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    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)

    Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AFortra's GoAnywhere MFT is a secure file transfer solution that automates and encrypts data using industry standard protocols (e.g. OpenPGP, SFTP, HTTPS). With auditing and reporting, GoAnywhere can help organizations meet compliance regulations like PCI DSS and HIPAA. GoAnywhere can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. As a VMware-validated product, it also runs in several virtualized environments including VMware, Amazon AWS, and Microsoft Azure. GoAnywhere exchanges batch and ad…N/A
    Pricing
    BoxFortra's GoAnywhere MFT
    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
    BoxFortra's GoAnywhere MFT
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsA discount is available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    BoxFortra's GoAnywhere MFT
    Considered Both Products
    Box
    No answer on this topic
    Fortra
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    96 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    81 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    99 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    61 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    68 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    BoxFortra's GoAnywhere MFT
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Box and Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT
    Feature
    Box
    7.9
    26 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT
    -
    Ratings
    Content capture & imaging8.119 Ratings00 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving9.825 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document management8.924 Ratings00 Ratings
    Records management7.420 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval8.624 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation5.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management9.612 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated workflows9.614 Ratings00 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence2.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support7.623 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration9.823 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BoxFortra's GoAnywhere MFT
    Small Businesses
    Egnyte
    Score9.3 out of 10
    FileZilla
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Epicor ECM
    Score7.7 out of 10
    FileZilla
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Dashpivot - By Sitemate
    Score10 out of 10
    FileZilla
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BoxFortra's GoAnywhere MFT
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (154 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (29 ratings)
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BoxFortra's GoAnywhere MFT
    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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    Fortra
    Go Anywhere is perfect for moving data between systems. It is great for pulling data and emailing it or sending it to another server. However, Go Anywhere is limited as an ETL tool. It is not good for large datasets. When we had to move millions of rows from one server to another, it totally choked.
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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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    Fortra
    • For an FTP server it is robust but very easy to use and configure.
    • For a project manager for file transfers, it allows you to do nearly anything, from simple file move to file rename, move, zip, and create a new folder location to drop the file in.
    • GoAnywhere has a gateway device that allows for securing the traffic coming from outside your network in without exposing too much of your network.
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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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    Fortra
    • In the beginning, when implementing, it can take a while to understand how it works thoroughly.
    • Due to the added abilities learning to configure the software can take some time.
    • Training for this product will cost extra. The training is also not excellent.
    • The software seems glitchy at times, sometimes being slow or corrupting jobs.
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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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    Fortra
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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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    Fortra
    Since using it and having time to work with it, its process and actions are growing on me and once a project is created one can implement across numerous location or platforms
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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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    Fortra
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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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    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Fortra
    They would help us to identify the problem and provide a solution every time. Support also will answer questions about what the application can do and how, and it would allow you to submit enhancements requests for consideration to be included in future versions.
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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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    Fortra
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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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    Fortra
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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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    Fortra
    Implementation was straight forward. We paid for 50 hours of professional service in case, we need help. We end using only 10 hours. I have only 1 month to convert over 120 scripts from FTP voyager to goanywhere. Old script was had written using bat files. Some of the batch file were written by some other person, who passed away. Documents for old script was not in details. With the professional service, I was able to convert all script within windows
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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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    Fortra
    At the time we were evaluating a managed file transfer system, we initially looked at Ipswitch. It did not have a web based interface and the overall price was extremely higher than GA MFT. The solutions offered by GA MFT were significantly more attractive for our needs as an organization.
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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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    Fortra
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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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    Fortra
    • GA has made life easier for our employees. Many processes that used to take a lot of time are now automated or semi-automated using GA.
    • GA has helped our IT team be far more productive. It would take weeks to put together code that we can do in GA in a day or less.
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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.

    Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT Screenshots

    Screenshot of The GoAnywhere Dashboard, where users can access features and choose customizable Gadgets that display vital system statistics and file transfer activity