What is Box?

The Box API gives you access to the content management features you see in our web app and lets you extend them for use in your own app. It strives to be RESTful and is organized around the main resources you’re familiar with from the Box web interface.
Box is a tool in the File Storage category of a tech stack.

Who uses Box?

Companies
63 companies reportedly use Box in their tech stacks, including LinkedIn, SendGrid, and UNIQLO.

Developers
169 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Box.

Box Integrations

G Suite, Zendesk, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Typeform, and DocuSign are some of the popular tools that integrate with Box. Here's a list of all 70 tools that integrate with Box.
Pros of Box
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Easy to work with
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Shared file hosting
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Great API
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Ability to see who has downloaded the file you sent
4
No brainer
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Integration with external services
3
Great web UI
3
Popular
2
Custom branding
2
Secure
1
Clean Interface
Decisions about Box

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Box in their tech stack.

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Box's Features

  • Enterprise-grade file sharing
  • Native mobile apps
  • File sharing links
  • Desktop App
  • Version History
  • Share folders
  • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and AES-256 bit encryption
  • Password protected sharing
  • Full-text search
  • SDK's for iOS, Android, Python, Ruby, Java, OS X (thrid party: C# .NET, PHP, JS, Nodejs, Perl)
  • API/SDK's allow for: Reading and writing files, sharing, search, comments, and restoring files to past revisions

Box Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Box?
Dropbox
Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.
OneDrive
Outlook.com is a free, personal email service from Microsoft. Keep your inbox clutter-free with powerful organizational tools, and collaborate easily with OneDrive and Office Online integration.
Google Drive
Keep photos, stories, designs, drawings, recordings, videos, and more. Your first 15 GB of storage are free with a Google Account. Your files in Drive can be reached from any smartphone, tablet, or computer.
JavaScript
JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
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Box's Followers
215 developers follow Box to keep up with related blogs and decisions.