We performed a comparison between Box and Microsoft OneDrive based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: After comparing the two solutions, Box comes out on top. Compared to Microsoft OneDrive, it is easier to deploy, is user friendly, has great support, and has a good 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."
"The most valuable feature of Box is security."
"The ability to collaborate around data anywhere, anytime is the most powerful features of Box."
"Box is extremely stable, they have not been hacked or lost any data in the past seventeen years. I am very impressed with it."
"It is really easy to load files to and from this solution."
"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."
"Simple file sharing and sync for internal and external customers."
"The solution is used for data storage and any kind of visualization."
"The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again."
"We use Microsoft OneDrive for file sharing without the need for additional hardware (such as flash drives or external hard drives)."
"Being able to use OneDrive as a mapped drive in Windows Explorer is the most valuable feature. Rather than using OneDrive on a browser, you can also open up the Windows Explorer and I can see the file structure in the normal format."
"It's pretty easy to learn. Once someone taught me, I was able to navigate it quite easily."
"It helps you keep organized."
"They have support for integration with a lot of tools."
"It's quite easy to use and then of course it is quite well integrated to the rest of Office 365."
"It is good as a central hub for the storage of documents and sharing among team members."
"The integration with other products should be improved."
"The UI should be faster. Sometimes it lags when switching between documents."
"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."
"If you want to delete something in Box, you have to do it manually, one by one. That was my recent experience. They might have a bulk delete, but I could not find that option. If you want to delete something, you have to go to each and every file and delete it."
"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."
"One thing that Box would benefit from is a records management component."
"Data privacy, regarding where to store your data: Offering several transparent(!) options (where to store my data and whether to sync back or not and where to sync) regarding the local law situations (USA, EU, Switzerland!) would increase the credibility of a US based company (after NSA ‘snooping’)."
"It could be cheaper."
"Support has not been the same since the beginning of COVID lockdowns."
"The technical support is really very bad."
"It takes too long for OneDrive to synchronize various applications, especially when you are saving office data. It also requires too much bandwidth."
"An online video player would be great, since sometimes you have to download the video to play it."
"No one gets an alert when files are deleted."
"The user interface sometimes fails and when it cannot connect, it does not give the reason why."
"Recent functionality changes have actually made the product more confusing to use."
"The website could be improved. Sometimes I try to login and the website has issues, I can't retrieve my documents."
Box is ranked 2nd in Content Collaboration Platforms with 37 reviews while Microsoft OneDrive is ranked 4th in Content Collaboration Platforms with 19 reviews. Box is rated 8.4, while Microsoft OneDrive is rated 8.2. 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 Microsoft OneDrive writes "A transparent and self-explanatory storage system for data and files". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365, Egnyte and IBM FileNet, whereas Microsoft OneDrive is most compared with SharePoint, Dropbox, Atlassian Confluence, Citrix ShareFile and Amazon WorkDocs. See our Box vs. Microsoft OneDrive report.
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