 'share'. This is exactly what you need!
Thank you everyone for your answers. As far as the user accounts... yes I was infering it would be a pain to create separate accounts for every user and have them manage the account, etc.
Google Apps does not seem to have a free option. it looks like it is $5 a month per user. Can anyone tell me where to find the free version?
Where Dropbox becomes an issue is when multiple users need to edit the file at the same time. You will end up having duplicates at times if changes are being synced at the same time because each computer would have their own copy of the file which when saved is then synched to the online server and then all other users associated with that Dropbox account.
Dropbox: http://www.dropbox.com