We performed a comparison between Box and Google Cloud Storage 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."The collaboration of the solution is good."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"The interface is very good."
"Box is very user-friendly; more so than SharePoint."
"I like that Box makes it easy to deploy virtual machines."
"It is a very user-friendly product."
"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 most valuable feature of Box is security."
"It's simple to use."
"The performance is good."
"Some of the most valuable features are how convenient and easy to use this solution is. It's very user-friendly and meets all my requirements."
"There's no implementation process."
"It is easy to use."
"From an availability perspective it's fantastic; from a security perspective it's fantastic."
"The best feature is ease of use."
"The most valuable feature is that it frees up space in your device by allowing you to store your files on the cloud and provides 15GB storage for free."
"Improvements in speed - Box's high level of security impacts performance, especially when compared with other similar services."
"Maturity of the enterprise security around user management."
"The UI should be faster. Sometimes it lags when switching between documents."
"I find their API to be quite complex and it could be more straightforward."
"I haven't really come across a case where we're not able to use it for what it is, so I don't really have anything holding us up or any customers holding us up at this point that I know of. There are always some limitations, but as a technologist, I just live with them, and there is always room for improvement, but I don't have anything quantifiable."
"It could be cheaper."
"The solution's data security should be improved."
"Better integration with other solutions is needed."
"The problem I face right now is that my data warehouse is being hosted on Google Cloud, however, integration between Google Cloud to Microsoft Azure is a big problem."
"It's actually quite complete and we don't have any issues with the solution."
"The user interface could be more intuitive."
"The product's user interface is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"My use case of this solution is fairly minimal. However, I am concerned about privacy on a cloud platform. Many people are not migrating to a cloud service because they are still concerned about putting data in cloud-based storage."
"I am not sure about the reliability of the solution."
"This solution could be improved by increasing integration with other tools, like Microsoft."
"The solution could always be more user-friendly."
Box is ranked 10th in Cloud Storage with 37 reviews while Google Cloud Storage is ranked 2nd in Cloud Storage with 66 reviews. Box is rated 8.4, while Google Cloud Storage is rated 8.8. 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 Cloud Storage writes "Flexible, reliable, and beneficial for small sized companies". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365 and Egnyte, whereas Google Cloud Storage is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, AT&T Cloud Storage, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Google Workspace and Microsoft Azure File Storage. See our Box vs. Google Cloud Storage report.
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