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Box vs SharePoint comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 12, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.2
Box's scalable storage and integration improved collaboration, reduced costs, enhanced security, and increased productivity for better project management.
Sentiment score
7.5
Organizations achieve cost savings with SharePoint, boosting efficiency, centralizing data, and enhancing stability, despite unspecified ROI metrics.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Users report varying experiences with Box support, finding it quick and accurate but sometimes delayed and repetitive.
Sentiment score
5.9
SharePoint support quality varies significantly based on subscription, with users often relying on communities due to mixed satisfaction.
technical support has been efficient and reactive to problems we encountered with SharePoint.
I deal with a third-party service provider, which is a Microsoft partner, and they have been very good to me.
Microsoft support could be better, especially for enterprise troubleshooting.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Box handles scalability well, offering consistent performance and speed, accommodating large files and multiple users without significant issues.
Sentiment score
7.7
SharePoint is highly scalable with proper planning, despite some initial configuration challenges and storage constraints in the cloud version.
SharePoint is massively scalable and I would rate it as 8.5 out of ten.
SharePoint allows multiple teams to work at the same time, making it adaptable for large data volumes.
Making it easy to scale from a load-balancing and infrastructure perspective.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Users praise Box's stability and reliability, with consistent performance, no issues, and strong security over seventeen years.
Sentiment score
8.2
SharePoint's stability varies; it is generally stable with proper setup, but issues arise with updates and large data volumes.
Everything runs smoothly, and I have no problems with its stability.
SharePoint is a stable product.
The stability of SharePoint is high; it is quite stable and resilient.
 

Room For Improvement

Box requires better integration, improved features, enhanced security, lower pricing, streamlined API, and better reporting and device compatibility.
SharePoint needs improvements in co-authoring, permissions, search, integration, mobile optimization, user interface, workflows, and interoperability for better usability.
Expansion of scalability is needed, specifically the threshold limits for site items should be increased beyond the current 5,000 items.
The rights management aspect can be particularly challenging, which may affect the overall user-friendliness of the product.
A chat support or chatbot feature could also improve the response time of technical support.
 

Setup Cost

Box is seen as cost-effective but experiences with pricing vary, with some finding licensing high and API calls expensive.
SharePoint offers variable pricing influenced by CAL agreements, requiring careful planning and expert consultation for tailored organizational needs.
Unlike Drupal, all necessary applications are included in the Microsoft license, making it cost-effective.
Ten dollars might be cheap, but if everyone else is charging one dollar, it is very expensive.
Microsoft offers bundled pricing for Office, SharePoint, and Exchange, making it cost-effective.
 

Valuable Features

Box excels in security, user-friendly interface, efficient collaboration, and offers excellent version control, metadata tagging, and governance features.
SharePoint offers collaboration, Office integration, document management, search, version control, multi-device access, customization, and robust workflow features.
Additionally, SharePoint acts as a version control system, allowing easy recovery of past document versions.
SharePoint provides security for documents, allowing them to remain private and not shared publicly.
Its rights management capabilities and ability to restrict access to certain people are also very useful.
 

Categories and Ranking

Box
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (12th), Digital Asset Management (3rd), Document Management Software (2nd), Content Collaboration Platforms (5th)
SharePoint
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
158
Ranking in other categories
Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of Box is 3.9%, down from 5.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SharePoint is 17.3%, down from 20.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Content Management
 

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,…
Sanil Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined collaboration through seamless integration and customization
I have been an administrator for SharePoint and have used it as an end-user for document storage. Predominantly, I've been involved in administration SharePoint helps a lot since we've moved from using it directly to using it as a backend for Teams, which makes collaboration easier. It supports…
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Comparison Review

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Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
60%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Healthcare Company
3%
Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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.
Would Alfresco give an organization more benefits in terms of cost, features & security as compared to Sharepoint?
Alfresco scores are high on all features of an ECM solution and tools. Back office processing, rated as 3.36 good. Business Process Application 3.55 Good to excellent. Document Management 4.12...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
With SharePoint, we save by not needing multiple external licenses. Unlike Drupal ( /products/drupal-reviews ), all necessary applications are included in the Microsoft license, making it cost-effe...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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Sample Customers

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