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Box vs Pure Storage Evergreen One comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Box
Ranking in Cloud Storage
12th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (6th), Digital Asset Management (3rd), Document Management Software (3rd), Content Collaboration Platforms (5th)
Pure Storage Evergreen One
Ranking in Cloud Storage
15th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
File and Object Storage (16th), Managed Cloud Services (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Box is 4.3%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pure Storage Evergreen One is 1.2%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Storage
 

Featured Reviews

Shrikant Pillay - PeerSpot reviewer
Allows you to upload and download files quickly but lacks integration with Office 365
For enterprise users, the data is in a local repository. We use it for files for the end user process. This is a cloud solution. In my current organization, we have over 10,000 people using this solution. I use it very extensively. Users these days are working remotely You can upload your bin,…
Michael-Daniel - PeerSpot reviewer
Exceptional speed improves performance with short and long-term storage
We are using it in-house for our data center to run all of our VMware environment and our VDI environment on. Infrastructure consumption, as well as short-term and long-term storage, is included The speed of the product is quite a bit better in performance than the previous environment we were…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The interface is very good."
"File sharing, authorization on the back, its ease of use and reliable uptime performance are valuable features of this solution."
"The sharing feature, with its various permission settings, such as viewing or uploading, is convenient and helpful."
"Office Integration. The full integration into the Microsoft Office products is just perfect."
"The solution is used for data storage and any kind of visualization."
"Governance and ease of use are why I think a lot of people like Box, including ourselves. Basically, we're concerned about what information is being sent to Box, so we use a lot of the Box governance features to make sure that what is being sent to Box is appropriate. If it is not appropriate, it is not allowed to be sent. It is also pretty easy to use. It is the easiest to use for customers and for technologists."
"I like that Box makes it easy to deploy virtual machines."
"The collaboration of the solution is good."
"The speed of the product is quite a bit better in performance than the previous environment we were running on, and it seems to have a better feature set."
"The Evergreen program is excellent, and the pricing is quite reasonable. My friends who work there are doing very well and consistently achieving strong results. Like any company, they experience occasional downturns but perform impressively overall."
"The speed of the product is quite a bit better in performance than the previous peer environment we were running on, and it seems to have a better feature set."
"We have snapshots. We put snapshots on disks, and we can save information. In the case of ransomware, everything is in the snapshot. We have a snapshot lock on it, so it's safe."
 

Cons

"The UI should be faster. Sometimes it lags when switching between documents."
"The room for improvement is in the area of integrations. They need to establish more integrations, especially with Office 365 and Outlook."
"I don't like the low level of role-based security it provides – it's very cumbersome, and the support is ordinary at times."
"Maturity of the enterprise security around user management."
"I recommend doing the trial first, because it's not cheap ware. It's not overly expensive, but it's not cheap ware, and enterprise has a minimum number of users."
"I find their API to be quite complex and it could be more straightforward."
"Working on documents in real-time is sometimes faulty and could be improved."
"One thing that Box would benefit from is a records management component."
"The only potential drawback is that Pure Storage might be overkill if you don't need microsecond response times."
"To me, I think it's a little expensive. Then again, you get what you pay for."
"It would be nice to have support in Swedish."
"I'm not sure if any improvements are needed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I believe Box is cheaper than SharePoint."
"There's a free version that allows you to use it with almost full-feature access. Even in the free version, it gives you all you need."
"Better sign a full year's contract to get a discount."
"I'm in Higher Ed, so we purchase through Internet2-Net+. I absolutely recommend going that route for Higher Ed customers."
"Box's pricing is excellent."
"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."
"They are very price competitive when pushed. Initially, they come out with a standard list price, but they are willing to be very competitive. The Box price was pretty much equal to or lower than the Citrix price, and Box has more features."
"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."
"The pricing is very good."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
58%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Computer Software Company
5%
Government
3%
Retailer
18%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Box?
The solution is used for data storage and any kind of visualization.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Box?
The solution is expensive when it comes to API calls.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage Evergreen One?
To me, it's a little expensive. Then again, you get what you pay for. It's actually less than what we were using before, and even the service contract side is less than what we were using before.
What is your primary use case for Pure Storage Evergreen One?
We are using it in-house for our data center to run all of our VMware environment and our VDI environment on. Infrastructure consumption, as well as short-term and long-term storage, is included.
 

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