We performed a comparison between Box and ownCloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dropbox, Microsoft, Box and others in Content Collaboration Platforms."Simple file sharing and sync for internal and external customers."
"File sharing, authorization on the back, its ease of use and reliable uptime performance are valuable features of this solution."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"The ability to collaborate around data anywhere, anytime is the most powerful features of Box."
"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."
"The system's performance is impressive, and file sharing is notably straightforward."
"The sharing feature, with its various permission settings, such as viewing or uploading, is convenient and helpful."
"The application is very light in terms of uploading and downloading files."
"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
"I find their API to be quite complex and it could be more straightforward."
"The solution's data security should be improved."
"Better integration with other solutions is needed."
"In future releases, there could be encryption, to have better security."
"With OneDrive, you can continuously save your files over a Box folder. That is something I wish we could have."
"Tasks and comments could be easier to see, report, search, and manage."
"I would love to see the ability to invite collaborators extended to a file level, not just the folder level."
"The integration with other products should be improved."
"Even with fast disks, it still takes a fair bit of time to write most schema changes to multi-GB tables."
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Box is ranked 3rd in Content Collaboration Platforms with 39 reviews while ownCloud is ranked 18th in Content Collaboration Platforms. Box is rated 8.4, while ownCloud is rated 10.0. 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 ownCloud writes "Self-hosted file sync tool used to deploy custom web UIs. ". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365 and Egnyte, whereas ownCloud is most compared with Kiteworks.
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