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Box vs OneDrive: 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 OneDrive? Save your files and photos to OneDrive and get them from any device, anywhere. 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.
Box and OneDrive 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, OneDrive provides the following key features:
- Storage
- Ransomware detection & recovery
- Expiring sharing links
LinkedIn, Pandora, and Anaplan are some of the popular companies that use Box, whereas OneDrive is used by OutSystems, m-cookies, and Necsia IT Consulting. Box has a broader approval, being mentioned in 40 company stacks & 13 developers stacks; compared to OneDrive, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.
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
Pros of OneDrive
- Back up1
- Simple1
- FREE1
- Stable service1