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For many years I was a satisfied user of Box, when they had the now depreciated Box Sync App. All worked mostly fine, the pricing was ok, but not perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
When Box forced me to upgrade to Box Driver, the trouble started. Box did a backup of my old files, which was good. However as it switched from Box Sync to Box Drive, not all files where transferred. The problem was, I did not know which ones were transferred and which ones weren't. So I had to check every file.
But the real trouble is, with Box Drive, they created Schroedinger's files on my computer. Not all files show up on Box.com, so I don't know whether they are fully updated to the cloud or are on my computer or somewhere else in the universe. The little update icons turned out to be pretty useless.
For context, I am using a 2017 iMac, so the old Mac might not be fully compatible with Box Drive. But if you offer cloud hosting it's your job to ensure compatibility across all devices.
I am now about to collect my files, move them to another cloud hosting and cancel and never return to Box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What's not to love? It does not steal my data, does not sell my info to thrid parties and provides me with secure servers to backup my critical (and useless) data. Plenty of space on the free plan for you to make sure your Documents and Pictures folders are fully backed up (unless you're a hoarder, of course). Desktop sync is easy to set up and quite reliable. There are apps for all the major platforms (R.I.P. Palm, BB and BB10 but they where there when those were not EOL'd). The paid plans are affordable and do offer quality of life features the free plan could use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
My dislikes are less about the BOX app than to the fact that the integration BB10/BOX had left everything else feeling like a poor knockoff - including their own Android app. I don't think Android (Google) would ever let them have that level of integration with the system, so this is kinda not on them. it is now 2024 and that sentiment has not changed.
They should update their plans. It's 2024. BOX still treats user data as if it was 2012. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The idea that you can have collaborative and organized filesharing across organizations and teams is very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Great latency experienced when dropping in new files to share . The larger the file, the longer it would take for someone else on the team to see the file - I'm talking 24 hours for one CAD file...that's too long to be effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Box is the best storage application I have used till now. I can easily storeany kind of data on box and share it across no. of peoples. I am using it daily for my work. It is quite easy to navigate in box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I feel the design of box could be more interactive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Its File Versioning feature is one of its best features. You can access the previous versions of the uploaded file along with restoring the previous versions. Also, it works much faster than various other cloud storage tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometime there is a delay in File sync which leads to issues. Also, the prices of plans are on the higher side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
All of the tools to make integration easy and secure. My trust has been fully won over by how easy the Box system is to navigate. The interface is very simple and quick to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
At this time I have found no trouble at all with learning Box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
First of all, I love Box integrations and being able to easily use the API to retrieve documents. That really helped our development process in the business, as we've been able to build tools using Box documents as inputs. I never had any single issues with speeds or anything like that, despite using it on a daily basis, and I liked the neat interface they provided us with on Windows and Mac. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I honestly can't really think of any downsides, aside maybe from the cost, but that wasn't in my control in my company... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
