Box vs Nasuni comparison

Box and Nasuni are both solutions in the Cloud Storage category. Box is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.0, while Nasuni is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.5. Box holds a 8.5% mindshare in CS, compared to Nasuni’s 17.3% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Box users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Nasuni users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 17, 2024

Box and Nasuni are both strong contenders in data management and cloud storage solutions, but Nasuni edges out Box in several areas due to its robust, scalable architecture and superior data protection features.

Features: Box is praised for its ease of integration with other applications, strong collaboration tools, and competitive pricing. Nasuni stands out for its scalable architecture, robust data protection features, and extensive storage management capabilities. Box focuses on collaboration, while Nasuni excels in large-scale data management and security.

Room for Improvement: Box could enhance its offline access capabilities, improve file syncing speeds, and bolster integration support. Nasuni users seek a more intuitive setup process, better user training resources, and improved interface customization. Box's improvements focus on usability, whereas Nasuni users seek enhancements in initial setup and education.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Box offers straightforward deployment options and effective customer service. Nasuni, while more complex to deploy, also provides excellent customer service. The main distinction is Box's simplicity compared to Nasuni's configurable deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Box offers budget-friendly solutions and clear ROI for small to medium enterprises. Nasuni, though more expensive, delivers high ROI by serving large enterprises with significant storage needs. Box is a cost-effective option, while Nasuni is suited for large-scale investments.

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Categories and Ranking

Box

Ranking in Cloud Storage

11th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Content Management (5th), Digital Asset Management (3rd), Document Management Software (1st), Content Collaboration Platforms (4th)

Nasuni

Ranking in Cloud Storage

3rd

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

File System Software (1st), NAS (5th), Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Backup (8th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (8th), Cloud Storage Gateways (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2024, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Box is 8.5%, up from 5.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nasuni is 17.3%, up from 11.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Parthasarathy Chellapillai

Program Administrator at Flextronics

Jan 26, 2024

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.

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Greg Robson

Product Owner, Collaboration & Productivity at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Apr 28, 2023

We have less downtime and fewer trouble tickets from users who cannot access their shared files

Nasuni provides enough reporting to see what's happening. You can see the number of shares, total volume, issues, conflicts, etc., but it doesn't provide much visibility from a content perspective. For example, it doesn't tell you the data age. When you're trying to sort and filter information, the data creation date is a critical factor. Nasuni doesn't give you that. You can't get a count of all the file types, like the number of PDFs, Word docs, and PPT files. It lacks some content reporting. Then again, it's doing what it is designed to do. Nasuni provides a management console that lets you do specific functions, and it does those well. However, they haven't tried to include functionality that would be useful to people who want to manage the information at a global level. We have to use another tool for that, but it isn't expensive. We run scripts that take a month or more to complete because we have a lot of data. It's taking us a long time to get more detailed information on what is in there. It would be handy if Nasuni offered built-in features for reporting on data ages and file types.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Office Integration. The full integration into the Microsoft Office products is just perfect."

"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 simple and effective, so I prefer Box."

"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."

"The ability to collaborate around data anywhere, anytime is the most powerful features of Box."

"You can upload your bin, upload your files quickly, and download your files quickly. It provides a lot of other alternatives."

"Using Box for cloud storage allows us to focus on the service and maintaining infrastructure."

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"The biggest and most impressive thing for us is the operational recovery (OR) and disaster recovery (DR) capabilities that Nasuni has. If a filer goes down, or an ESX server goes down, then we can quickly recover."

"My clients are happy with Nasuni because the transmission is seamless, and it consolidates all the existing file servers into one location. Also, Nasuni has no boundaries. It's infinitely expandable. They don't have to rely on the service provider for backup and restoration. It's self-serve."

"The Nasuni management dashboard is helpful because, on the administration side, I'm able to view all of the different filers that we have in the UK, rather than check each one of them individually."

"The global file locking feature is valuable. The ability to quickly deploy new sites is also valuable."

"One of Nasuni's best characteristics is its fully redundant system; we don't have to shift tapes or use other backup solutions. It's a good, full-featured product."

"We've used it to provide file source capacity for VDI environments. The security of it is important and the fact that it's object storage, it's immutable and that it can't be held for ransom. It's a lot smoother than our previous processes that weren't Nasuni-based. A lot of it is done automatically just by the system being in place."

"Its dependability and auditing capabilities are very important to us to be able to maintain a chain of custody of the information."

"Continuous File Versioning is one of the best features because it helps you to restore at any point in time. That means you don't have to worry about a ransomware attack. Even if that attack happens, you can restore all the data to five minutes ago and save everything."

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Cons

"The room for improvement is in the area of integrations. They need to establish more integrations, especially with Office 365 and Outlook."

"They could integrate better with other platforms."

"The integration with other products should be improved."

"In future releases, there could be encryption, to have better security."

"I find their API to be quite complex and it could be more straightforward."

"The price must be lowered."

"With OneDrive, you can continuously save your files over a Box folder. That is something I wish we could have."

"The solution's data security should be improved."

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"The performance monitoring could be improved."

"The privilege settings need to be more granular, and alerts are an excellent example. If a user doesn't have access to them, they can't see them and access information such as what they may have done wrong, what's there, and when the last sync happened. However, the ability to view alerts also comes with permission to delete them, which is not good, so we need more customization options here."

"The speed at which new files are created is something that could be improved. For example, if you create a new file in another country, I won't see it for between 10 and 15 minutes."

"The user-friendliness of its access needs improvement. When I log into the console, I see all the files that we handle globally. There are hundreds of Nasuni files that I can see on the console, but no way that I can filter them down. While this is a small thing, I need to scroll down and select the ones that I want. "Control F" doesn't work nor is there a dropdown menu that I can click on and select the ones that I want."

"Nasuni recently implemented a health system for filers. However, it needs better visibility because it lacks data and an explanation, or reasoning as to why a particular filer may be unhealthy."

"Its interface design or the graphic user interface design can be slightly tweaked in some areas. Some built-in setup wizards would be very beneficial. Rather than having to go in and configure it by hand, there should be more setup wizards for onboarding new data shares and getting it set up the way you want. I don't know if these are on their roadmap, but I sat down and talked to them about some of the work concerns, some of the things that we liked, and some of the things that we didn't like. They are probably working on that."

"One thing to consider is that Nasuni will have the same limitations that a traditional file storage solution will have, although that is because they are taking the place of a traditional architectural model. For example, Office 365 supports collaboration on documents such as Excel files and Word documents, but because Nasuni is a traditional file server, in that sense, it can't make use of that functionality."

"The performance of the filesystem could be improved."

More Nasuni cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the free version of the solution. There is a free version and monthly and yearly subscriptions available."

"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."

"Our pricing and licensing is excellent. I'd tell all Higher Ed customers to talk with Internet2 for excellent pricing and support."

"I'm in Higher Ed, so we purchase through Internet2-Net+. I absolutely recommend going that route for Higher Ed customers."

"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."

"My organization pays for the license."

"Better sign a full year's contract to get a discount."

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"They could lower the cost, but it saves so much money when you go into it (by losing all the backup)."

"Its price is fair and reasonable. I don't have anything negative about its pricing and licensing. For us, there is also the cost of monitoring. We are monitoring through Xenos and not through Nasuni. That is another cost for us from the monitoring perspective, but as far as Nasuni goes, we don't have any other cost apart from the licensing fee."

"Its pricing can get a tad expensive. When we first took Nasuni out, we were just paying for the service. We got storage at a reduced rate. It has now changed, and they're now more of an all-in-one type of thing. It can be quite expensive, but it works out. Apart from that, licensing-wise, it's very simple."

"The cost is based on the capacity, which is approximately $100 USD per terabyte."

"It has a license fee as well as hardware costs, which we would incur if we want to use Nasuni Cloud Storage Gateway for upgrades."

"With this solution, the license renewal is pretty swift. With the virtual appliance, you just need to take care of the OS versions and patches. In a way, we don't have to struggle much with renewals because the only thing that we need to take care of are the licenses. We renew it every three years. This aspect goes with infrastructural costs because it doesn't cost us too much to maintain the solution."

"It's cheaper than a lot of alternatives but it's not cheap."

"The pricing is fair. It's an enterprise-level solution so it's not inexpensive... The cost is pretty stable year over year."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

56%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

19%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Box?

The solution is used for data storage and any kind of visualization.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Box?

The solution is expensive when it comes to API calls.

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What needs improvement with Box?

The price must be lowered.

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Does Nasuni have a good pricing model?

Based on the experience of my organization, Nasuni is definitely worth the money, since it gives you an all-in-one solution where you'd usually need several programs. About the cost, there isn't a ...

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Is it easy to restore files with Nasuni?

As someone who has used this feature of Nasuni I can tell you - yes, it's good for file recovery and you'll definitely benefit from very quick times. I can't tell you if it's the best one because I...

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What features and services does Nasuni offer?

Hi, if you pick Nasuni, you'll be benefiting from many services for a good price. Well, it's a personalized price you get after an agreement with the company but in my organization's case, it is a ...

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Comparisons

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Compared 20% of the time

Microsoft OneDrive vs Box

Compared 15% of the time

ShareFile vs Box

Compared 12% of the time

Egnyte vs Box

Compared 8% of the time

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs Box

Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

WekaFS vs Nasuni

Compared 11% of the time

Egnyte vs Nasuni

Compared 8% of the time

CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform vs Nasuni

Compared 7% of the time

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs Nasuni

Compared 3% of the time

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Overview

Box is a Modern Content Management Platform for companies of all sizes and industries. The difference that Box brings is that it offers the security and controls admins need with the sharing and collaboration capabilities end users want. Box has made it easier for people to securely share ideas, collaborate and get work done faster. Today, more than 62,000 businesses, including 59% of the Fortune 500, trust Box to manage content in the cloud.

The Box platform provides HIPAA, FINRA, FedRAMP, and many other compliances to go with granular access permissions and advanced security capabilities.

By using Box you can sync, share, and collaborate on all types of files, anywhere, on any device - but that's just the beginning. You can choose where to store your data, to manage your own encryption keys, and set workflows to automate content-based processes. You can also assign custom metadata tags to content, watermark sensitive content, and set file retention or legal hold policies.

Box has deep, native integrations with Microsoft Office and Outlook, Google Apps for Work, Salesforce, Netsuite, Docusign, Adobe, and many other best-of-breed solutions you may already be using.

Nasuni is a file data services enterprise focused on assisting firms with their digital transformation, global expansion, and information awareness. The Nasuni File Data Platform is a suite of cloud-based services designed to enhance user productivity, ensure business continuity, provide data intelligence, offer cloud options, and simplify global infrastructure. This platform and its auxiliary services are projected to replace conventional file infrastructure such as network attached storage (NAS), backup, and Disaster Recovery (DR), with an expandable cloud-scale solution. By storing file data in scalable cloud object storage from multiple providers, Nasuni positions itself as a cloud-native alternative for traditional NAS and file server infrastructure. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Nasuni serves sectors like manufacturing, construction, technology, oil and gas, financial services, and public sector worldwide, offering its services in more than 70 countries.

Reviews from Real Users

James J., IT Manager at a marketing services firm, says Nasuni’s management dashboard is helpful because he's able to view all of the different filers at once rather than check each one of them individually. He values the software’s security, reliability, good performance, helpful alerting, and responsive support.

According to a Server Engineering Services Lead at a mining and metals company, Nasuni offers good OR and DR capabilities, performs well, offers data security, and continuous file versioning helps recover from hardware failures.

The Managing Director of IT at a construction company appreciates Nasuni because it eliminates a lot of work that was previously done when managing backing up and restoring data files.

Sample Customers

GE, Toyota, P&G, Caterpillar, Flex, Schneider Electric, Sally Beauty, Eurostar, AstraZeneca, AirBnB, Whirlpool, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Nationwide, Aeropostale etc

American Standard, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, E*TRADE, Ithaca Energy, McLaren Construction, Morton Salt, Movado, Urban Outfitters, Western Digital

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