The birth of Cloudbrand: A founder’s journey

Hey there! I’m Santhiaroo, the founder of Cloudbrand, and I want to share how this whole crazy journey started. It was around April 2024, and I was doing my usual thing – checking some files a team member had shared with a client. No big deal, right? Wrong. When I clicked on the link, I was bombarded with pop-ups trying to sell me lifetime deals and limited-time offers. I mean, come on! Is this really the first impression I want our clients to have when we share files with them? A cloud storage provider basically yelling, “Buy our stuff!”? No way. So, I thought, “Okay, let’s try Dropbox.” But geez, talk about expensive! For my team of 30 designers (both in-house and contractors), we’re looking at $15 per user. And sure, they have some basic branding features, but they also come with a ton of stuff we don’t need. Great for some, but not for us. Next up, Box. Again, we’re talking $15 to $25 per user for my team of 30. They have a starter plan, but it’s super limited – only 100GB of storage and a max of 10 team members. Ugh, back to square one.