Box vs NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud comparison

Box and NetApp are both solutions in the Cloud Storage category. Box is ranked #13 with an average rating of 7.7, while NetApp is ranked #18. Box holds a 3.8% mindshare in CS, compared to NetApp’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Box users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 17, 2024

Box and NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud are two leading cloud storage solutions. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service has the upper hand for performance and scalability, while Box is preferred for its intuitive collaboration tools.

Features: Box is praised for strong collaboration features, easy file sharing, and seamless integration with many third-party apps. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service is valued for its high performance, robust data management capabilities, and compatibility with various workloads and applications.

Room for Improvement: Box users suggest improvements in file syncing and offline access capabilities. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service users point out that the solution can benefit from simplified initial setup and enhanced documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Box is often highlighted for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer support. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service is noted for a slightly steeper learning curve but praised for its comprehensive support once deployed.

Pricing and ROI: Box is reported to have a competitive pricing model with a strong ROI for collaboration-heavy environments. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service, though potentially more expensive, is justified by users due to its advanced capabilities and performance, leading to a high ROI for data-intensive use cases.

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Categories and Ranking

Box

Ranking in Cloud Storage

13th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Content Management (9th), Digital Asset Management (5th), Document Management Software (4th), Content Collaboration Platforms (7th)

NetApp Cloud Volumes Servic...

Ranking in Cloud Storage

18th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (19th), Public Cloud Storage Services (20th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Box is 3.8%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud is 1.8%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Parthasarathy Chellapillai

Program Administrator at Flextronics

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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Colin Constable

Co-Founder at Atsign

Enables us to fine-tune storage and capacity on the fly as our needs grow or shrink over time

NetApp delivers High Availability. It's critical to our work. That was the main driver for using NetApp. We have a highly resilient service and if you have a highly resilient service, you are only as resilient as the least resilient part of your infrastructure. That's what we were having trouble with our file system before. It was becoming troublesome, so we needed to find something that was much more highly resilient so that's why we moved to NetApp. The complexity of moving large numbers of files to the cloud depends on what you're trying to do. But for us, it was really simple. I imagine for large enterprise customers it is probably pretty tricky. They're probably on all different technologies inside a large corporation and they may or may not have very large pipes going to them. So if you're in a data center to the cloud then it's going to be easy, but if you have hundreds of branches like if you're a bank and have lots of branch banks, they might have very small pipes out to the internet. It might take forever. In our use case everything's brand new files, so it was pretty trivial. We didn't migrate to the cloud, we were already on the cloud, so it was a nonissue for us. NetApp enables us to share data across VMs. It actually reduced the amount of data storage we need. We were having to have storage attached to each VM. And now we can aggregate that storage across multiple VMs, so that actually gave us a net reduction, which was a good thing. We switched from using block storage to file storage to share data between our VMs. It made it easier, frankly but I worry about the scalability in the future. For the moment it made life easier. We were using block and then we moved back to file with NetApp.

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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

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

"The solution is scalable."

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

"It is a very user-friendly product."

"File sharing, authorization on the back, its ease of use and reliable uptime performance are valuable features of this solution."

"Box had a very easy-to-use search feature and a good user interface on its website, which was faster and better than SharePoint."

"It is really easy to load files to and from this solution."

"The collaboration of the solution is good."

More Box pros

"In terms of its storage snapshot efficiencies, the service is highly efficient. We are only doing things in small batches right now because we have not converted all of the data, but we have tested them in the Google Cloud and they work efficiently."

"High availability is very important to us because we have a production environment. High availability is the highest priority for us to continue keeping our systems running."

"Storage was taking up maybe 10 to 20% of my life at the startup, and now it takes up zero. I was personally running all the infrastructure for the company. Now that we've moved to NetApp, I don't have to worry about making sure it's up and running. It's made my life personally much better."

Cons

"The price must be lowered."

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

"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’)."

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

"Tasks and comments could be easier to see, report, search, and manage."

"I don't like the low level of role-based security it provides – it's very cumbersome, and the support is ordinary at times."

"Collaborative editing was challenging if multiple people were in a document at once."

"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."

More Box cons

"I would like for the sales team to get in contact more often and let me know what I should be doing next, what we should be doing about new features. So it would be nice if I heard a little bit more from him. From a technology perspective, I have no complaints."

"It would help if they increased the area in which they employ artificial intelligence, by starting to do assessments on the environments, to project those. They're not using any AI tools, currently, on the administrative side."

"The user interface has room for improvement. We would like this service to be more integrated with Azure, which is very easy to manage and use. It was easy to create volumes and add capacity pools in Azure, but in Google Cloud, we can only create separate volumes. We need more management or configuration options in the user interface."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"My organization pays for the license."

"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."

"There's a free version that allows you to use it with almost full-feature access. Even in the free version, it gives you all you need."

"It is expensive per head, as you need the enterprise license to get full security and tools. So negotiate a discount!"

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

"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."

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

More Box pricing and cost advice

"We don't need so much space, and there is no option to pay as we go or use just what we need. Also, the only way to increase performance is by increasing the level of the service."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

23%

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

20%

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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.

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I was not involved in discussions about paying for Box, so I cannot provide specifics about pricing.

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What needs improvement with Box?

Collaborative editing was challenging if multiple people were in a document at once. The installation procedure was tricky but manageable with provided guidance and steps.

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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.

Box

NetApp^® Cloud Volumes for Google Cloud is a fully managed or self-managed file service that is integrated into Google Cloud with the multiprotocol support, performance, and availability required to run business-critical applications. It is designed to provide massively parallel shared access to thousands of Google Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine instances, enabling your applications to achieve high levels of aggregate throughput and IOPS with consistent low latencies.

Use cases. Customers can use the service to migrate existing enterprise applications to Google Cloud. Other use cases include hybrid deployments, multicloud mobility, big data analytics, web serving and content management, application development and testing, media and entertainment workflows, database backups, container storage, and more.

Features. Multiple performance tiers, standard file interfaces, advanced data management, metered service, fully managed service, native service experience, integrated support, and integrated billing.

For more information:

NetApp: https://cloud.netapp.com/cloud-volumes-service-for-gcp

Google: https://cloud.google.com/netapp

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Sample Customers

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

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