Comments on: DropBox Vs Box.Net – Two Online Collaboration and File Sharing Giants Compared

By: Sean Lindo

Sean Lindo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:16:11 +0000

Hello all, this is Sean from Box.net. Either solution works great depending on what you want to do with it, so I appreciate that this point was made in the post. Box really focuses more around sharing content and giving people a collaborative online workspace.

I also wanted to add some info to the comparison chart. In terms of publishing, you can share web links to files and folders, set up widgets to display content on your blog and even set up public webpages with vanity URLs to share content.

As for file uploads, our free Lite account lets people upload files up to 25 MB each, while our paid plans let you upload files up to 1 GB each.

In terms of value, if you place more of a premium on having lots of different options around sharing files with others, using a service as a collaborative workspace and using files with third-party services from Google, Zoho, Scribd, Twitter, eFax and others, Box provides a lot of value on that front. But again, it really just depends on what you’re looking for – Dropbox is a great solution that we have a lot of sincere respect for.

If you need more info, I encourage you to check out our latest set of features at https://www.box.net/features/complete-list and our latest pricing plans at https://www.box.net/pricing.

Feel free to reach out to us anytime. We’re on Twitter @boxdotnet or get in touch with us on our blog at http://blog.box.net.

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By: Manav

Manav — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:53:54 +0000

@ Ivan de la Jara, Well if you aren’t planning to share some huge data and only stuff like small documents and photos, i don’t think less storage capability on your HDD is an issue.

By: Ivan de la Jara

Ivan de la Jara — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:51:24 +0000

my hardrive havent got file size limt so, whats the fuck…

By: Chaim K

Chaim K — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:37 +0000

One major thing to mention is the huge diffrece in price.
If you want 30GB Storage, at box net it will cost $45 and at dropbox, even for 50GB it will cost you only $9.99 per month.
The pricing info on Box.net’s website is very misleading, this is what it says, Business – $15 / user per month. when you want to sign up you see they will charge you $45.00 for a minimum of 3 users which is $45.

By: jaysee

jaysee — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:20:33 +0000

I’m using getdropbox and it’s actually faster and as of this time, they are giving away 2 G of memory for free. An extra 1 G if you could let your friends sign up. Haha.

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