We performed a comparison between Alfresco and Box based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Content Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product allows engineering teams and developers to introduce new things in a seamless and easy way."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the searching elements of the metadata."
"Document repository."
"I like the ease of use, sections, and calendar."
"Sharing and collaborating across files and folders has been a massive game changer."
"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."
"The system's performance is impressive, and file sharing is notably straightforward."
"Office Integration. The full integration into the Microsoft Office products is just perfect."
"It is really easy to load files to and from this solution."
"It is a very user-friendly product."
"You can upload your bin, upload your files quickly, and download your files quickly. It provides a lot of other alternatives."
"I would like them to consider document capture functionality."
"I think the presentation layer could be improved - currently, it's too complex, and there are too many features cluttered all over the screen."
"Alfresco has a very steep learning curve, and unfortunately, during the learning process, it's very easy to make errors, which often are unforgiving."
"Metadata, auto class, disposition log, and legal hold."
"Improvements in speed - Box's high level of security impacts performance, especially when compared with other similar services."
"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."
"The solution's data security should be improved."
"With OneDrive, you can continuously save your files over a Box folder. That is something I wish we could have."
"Like all cloud platforms, there are always areas of improvement around sync to local devices."
"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’)."
"One thing that Box would benefit from is a records management component."
"It could be cheaper."
Alfresco is ranked 9th in Enterprise Content Management while Box is ranked 4th in Enterprise Content Management with 39 reviews. Alfresco is rated 8.0, while Box is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Alfresco writes "Flexible and customizable but lacking integration with Microsoft". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Box writes "Allows you to upload and download files quickly but lacks integration with Office 365". Alfresco is most compared with SharePoint, Hyland OnBase, IBM FileNet, OpenText Documentum and Oracle Content Management, whereas Box is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365 and Kiteworks. See our Alfresco vs. Box report.
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