We performed a comparison between Box and ownCloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dropbox, Box, Microsoft and others in Content Collaboration Platforms."Governance and ease of use are why I think a lot of people like Box, including ourselves. Basically, we're concerned about what information is being sent to Box, so we use a lot of the Box governance features to make sure that what is being sent to Box is appropriate. If it is not appropriate, it is not allowed to be sent. It is also pretty easy to use. It is the easiest to use for customers and for technologists."
"It is really easy to load files to and from this solution."
"The interface is very good."
"The system's performance is impressive, and file sharing is notably straightforward."
"The collaboration of the solution is good."
"Simple file sharing and sync for internal and external customers."
"The application is very light in terms of uploading and downloading files."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
"If there was a plugin that added some sort of toolbar in Office, that would be great."
"Maturity of the enterprise security around user management."
"The solution's data security should be improved."
"The upload speed needs improvement."
"Data privacy, regarding where to store your data: Offering several transparent(!) options (where to store my data and whether to sync back or not and where to sync) regarding the local law situations (USA, EU, Switzerland!) would increase the credibility of a US based company (after NSA ‘snooping’)."
"The room for improvement is in the area of integrations. They need to establish more integrations, especially with Office 365 and Outlook."
"The UI should be faster. Sometimes it lags when switching between documents."
"It could be cheaper."
"Even with fast disks, it still takes a fair bit of time to write most schema changes to multi-GB tables."
Earn 20 points
Box is ranked 2nd in Content Collaboration Platforms with 37 reviews while ownCloud is ranked 17th in Content Collaboration Platforms. Box is rated 8.4, while ownCloud is rated 10.0. 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 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.
See our list of best Content Collaboration Platforms vendors.
We monitor all Content Collaboration Platforms reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
