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 solution is used for data storage and any kind of visualization."
"The collaboration of the solution is good."
"It is a very user-friendly product."
"I like the ease of use."
"The ability to collaborate around data anywhere, anytime is the most powerful features of Box."
"Simple file sharing and sync for internal and external customers."
"Sharing and collaborating across files and folders has been a massive game changer."
"The solution is scalable."
"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 solution's data security should be improved."
"The integration with other products should be improved."
"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."
"Tasks and comments could be easier to see, report, search, and manage."
"I find their API to be quite complex and it could be more straightforward."
"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."
"Working on documents in real-time is sometimes faulty and could be improved."
"Better integration with other solutions is needed."
"The integration with other products needs to be improved."
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Box is ranked 1st in Document Management Software with 38 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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