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Box vs Alfresco: What are the differences?
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; Alfresco: Helps teams share, manage and retain content across the extended enterprise with simplicity that end users love and smarts that IT can endorse. Alfresco Platform is an open, modern and secure system that intelligently activates process and content to accelerate the flow of business.
Box and Alfresco 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, Alfresco provides the following key features:
- Extended Enterprise Collaboration
- Process Management
- Information Governance
Pros of Alfresco
- Collaboration1
- Easy to use1
- Stable service1
Pros of Box
- Easy to work with8
- Shared file hosting6
- Great API6
- Ability to see who has downloaded the file you sent5
- No brainer4
- Integration with external services4
- Great web UI3
- Popular3
- Custom branding2
- Secure2
- Clean Interface1