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."Box is extremely stable, they have not been hacked or lost any data in the past seventeen years. I am very impressed with it."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"You can upload your bin, upload your files quickly, and download your files quickly. It provides a lot of other alternatives."
"We've never had a penetration. We've never had a security issue that their support didn't solve. We love their audit trail. We can know exactly when a collaborator opens. We love how you can define a collaborator."
"The solution is scalable."
"Box is very simple and effective, so I prefer Box."
"Box is very user-friendly; more so than SharePoint."
"Simple file sharing and sync for internal and external customers."
"The solution is scalable."
"It's easy to use."
"Everything I store in the solution is available on all of my devices."
"You do not need to install anything."
"Google Cloud Storage's most valuable features are that it's easy to use and navigate, and it's not expensive."
"The most valuable features are the ease and accessibility of information."
"Its performance and security features are valuable."
"Google Cloud is handy and easy to use."
"Like all cloud platforms, there are always areas of improvement around sync to local devices."
"It could be cheaper."
"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."
"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."
"One thing that Box would benefit from is a records management component."
"I don't like the low level of role-based security it provides – it's very cumbersome, and the support is ordinary at times."
"Maturity of the enterprise security around user management."
"The tool should be cheaper."
"A lower cost, lower-end solution for a shared file system is missing."
"While the solution seems to be secure, I worry that, with the cloud, there is a chance of hacking. It would be ideal if they could be more transparent about the processes they go through to keep our data secure in the cloud and on their systems."
"The cost of additional storage could be cheaper."
"I'm not really comfortable with the user interface because I don't use it very often."
"When compared to one of its competitors, Google Cloud Storage does not have or offer a lot of services to its users. So, this is one of the downsides of the solution."
"What would make Google Cloud Storage better is if it provided more storage."
"Google Cloud Storage can improve by having better integration and migration tools."
Box is ranked 10th 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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