We performed a comparison between Box and Google Cloud Storage 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."The ability to collaborate around data anywhere, anytime is the most powerful features of Box."
"I like the ease of use."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"It is really easy to load files to and from this solution."
"The most valuable feature of Box is security."
"The collaboration of the solution is good."
"The application is very light in terms of uploading and downloading files."
"I like that Box makes it easy to deploy virtual machines."
"The solution is stable and has good performance."
"The most valuable features of Google Cloud Storage are the ease of use and I can share files with my colleagues."
"It's simple to use."
"There is a free-to-use version. This is the version I use."
"What I like most about Google Cloud Storage is that it's very stable, very quick, and very useful."
"Easy to use object storage solution that's scalable and stable. Its technical support team is customer-friendly."
"It's very practical and reliable."
"It’s very stable."
"One thing that Box would benefit from is a records management component."
"I would love to see the ability to invite collaborators extended to a file level, not just the folder level."
"The room for improvement is in the area of integrations. They need to establish more integrations, especially with Office 365 and Outlook."
"It could be cheaper."
"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."
"The integration with other products should be improved."
"I don't like the low level of role-based security it provides – it's very cumbersome, and the support is ordinary at times."
"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’)."
"Google Cloud Storage is scalable, but you have to pay extra."
"They need to get some parts of the program more mature, like the admin management part as well as the monitoring part."
"I don't find the solution very user-friendly."
"The security of this solution and its performance could still be improved."
"What would make Google Cloud Storage better is if it provided more storage."
"My use case of this solution is fairly minimal. However, I am concerned about privacy on a cloud platform. Many people are not migrating to a cloud service because they are still concerned about putting data in cloud-based storage."
"Google Cloud Storage could improve by having better integration with Microsoft Office files. When I open a Google document I would like it to be able to be opened with Microsoft. You can already open Google documents in Microsoft Office."
"They need more enhancements in the security features."
Box is ranked 9th in Cloud Storage with 39 reviews while Google Cloud Storage is ranked 2nd in Cloud Storage with 66 reviews. Box is rated 8.4, while Google Cloud Storage is rated 8.8. 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 Cloud Storage writes "Flexible, reliable, and beneficial for small sized companies". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365 and Egnyte, whereas Google Cloud Storage is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, AT&T Cloud Storage, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Microsoft Azure File Storage and Google Workspace. See our Box vs. Google Cloud Storage report.
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