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  5. Box vs Dropbox

Box vs Dropbox

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Overview

Dropbox
Dropbox
Stacks23.5K
Followers18.4K
Votes1.7K
Box
Box
Stacks237
Followers217
Votes44

Box vs Dropbox: What are the differences?

What is Box? Build Innovative Applications on 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.

What is Dropbox? Build the power of Dropbox into your apps. Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.

Box and Dropbox can be categorized as "File Storage" tools.

Some of the features offered by Box are:

  • Enterprise-grade file sharing
  • Native mobile apps
  • File sharing links

On the other hand, Dropbox provides the following key features:

  • Dropbox Chooser- Get files from Dropbox into your web app with just a few lines of JavaScript.
  • Sync API- Read and write to Dropbox from iOS & Android as if it were a local filesystem.
  • Core API- The basics. Upload, download, search, and more from your web or mobile app.

"Easy to work with" is the top reason why over 7 developers like Box, while over 428 developers mention "Easy to work with" as the leading cause for choosing Dropbox.

According to the StackShare community, Dropbox has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1070 company stacks & 957 developers stacks; compared to Box, which is listed in 40 company stacks and 13 developer stacks.

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Advice on Dropbox, Box

Noel
Noel

Founder, CEO, CTO at NoFilter

Jun 8, 2021

Decided

Due to we are using G Suite for emails, Google Drive comes out of the box.

In Google Drive we keep save just some basic marketing files. We used it as a single repository to share files between designers and developers. Nothing more than that. In some moment we had some backups there, but just for security reasons, we removed it

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Pascal
Pascal

IS Manager at CEMS

Mar 23, 2021

Decided

Key criteria for that choice. I needed a collaborative backup tool for a 15 people team. All people would have access to both their individual private space that should synchronize automatically to/from their desktop and various shared spaces, with various kinds of access rights. Only Box would allow high fine tuning of the access rights. Multi-platform was important too. The ease to transfer ownership of a folder from one departing colleague to their N+1 was a real plus.

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Detailed Comparison

Dropbox
Dropbox
Box
Box

Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.

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.

Dropbox Chooser- Get files from Dropbox into your web app with just a few lines of JavaScript;Sync API- Read and write to Dropbox from iOS & Android as if it were a local filesystem;Core API- The basics. Upload, download, search, and more from your web or mobile app
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;
Statistics
Stacks
23.5K
Stacks
237
Followers
18.4K
Followers
217
Votes
1.7K
Votes
44
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 434
    Easy to work with
  • 256
    Free
  • 216
    Popular
  • 176
    Shared file hosting
  • 167
    'just works'
Cons
  • 3
    Personal vs company account is confusing
  • 1
    Replication kills CPU and battery
Pros
  • 8
    Easy to work with
  • 6
    Great API
  • 6
    Shared file hosting
  • 5
    Ability to see who has downloaded the file you sent
  • 4
    Integration with external services
Integrations
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Formstack
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Squarespace
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Trello
LiveChat
LiveChat
RightSignature
RightSignature
Asana
Asana
NetSuite
NetSuite
G Suite
G Suite
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Jive Social Intranet
Jive Social Intranet
DocuSign
DocuSign
Formstack
Formstack
ProofHQ
ProofHQ
Yammer
Yammer
Zendesk
Zendesk
RightSignature
RightSignature

What are some alternatives to Dropbox, Box?

Google Drive

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.

Nextcloud

Nextcloud

A suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services The most deployed self-hosted file share and collaboration platform on the web. Access & collaborate across your devices.

ceph

ceph

In computing,It is a free-software storage platform, implements object storage on a single distributed computer cluster, and provides interfaces for object-, block- and file-level storage.

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint

It empowers teamwork with dynamic and productive team sites for every project team, department, and division. Share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and seamlessly collaborate across the organization.

OneDrive

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.

Dropmark

Dropmark

Dropmark offers super simple drag-and-drop file sharing, like a number of web apps before it, but if you want to use it for more you can create presentations, slideshows, and collaborate with others just as easily.

Alfresco

Alfresco

Alfresco Platform is an open, modern and secure system that intelligently activates process and content to accelerate the flow of business.

Streem

Streem

Unlike other cloud storage tools, Streem takes up no space on your computer, but still gives you instant access to your files without any lag. All media on Streem is converted on-the-fly so you can access it seamlessly regardless of the device or bandwidth.

ownCloud

ownCloud

It is an open source, self-hosted file sync and share app platform. Access & sync your files, contacts, calendars & bookmarks across your devices. You decide what happens with your data, where it is and who can access it.

Syncthing

Syncthing

It is a continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers and replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, if it is shared with some third party and how it's transmitted over the internet.

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