When comparing Copy.com vs Box, the Slant community recommends Box for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud storage services on Android?” Box is ranked 2nd while Copy.com is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Box is:
Its free plan comes with 10 GB!
Specs
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Pros
Pro Shared folder spacing control
Copy.com allows users to control how the shared folder can use others user account space, eg: if the main user account has 20GB of free space and wants to share the folder to other user, the shared folder can be limited to 5GB instead of fully occupying the other user's free space.
Pro Cross-platform
Copy.com is available on Windows, OS X, iOS, Android, Linux (including Raspberry Pi) and has a web app.
Pro Automatic photo backup
Copy.com allows users to automatically backup photos taken from the device through the feature called "Photocopy".
Pro 20GB for free-tiers
Free-tier of Copy.com allows for up to 20GB through the referral service (original is 15GB).
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
Cons
Con It's shutting down
Copy is shutting down in early 2016
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.