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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Box

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ABox is an online Intelligent Content Management solution that caters to individual users as well as businesses.

    $20

    per month 3 users (minimum)

    Coremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ABased on the former Coremetrics, IBM Digital Analytics is a discontinued analytics product. IBM acquired Coremetrics in 2010, and re-branded the platform to the IBM Digital Marketing Optimization Solution. Product support was ultimately provided by Acoustic, but the product is not a part of the company's plans going forward.N/A

    IBM ECM

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Enterprise Content Manager and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) applications enable organizations to manage all forms of content and secure secure data with respect to compliance needs. The platform enables capture, activation, sharing, analysis and governance of unstructured data to lower costs and risk while improving efficiency.N/A
    Pricing
    BoxCoremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)IBM ECM
    Editions & Modules
    Business Starter
    $7
    per month per user (3 minimum)
    Business
    $20
    per month per user (3 minimum)
    Business Plus
    $33
    per month per user (3 minimum)
    Enterprise
    $47
    per month per user (3 minimum)
    Enterprise Plus
    $50
    per month (billed annually) per user (3 minimum)
    Enterprise Advanced
    Contact us
    per month per user (35 minimum)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BoxCoremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)IBM ECM
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    BoxCoremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)IBM ECM
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    Box
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    96 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    81 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    99 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    61 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    68 Answers
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    Features
    BoxCoremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)IBM ECM
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Box and Coremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued) and IBM Enterprise Content Manager
    Feature
    Box
    7.9
    26 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Coremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    IBM Enterprise Content Manager
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    Ratings
    Content capture & imaging8.119 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving9.825 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document management8.924 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Records management7.420 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval8.624 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration8.021 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation5.015 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance8.926 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management9.612 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated workflows9.614 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence2.011 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support7.623 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration9.823 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    BoxCoremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)IBM ECM
    Small Businesses
    Egnyte
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Matomo Analytics
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Epicor ECM
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Lead Forensics
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Epicor ECM
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Dashpivot - By Sitemate
    Score10 out of 10
    Chartbeat
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Dashpivot - By Sitemate
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BoxCoremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)IBM ECM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (154 ratings)
    7.0
    (24 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    5.8
    (18 ratings)
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (21 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (29 ratings)
    2.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BoxCoremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)IBM ECM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Box
    I think Box is great for research teams or anyone that has a large number of files that need to be securely stored. Particularly in the case of social science research, where it is important to protect identifying data, Box is a great option. In cases where teams need a more reliable means for real-time collaboration, I would probably consider a different alternative
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    Discontinued Products
    IBM analytics has continued to improve upon the days of being the original core metrics. After using the updated version for quite some time, it has been great at providing the needed analytics to measure ROI and goal performance for our quarterly KPI's. It has resulted in a great increase in web engagements although we are a midsize company, smaller outfits may not need such an expensive option.
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    IBM
    Again, I like to think of my association and usage of IBM Case Manager V.5.2. Please keep in mind that this is only one component of the IBM Enterprise Content Management suite of products. I believe IBM Case Manager is an ideal solution for medium to large companies looking to automate lnad
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    Pros
    Box
    • The main feature that I like the most in Box is that it makes collaboration seamless, workers can easily check the documents any time and make changes according to the needs.
    • Box manages and backs up all of your files on its cloud servers, and provides a very nice interface for creating, viewing, editing, and collaborating on the most commonly used file types (PDF, XLS, DOC, etc.).
    • Over the past few years, Box has built on top of its basic cloud storage management with a host of other tools, such as workflows, AI, monitoring, and analytics.
    • It is helping us to make good connections with clients and our workers themselves as to its syncing and viewing feature to all is very much helpful and easy to go.
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    Discontinued Products
    • IBM CXA comprises an acquisition called Tealeaf. This tool has deep heritage and this is evident in its present-day capabilities.
    • The Universal Behaviour Exchange or UBX puts the concept of personalisation at the forefront. The ability to combine physical (analog) and digital transactions to create the complete picture of a customer journey, is a stand out benefit.
    • The solution does not have to involve the purchase of software. IBM CXA can be sold as a service bundled with analytics as a service. This not only lowers the cost of ownership, it gets around one of the principal issues. Strong staff with design and analytical capability to drive the solution and deliver tangible benefits.
    • The seamless integration of Watson AI services to help with the heavy lifiting. Watson reinforces the analytical focus this solution has and can learn to recognise situations specific to a company.
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    IBM
    • It provides easy to use administrative tools to work with the product.
    • Good documentation on the production is available which makes it easier to use.
    • It supports high availability architecture
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    Cons
    Box
    • The graphic design of the dashboard should be simpler and more tangible that can be changed to the liking of the Admin.
    • Sometimes there are some syncing issues in the background.
    • The product has very limited functionality in some areas which could be a bit frustrating at times.
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    Discontinued Products
    • The user interface is in Flash, which can be very frustrating and slow at times. Apparently, this is to be transitioned in a future release.
    • Can only segment the last 93 days of data. Any historical segmentation beyond the 93 days must be run in Explore (which is credit based, and has its own limitations with the number of credits per month, based on the initial contract with IBM).
    • Reports can only display 93 days of data at a given time for custom date ranges. There are pre-programmed date ranges setup with IBM during implementation (last week, last month, last quarter etc.), but are not flexible enough to answer more specific questions.
    • Certain reports cannot have segments applied, making answering some simple questions a bit more tricky. For example, I can create a segment around mobile devices and apply it to the marketing channels report, but I can't create a marketing channel segment and apply it to the mobile reports.
    • Built in API calls allows for nice report design and automation.
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    IBM
    • As enterprise and mid-market systems go, the price is highly competitive (especially when you consider what's included in the license). That said, this product is not accessible for small businesses as a self hosted solution. The "Navigator on Cloud" solution is much more accessible, but gives less control over data.
    • To get all the features, there are many moving parts. For large enterprises, this is no problem, and the cloud solution obviates most of these concerns.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Box
    I like the security features and I like the website. It's easy to use and create and move things around as needed. The main reason for a lower rating is because the Box Sync app is just not a good program. It's a memory hog, it's slow, transfer speeds are slow, and it's not the most efficient route. If you have a large Box account and you need to get a computer up to speed on a large amount of data within Box, you are in for the long haul. Last time I had to do this, it took 3 days to sync all of the files and we are talking around 100 GB worth of data
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    Discontinued Products
    IBM Digital Analytics is a great solution for our clients and I believe they offer the best solution for the retail space. We have access to IBM support via email or live chat and they can answer many of the reporting questions that come up. IBM is receptive to our feedback of the product so I am confident they will continue making improvements
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    IBM
    There is no plan to change ECM at organizational level. Replacing products and changing custom applications involves lot of effort
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    Usability
    Box
    Everything with Box is seamless. It can be integrated into virtually any other software or application. You can even get the app for your phone or tablet to work on the go. File syncing is so quick. The only reason I gave it a 9 is the issue I discussed earlier about the local file application rebooting and not continuing to sync files. Other than that, it's great!
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    Very easy to implement and use.
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    IBM
    The end-user experience is excellent. The Administration experience needs some more work.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Box
    Yeah, it's always worked, I've never had any kind of connection issues, the only issues I've had it I've been on our end when the Internet hasn't worked.
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    Never had any issues
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    Performance
    Box
    The general operation and management of Box is very efficient, both when accessing the account, and when adding files, downloading or modifying any document directly. The web platform, mobile and desktop versions work really well and quickly, making all the work and process flow smoothly and without setbacks. So far I have not been able to observe any inconvenience
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    As reports are templated, the system is pretty quick. Sometimes you have to wait a bit for a report to render. Or you might have to re-load the page. But there is no real issue here and the system is on par with other similar systems.
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    IBM
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    Support Rating
    Box
    I found their support community lacking in clarity when I experienced a login issue. The error messaging was poor on my Box Sync application. I did not reach out to support staff for help, instead, I reasoned that I should try downloading the Box Sync application again and reinstall it. That fixed my issue, thankfully. I think a less computer-savvy user would've been much more frustrated.
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    Overall, the level of support is very good and I would say it is a strong asset of the solution. However, you can sometimes feel that there is a difference of level among the support team.
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    IBM
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    In-Person Training
    Box
    The in person training was done in house and I helped with the training, people seem to respond well.
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    IBM
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    Online Training
    Box
    The documentation is good. Since Box is a popular service, there were also a number of YouTube videos and other sources that were helpful as we were considering the product and planning for deployment. Also, the ability to try the free version helped to prepare us.
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    Online training is really great. One of the best assets that they have. Lots of great videos, pop quizzes at the end of each module. Fantastic. Other tools have similar features, but not as good.
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    IBM
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    Implementation Rating
    Box
    Be careful with settings. It is easy to get overwhelmed with updates. For example, you don’t want to be updated when doing historical data uploads. I recommend taking off notifications initially and then turn on post you have done your historical data upload.
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    Discontinued Products
    See previous comment: reading and understanding the encyclopedic implementation guide is a must.
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    IBM
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    Alternatives Considered
    Box
    They are kind of the same. And both of them do their job as promised. But for company and project wise I think that Box slightly wins for some points. Which [makes him] win over Google Drive (don't forget that Google Drive is very easy to use and has a lot [of] nice features too).
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    Discontinued Products
    Much of the work we did in IBM Digital Analytics could have been answered through Google Analytics, a much simpler, agile and FREE solution set. Not mention, given the vast number of Google Analytics USERS, free and actionable support is simply a click away ... this compared to IBM Digital Analytics fractured and often absent support service.
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    IBM
    Our relationship with IBM is long standing. We have been Gold Partners for some time and are viewed by many internal groups as their Go To partner for large ECM deployments. Most of our systems engineers hold multiple certifications as solutions developers. Our clients are national and international. The support we receive from IBM has been excellent and our partnership with them on numerous projects has been excellent.
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    Scalability
    Box
    It's great, as we put more files on there it's done very well.
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    This solution can support large amount of data and transaction. The way that user management features are built, it shows it is meant for large organizations.
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    IBM
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    Return on Investment
    Box
    • Box has been an only positive experience. It provides a seamless way for me and my team to collaborate on documents in such a way where we're not sending the document back/forth via email. It's a huge timesaver.
    • Box reduces the risk of sharing a sensitive document to the wrong person via email.
    • Box has provided a platform where my team can share notes in meetings - this has helped streamline and organize our meetings. Our meetings are more productive and actionable.
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    • We spend too much time trying to work around bugs on the new UI.
    • We spend too much time trying to figure out how to make certain segments work because support and the knowledge center are lackluster.
    • Our sales rep is very unresponsive and leaves us searching for a lot of answers on our own, including what other products we may benefit from that IBM offers.
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    IBM
    • We have seen our customers realize increased employee efficiency by reducing the amount of time it takes to process a transaction.
    • We have seen improvements in customer service because information can be made more readily available to customer service personnel who are fielding service calls.
    • We have seen improvements in decision making because processing-related statistics are more readily available to the managers who need the input to make quality business decisions that affect the day-to-day operations.
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    ScreenShots

    Box Screenshots

    Screenshot of an overview of Box's intelligent content management platform. It provides a unified, AI-powered approach to managing and securing your unstructured data, or content. ICM provides organizations with collaboration, AI, security, compliance, and workflow tools, interoperable and customizable, to get the most from their content.Screenshot of how with Box AI, AI can be accessed right where enterprise content exists. While that work can reside within Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other productivity suites, Box helps users to tap the full potential of AI for unstructured data.Screenshot of how Box creates a central workspace to edit, review, and assign tasks. Users can automate business processes and centralize content workflows in Box, including a configurable content submission, unlimited e-signatures, user-drive no-code workflow, and task assignment to power approvals.Screenshot of how Box secures content from threats, including malware and ransomware, and recover from attacks if they happen. This helps to maintain a zero trust architecture to ensure proper usage of corporate data, and prevent data theft.Screenshot of how Box can connect to any productivity suite, including Microsoft, Google, and Apple. This extends any existing security investments with integrations into key DLP, SIEM, and network security tools. Thus, seamless experiences can be built for users in any system they use, whether that’s a business tool like Salesforce or ServiceNow, or communications engines like Zoom and Slack.Screenshot of an overview describing Box's scalability. With unlimited storage capabilities Box has an exabyte (1,000PB) of customer data plus 1 gigabit per second upload and download speed. At its core, Box is a multi-tenant global SaaS platform with enterprise-grade reliability and end-to-end encryption to secure content.