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."I like the ease of use, sections, and calendar."
"Document repository."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the searching elements of the metadata."
"The product allows engineering teams and developers to introduce new things in a seamless and easy way."
"The most valuable feature of Box is security."
"Using Box for cloud storage allows us to focus on the service and maintaining infrastructure."
"Box is very user-friendly; more so than SharePoint."
"The solution is used for data storage and any kind of visualization."
"The interface is very good."
"The solution is scalable."
"File sharing, authorization on the back, its ease of use and reliable uptime performance are valuable features of this solution."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"Metadata, auto class, disposition log, and legal hold."
"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."
"Working on documents in real-time is sometimes faulty and could be improved."
"I haven't really come across a case where we're not able to use it for what it is, so I don't really have anything holding us up or any customers holding us up at this point that I know of. There are always some limitations, but as a technologist, I just live with them, and there is always room for improvement, but I don't have anything quantifiable."
"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’)."
"With OneDrive, you can continuously save your files over a Box folder. That is something I wish we could have."
"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."
"Tasks and comments could be easier to see, report, search, and manage."
"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."
"Better integration with other solutions is needed."
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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