We performed a comparison between Box and Google Workspace based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Using Box for cloud storage allows us to focus on the service and maintaining infrastructure."
"Sharing and collaborating across files and folders has been a massive game changer."
"Box is very simple and effective, so I prefer Box."
"Box is extremely stable, they have not been hacked or lost any data in the past seventeen years. I am very impressed with it."
"Office Integration. The full integration into the Microsoft Office products is just perfect."
"The solution is scalable."
"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 system's performance is impressive, and file sharing is notably straightforward."
"Good performance, even on relatively slow connections; no local apps required."
"The solution offers a workflow where we can collaborate and share documents. Its most valuable features are Gmail and Google Drive. Google Drive is great for file collaboration. It improves productivity. The product is on the cloud; we don't have to connect to the office through a VPN."
"personally prefer to use G Suite applications, such as Gmail, Slides, and Sheets, because they give you the freedom to share the document you're editing and co-work with other colleagues simultaneously."
"The Hangouts feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"I have found the solution to be pretty stable."
"From a security point of view, Google will alert you if anything strange is happening. They will flag it for you so you are aware."
"Ability to co-edit and collaborate on content."
"It's easy to control the admin settings, like updating the SDS, NIK, etc. I"
"The integration with other products should be improved."
"One thing that Box would benefit from is a records management component."
"Maturity of the enterprise security around user management."
"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’)."
"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."
"I find their API to be quite complex and it could be more straightforward."
"I would love to see the ability to invite collaborators extended to a file level, not just the folder level."
"The cost could be improved. It can sometimes be a bit confusing figuring out how we are actually being charged."
"Google Workspace does a pretty good job, so it doesn't have that much room for improvement, but what would make it even better is if its apps, for example, Gmail, could integrate with more apps, such as Evernote and specific cloud-based platforms."
"I talked with G Suite recently because my G Suite has a temporary block. I communicated with the G Suite representative or Google representative, and he told me that I sent a lot of emails, so my email was temporarily blocked. But I know I have not sent more than 500 emails daily to reach the limit. I sent only 5,200 emails, but unfortunately, my G Suite account was temporarily blocked for 24 hours, and then he resolved it. I think they need to improve G Suite because this temporary block is not fair."
"There are too many steps for sharing pictures."
"I would rate the stability a five out of ten."
"G-Suite is excellent for what we're trying to do, but it could use some extra features. For example, it would be helpful if we had a seamless way to convert Excel macros to Google Sheets."
"If you use a name with a special character like a slash in the folder, it will crash the migration, with no warning. There is no pre-warning or anything to tell you that if you use characters in a file name that it will crash the migration."
"Despite being an excellent platform, I would very much like Google Docs to be more compatible with Microsoft Word."
Box is ranked 9th in Cloud Storage with 39 reviews while Google Workspace is ranked 8th in Cloud Storage with 92 reviews. Box is rated 8.4, while Google Workspace is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Box writes "Allows you to upload and download files quickly but lacks integration with Office 365". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Workspace writes "If you misplace things, it's much easier to find them because of the search capability. ". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365 and Nasuni, whereas Google Workspace is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online, Amazon WorkMail, IceWarp, ProtonMail and Citrix ShareFile. See our Box vs. Google Workspace report.
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