Beyond sync and share, a vault that organizes itself.
Dropbox keeps a folder of files in sync everywhere. Stoatify turns that pile into an organized vault: every document categorized, tagged and OCR-searchable, with paperwork that files itself and access controlled down to a single item.
Cloud file sync and sharing, with team folders and document tools.
Why people move to Stoatify
Built to be a vault, not a drive.
An organized vault, not a folder
Real-life categories, tags and saved views replace the nested folders you have to design and police yourself.
Automated intake
Email, IMAP, watched folders, URL and CLI import bring documents in and file them automatically, no manual drag-and-drop.
Bring your AI assistant
A built-in MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor securely search and organize your vault through scoped, revocable access.
Feature by feature
Stoatify vs Dropbox, side by side.
A fair look at how the two stack up for organizing the documents of real life.
| Capability | Stoatify | Dropbox |
|---|---|---|
| Organize for real life | ||
| Purpose-built for life documents | ||
| Ready-made real-life categories (Taxes, Identity, Medical…) | ||
| Tags, saved views & folders | Folders only | |
| Full-text OCR search inside scans & PDFs | Paid plans | |
| AI auto-filing (category, tags, date) | ||
| Capture & automated intake | ||
| Drag, drop & mobile photo capture | ||
| Private email / IMAP intake address | ||
| Watched folders, URL & CLI import | Sync only | |
| Formats & OCR breadth | ||
| Multi-language OCR (100+ languages) | ||
| Office / ODF (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) preview conversion | ||
| PDF/A archival copies | ||
| Collaborate & secure | ||
| Org sharing with roles (RBAC) | ||
| Per-document & per-folder permissions | ||
| Share links for a document or a whole search (password, expiry, registry) | Per file | |
| SSO / SAML / OIDC | Business | |
| Files proxied behind your auth (no public object URLs) | ||
| Versioning, audit & admin | ||
| Document versioning with one-click restore | 30-day rewind | |
| Field-level before & after change history | ||
| Org-wide activity feed | Team events | |
| Org usage & insights dashboard for documents | Storage only | |
| Organization audit log | Team / Business | |
| Notify & integrate | ||
| Reminders / expiry tracking | ||
| Scheduled queries & notifications | ||
| Webhooks (events, signing secret, JSON filters) | ||
| Scoped API keys (per-resource permissions) | App tokens | |
| CLI & TypeScript SDK | dbxcli | |
| E-signatures | ||
| Drag-and-drop template / form builder | ||
| Signable field types (signature, initials, date, checkbox…) | ||
| Multi-party signing with configurable order | ||
| Cryptographic PDF signing (PAdES/PKCS7) & verification | ||
| AI & platform | ||
| Built-in MCP server for AI assistants | ||
| Native web, iOS & Android apps | ||
| Free plan | Yes | 2 GB |
The differences that matter
What actually changes day to day.
Documents, not just files
Dropbox treats everything as a file in a folder. Stoatify understands documents: it categorizes, tags, extracts text and lets you filter by what a document is and says.
Filing without folders
Where Dropbox asks you to keep a folder structure tidy, Stoatify auto-files incoming documents into categories and applies AI-suggested tags and dates.
OCR search on every plan
Stoatify runs OCR search on every document, including the free tier, instead of gating full-text search behind higher plans.
Access down to the document
Both support team sharing, but Stoatify is org-shared by default with per-document and per-folder ACLs, so the sensitive items stay locked even inside a shared vault.
In fairness
When Dropbox is the better choice.
If your priority is fast, rock-solid file sync across desktops, large creative files, or sending big folders to outside collaborators, Dropbox is excellent and battle-tested. Stoatify wins when the goal is to organize, search and safeguard structured life or business documents rather than sync arbitrary files.
FAQ
Switching from Dropbox.
How do I migrate from Dropbox?+
Export or download the documents you care about and drag them into Stoatify, or connect an email/IMAP intake or watched folder so they import and auto-organize. There's no folder structure to recreate.
Does Stoatify sync files to my desktop like Dropbox?+
Stoatify is a vault you reach through the web, iOS and Android apps rather than a synced desktop folder. For automated capture you can point a watched folder or the CLI watcher at a directory on your machine.
Is OCR search included for free?+
Yes. On-device OCR runs on the free plan, so you can search inside scans and PDFs from day one rather than upgrading to unlock it.
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