We performed a comparison between Azure Data Lake Storage and Box based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, Google, Nasuni and others in Cloud Storage."Azure Data Lake Storage is a user-friendly and easy-to-learn solution."
"The tool's most valuable feature is security access policies."
"It's a cloud-based tool within the Microsoft ecosystem, offering many benefits for data handling."
"I also like its speed. It's basically built on Azure Blob Storage, which was already fast. But Azure Data Lake Storage adds the hierarchical structure for even better performance."
"I like the ease of use."
"I like that Box makes it easy to deploy virtual machines."
"The system's performance is impressive, and file sharing is notably straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of Box is security."
"File sharing with collaborators not on the same domain with offline access from multiple devices: I work on many projects that are multi-organizational, such as with customers, suppliers, or acquisitions."
"Box is very user-friendly; more so than SharePoint."
"It is a very user-friendly product."
"We've never had a penetration. We've never had a security issue that their support didn't solve. We love their audit trail. We can know exactly when a collaborator opens. We love how you can define a collaborator."
"Pricing is always a factor. It could be more affordable."
"The solution needs to improve APIs and make them more accessible."
"From an SAP perspective, direct connectivity to SAP systems is an area that could be enhanced."
"Some terminology is not easy to understand when using some interfaces."
"I recommend doing the trial first, because it's not cheap ware. It's not overly expensive, but it's not cheap ware, and enterprise has a minimum number of users."
"Like all cloud platforms, there are always areas of improvement around sync to local devices."
"It could be cheaper."
"The room for improvement is in the area of integrations. They need to establish more integrations, especially with Office 365 and Outlook."
"The upload speed needs improvement."
"Better integration with other solutions is needed."
"I don't like the low level of role-based security it provides – it's very cumbersome, and the support is ordinary at times."
"I would love to see the ability to invite collaborators extended to a file level, not just the folder level."
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Azure Data Lake Storage is ranked 15th in Cloud Storage with 4 reviews while Box is ranked 10th in Cloud Storage with 37 reviews. Azure Data Lake Storage is rated 9.0, while Box is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Data Lake Storage writes "Hierarchical storage structure to store pre-generated static data in JSON format". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Box writes "Used for data storage and data collaboration, but its data security could be improved". Azure Data Lake Storage is most compared with , whereas Box is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365 and Egnyte.
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