Box vs. Microsoft SharePoint

Box

Box

717 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint

2522 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Box	Score 7.2 out of 10	N/A	Box is an online Intelligent Content Management solution that caters to individual users as well as businesses.	$7 per month per user (3 minimum)
SharePoint	Score 7.5 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft's SharePoint is an Intranet solution that enables users to share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and collaborate across the organization.	$5 Per User Per Month

Pricing

Box

Microsoft SharePoint

Editions & Modules

Business Starter: $7
per month per user (3 minimum)
Business: $20
per month per user (3 minimum)
Business Plus: $33
per month per user (3 minimum)
Enterprise: $47
per month per user (3 minimum)
Enterprise Plus: $50
per month (billed annually) per user (3 minimum)
Enterprise Advanced: Contact us
per month per user (35 minimum)

Plan 1: $5.00
Per User Per Month
Plan 2: $10.00
Per User Per Month
Office 365 E3: $20.00
Per User Per Month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Box	SharePoint
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

No setup fee

Additional Details

A discount is available for annual pricing.

—

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Box	Microsoft SharePoint
Considered Both Products	Box Cameron Markell Nolan Content Manager Chose Box I believe that anyone with exposure to software like Dropbox or Google Drive will have an easier transition when attempting to use Box. Where Box could improve is having a refresh of the UI/UX design. With an improvement to the design, Box can be more responsive and widely … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Box The best user experience of any of the major cloud data providers. As it's not a product of any of the other major technology companies, it remains agnostic to the many platforms / features that everyday users want to have. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Box I slightly prefer Box over Dropbox, especially if I need to store and manage thousands of files. DropBox online file management was not as easy to navigate as Box. However, DropBox also has a similar cloud sync feature that worked similar to Box and was pretty comparable to the … Incentivized Helpful? Ragul Kumar Research Executive II Chose Box Box is more professional when comparing other alternatives Incentivized Helpful? Leon Prather II, CTS Manager of Digital Services Chose Box Box is nowhere as deep as Google Drive due to the breadth of Google's ecosystem, but it is a self-contained mini-DAM that most will find works really well. The added bonus of built in Gmail sharing is a nice addition. Incentivized Helpful? Innsu (Daniel) Kim Sr. Engineer Chose Box Less space and features Incentivized Helpful? Ehud Lehavi Quality Assurance Associate Chose Box Exactly the same. Works just as fine and smooth! Incentivized Helpful? VN Vicky Negi Lead UI/UX Chose Box Google Drive is a bit slower for sending and receiving files. Box helps sending links for files directly once you share it with team members. Box is good for user interaction for files sharing. And helps users to quickly download files for internal review. I like using Box for … Incentivized Helpful? Pjeter Gjergjaj Senior Network Engineer Chose Box They are kind of the same. And both of them do their job as promised. But for company and project wise I think that Box slightly wins for some points. Which [makes him] win over Google Drive (don't forget that google drive is very easy to use and has a lot [of] nice features … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Box Box has fewer features than Dropbox and that makes it easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? RC Rusty Carlson Field Underwriter Chose Box The first benefit of using Box that comes to my mind is the cost advantage. Box is generally more affordable and easy-to-use than Dropbox Business because it eliminates the cost of hardware and maintenance which translates into significant cost savings. Box team maintains, … Incentivized Helpful? ES Elizabeth Schneider Senior Global Marketing Manager Chose Box Most of these cloud storage platforms have a simple interface and provide a feature of drag and drop to easily upload a file to the online drive with little or no expert knowledge. However, Box goes a step further to store data across redundant servers so that even if one of … Incentivized Helpful? NN Natalie Nickens Chief Administrative Officer Chose Box The first reason that makes Box worth considering is the ability to ensure each authorized network participant can access the stored files. Another key advantage of using Box is that essentially all organization files and backups can be stored on the Box server and with the … Incentivized Helpful? Lochan Kalicharan Desktop Support Specialist Chose Box Among many other solutions box has been vetted by our security professionals and deemed to be the best solution for our particular organization. This lends to many of box's security features that still allow for collaboration and secure file sharing. Incentivized Helpful? DL David Lopez Marketing Data Information Services Officer Chose Box Neither pCloud nor Sync.com comes with unlimited storage, even though they are cheaper than Box. They also do not match most of Box's business features like custom branding and data loss protection. Incentivized Helpful? Alan Bloxham Project Manager Chose Box We selected Box when our clients were specifically requesting us to use that app. Incentivized Helpful? Bhawnish Kumar Implementation Engineer Chose Box Box has cheap storage pricing and so is preferred by small organizations, and easy to use app and sync make it a good product to use. Cross platform file sharing and editing over the cloud is one of the best features it has. Incentivized Helpful? James Dean Senior Software Engineer Chose Box It gives different bands to give access to others to see documents which [helps] us to maintain confidential information easily and do what need. The best alternative to other cloud storage because of uploading and sharing the document. Incentivized Helpful? Elena Heyl Global Head of Data Science Chose Box For us switching to Box [was] a big move. It saves us from big problems and troubles which we were already facing while using the other software. Those use a lot of effort and have zero results in terms of results. Box has been a great find for us. Incentivized Helpful? Juliane Steudel Head Of New Business Chose Box Compared to all the listed alternatives I would give Box a good rating, because regardless of all the things normally associated with data, Box is always protecting all types of data with great efficiency and full responsibility. Incentivized Helpful? Grace Wachina Software Architect Chose Box We have definitely come a long way to finally reach Box. It is undoubtedly a powerful and secure tool that is embedded with many modern features. Moreover, we wanted a platform that has more features and involves less cost. Altogether, it successfully stored many problems … Incentivized Helpful? Marcus Jones Finance Assistant Chose Box I prefer Box over all of these alternatives because I find Box to be a lot more user-friendly and intuitive. Box has a lot more integrations as compared to the previous alternatives I used in my company. Moreover, this tool has led to an improvement in risk mitigation because … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Box We use both Box and SharePoint for different purposes. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Box Simply put, having unlimited file storage is a clear differentiator. Furthermore, the number of integrations offered by Box is simply unmatched. If you are looking for pure document and file sharing, I don't think there is a better product on the market. The benefits from … Incentivized Helpful? Bianca Oviedo Associate Software Engineer Chose Box This platform was a recent selection but before switching to Box we used Hiver, MS SharePoint, Dropbox, and Asana. We moved to Box because of many reasons like cost factors, usability factors, support team rating, and much more. With my Incentivized Helpful?	SharePoint Kayla Jane McLaughlin DIRECTOR Chose SharePoint We don't have to pay for SharePoint, unlike Dropbox, and SharePoint integrates our existing email addresses, which is convenient for sharing. Incentivized Helpful? SD Shanaya Desai Process Executive Chose SharePoint Dropbox UI is very cluttered and not well organized. It doesn't come with an office suite, unlike SharePoint. Inbuilt video player on SharePoint is great and has better playback controls than dropbox video player. Sharepoint is integrated well with other offices 365 apps. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint MS SharePoint lags behind its competitors in most areas. While it does offer more functionality, such as custom sites, MS SharePoint's bogged-down sharing system really hurts it. While sharing documents with coworkers, outside contractors, and guests is hassle-free with Google … Incentivized Helpful? Adam Friedli System Administrator Chose SharePoint I have not personally used any direct competitors to SharePoint as a whole. However, I have used Dropbox Business and Google Drive. While these do work well for file collaboration, they do not offer the website structure that SharePoint does. SharePoint also integrates … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint We already had a license to Microsoft so it made sense to use SharePoint Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint None - have always used SharePoint Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint is more feature rich but that also comes with the cost of complexity. Needing to learn how to set up folders, documents, etc, with the right permissions isn't difficult, but to make sure it is done correctly does take some time to understand where to do … Incentivized Helpful? Clarence White Chief Information Officer Chose SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint shares many of the same pros and cons as HCL Notes. It does a lot. Maybe too much to understand. Incentivized Helpful? Erin Gracyalny Customer Success Manager Chose SharePoint Egnyte is the superior solution due to the way it segments data and provides a holistic approach to sharing and access. Microsoft SharePoint provides this a bit but could improve but the value of Microsoft SharePoint is greater given it is included in our subscription. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint I like Microsoft SharePoint over Google Drive for its organization. I believe that Microsoft SharePoint keeps things much more organized than Google Drive. Also, typically when you purchase Microsoft SharePoint, you get the rest of the Microsoft Suite. However, Google Drive has … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint One drive I think is more for personal use as a cloud storage. SharePoint can be more of use in businesses where teams can easily collaborate in various documents and files. This can also automate other processes to make it easier for the business in their day to day work tasks. Incentivized Helpful? Siddharth Nair Customer Service Chose SharePoint Google Drive Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint From what I have seen, Google Workspace seems to get the balance better. I think both tech giants are in a position to be indifferent to end user experience. Incentivized Helpful? Helmi Tatanaki Data Management Consultant Chose SharePoint The reasons for selecting MS SharePoint are: SharePoint provides ease of use and web design assistance and support SharePoint helps you schedule your content for publishing. enables users to share documents with external parties and offers a better internal structure of the … Incentivized Helpful? Thushitha A. Chandrasiri ERP Consultant Chose SharePoint Since Microsoft SharePoint comes with the MS business office package, it is fully integrated with other office products and really works together with other MS Office products like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Publisher, etc.. in real-time, so it's really easy to maintain … Incentivized Helpful? EH Eddie Hicks Enrollment Specialist Chose SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint and Glasscubes are very similar products. I selected Microsoft SharePoint simply because I am more familiar with the product. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint definitely has the highest ranking for use with MS Office packages and integration into Windows devices--mobile or normal desktop devices. The cost for Microsoft SharePoint is also competitive in comparison and with local hosting options within APAC regions. Incentivized Helpful? Damon Darling Engineering Manager Chose SharePoint I prefer Atlassian Confluence for file sharing, wiki markups, and as a better tool for engineering documentation. Microsoft SharePoint is the tool that was chosen for my current organization, and I do miss using Confluence. Both tools get the job done and it is largely a … Incentivized Helpful? Puneet Pandey Procurement Specialist Chose SharePoint MS Sharepoint is much more simpler way to use if we compare it with BOX, Box is very slow loading app not that user friendly. Box need really good quality of connectivity. MS Sharepoint provide good after sales support. Query resolution time is really fast in case of MS … Incentivized Helpful? Mst Rahima Khatun Marketing Product Management Chose SharePoint Both Confluence and Sharepoint have similarities, but they also have significant differences. In both cases, people can use the wiki to exchange information with each other. Many platforms, including Mac, are easier to use with Confluence's better user interface. Compared to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint I think that MS SharePoint is a more robust and well integrated tool than other products. Because it lives in the Microsoft universe it likely integrates to the other software products you already have very easily. Most users will not have trouble adopting it as the UI is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint We still have Confluence and Google Drive, but we wanted a product that could provide document security and a single point of access that easily integrated into our active directory. Since we use this for our intranet site, we found the features easier to stand up and the UI … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint The above mentioned tools can be used as an alternative for SharePoint based on the business cases. However, the features provided by all these products are very limited [when] we compare the product SharePoint. These alternatives have space in their own area or market. … Incentivized Helpful? Stephanie W Director, Digital Strategy & Engagement Chose SharePoint Slack is not great for document sharing, but it does integrate with SharePoint and One Drive when we need to post links. Slack is better at the chat function though, which is definitely missed from SharePoint. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint Given the Brand name "Microsoft", tool has lot of expectation and it lives up to the name. High level Security and content management is one of the key points in adopting to MS SharePoint in our organization. Each team can management and develop their own sites according to the … Incentivized Helpful?

TrustRadius Insights
	Box	Microsoft SharePoint
Highlights	Research Team Insight Published February 5, 2024 Users have commonly implemented Box for file sharing and collaboration purposes. They affirm its user-friendly interface and robust security features make it seamless to share large files with team members. An added advantage is its integration ability with various applications like Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, which facilitates team collaboration on documents. Microsoft SharePoint, on the other hand, has been predominantly employed by users for document management and storage. Reviewers often mention utilizing SharePoint to set up intranet portals for their organizations, allowing for secure access to team sites and documents. While it also supports document collaboration, robust content management features, and integration capabilities are its standout traits, as mentioned by users. Despite these differing primary uses, both Box and SharePoint provide robust collaboration tools and have been employed by companies of varying sizes. Organizations seeking a solution primarily for large file sharing and user-friendly collaboration may lean towards Box, as reported by users. In contrast, users who require a robust document management system with intranet capabilities reportedly favor SharePoint. Both services, according to customers, offer strong security features and integrate well with other commonly used applications.

Features

Box

Microsoft SharePoint

Enterprise Content Management

Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Product A and Product B
	Box 6.1 Ratings 26% below category average	Microsoft SharePoint - Ratings
Content capture & imaging	8.10 Ratings	00 Ratings
File sync, storage & archiving	9.20 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document management	6.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Records management	5.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Content search & retrieval	7.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Enterprise content collaboration	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Content publishing & creation	5.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Security, risk management & information governance	6.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Contract lifecycle management	5.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Automated workflows	5.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Artificial intelligence	2.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile support	3.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integration	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Box	Microsoft SharePoint
Small Businesses	Square 9 Softworks Score 9.1 out of 10	HCL Connections Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	MediaValet Score 9.1 out of 10	RWS Tridion Sites Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises	MediaValet Score 9.1 out of 10	RWS Tridion Sites Score 9.0 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Box	Microsoft SharePoint
Likelihood to Recommend	6.8 (0 ratings)	9.4 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (0 ratings)	9.8 (0 ratings)
Usability	6.7 (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.1 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.5 (0 ratings)	8.6 (0 ratings)
In-Person Training	10.0 (0 ratings)	4.5 (0 ratings)
Online Training	10.0 (0 ratings)	6.4 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (0 ratings)	6.0 (0 ratings)
Configurability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Box	Microsoft SharePoint
Likelihood to Recommend	Very likely to use it. It gives you the comfort that all the files are being stored in [the] same places from different team members. It is easy to organize in folders and also very useful by adding time stamps. [With] an easy setup u can have and box extension installed on your laptop and use it directly. So you can sync files easily. Pjeter Gjergjaj Senior Network Engineer Read full review	SharePoint Document Management excels as a central repository for storing, organising, and retrieving documents. It supports version control, metadata tagging, secure access, and integration with tools like Power Automate. At our organisation, it's used for managing contracts, policies, and supplier documents. SharePoint Workflow Automation integrates with Power Automate to streamline approvals, gather feedback, and automate recurring tasks. This reduces reliance on email chains and manual trackers. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	The main feature that I like the most in Box is that it makes collaboration seamless, workers can easily check the documents any time and make changes according to the needs. Box manages and backs up all of your files on its cloud servers, and provides a very nice interface for creating, viewing, editing, and collaborating on the most commonly used file types (PDF, XLS, DOC, etc.). Over the past few years, Box has built on top of its basic cloud storage management with a host of other tools, such as workflows, AI, monitoring, and analytics. It is helping us to make good connections with clients and our workers themselves as to its syncing and viewing feature to all is very much helpful and easy to go. Incentivized james dean Senior Software Engineer Read full review	Making collaboration easier via a better connection between accounts. You can share anything from a file to events with just a couple of clicks. All services are connected and switching between services is a breeze[.] Solutions to the majority of everyday business problems. Incentivized RIDWAN AHAMMAD Training Manager Read full review
Cons	The graphic design of the dashboard should be simpler and more tangible that can be changed to the liking of the Admin. Sometimes there are some syncing issues in the background. The product has very limited functionality in some areas which could be a bit frustrating at times. Incentivized KW Katherine Weiss Executive Assistant Read full review	There are far too many good features to choose from, and advanced features are noticeably absent. There is room for improvement in terms of integration with non-Microsoft products, as well as developer Story. It is challenging to provide easier access via file explorer while also granting outside users and guests access. Mst Rahima Khatun Marketing Product Management Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	As I've stated Box is very easy to use and to set up. The documentation provided by Box is easy to follow and the interface is designed in a way that makes sense. With only a few limitations on the administrator side the system is fully capable to get the job done for our company Michael Thomas Lead Web Developer Read full review	We have too much invested at this point to do anything different and there are too many reasons as a company our size to keep it. We are heavily licensed out for Microsoft and have 12 years of SharePoint development baked into who we are. Extracting that as a tool at this point would be dumb and devastating. There are no like-kind competitors to it at an enterprise level that scale and integrate as well. Incentivized Chris Carpenter Staff Project Manager, Awesomizer, Fixer, Maker, Collaboration Enabler Read full review
Usability	I think I can only describe it as excellent. All aspects of Box work without problem, quickly and efficiently. The file upload and download systems are quite fast, the process of access from different platforms is carried out without problems, so far no document has been generated in conflicts or unexpected copies, or any type of error. Incentivized burt smith Graphic Design Specialist Read full review	No usability issues reported. Individual teams also have allocated areas which replace legacy shared drives on local LANs. Access to Sharepoint resources is fully integrated with corporate Active Directory with additional two-factor authentication required for administrative users. Users have access to Microsoft Services Hub which allows you to create, manage, and track support requests while staying current on Microsoft technologies with access to select self-paced learning paths Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Yeah, it's always worked, I've never had any kind of connection issues, the only issues I've had it I've been on our end when the Internet hasn't worked. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Performance	It's performance is great. Everything loads as soon as you open a page. The same goes for the local file application, if is just like going through folders on a native "My Computer" or "Finder" folder. The integration into other softwares is also fantastic, as Box keeps them all running smoothly and quickly Incentivized Tyler Grudowski Product Development Engineer Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	I found their support community lacking in clarity when I experienced a login issue. The error messaging was poor on my Box Sync application. I did not reach out to support staff for help, instead, I reasoned that I should try downloading the Box Sync application again and reinstall it. That fixed my issue, thankfully. I think a less computer-savvy user would've been much more frustrated. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Support for SharePoint is quite good. Microsoft provides good support. Microsoft offers Quick turnaround time for issues A range of support services Access to a network of resources Escalation of issues Ongoing development and commitment to produce enhancement The majority of support is required for initial installation. Once complete and the system is operating we have had very few support issues. Incentivized TD Tim Daciuk Director Advanced Analytics Read full review
In-Person Training	The in person training was done in house and I helped with the training, people seem to respond well. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The face to face training I received was on SharePoint Administration. It was rushed as there was a lot of information to cover and the application of the labs weren't that great either. I like to be able to relate what I am learning to what I am currently doing. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Online Training	The documentation is good. Since Box is a popular service, there were also a number of YouTube videos and other sources that were helpful as we were considering the product and planning for deployment. Also, the ability to try the free version helped to prepare us. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	I like to learn at my own pace and online training allows for that. Additionally, you can skip through pieces of content that you already know or are already comfortable with. Microsoft actually offers great videos on their website for basic fundamental SharePoint Training. I have used these training videos in some of my own training sessions with end users. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	Be careful with settings. It is easy to get overwhelmed with updates. For example, you don’t want to be updated when doing historical data uploads. I recommend taking off notifications initially and then turn on post you have done your historical data upload. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Planning to the last detail would be advised. SharePoint is a very large application that takes a lot of finesse to get operational Christopher Corbett Database Administrator Read full review
Alternatives Considered	I slightly prefer Box over Dropbox, especially if I need to store and manage thousands of files. Dropbox online file management was not as easy to navigate as Box. However, Dropbox also has a similar cloud sync feature that worked similar to Box and was pretty comparable to the Box feature. The main reason my team switched to Box was because our organization provided it at no cost to our team, whereas for Dropbox we had to use our own research grant money to pay for it. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The reasons for selecting MS SharePoint are: SharePoint provides ease of use and web design assistance and support SharePoint helps you schedule your content for publishing. enables users to share documents with external parties and offers a better internal structure of the content and better indexing and searching capabilities. Incentivized Helmi Tatanaki Data Management Consultant Read full review
Scalability	It's great, as we put more files on there it's done very well. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Box has been an only positive experience. It provides a seamless way for me and my team to collaborate on documents in such a way where we're not sending the document back/forth via email. It's a huge timesaver. Box reduces the risk of sharing a sensitive document to the wrong person via email. Box has provided a platform where my team can share notes in meetings - this has helped streamline and organize our meetings. Our meetings are more productive and actionable. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	We've recently implemented Microsoft SharePoint access via iPads for our Template teams out on job sites. They can easily upload CAD / Laser files into Microsoft SharePoint for our production team to review in real time. Serious ROI when we don't have to wait for our Template team to get back to the shop! We have multiple physical locations. Microsoft SharePoint allows users at each location to collaborate by working on documents simultaneously. Allowing us to solve multi-site problems & strategize on multi-site initiatives much faster! We can also share key information with external partners. As long as they have a registered MS account (not necessarily an O365 account) we can share our information with them in a variety of ways. This allows consistent & concise communication with our partners. Incentivized Jimmy Harrell IT Manager Read full review
ScreenShots	Box Screenshots