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."It is a very user-friendly product."
"I like that Box makes it easy to deploy virtual machines."
"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 used for data storage and any kind of visualization."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"The collaboration of the solution is good."
"The application is very light in terms of uploading and downloading files."
"Sharing and collaborating across files and folders has been a massive game changer."
"The Hangouts feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"Google Chat is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"The implementation was very easy."
"Google integrates well with our system. G Suite has an open API, so you can connect any open system with Google capable of working with API. This is the main reason we use it."
"The most valuable features are the speed at which G Suite Enterprise works."
"It's a secure solution that enables you to choose those you wish to share with."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The solution is stable."
"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."
"One thing that Box would benefit from is a records management component."
"I find their API to be quite complex and it could be more straightforward."
"Like all cloud platforms, there are always areas of improvement around sync to local devices."
"The UI should be faster. Sometimes it lags when switching between documents."
"The search features and role permissions are not very user friendly. It only searches the first few pages of a document, which is quite a problem."
"It could be cheaper."
"Better integration without visual misrepresentation with the Microsoft suite is required."
"We've had difficulty using PowerPoint files in G Suite. PowerPoint has some functions that are not available in G Suite, so when you convert from PPTX to the Slides format, they don't work."
"To a degree, the project management service could be improved."
"The product could improve the number of participants allowed in a meeting and the strength of the meetings."
"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."
"The stability should be addressed."
"With Microsoft, you can use it on the web version, and you can use Microsoft Outlook. Google has the web version."
"Scalability is not as good as we would like."
Box is ranked 8th in Cloud Storage with 37 reviews while Google Workspace is ranked 5th in Cloud Storage with 92 reviews. Box is rated 8.4, while Google Workspace is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Box writes "Used for data storage and data collaboration, but its data security could be improved". 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 OpenText Documentum, whereas Google Workspace is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online, Amazon WorkMail, IceWarp, Google Cloud Storage and HCL Notes. See our Box vs. Google Workspace report.
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