We performed a comparison between Box, Citrix ShareFile, and ownCloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dropbox, Microsoft, Google and others in Content Collaboration Platforms."The solution is used for data storage and any kind of visualization."
"The ability to collaborate around data anywhere, anytime is the most powerful features of Box."
"File sharing, authorization on the back, its ease of use and reliable uptime performance are valuable features of this solution."
"Using Box for cloud storage allows us to focus on the service and maintaining infrastructure."
"The interface is very good."
"The system's performance is impressive, and file sharing is notably straightforward."
"I like that Box makes it easy to deploy virtual machines."
"You can upload your bin, upload your files quickly, and download your files quickly. It provides a lot of other alternatives."
"The solution is scalable."
"Citrix has a very good file auditing features and security features."
"ShareFile gives you all of the features of cloud providers, but in an on-premises solution."
"This provides us with a secure way of sending tax returns without having to use passwords."
"The Enterprise Dropbox solution is highly integrated with Microsoft's Office 365 and Azure products."
"Easy to manage and fully secure."
"It's user-friendly for end users."
"The solution would query the Active Directory, and if new accounts were identified, Citrix ShareFile would add them automatically."
"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
"I would love to see the ability to invite collaborators extended to a file level, not just the folder level."
"I haven't really come across a case where we're not able to use it for what it is, so I don't really have anything holding us up or any customers holding us up at this point that I know of. There are always some limitations, but as a technologist, I just live with them, and there is always room for improvement, but I don't have anything quantifiable."
"The integration with other products should be improved."
"Like all cloud platforms, there are always areas of improvement around sync to local devices."
"The UI should be faster. Sometimes it lags when switching between documents."
"The upload speed needs improvement."
"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."
"Tasks and comments could be easier to see, report, search, and manage."
"My only issue with this solution is the cost, which should be improved."
"DLP features are lacking and required because, especially with everyone working from home, security is now paramount when the data is on BYOD devices."
"There are sometimes scalability issues after updates."
"Some of our customers are facing issues if they've deployed in hybrid mode."
"They should integrate the solution with more email services."
"Everything they have should be integrated into one item."
"The configuration on the mobile devices is a little clunky, in terms of setting up the application."
"The user interface is not very intuitive."
"Even with fast disks, it still takes a fair bit of time to write most schema changes to multi-GB tables."
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