Box Reviews & Product Details

The best thing is that sharing documents with individuals who are not from our company is simple and hassle-free. We deal with external vendors all the time. Box enables me to generate a shared link and add the expiry date; I send the link, and we can collaborate. No account creation and access requests required.

Moreover, Box allows for desktop syncing. The moment I open a document in my laptop, it is synced on the cloud without even realizing it. This way, when I open a document on another machine, I get the most up-to-date version of it.

Another great feature is the commenting of files. I don't have to go back and forth in emails anymore to ask, "What was your opinion about page three?" Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The prices add up fast. The price per user for us becomes very significant as we are a rather large group. There are also some options we need, such as advanced admin options and logging functionality, which will cost us more.

The web-based application becomes sluggish when we open big folders with multiple files. The loading times when moving from one folder to another or opening any file become quite irritating.

Integration is possible yet not always smooth. Integrating Box with our CRM was a challenge in itself, and sometimes synchronization fails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about Box is how simple and reliable it is for managing and sharing files within our team. The UI is clean, and integrations are so much of a time saver. I also like how we can assign roles and permissions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Firstly, the thing I dislike about Box is that the platform can sometimes feel a bit slow when working with large files. Pricing also becomes expensive as our storage and team size grow. While I like the platform for how powerful it is, some advanced admin and permission settings have a bit of a learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Strong security and compliance, with granular permissions, solid data governance, and support for regulated industries. The collaboration features are also very useful: teams can share files, leave comments, review documents, and work together without constantly emailing attachments back and forth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can feel expensive compared with consumer-focused alternatives like Google Drive or Dropbox, especially for smaller teams. The interface can also be complex: while the enterprise features are powerful, some users may find the admin settings and permissions system more complicated than what you get with simpler file-sharing tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about Box is how seamlessly it centralizes and secures all our files in the cloud. The platform makes collaboration straightforward, with reliable version control, easy sharing, and strong integrations with the tools we use every day. It keeps everything organized and accessible without complicating workflows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One thing I dislike about Box is that some of the more advanced settings and admin controls can feel a bit scattered, which makes certain tasks less intuitive. At times, file previews or large uploads can also be slower than expected, especially when working with heavy content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Box for collaborative work in my organization. It’s a really great way to organize and update files, and to collaborate and share them with other people. It helps us share updated files while maintaining data privacy regulations, and logging in with organization credentials is helpful when more people are involved. I like that I can edit files without needing to save because they autosave, and that I can assign roles to people who have access. The initial setup was pretty easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes opening files in Google Docs feels like an extra step. It would be more convenient if I could edit them within the Box folder. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Box provides a lot of app integrations that make it easy to work with stored data. I especially like that I can edit DWG data directly without having to move the files to another place. The built-in preview is really good, and the option to edit using Ares Kudo or send files via email directly, along with many other services, makes it feel like a complete ecosystem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’ve had a few issues with the commenting services in the AresC app, along with similar communication problems. At times it also feels laggy, especially when working with DWG files. In general, accessing the same files multiple times tends to cause problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For and end-user perspective, Box is extremely reliable when it comes to version control. There is no need to worry whether your changes have been updated or whether you're accidentally working on top of another colleague's version because of auto-locking and version history, Box Drive allows offline functionality that does not take up too much space on your computer.

While talking about the administrator's experience, the detailed folder permission setting make it the best solution possible. it is extremely useful to have access settings at the sub-folder level (View vs. Preview vs. Edit). Besides, the Administrator's Console provides very clear user activity statistics, while setting up SSO and Active Directory support was easy and not headache-inducing like in case of some other enterprise-level software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface of the Web can be rather slow, especially when you attempt to drag or re-arrange huge batch folder at once - it may feel like you are doing clicks without any results. Moreover, the search indexing of the system is quite efficient, but in case you are searching for a very specific keyword located within a huge PDF document, there can be too many irrelevant matches pulled up from history before you get to the right file. Finally, from the admin point of view, the management of the external user;s licensing can become a real trouble to deal with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a daily user, uploading and sharing files is really simple, and the feature I use every day is the search function. Searching and finding files with a specific name or similar name, I find the files I need with ease and can easily browse the Box folders using my PC's file browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can at times be slow, or would randomly crash when searching for files. But a restart usually fixes many of my Box issues and the file renaming at times just does not respond. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Box is good for keeping files organized across a team without everyone sending attachments back and forth. I liked the folder sharing, version history and permission controls. The preview feature is also useful because you can quickly check PDFs, docs and presentations without downloading everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The permission system is powerful, but sometimes too many options make it confusing. It’s easy to wonder whether someone has view access, edit access or access through a shared folder. Search is okay, but not always perfect when you have a lot of files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's Box Sign feature is much better than Docusign. It's helped us improve our automated onboarding and reduced time from our previous approach which was manual Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The search feature in Box sometimes feels like it pulls too many duplicate files when it returns its results making it difficult to find the right file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.