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What Is Box?
From sales contracts to marketing assets, content powers businesses — no matter the industry. And with rising costs and complexity, users need a smarter, simpler tech stack. The Content Cloud helps users centralize their content with a single, secure, easy-to-use platform built for the entire content lifecycle, from file creation and sharing, to editing, e-signature and retention.
Who Uses Box?
Box provides workplace solutions for every industry and business size, from SMBs to global enterprises.
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The older the berry, the sweeter the features!
Comments: Using Zapier workflow automation, we were able to mimic a google workspace type experience for our project management needs which we chose box because of a 20+ year relationship and its robust list of available integration options thanks to its multi-decade cultivating of relationships unmatched by any of their competitors.
Pros:
Their Cloud infrastructure is one of the original online storage spaces, which i have used since 2001 to keep my songwriting files secure. My favorite unique advantage that box has is its file versioning. As a songwriter it can be challenging saving updated lyrics though still utilizing autosave to avoid unintended deletion. File versioning combines the two and organizes all versions, with an easy selectbox convenient for final drafting.
Cons:
Their workspace is pretty generic, which can be more seamless as a one-stop project management superapp, which is made possible by zapier
Better than the rest
Comments: Came for the file storage. Staying for the wide array of features to edit, collaborate, protect, and organize my work.
Pros:
Besides being a file sharing and storage software, it excels where other software does not even come close. I like the features to edit docs and files. The integration with google workspace, adobe, and microsoft office make this so essential. The security features are also not something I realized I valued until I started using box. I just feel like my files and my data are taken care of when I use this service.
Cons:
There is no beating around the bush here: box is expensive. But also... lots of storage services are these days. The free version does not get you very far. I think it's the same space Google Drive gives you, but again, the features within box cannot be found elsewhere.
Secured and convenient, cloud content management platform
Comments: It is an excellent cloud content management platform. My overall experience with Box has been great.
Pros:
The Box is compatible with several operating systems. You can share files and collaborate seamlessly from any device, whether it is a Desktop, Android phone, or iPhone. You can open, and edit Microsoft Office files straight from Box instead of downloading them. It allows you to securely store your documents on the cloud and share them with anyone. You can set permissions to folders and files to restrict user access to them.
Cons:
We have not encountered any issues with Box till now.
Pack it in the box
Comments: I do struggle with being able to find documents, but when I know where to go, it is always easy to access.
Pros:
Box helps my larger scale university job easily collaborate and keep things in one space. I am able to access old documents, and easily reformat to update to my current needs.
Cons:
For whatever reason, I have difficulty being able to easily find documents with the way that my specific organization has folders set up. I have not used it in other jobs, so I am not sure if this is a universal issue.
Better then most online storge services (free account).
Comments: The share option is much better than other services.
Pros:
The interface is very user friendly , on desktop and mobile.
Cons:
The storge space on a free account is a bit low compared to other online storge services.
