Dropbox allows a user to drop a file into a shared folder without having this user to be part of the shared folder. This feature is called file request.
Does Google Drive have a similar feature?
Google Drive – Does Google Drive Have a File Request Feature Like Dropbox?
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Best Answer
Google Drive doesn't have a feature like "file request" of DropBox.
The closest built-in feature is to transferring the file ownership but this will not add the file to a folder.
By using Google Apps Script or Google Drive API you could achieve a similar behaviour. You can see an example of a script that would do that here.