Box vs Google Cloud Storage
Box
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Google Cloud Storage
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| Figure | Box | Google Cloud Storage |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | $0.01/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 9 |
| Spec score · Cloud storage | 9.5 (#1) | 9.5 (#2) |
| Spec score · Cloud Storage Services | 9.4 (#2) | 9.2 (#6) |
| Compliance | Box lists SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701, HIPAA/HITECH, PCI DSS, FINRA, FedRAMP, FIPS 140-2, GDPR-related controls and other certifications or reports. | Google Cloud publishes certifications, attestations, and audit reports for compliance controls, while noting providers cannot certify customers' own compliance with laws. |
| Founded | 2005 | 1998 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California, United States | Mountain View, California, United States |
| Integrations | Box lists more than 1,500 integrations, including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack, Teams, Zoom, Salesforce and Adobe Express. | Buckets can back services including BigQuery, Vertex AI, Google Kubernetes Engine and Managed Service for Apache Spark. |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.4 out of 5 from 5,654 reviews | 4.8 out of 5 from 2290 reviews |
| Rating on G2 | 4.3 out of 5 from 6,937 reviews | 4.6 out of 5 from 603 reviews |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | 4.4 out of 5 from 573 reviews | 4.4 out of 5 from 174 reviews |
| Rating on Google Play | 4.4 out of 5 from 207K reviews | 4.1 out of 5 from 906K reviews |
| Rating on Trustpilot | 1.2 out of 5 from 297 reviews | 2.0 out of 5 from 17 reviews |
| Rating on TrustRadius | 8.9 out of 10 from 714 reviews and ratings | 10 out of 10 from 37 reviews |
| What it does | Box presents itself as an intelligent content platform for secure content management, collaboration, workflow automation, e-signature and enterprise AI. | Google Cloud Storage is a managed, scalable object-storage service that stores data as objects inside buckets. |
Plans
Box
- IndividualFree
- Business Starter$5 a month
- Personal Pro$10 a month
- Business$15 a month
- Business Plus$25 a month
- Enterprise$35 a month
- Enterprise Plus$50 a month
- Enterprise AdvancedPriced on request
Google Cloud Storage
- Archive storageFree
- Cloud Storage Archive storageFree
- Cloud Storage Coldline storageFree
- Coldline storageFree
- Free tierFree
- Cloud Storage Nearline storage$0.01 a month
- Nearline storage$0.01 a month
- Cloud Storage Standard storage$0.02 a month
- Standard storage$0.02 a month
In their own words
Box
Box is a file storage and collaboration service available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. Its listed capabilities include file versioning and business administration controls. Named plans range from Individual, with 10 GB of storage, 250 MB uploads, one file version, and five signature requests per month, to Personal Pro, with 100 GB, 5 GB uploads, 10 versions, and 15 monthly signature requests. Business Starter lists 100 GB, 2 GB uploads, 25 versions, and up to 10 users. Business, Business Plus, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus offer unlimited storage; their upload limits are 5 GB, 15 GB, 50 GB, and 150 GB, respectively. These business tiers require at least three users and list monthly API call allowances of 50K for the first two and 100K for the Enterprise tiers. Box was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
Google Cloud Storage
Google Cloud Storage is a managed service for storing unstructured data in buckets. Its storage classes—Standard, Nearline, Coldline, Archive, and Rapid—cover different access patterns, while Autoclass and Object Lifecycle Management can move or delete objects under access-based or custom rules. Data can be used with BigQuery, Managed Service for Apache Spark, and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Transfer options include online, offline, and SFTP methods. Security controls include IAM access controls, encryption at rest and in transit, retention policies, and signed URLs. Soft delete is enabled by default with seven days of retention, and Object Versioning can preserve overwritten or deleted objects. Dual-region and multi-region buckets replicate data across separated regions for 99.99% availability. Users can access the service through the browser-based console, client libraries, command-line tools, or JSON and XML APIs. Always Free usage has monthly limits for storage, operations, and qualifying transfer in three US regions. Other charges may apply for operations, retrieval, replication, and network use, with rates varying by location and storage class.