BOX one of best storage applications
Box helps to find everything in one place. It is one of the best tools for a big project that you can purchase. When a lot of team members …
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9.5
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Content search & retrieval (34)
9.4
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File sync, storage & archiving (35)
9.4
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Enterprise content collaboration (34)
9.4
94%
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Enterprise Content Management
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What is Box?
Box provides businesses with the Content Cloud — a single, secure, easy-to-use platform built for the entire content lifecycle, from file creation and sharing, to co-editing, signature, classification, and retention. Box aims to help people work securely from anywhere, and integrates with business tech stacks across 1,500+ best-of-breed apps. According to the vendor, Box is trusted by 100K+ of the world’s leading organizations, including AstraZeneca, JLL, and Nationwide. The vendor asserts that Box has been named a Leader by all major industry analyst firms. To read those reports and find out how Box customers achieve a 332% ROI, visit box.com/resources. Founded in 2005, Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Box Features
Enterprise Content Management Features
- Supported: Content capture & imaging
- Supported: File sync, storage & archiving
- Supported: Document management
- Supported: Records management
- Supported: Content search & retrieval
- Supported: Enterprise content collaboration
- Supported: Content publishing & creation
- Supported: Security, risk management & information governance
- Supported: Contract lifecycle management
- Supported: Automated workflows
- Supported: Artificial intelligence
- Supported: Mobile support
- Supported: Integration
Additional Features
- Supported: Secure e-signatures
- Supported: Unlimited e-signatures
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Box Integrations
- Google Workspace (formerly G Suite)
- Microsoft Teams
- Slack
- Zoom
- Workplace from Meta
- DocuSign
- Apple iWork
- Microsoft Office
- Cisco Webex
- Atlassian
- Adobe Document Cloud
- Salesforce
- ServiceNow
- Oracle
- SAP
- Okta
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Box Technical Details
| Deployment Types | SaaS |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
| Supported Countries | All |
| Supported Languages | Bengali (India), Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Danish, Dutch, English (US), English (UK), English (Australia), English (Canada), Finnish, French (France), French (Canada), German (Germany), Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Turkish |
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What is Box?
Box is an online cloud content management solution that caters to individual users as well as businesses.
How much does Box cost?
Box starts at $5.
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What is Box's best feature?
Reviewers rate Document management and Security, risk management & information governance and Integration highest, with a score of 9.5.
Who uses Box?
The most common users of Box are from Enterprises and the Computer Software industry.
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January 15, 2022
BOX one of best storage applications
Box helps to find everything in one place. It is one of the best tools for a big project that you can purchase. When a lot of team members are participating [in the] same project and you have a lot of files being exchanged and you want to keep track of all of them, then BOX is the answer to that.
- Organizing
- File sharing
- File save
- File upload
- Lot of storage
- Easy sharing
- File sharing
- Link sharing
- Outside organization access
December 10, 2021
Reliable data sync and transfer in action[.]
Today, team members across IT, marketing, and customer service, among other groups use Box as a centralized platform to share images, videos, and communication from projects. Box is a tool that makes it easy to keep projects going and made it possible for teams to work together from different locations. Instead of sending emails with data-heavy attachments, documents and photos are loaded onto Box where they can be instantly accessed and shared with [teams] across the company
- Instantly sharing and accessing documents and photos through a single link[.]
- It has simplified and sped up our communication and content sharing processes[.]
- Reduced dependence on e-mail[.]
- If we can have more than one user in the admin level it would be great[.]
December 09, 2021
Box the Great Solution to all file management Needs.
Seamless collaboration with our teammates to customers to partners and vendors. Getting everyone on the same page with one place to work together easily on our most important content. Protecting our sensitive files in the cloud using advanced security controls, intelligent [threat-detection], and complete information governance. We have more time to do what matters most.
- Simplified workflow
- Frictionless security
- Seamless collaboration
- Best-of -breed app integrations
- 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.
December 07, 2021
Almost frictionless experience with Box.
Specifically within my own department of my organization, we use Box for sharing files , saving files and other collaborative activity around file storage. It has an huge benefit personally for me, as it enable me upload files into the cloud from one device, and immediately be able to access my uploaded files from other devices, linked to my account.
Personally, I see Box as a top tool when it comes to file version control, file security and file disaster management. At least from my own experience using it.
- File version history.
- File security.
- File collaboration.
- Offline capability with Box, is almost non-existent.
Box fulfilled communication needs and the ability to share multiple file types with project teams and vendors outside the company. Marketing teams access presentations and marketing collateral during meetings with clients without the need to download those materials ahead of time. Most times we are under pressure to gather numbers from a variety of sources and unite them into one document, Box helped us connect data from different sources, connect dots from region to region, and from device to device.
- Enabled collaboration and file sharing efficiency while keeping data safe
- High mobile productivity and time-intensive document management
- Constant communication with internal and external collaborators
- It cost me a huge amount of time to group all the files and export the list
- Some files did not display in alphanumerical order despite being numbered
- Better to be sure of the exact location of a file to make searching of the file easy
January 24, 2022
Box helps getting design layouts approval from team
I use Box for sending requests for reviews of my project files. I get requests to create designs for website pages. Upon creation of pages, I send various versions of designs for approvals. I am trying to minimize communications by sending files via Box platform to the project team. I use Box for sending content documents as well along with design files.
- I think box has a good price than some other vendors.
- It helps me updating designs based on comments received from team.
- It helps me minimize communication for getting approvals.
- It will be helpful to get a real time collaboration within files from Box community.
September 27, 2021
Authentic and powerful software for internal collaboration
Everyone in the organization uses Box to store and share files. Extra features are available for ensuring the security of stored files and documents. Every single file is stored in the cloud and only those individuals with Box permissions can access the files or have the ability to edit and share them.
- Storing files and documents in their current versions
- Free online movement of files from one desk to the other
- Protects files and other forms of company information from loss or unauthorized access
- At first the system was loading very fast but then when we moved most of our information to Box it now takes some time to load
- Overall its a wonderful software that saves the company money and resources
January 13, 2022
Essential to continuous work productivity
Box is used to backup important day to day work files across the length of my coy [company]. I tend to think our use of Box within my coy [company], has improved productivity within my organization, especially in situations where employees need to collaborate remotely. In this kind of situation, Box ensures that we always have access to much needed work files, as long as we can connect to the internet. In select departments within my coy [company], like the marketing department where I work, Box is integrated with internal workflow process, thus resulting in the automation and faster completion of regular day to day simple yet effective tasks such as scheduling events, requesting file access, etc.
- Basic task automation
- File storage
- File collaboration
- Integrations
- Box on web browser is not intuitive.
- Box does not make it convenient to share files with non-Box users.
September 05, 2021
Perfect approach to all of cloud storage problems
Box has been a great find for us over the years in dealing with other cloud storage software. It has all the amazing features to become the top-notch product in the market. Overall, Box is the best cloud managing software available in the market. Some drawbacks need to be correct but other than it is a complete package for storing information securely and safely. Moreover, it is a safe and secure collaborative platform.
- 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.
- The platform becomes slow while dealing with large files.
- It becomes slow and takes a lot of hardware used to run all operations effectively.
- Storage usually depends on the pricing at the early stages which can be upgraded by paying the amount which is a big problem of losing customers.
September 05, 2021
Best file storage program available right now
It has all the features to become the main part of any organization, a quick and easy-to-use dashboard makes it more effective. Box is one of the most advanced and secure platforms available, dealing with the entire content life cycle and retention. It has an amazing feature of co-editing, signature, and classification with cloud availability. A secure and easy-to-use platform that can easily be usable in the organization.
- Being a cloud software I can assess to any document online anywhere by just connecting to the internet.
- The main feature which I like the most as it integrates to tech-stack across all of the breed apps. Integration of Box is amazing.
- I have a lot of software already in my organization which we are using to handle different processes in the organization, box easily gets integrated with other tools.
- Another great feature that I like the most and using every day is their online cloud storage which gives unlimited storage to store all kinds of information efficiently.
- There is not a good system available to save the document easily while you are making changes.
- All of the big files need to be compressed under 10 GB to upload in the cloud storage which is a big problem and hindrance in the work.
- If other persons are making changes in the same file at the same time it will automatically neglect your changes to document and saves other's changes.
September 05, 2021
One of the best file storing ways out there
This tool is very widely known and popular a tool that we have been using in our company in the category of Enterprise Content Management Software. One thing that I have to say about this tool is that whether you are actually on the premises of the office or you are not there, this tool will always give you the leverage to give 100% focus and dedication to your work and manage all the workflows with great concentration and efficiency. This tool is being used across different departments and multiple divisions.
- I really liked this platform because it is cross-platform and this can be very easily installed on not only Windows but Mac as well so that users can access files online at any time.
- The desktop application in this product makes it so easy and hassle-free to find all the files on the computer and then open them on different devices simultaneously.
- This platform has the capability to create shared links without any complications involved that are not there in different players.
- When using this product the user does not need to undergo any special training or upload any content.
- Box gives users pretty easy access and I think its usability is great for all users.
- Large-sized files cannot be synchronized without having a premium version so all of the processing consumes a lot of time.
- When you initially install Box then you are required to move all files which again consumes a lot of time that could be invested somewhere else.
September 05, 2021
An all-rounder solution for all your file management needs
It has solved many problems related to data sharing between members of the company. It is an amazing data storage option that has some great plans and pricing strategies available. Security in the platform has always been their first priority due to that the platform is solid and robust. Altogether, this tool is a very stable, safe, and secure cloud backup tool which is not only great for my organization but also for workflows and content management.
- This is a very good storage backup with an extra feature of recognition of different types of files.
- This platform has enhanced and increased the extent of traceability in important files and documents.
- Unlike many other platforms, this tool has provided access to documents on a remote basis.
- It is reliable platform that gives highly developed functionalities for the security of important data.
- I faced this problem a very few times that the backup was only being performed of some selected files rather than complete folders.
- The platform requires a stable and fast internet connection while using the software so that is time-consuming.
December 29, 2021
Box is quicker than Google Drive for file management
My projects team uses Box to manage project-based documents with the clients. The design files need reviews from our clients on a weekly basis and we use Box to transfer over files to them for review and providing feedback. We are trying to solve the communication issues to discuss feedback for design files. Using Box, we have been able to send files quickly.
- Box is quick to download files. The clients are able to access information as soon as they receive an email from Box with the design file link's information.
- Box allows uploading of multiple files together.
- I don't have a use case where Box needs improvements at this moment.
September 01, 2021
Best cloud based storage for any business organization
Box is one of those very few Content Management Software which has been used all across our
organization and as a product that has helped us extensively in keeping
everything coordinated and accessible. I am getting reliable service from this tool. It has fantastic functionalities. Features like the utilization of Box Sync
gives you leverage to deal with many many documents which have helped with the
issue of time consumption to quite a great extent.
- The feature of Box that gives you the leverage of Cloud-Native Security is great because it protects all the files and documents easily.
- This product has become one of the most top storage applications such as iCloud and even Google Drive.
- As it has become the best storage application so it just safely saves all the hard drive space in the Cloud which leverages users with so much extra storage.
- The software can be used by anyone in the organization and it establishes an atmosphere where all workers work without any hard and fast rules.
- There are many good things about this software but there are a few cons as well like I personally think some more content on the desktop browser for viewing purposes could have been great.
- The Multifactor facet in the software was not too useful and it was very hectic so that needs improvement.
- There should be some more content available for viewing on the app home page for a better user experience.
September 01, 2021
Box immediately solved our internal and external sharing issues
Box acts as the single content platform we use in the marketing department to accelerate product launches and pricing strategies so that we can get to market faster. It is a seamless way of managing our content-based processes to help us keep constantly-shifting customer experiences. It is also an effective way to create, share and approve collateral across internal teams.
- Makes sure the right campaigns get to the market faster
- Gives only the right people access to sensitive marketing materials
- Sharing materials across globally dispersed teams
- A file size limitation on files that can be synced to the cloud server
- Selective syncing of files from the computer is not available directly on the interface
August 24, 2021
Box is a Purple Squirrel's secret to seamless Cloud Storage
Purple Squirrel Media uses Box App to utilize integrations with other software in the Box ecosystem. Box has package plans and tiered pricing that suites a wide range of use cases from beginner to enterprise. Box Drive and Box Sync are tools comparable to other tools with a rich suite of integrations and features for content management.
- Box is a great storage backup with the added feature of recognizing multiple file types.
- Box Sync is particularly useful for backing up your most important documents.
- Box has become a top storage app like Google Drive and iCloud.
- I'd like to be able to view more content when I use the desktop browser.
- I'd like to be able to have more features available to distribute content.
- I'd like to be able to view more content on the app home page.
August 22, 2021
It Works!
Box is a very helpful file-sharing tool in our organization. It allows multiple depts and users to access files without worrying about file sizes and/or compressing files. The app can also be very helpful in the fact that team members can access documents from anywhere to reference at any time.
- Accessibility
- File sharing
- Permissions
- Publicly accessible links
- Managing storage
- Tutorials
December 14, 2021
Secured, scalable cloud based storage.
At present, Box is used by employees of all departments in my company. It serves as a centralized cloud storage platform for members of my organization, from where we can collaborate, share files, and most importantly, save sensitive and everyday work content securely. I think Box has a very positive impact on our overall workflow, makes productive-remote collaboration a lot easier, and ensures that file access is as convenient as it should be.
- File security.
- Smooth file access , courtesy fast device synchronization.
- Seamless integration with third-party work software tools.
- Limited document editing capability.
November 16, 2021
We have fulfilled the promise of protecting our customers and kept the workforce securely in the flow of innovation
I have had a hard drive die on me and it was costly to replace and some of my data was gone for good, and shockingly my colleagues faced same challenges. That's when we realized the huge benefits of using a cloud storage platform to back up data to the cloud and makes sure it stays safe and easily accessible. Even better, after implementing Box through the whole organization, it kept multiple versions of our files stored in the cloud providing the best solution for disaster recovery. Box built portability into the cloud, with all our data available to us wherever we can login to our cloud account.
- Keeps multiple versions of our files stored in the cloud
- Updates and syncs files instantly across every device so we don't have to manually upload or download files
- Provides remote access to work files, making remote work possible
- Keeps sensitive files encrypted, which are only readable using an encryption key
- We synced files to access them when we are offline but accessing the cloud absolutely requires an internet connection
- There are some other solutions offering a wealth of services at a low cost and are almost overtaking Box
November 15, 2021
Secured collaborations; automated workflows.
Within my organization, we rely mainly on Box for all work-related activity around secure file access on different devices, be it on desktop, web browser or mobile devices.
With my use of Box, I am empowered to securely collaborate with team members within my company, or with external collaborators (professionals outside my company), without any serious security risks. In summary, Box adds efficiency to how I work, and has saved me time on all things related to file storage, and sharing.
- Secured file sharing and access from any location.
- Classification based security threat detection and control.
- Data privacy via Box Keysafe.
- Integration with my favorite application at work.
- Not much of a complaint for me, I use Box for activities around file storage and security. Box works perfectly for me for these uses.
We are using Box to enable secure access to files on mobile devices and increase mobility of employees. Box has empowered employees to easily create secure and collaborative workspaces with external parties. It encouraged tighter collaboration between employees and it is now possible to upload files and communicate faster with clients, improving the level of service provided to the clients. Box saves time and eliminated the need to search for emails and attachments.
- Box offers robust access permissions and audit trails to ensure we protect our content
- Easy and secure access to information on any device across departments and with external parties
- Enables immediate teamwork even on our phones
- Increases employee mobility
- I honestly do not have any complaint about Box at this time, I would just recommend observing proper file naming
November 12, 2021
Content-sharing woes quickly turned to delightful thrills
At Temenos we use Box to access, share, and manage critical content quickly and easily, both internally and with external partners. No worries about collaborating seamlessly and sending large files within the organization or with outside partners. The platform also made it easier to manage critical content using any device of our choice.
- Large media files and presentations are all previewed within Box without having to download them.
- Provides storage, access, and the ability to share large amounts of content.
- Box turned up the volume on productivity and collaboration.
- Centralized the organization's content in one secure location.
- One time I received a syncing error for syncing huge files concurrently.
- The product itself is unbeatable and it's hard to criticize this tool much.
November 03, 2021
Secured collaboration, which has improved my effectiveness
We use Box exclusively to ensure security of company sensitive files, both as a centralized hub and for when we share files, or collaborate with team mates. it is used not just by my department, but every other department across the length and breadth of my organization.
By securing our saved files, and making file sharing a smooth process, Box is simply making everyone in my organization very productive, even for persons working remotely.
From my experience, no other close substitute offers a better file encryption, and data security than Box.
- File encryption and security - By encrypting my saved files , Box makes it difficult for sensitive files to be compromised by third parties. Most importantly too, important security protocols like two factor authentication, password protection etc ensures nobody has access to my files, without my permission.
- Mobile phone access - This is a very important aspect of Box, as it let me have access to team files , even when I am away from my Laptop.
- Automating workflows.
- No selective synchronization option.
- Not enough tutorials. I felt this firsthand in my early years as a user. I also think the Box user community is not very active, therefore making it a bit clumsy finding free online solution to common Box problems.
November 01, 2021
Very secure storage and ideal for concurrent edits to a document
Its the tool I use to sync files between my computer and the cloud to make them available whenever needed and to make sure they are never outdated. Any changes I make to files in one device are reflected on all other devices. Streamlines the file sharing process throughout the different offices no matter how far they are physically.
- Multiple people can do concurrent edits and revisions to a document
- Reduces the risk and potential loss of data caused by leakage
- Real-time file synchronization between my computer and the Box server
- Defining permission settings for different file viewers
- Bigger files take much time to sync to the server
- No option to re-order sync management
- More filters per column to get a particular file
October 29, 2021
This is Box: The smarter and secure file sharing tool
Box is a multipurpose tool for secure file-sharing, streamlining of e-signature collection through the Box E-sign, and keeps an audit trail of account activity to make it easier for the business to remain compliant with security standards. The platform helps keep transfer of files between the business and our clients, and among teams more secure.
- Sending and receiving files more securely
- The platform automatically organizes documents into folders by contact
- Collecting valid e-signatures
- Ensures we can quickly locate documents
- Trying to sort out data duplication to avoid memory wastage is a tedious process
- I don't find any other dislike for this platform