Box - a decent rival to Google Drive
May 28, 2021
Box - a decent rival to Google Drive
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Business
Overall Satisfaction with Box
Box is essential to a client we work for for organizing and storing documents. We use it to collaborate and share living documents, protocols, SOPs, etc. Having one place to go to find everything you need to complete your work is the main benefit here - the "cloud" if you will.
- Speedy upload and download times
- Very simple and easy to use user interface
- Version number - you get a new version every time you modify a document, or upload a document with the same title, in the cloud. This can be confusing when working with documents that don't accurately reflect the version number.
- All Box needs now is a "smart" feature where it can "predict" what document you want to touch next. Yes - copy what Google Drive is doing.
- File storage
- Share/collaboration of files
- I'm not involved in the purchase as this was a client purchase. But I think the ROI is good here especially because this product, or something similar, was absolutely necessary for this client.
- N/A
- Google Drive and Dropbox
Mentioned already - I give Google the slight edge here. One thing I find interesting is the "search feature" for Box is actually really good - and arguably better than Google's. But I just like Google slightly more for the UI and "smart" features. Dropbox falls below both of these in my opinion.
Do you think Box delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Box's feature set?
Yes
Did Box live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Box go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Box again?
Yes