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I never quite got Box. Why would one use Box over Dropbox with it's native Finder/Explorer integration and ability to use 1Password. EDIT: If Box came out with
by newman314 14y ago
I never quite got Box. Why would one use Box over Dropbox with it's native Finder/Explorer integration and ability to use 1Password.
EDIT: If Box came out with Finder/Explorer integration, I would strongly consider switching.
And thanks for the comments pointing out the administrative controls.
- kevingadd 14y agoSarbanes-oxley compliance and the ability for administrators to snoop on you and stuff like that, probably.
- magic5227 14y agoProbably because of this: https://www.box.com/business/features/ https://www.box.com/business/features/
- mehrzad 14y agoSomewhat unrelated, but I can get why people use Spideroak as opposed to Dropbox, the encryption/security features.
- euphoria83 14y agoBox is mainly focused on enterprises (rather than private users) that needed much more fine grained access control such uploader only, previewer only, etc.
- gcb0 14y agowhen i needed a place to drop files to move them between people or connected devices, i saw dropbox and it's joke of a security, and box.net, i went with box.net. dropbox sounded like amateur hour all around. But this bloat on the android app and the site (from one to 3 to 4 clicks to download a file i'm seeing in the list!) i'm considering the next choice.
- euphoria83 14y agoBox has a sync desktop client that integrates with Finder and Explorer.
- phormula 14y agoWe use Box because when it came time to purchase cloud storage Dropbox did not have a solution for teams or small businesses yet I prefer Dropbox, it's much faster, but the headache of migrating has made us put off switching over