When comparing Box vs Koofr, the Slant community recommends Box for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud storage services?” Box is ranked 6th while Koofr is ranked 27th. The most important reason people chose Box is:
Its free plan comes with 10 GB!
Specs
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Pros
Pro Huge Data (10 GB) in free plan
Its free plan comes with 10 GB!
Pro Sharing and privacy features built for business and IT users
Such as advanced sharing options, task assignment, notifications. Making an easy way to stay up to date on assigned tasks.
Pro Cross-platform desktop and mobile
Box is available for Windows, OS X, iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phones. Which mean access to ones files no matter the device or platform used.
Pro Extendable via plugins
There are plug-ins for applications that allow interactions with Box.
Pro Salesforce and NetSuite support
Pro Multiple connections
Can connect multiple accounts from the same provider.
Cons
Con Log in on every use
Any time the app is opened the user's log-in needs to be typed in, which can become annoying. While it is a nice privacy feature, an option to turn it off would be nice.
Con No Linux client
They are not willing to listen to Linux community. They've also deleted a bunch of messages from Linux users on their forum
Con Missing collaborative apps
Not being able to easily back up office works through an integrated office suite can be a set back when comparing to backup apps like Drive. While you can set certain apps to save their files to the Box folder, it is not as easy as using something like Google Docs, which not only saves while you are working but as soon as you are done, with no extra steps.
Con Reauthorization issues
If you are using reauthorize,it will cause error : Access to this external account is currently not possible due to expired token.
To fix it, you need to remove them first, then connect them like new users does
Con Limited free user experience
Won't show conncted drives in desktop application to free users.
Only able to connect to OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox.