We performed a comparison between Box and Google Drive Enterprise based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Governance and ease of use are why I think a lot of people like Box, including ourselves. Basically, we're concerned about what information is being sent to Box, so we use a lot of the Box governance features to make sure that what is being sent to Box is appropriate. If it is not appropriate, it is not allowed to be sent. It is also pretty easy to use. It is the easiest to use for customers and for technologists."
"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."
"I like that Box makes it easy to deploy virtual machines."
"The solution is used for data storage and any kind of visualization."
"Box is very user-friendly; more so than SharePoint."
"It is really easy to load files to and from this solution."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"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."
"I like that it's easy to use. I'm satisfied with the speed, stability, and availability."
"Simplicity while competently serving the needs of secure document storage and sharing is part of the beauty of the product."
"The integration with Gmail, Calendar, and Google Meet is the most valuable."
"Provides a secure backup to my data."
"It's easy to access from an Android device and can access things like cyber security restrictions on USB drives, file size, and so on. Google Drive will be an option."
"Google Drive is much more stable compared to Dropbox. Dropbox is a catastrophic solution. I used Dropbox because I manage many files, and I lost files because the synchronization between Dropbox and my customer folder was unstable. I use Google Drive to back up my files. Google Drive is the best solution to manage the backup between my Apple computer and my personal computer."
"It is very convenient and easy to access."
"Low maintenance solution."
"The upload speed needs improvement."
"Improvements in speed - Box's high level of security impacts performance, especially when compared with other similar services."
"I would love to see the ability to invite collaborators extended to a file level, not just the folder level."
"Maturity of the enterprise security around user management."
"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."
"Working on documents in real-time is sometimes faulty and could be improved."
"The solution's data security should be improved."
"The search features and role permissions are not very user friendly. It only searches the first few pages of a document, which is quite a problem."
"I would like to see the price reduced in the next release."
"There are a few kinks to work out at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty simple and extremely useful."
"The free tier of storage is limited."
"The solution could improve User Access Management by showing more detailed information of which users have access to folders or files. For example, you can see which users have access one by one, but there is not a dashboard that can show what user has access to a library document."
"The product’s document management and automation features are very limited."
"The price of additional storage could be reduced. I have an annual subscription and I'm only using 150GB because of the price."
"I have sometimes observed that when the data is very huge or there are so many rules, Google Sheets documents get stuck while uploading. It keeps on loading the document and gives an error. There should be an improvement in this aspect. It should be quick. Currently, we have to wait for a long time."
"It would be ideal if they could offer more GBs for free. Offering 15GBs is too small."
Box is ranked 8th in Cloud Storage with 37 reviews while Google Drive Enterprise is ranked 6th in Cloud Storage with 53 reviews. Box is rated 8.4, while Google Drive Enterprise is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Box writes "Used for data storage and data collaboration, but its data security could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Drive Enterprise writes "Easy to set up with simple file access and very reliable". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365 and Egnyte, whereas Google Drive Enterprise is most compared with Google Workspace, Citrix ShareFile, Google Cloud Storage, Dropbox and Egnyte. See our Box vs. Google Drive Enterprise report.
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