We performed a comparison between Box vs. SharePoint based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Box has the winning edge in this comparison because of users’ reports of better ease of deployment, scalability, and collaboration capabilities.
"Box is very simple and effective, so I prefer Box."
"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 ability to collaborate around data anywhere, anytime is the most powerful features of Box."
"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."
"Office Integration. The full integration into the Microsoft Office products is just perfect."
"File sharing, authorization on the back, its ease of use and reliable uptime performance are valuable features of this solution."
"Box is extremely stable, they have not been hacked or lost any data in the past seventeen years. I am very impressed with it."
"The collaboration of the solution is good."
"What I like about SharePoint is that they keep up with a lot of updates, and they bring out new features. I also like that the system is integrated with the Microsoft 365 suite of apps."
"SharePoint is already moving to cloud, if you are using SharePoint online, which is cloud-based technology, it is more accessible."
"Its most valuable feature is the document library."
"For SharePoint, I believe the most valuable feature is the customization and allowing you to share and edit files and documents. Being able to share externally and the precise administration of the files in terms of giving permissions and controlling who has access to what is a very good feature."
"Helps with document collaboration and workflow."
"SharePoint enabled the staff to share documents and work on a document simultaneously."
"The access control is definitely a good feature. We also appreciate the improvements they've made to the online applications, where multiple users can work on the same documents simultaneously. Everything syncs automatically."
"The most valuable features are the Integrations, web site, and search."
"If there was a plugin that added some sort of toolbar in Office, that would be great."
"Tasks and comments could be easier to see, report, search, and manage."
"Maturity of the enterprise security around user management."
"Like all cloud platforms, there are always areas of improvement around sync to local devices."
"The room for improvement is in the area of integrations. They need to establish more integrations, especially with Office 365 and Outlook."
"I don't like the low level of role-based security it provides – it's very cumbersome, and the support is ordinary at times."
"I would love to see the ability to invite collaborators extended to a file level, not just the folder level."
"In future releases, there could be encryption, to have better security."
"The initial setup was very complex."
"I would like a simpler, more cost-effective solution for connecting data sources with workflows and BI tools, or data mining tools."
"Document management and the ability to easily integrate single sign-on (SSO) are areas for improvement in SharePoint."
"The way to change the version of the files in SharePoint should be improved. The method of synchronizing files from local to the cloud can also use improvement."
"Integration needs to be more straightforward, particularly with Azure. SharePoint also needs a more comprehensive introductory course for users."
"It will fully use your system resources."
"SharePoint’s scalability could be improved."
"There's a challenge with desktop applications synchronizing with online documents in real-time. If someone is working on a document in the desktop version of Excel, for example, and someone else is editing the same document online, the changes won't sync immediately. That's the only real challenge we've encountered."
Box is ranked 4th in Enterprise Content Management with 39 reviews while SharePoint is ranked 1st in Enterprise Content Management with 150 reviews. Box is rated 8.4, while SharePoint is rated 7.8. 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 SharePoint writes "Good integrations, helps with collaboration, and increases visibility". Box is most compared with Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365, Egnyte and Dropbox, whereas SharePoint is most compared with Citrix ShareFile, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, WordPress and OpenText Documentum. See our Box vs. SharePoint report.
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