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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Box is 8.7%, up from 8.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dropbox is 7.9%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Egnyte is 6.1%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Parthasarathy Chellapillai - PeerSpot reviewer
Used for data storage and data collaboration, but its data security could be improved
If I have restricted access within an organization by keeping the data in Box, there are other applications through which I can barge into the data. If anyone wants to keep a file restricted to four people, I can access it because it's available in the cloud. I can directly access the file and pull in the data by entering the file's name. Someone from outside the organization can't access it. However, someone from within the organization who is not supposed to access the data can access it, provided it is in Box. Box is almost like a folder structure outside your system. The solution uses the cloud, and you don't need any separate storage in your system. Even if your system crashes down, the data will be saved. Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.
Edgar  Paez - PeerSpot reviewer
Work from anywhere and backup easily while being practical
I recommend Dropbox, yet not for all of the features it has. I am a basic user. In a personal mode, we have about 100 employees, and maybe 20 of them use Dropbox as a personal backup system. ShareFile is more secure than Dropbox. Five years ago, ShareFile was qualified as having better security control, access privilege management, and version control recovery, among many features that we were using for private documentation. Overall, I would rate Dropbox an eight out of ten.
Jonathan Songoni - PeerSpot reviewer
A great solution for uploading files with good protection and security features
We use this solution to upload our files according to our activities for the project. All the files we create are uploaded or saved on Egnyte Connect to protect and securitize them Egnyte Connect is a great application to save files. All files are secure and available. If we are connected, we can…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The sharing feature, with its various permission settings, such as viewing or uploading, is convenient and helpful."
"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."
"The solution is scalable."
"The system's performance is impressive, and file sharing is notably straightforward."
"The interface is very good."
"The solution is used for data storage and any kind of visualization."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"Using Box for cloud storage allows us to focus on the service and maintaining infrastructure."
"It is the best solution in terms of space, file sharing, and live editing. I can share and edit files with multiple users."
"It ensures all our staff are using the current version of our documents."
"It is definitely stable. The main advantage of Dropbox is that you can see the files, and you can easily share them with all the team members. They can be accessed by whoever you give access to, and it is all secure. Dropbox is a seamless product. It provides you the privacy that you're looking for. Privacy is a major factor for my company, and Dropbox provides you that."
"A valuable feature is that it stores my files and photos. I'm satisfied with this product."
"Dropbox allows me to organize files well. I can name files in such a way as to lead students to the right destination."
"The scalability is great for us."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"The solution is easy to use, everyone can use it."
"You can really do a lot of cool things with it in terms of being able to co-author and share documents with users that are not in your organization."
"Egnyte Connect is a great application to save files."
"It's easy to move files around, even to, for example, SharePoint."
"It is a good storage solution."
"It is scalable and stable."
"From a small firm perspective, Egnyte Connect is simple, it is easy to get users up and running the same day, and I have nothing negative to say about the software. I can't speak to how Egnyte Connect would operate in a midsize company or even a large Fortune 500 company, but, from our perspective as a small business, it is fantastic."
"It provides a way to granularly choose which folders from the internet you want to sync to your computer. It is really useful for people who are working on teams that are working with files that are frequently changing. You can go in and pretty clearly see what changes have been made. It gives you a constant feed."
 

Cons

"I find their API to be quite complex and it could be more straightforward."
"In future releases, there could be encryption, to have better security."
"Improvements in speed - Box's high level of security impacts performance, especially when compared with other similar services."
"Better integration with other solutions is needed."
"Maturity of the enterprise security around user management."
"The integration with other products should be improved."
"Collaborative editing was challenging if multiple people were in a document at once."
"The upload speed needs improvement."
"If someone manages a large amount of data, they will need more storage, which they must purchase."
"2 Gb of free space and then a not so cheap subscription (also if the competitors have similar proposals for customers)."
"The Security and privacy of this solution need improvement."
"The product must be more user-friendly."
"The solution could be better integrated with other platforms."
"Dropbox needs to increase its storage."
"The solution could provide more capacity for free."
"I would like to see integration with Office products, it would be very helpful."
"It would be nice to see an integration of using an active directory to validate and authenticate users on our end as well as on the client user's end."
"If this solution had a better ability to search, that would be helpful. In addition, if there was an ability to collaborate, that would also be a benefit. At present, the vision control is had because if someone gets out of it, it locks. And, whoever saves last overrides everyone's work."
"As of right now, I have everything that I and my team need."
"You cannot delete a file when you have uploaded it in error."
"Before, when we were starting to use Egnyte, we were struggling with a lot of bugs with Egnyte desktop sync."
"The issue of my authorization token expiring pretty quickly was pretty annoying. On pretty much every update, it would expire on every computer. On every computer update, at the first opportunity, it would expire. When my computer got updated or the authorization got cut, my saved drives would get messed up. So, I had to reconnect them all. I was never able to set up a useful drive system with my local computer with Egnyte Connect. It would be a big improvement if there was a cached system so that when it loses connection, it can still save what kind of connections were set up, and when it reconnects, it repopulates all those. I don't know if that's even possible, but that's the feature I'd want."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our pricing and licensing is excellent. I'd tell all Higher Ed customers to talk with Internet2 for excellent pricing and support."
"A business account has a minimum of three users. If you are more than three people in-house, go for the Enterprise version. All the external users are free of charge."
"Better sign a full year's contract to get a discount."
"I believe Box is cheaper than SharePoint."
"They are very price competitive when pushed. Initially, they come out with a standard list price, but they are willing to be very competitive. The Box price was pretty much equal to or lower than the Citrix price, and Box has more features."
"Box's pricing is excellent."
"The pricing may seem steep at first, but delve into the features and you'll soon realize it is incredible value for what you get."
"We are using the free version of the solution. There is a free version and monthly and yearly subscriptions available."
"We pay for the license yearly."
"The pricing varies depending on the version, and the one we currently utilize is the business version."
"I am using the free version of the solution."
"I use the free version of the solution."
"We must pay when we upsize to a larger space."
"Users need to pay to increase the solution's capacity."
"One area that has been a big issue for me is when I tried to close my accounts, it is difficult. We had small personal accounts, and we then wanted to consolidate everything to the business account, but then to cancel and close those smaller accounts, it's a big issue. I still haven't done it and it's quite a long process."
"The subscription could be cheaper."
"As far as I understand, licenses are associated with the Egnyte platform. There aren't any licenses associated with Egnyte Connect."
"I do not have experience with the pricing of this solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
34%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
Healthcare Company
5%
Educational Organization
56%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Construction Company
4%
Educational Organization
32%
Computer Software Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Box?
The solution is used for data storage and any kind of visualization.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Box?
I was not involved in discussions about paying for Box, so I cannot provide specifics about pricing.
What needs improvement with Box?
Collaborative editing was challenging if multiple people were in a document at once. The installation procedure was t...
What do you like most about Dropbox?
For me, the biggest thing is version history. I can easily go back and view older versions.
What needs improvement with Dropbox?
One area of improvement would be to allow multiple users to edit a file simultaneously and see edits in real time, si...
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