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Box vs ownCloud comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
5.0
Box requires better integration, improved features, enhanced security, lower pricing, streamlined API, and better reporting and device compatibility.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.0
Box excels in security, user-friendly interface, efficient collaboration, and offers excellent version control, metadata tagging, and governance features.
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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Box handles scalability well, offering consistent performance and speed, accommodating large files and multiple users without significant issues.
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Customer Service

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Users report varying experiences with Box support, finding it quick and accurate but sometimes delayed and repetitive.
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Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Users praise Box's stability and reliability, with consistent performance, no issues, and strong security over seventeen years.
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Setup Cost

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Box is seen as cost-effective but experiences with pricing vary, with some finding licensing high and API calls expensive.
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Categories and Ranking

Box
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (5th), Cloud Storage (11th), Digital Asset Management (3rd), Document Management Software (2nd)
ownCloud
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
20th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Box is 9.2%, up from 8.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ownCloud is 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Parthasarathy Chellapillai - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
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Self-hosted file sync tool used to deploy custom web UIs.
I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market. It’s a full web application platform, an indispensable tool for a business of any size that needs to deploy any kind of custom web UI. If you build an ownCloud app, you’ve got authentication, storage, security, caching, and database layers already fully baked for you. You just need to build your UI and custom logic. Your app doesn’t even need to interact with files, sync, or interact with other ownCloud features. Any web UI can be included without ownCloud. It can even be a portal to web interfaces of other applications within a business using the external app to display external sites within ownCloud. This is the case as long as that site allows itself to be displayed within a frame.
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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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Large Enterprise
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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The solution is expensive when it comes to API calls.
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