We performed a comparison between Box and M-Files based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Box, DocuWare, Hyland and others in Document Management Software."The most valuable feature of Box is security."
"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."
"It is really easy to load files to and from this solution."
"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."
"The ability to collaborate around data anywhere, anytime is the most powerful features of Box."
"The application is very light in terms of uploading and downloading files."
"Using M-Files means anybody on the executive team to go in and immediately look at a dashboard and know the status of a contract."
"The UI should be faster. Sometimes it lags when switching between documents."
"The integration with other products should be improved."
"Better integration with other solutions is needed."
"The solution's data security should be improved."
"I would love to see the ability to invite collaborators extended to a file level, not just the folder level."
"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."
"Working on documents in real-time is sometimes faulty and could be improved."
"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 needs to be improved."
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Box is ranked 1st in Document Management Software with 37 reviews while M-Files is ranked 8th in Document Management Software. Box is rated 8.4, while M-Files is rated 9.0. 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 M-Files writes "Good workflows, and it is easy to use with a dashboard that improves contract visibility". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365 and Egnyte, whereas M-Files is most compared with SharePoint, OpenText Extended ECM, IBM FileNet, OpenText Documentum and Microsoft Purview Records Management.
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