We performed a comparison between Box and ownCloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dropbox, Microsoft, Google and others in Content Collaboration Platforms."Box is extremely stable, they have not been hacked or lost any data in the past seventeen years. I am very impressed with it."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"The ability to collaborate around data anywhere, anytime is the most powerful features of Box."
"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 collaboration of the solution is good."
"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 most valuable feature of Box is security."
"Simple file sharing and sync for internal and external customers."
"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
"It could be cheaper."
"I would love to see the ability to invite collaborators extended to a file level, not just the folder level."
"With OneDrive, you can continuously save your files over a Box folder. That is something I wish we could have."
"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’)."
"Improvements in speed - Box's high level of security impacts performance, especially when compared with other similar services."
"One thing that Box would benefit from is a records management component."
"They could integrate better with other platforms."
"Better integration with other solutions is needed."
"Even with fast disks, it still takes a fair bit of time to write most schema changes to multi-GB tables."
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Box is ranked 4th in Content Collaboration Platforms with 37 reviews while ownCloud is ranked 17th in Content Collaboration Platforms. Box is rated 8.4, while ownCloud is rated 10.0. 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 ownCloud writes "Self-hosted file sync tool used to deploy custom web UIs. ". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365 and Egnyte, whereas ownCloud is most compared with Kiteworks.
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