We performed a comparison between Box and Microsoft OneDrive based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: After comparing the two solutions, Box comes out on top. Compared to Microsoft OneDrive, it is easier to deploy, is user friendly, has great support, and has a good ROI.
"The system's performance is impressive, and file sharing is notably straightforward."
"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 solution is scalable."
"The sharing feature, with its various permission settings, such as viewing or uploading, is convenient and helpful."
"I like the ease of use."
"File sharing, authorization on the back, its ease of use and reliable uptime performance are valuable features of this solution."
"The application is very light in terms of uploading and downloading files."
"The most valuable feature of Box is security."
"The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that Microsoft OneDrive works with any Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office app. You can edit a document on the cloud, share documents with your colleagues, and monitor changes. You can access your work almost anywhere. You can also sync Microsoft OneDrive with your workstation so that whatever you are working on gets automatically backed up to the cloud at regular intervals. So even if your system crashes, you still have a copy of your documents in the cloud, which I found very useful."
"Scalability is good just because it is a cloud-based product."
"It is simple to use and it allows me to give me the opportunity to access anything I want from any device."
"Image management is great since the search is simple, and accessing images with labels is easy."
"Ability to share documents."
"It was extremely easy to setup."
"It is good as a central hub for the storage of documents and sharing among team members."
"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."
"I would love to see the ability to invite collaborators extended to a file level, not just the folder level."
"I find their API to be quite complex and it could be more straightforward."
"I don't like the low level of role-based security it provides – it's very cumbersome, and the support is ordinary at times."
"In future releases, there could be encryption, to have better security."
"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."
"If there was a plugin that added some sort of toolbar in Office, that would be great."
"I would advice not storage sensitive information since it could be prone to hacking."
"There are not enough ways to assign permissions to shared folders and files."
"The file structure insight could be made more flexible like for creating more flexible folders."
"No one gets an alert when files are deleted."
"The initial setup is a bit clunky."
"Technical support is not very impressive and is typical of large company software support."
"The online application is quite limited, for this and other Office offerings."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
Box is ranked 3rd in Content Collaboration Platforms with 39 reviews while Microsoft OneDrive is ranked 2nd in Content Collaboration Platforms with 19 reviews. Box is rated 8.4, while Microsoft OneDrive 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 Microsoft OneDrive writes "A transparent and self-explanatory storage system for data and files". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365, Egnyte and Dropbox, whereas Microsoft OneDrive is most compared with SharePoint, Dropbox, Atlassian Confluence, Citrix ShareFile and OpenText Extended ECM. See our Box vs. Microsoft OneDrive report.
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