The document compares Box and Office 365 cloud storage and collaboration platforms. It outlines that Box has been in the cloud storage market since 2005 while Office 365 launched subscriptions in 2011 and evolved into a complete office suite. The comparison table shows that Office 365 offers more robust real-time collaboration, file search capabilities, email integration, storage space per user, productivity apps, communication tools like Outlook, Teams and Skype, while Box focuses mainly on storage and lacks these collaboration features.

1. BOX VS. OFFICE 365

2. Comparison Table of Contents
Box and Office 365
overview
Feature comparision
Tools & apps
Team & collaboration
Storage & personal work
files
Email & communication
Conclusion

3. Box was founded in 2005
and it has been a major
player ever since in the
business cloud storage
and collaboration
domain.
Microsoft began rolling
out Office 365
subscriptions for
businesses in 2011. It took
several years for the
subscription to
completely evolve into a
complete office suite with
cloud storage and office
applications.

4. Real-time collaboration
with Office 365 across web,
mobile, and desktop clients
- with version history.
Web collaboration and co-
authoring with limited
version history.
Robust file search engine
through Discover View &
Shared View features.
File search capabilities not
as advanced and interest-
based as Office 365.

5. Your emails, attachments,
and personal work files are
just a click away from each
other, always.
Box lacks a built-in
professional email suite
like Office 365, requiring
Office 365 or outlook
plugins.
Every user gets 1 TB of
cloud storage and can
upload files up to 15 GB.
Box isn't as generous as
Office 365 when it comes
to providing large storage
space.

6. Besides cloud storage, Microsoft provides a tens
of creative & productivity tools as part of the
subscription.
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7. Personal work files.
Internal communication &
videoconferencing.
Centralized communication,
documents, and policies
based on groups. Org-wide
availability.
Box is a single-suite of
cloudstorage and lacks
robust collaboration and
communication capabilities
like Office 365

8. Your files. Your
way
Create & edit them on
the browser, desktop,
or mobile app.
Upload large files
Upload files up to 15
GB and supports 320+
file types
Share with anyone
Robust file sharing
capabilities with
enhanced protection
Less storage space
Box doesn't offer a lot
of storage space for
basic and mid-level
plans
Low file size limit
Box onlt offers higher
file size capabillity to
enterprise customers.
Lacks robust apps
Box lacks fully-
functional cross-
device support like
Office 365.

9. Outlook that integrates with
various Office 365 services.
Microsoft Teams for quick
chat, conferencing & file-
sharing.
Skype for Business comes as
a part of the subscription.
Box users often relies on
Outlook, Slack, or other
third-party email and chat
apps for email and
communication
management.

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