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Box vs CA View comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Box
Ranking in Document Management Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (5th), Cloud Storage (11th), Digital Asset Management (3rd), Content Collaboration Platforms (4th)
CA View
Ranking in Document Management Software
20th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Document Management Software category, the mindshare of Box is 7.8%, down from 10.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CA View is 0.6%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Document Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Parthasarathy Chellapillai - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2024
Used for data storage and data collaboration, but its data security could be improved
If I have restricted access within an organization by keeping the data in Box, there are other applications through which I can barge into the data. If anyone wants to keep a file restricted to four people, I can access it because it's available in the cloud. I can directly access the file and pull in the data by entering the file's name. Someone from outside the organization can't access it. However, someone from within the organization who is not supposed to access the data can access it, provided it is in Box. Box is almost like a folder structure outside your system. The solution uses the cloud, and you don't need any separate storage in your system. Even if your system crashes down, the data will be saved. Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.
it_user851850 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 8, 2018
Helps us secure viewing of customer accounts; scalability streamlines production of large reports
The business uses it primarily for reports and customer statements, and the like. I don't really use it like the end-users use it. They use it to bundle reports and things like that. They use it more extensively, indexing, etc You can control who views what, as far as security is concerned, in…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Using Box for cloud storage allows us to focus on the service and maintaining infrastructure."
"I like that Box makes it easy to deploy virtual machines."
"It is really easy to load files to and from this solution."
"File sharing, authorization on the back, its ease of use and reliable uptime performance are valuable features of this solution."
"The ability to collaborate around data anywhere, anytime is the most powerful features of Box."
"The sharing feature, with its various permission settings, such as viewing or uploading, is convenient and helpful."
"The interface is very good."
"Sharing and collaborating across files and folders has been a massive game changer."
"We standardized our CIS log processing with CA View. We support a whole bunch of LPARs, about 80 or so. When we go to an LPAR, we know just where the CIS log is, it's in CA View, and we know how to get to it, we don't have to search around for it."
"It's easy to add more space to it when you need and to. If you're producing large reports it's easy to increase so you can handle the new volume that may come along."
 

Cons

"With OneDrive, you can continuously save your files over a Box folder. That is something I wish we could have."
"If there was a plugin that added some sort of toolbar in Office, that would be great."
"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’)."
"In future releases, there could be encryption, to have better security."
"One thing that Box would benefit from is a records management component."
"The price must be lowered."
"The solution's data security should be improved."
"The UI should be faster. Sometimes it lags when switching between documents."
"I believe they do probably have a GUI interface for the laptop, so you can just use the interface instead of the mainframe ISPF interface. I think that's already available but, if not, that would be my only issue."
"There was one customer we were trying convert over, and it was complicated. There were retention criteria which seemed a little more limited than with some of the other products."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"A business account has a minimum of three users. If you are more than three people in-house, go for the Enterprise version. All the external users are free of charge."
"Better sign a full year's contract to get a discount."
"Box needs to improve with their pricing in terms of licensing costs."
"My organization pays for the license."
"I have to pay for Box. It could be a little cheaper. On a scale from one to ten, I would give the pricing a five."
"I believe Box is cheaper than SharePoint."
"Our pricing and licensing is excellent. I'd tell all Higher Ed customers to talk with Internet2 for excellent pricing and support."
"It is expensive per head, as you need the enterprise license to get full security and tools. So negotiate a discount!"
"It requires other pieces of CA software and license keys, thing like that. That's one thing to keep in mind. It requires CA Common Services in order to actually be licensed to run on LPAR."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
57%
Computer Software Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Manufacturing Company
4%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

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The solution is used for data storage and any kind of visualization.
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Sample Customers

GE, Toyota, P&G, Caterpillar, Flex, Schneider Electric, Sally Beauty, Eurostar, AstraZeneca, AirBnB, Whirlpool, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Nationwide, Aeropostale etc
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