We performed a comparison between Box and Microsoft OneDrive based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: After comparing the two solutions, Box comes out on top. Compared to Microsoft OneDrive, it is easier to deploy, is user friendly, has great support, and has a good ROI.
"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."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"It is really easy to load files to and from this solution."
"The system's performance is impressive, and file sharing is notably straightforward."
"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."
"I like the ease of use."
"The ability to collaborate around data anywhere, anytime is the most powerful features of Box."
"Scalability is good just because it is a cloud-based product."
"It gives you access to important files from virtually anywhere."
"It helps you keep organized."
"One of the good features is that the users are not even aware that they're using it."
"The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again."
"With this solution, the sharing of documents if very easy to do. There's a lot of collaboration you can do with your colleagues."
"Image management is great since the search is simple, and accessing images with labels is easy."
"We use Microsoft OneDrive for file sharing without the need for additional hardware (such as flash drives or external hard drives)."
"The UI should be faster. Sometimes it lags when switching between documents."
"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."
"Better integration with other solutions is needed."
"I don't like the low level of role-based security it provides – it's very cumbersome, and the support is ordinary at times."
"If there was a plugin that added some sort of toolbar in Office, that would be great."
"The room for improvement is in the area of integrations. They need to establish more integrations, especially with Office 365 and Outlook."
"They could integrate better with other platforms."
"One thing that Box would benefit from is a records management component."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"Recent functionality changes have actually made the product more confusing to use."
"The initial setup is a bit clunky."
"The user interface sometimes fails and when it cannot connect, it does not give the reason why."
"The website could be improved. Sometimes I try to login and the website has issues, I can't retrieve my documents."
"The security is not as flexible as it is with Dropbox, which means that we can't share our OneDrive files."
"No one gets an alert when files are deleted."
Box is ranked 4th in Content Collaboration Platforms with 38 reviews while Microsoft OneDrive is ranked 2nd in Content Collaboration Platforms with 19 reviews. Box is rated 8.4, while Microsoft OneDrive 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 Microsoft OneDrive writes "A transparent and self-explanatory storage system for data and files". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365, Egnyte and IBM FileNet, whereas Microsoft OneDrive is most compared with SharePoint, Dropbox, Atlassian Confluence, Citrix ShareFile and Amazon WorkDocs. See our Box vs. Microsoft OneDrive report.
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