Box just works.
January 19, 2018
Box just works.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Personal,Business,Enterprise
Overall Satisfaction with Box
Box is used throughout our organization as our main cloud-based storage and backup solution. All systems have Box Sync installed on them and includes the Desktop and Documents folders within Windows. This allows users to jump between computers, in the office and off-site, and have their important files be readily available to access.
Our department regularly uses our Box shared drives to help share reports and creative files. We simply place the file in the shared directory, and in a few seconds, the other user can see it on their system.
Our department regularly uses our Box shared drives to help share reports and creative files. We simply place the file in the shared directory, and in a few seconds, the other user can see it on their system.
- Box sync is convenient and effortless. This allows cloud files to live on your desktop as well as in the cloud.
- Sharing folders has been a lifesaver for our department. In some cases, the files we have are much larger than an email or chat system can handle. We can essentially share a drive with others and not worry about file size limits.
- Folder sharing goes even further with the ability to share a folder or files with people outside of the company and provide permissions for editing and reading.
- With our business account, we can use the same Windows AD logins to access our Box accounts.
- Box has built support for multiple platforms, including obscure or minimally used operating systems. I can even get it on my BlackBerry tablet from 2008.
- The Box API has been a bit more difficult that we had presumed. There are great examples for Ruby users, but we are PHP team. There were cURL instructions, and that is what we ended up using.
- When using the web interface, it is easy to overlook the pagination in directories with many files. I have had situations where I thought something was broken with the sync program just to find that the file I was looking for was on page 2. Even the list view limits items to 20 per page.
- Box lets us communicate more effectively and quickly between our Marketing team. This results in quicker action on items that need it.
- We are able to continue working even when we are outside of the office. Allowing us to use just about any device to access this shared information is invaluable.
- Because it is cloud based and reliable, we do not need the expenditures of file servers, backups, and all the equipment that goes with them. Box does this for us.
Box lacks the integrations to Windows that OneDrive has, but has the right combination of price, features, and reliability. There are other services that are cheaper, but we find the Box provides good value when combining the things we were looking for. The inclusion of Box Sync and the ability to get it to include the Desktop and Documents folders of each system is very useful.