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.
"Sharing and collaborating across files and folders has been a massive game changer."
"The most valuable feature of Box is security."
"The application is very light in terms of uploading and downloading files."
"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."
"I like that Box makes it easy to deploy virtual machines."
"The collaboration of the solution is good."
"Box is very user-friendly; more so than SharePoint."
"Office Integration. The full integration into the Microsoft Office products is just perfect."
"It helps you keep organized."
"The most valuable feature is to be able to modify the file online and keep it stored on the cloud, since it is not necessary to download it to make modifications."
"It was extremely easy to setup."
"It is simple to use and it allows me to give me the opportunity to access anything I want from any device."
"Being able to use OneDrive as a mapped drive in Windows Explorer is the most valuable feature. Rather than using OneDrive on a browser, you can also open up the Windows Explorer and I can see the file structure in the normal format."
"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."
"Scalability is good just because it is a cloud-based product."
"Ability to share documents."
"The room for improvement is in the area of integrations. They need to establish more integrations, especially with Office 365 and Outlook."
"With OneDrive, you can continuously save your files over a Box folder. That is something I wish we could have."
"Working on documents in real-time is sometimes faulty and could be improved."
"The search features and role permissions are not very user friendly. It only searches the first few pages of a document, which is quite a problem."
"Like all cloud platforms, there are always areas of improvement around sync to local devices."
"It could be cheaper."
"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."
"One thing that Box would benefit from is a records management component."
"The file structure insight could be made more flexible like for creating more flexible folders."
"The online application is quite limited, for this and other Office offerings."
"OneDrive is a bit behind competing products like Dropbox and Box."
"If I want to pick out certain criteria of pictures, Google enables me to do that whereas OneDrive is a bit sort of flaky."
"The user interface could be a little more intuitive."
"An online video player would be great, since sometimes you have to download the video to play it."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
"The user interface sometimes fails and when it cannot connect, it does not give the reason why."
Box is ranked 2nd in Content Collaboration Platforms with 10 reviews while Microsoft OneDrive is ranked 4th in Content Collaboration Platforms with 4 reviews. Box is rated 8.4, while Microsoft OneDrive is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Box writes "User-friendly, easy to navigate, and has helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft OneDrive writes "Secure data, helpful support, but more duplication file management needed". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365, IBM FileNet and Egnyte, 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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