ICloud features other products offer

Is there an option to have a folder in iCloud Drive I can share with my family similar to what can be done with Dropbox? We keep some family reference documents in a shared folder that we can each update and access from our devices or remotely and it is a very useful Dropbox feature.
Another Q - I would like to keep my Macbook backed up to the cloud too. I realise Time Machine does not do this and iCloud has not been designed as a primary back-up medium but is there a way to achieve this as it also seems like a useful feature that other cloud storage providers offer.

No to both questions, sorry.
iCloud Drive is for syncing all your devices and to keep your documents synced across all your devices. It is not a separate cloud storage.
See:  iCloud Drive FAQ

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