We performed a comparison between Box and M-Files based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Box, DocuWare, Hyland and others in Document Management Software."It is really easy to load files to and from this solution."
"I like that Box makes it easy to deploy virtual machines."
"I like the ease of use."
"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."
"The collaboration of the solution is good."
"The system's performance is impressive, and file sharing is notably straightforward."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"Office Integration. The full integration into the Microsoft Office products is just perfect."
"Using M-Files means anybody on the executive team to go in and immediately look at a dashboard and know the status of a contract."
"Maturity of the enterprise security around user management."
"With OneDrive, you can continuously save your files over a Box folder. That is something I wish we could have."
"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."
"Working on documents in real-time is sometimes faulty and could be improved."
"The UI should be faster. Sometimes it lags when switching between documents."
"The solution's data security should be improved."
"If you want to delete something in Box, you have to do it manually, one by one. That was my recent experience. They might have a bulk delete, but I could not find that option. If you want to delete something, you have to go to each and every file and delete it."
"The integration with other products needs to be improved."
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Box is ranked 1st in Document Management Software with 39 reviews while M-Files is ranked 7th in Document Management Software. Box is rated 8.4, while M-Files is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Box writes "Allows you to upload and download files quickly but lacks integration with Office 365". On the other hand, the top reviewer of M-Files writes "Good workflows, and it is easy to use with a dashboard that improves contract visibility". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365 and Egnyte, whereas M-Files is most compared with SharePoint, OpenText Extended ECM, OpenText Documentum, IBM FileNet and Microsoft Purview Records Management.
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