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Box has a free version and offers a free trial. Box paid version starts at US$20.00/month.
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Feature rating
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Better than the rest
Came for the file storage. Staying for the wide array of features to edit, collaborate, protect, and organize my work.
Pros
Besides being a file sharing and storage software, it excels where other software does not even come close. I like the features to edit docs and files. The integration with google workspace, adobe, and microsoft office make this so essential. The security features are also not something I realized I valued until I started using box. I just feel like my files and my data are taken care of when I use this service.
Cons
There is no beating around the bush here: box is expensive. But also... lots of storage services are these days. The free version does not get you very far. I think it's the same space Google Drive gives you, but again, the features within box cannot be found elsewhere.
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Easy to Naviagate, Easy to Share
I am very happy with the functionality, and how easy it out to create custom access and share links. The search feature also works well when you are looking for specific documents.
Pros
I like how easy it is to customize and share files with specific parties. I like how customizable the layouts and folders are.
Cons
I wish there was real time editing inside the tab you are viewing, same as Teams, Dropbox or Google Drive. I have oft had to teach people that they need to open the view only file in the "online" version and edit there.
Reasons for Switching to Box
Workflow with related products for seamless transition- Industry: Pharmaceuticals
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Box is overall not user friendly and does not allow multiple users to edit the document, if it was opened by another user. It does though allow for a reliable storage of documents and easy sharing.
Pros
It was organization specific and allowed for easy sharing of documents. It was also a good place to store documents.
Cons
Because it used Word to upload, when documents were shared among users the document could be only be viewed and not edited. It then required a new document to be saved because users could not edit the document at once. It also was not user friendly and took a while to understand how it worked.
- Industry: Information Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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The older the berry, the sweeter the features!
Using Zapier workflow automation, we were able to mimic a google workspace type experience for our project management needs which we chose box because of a 20+ year relationship and its robust list of available integration options thanks to its multi-decade cultivating of relationships unmatched by any of their competitors.
Pros
Their Cloud infrastructure is one of the original online storage spaces, which i have used since 2001 to keep my songwriting files secure. My favorite unique advantage that box has is its file versioning. As a songwriter it can be challenging saving updated lyrics though still utilizing autosave to avoid unintended deletion. File versioning combines the two and organizes all versions, with an easy selectbox convenient for final drafting.
Cons
Their workspace is pretty generic, which can be more seamless as a one-stop project management superapp, which is made possible by zapier
Alternatives Considered
Nextcloud, Dropbox Business, Adobe Creative Cloud Express and SAP Analytics CloudReasons for Choosing Box
Price and long time relationship with company.Reasons for Switching to Box
Familiarity played the biggest role as i led this project and needed to reflect confidence in my decisions which is hard to do when using new software.- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Box is where it’s at!!!
Overall, I thought box was easy to use easy to show others how to use an easy to add documentation to.
Pros
The product has become more robust through the years of using it at 2 different companies.
Cons
Sometimes an account needs to be created before someone can view items that are shared.
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