

One of Box's key strengths is the arsenal of third-party add-ons available in the OneCloud store. Box's multimedia support isn’t as comprehensive as its document abilities you can view photos in your web browser in a lightbox, but we had no luck playing a video file in the web app. These tools are very much business- and group work-focused and will likely be overkill for people just looking to upload and share a few photos.

Uploading and sharing files is very easy, however simply drag and drop a file or folder into your Box Sync folder, then right click and select the share button to copy a link to the folder to your clipboard, which you can then send to others. It's everything or nothing, and this makes the desktop application by far the weakest part of Box.
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The most annoying omission is the ability to selectively synchronise folders, so you always have to download the entire Box folder to another computer, even if you only want to synchronise a handful of files. The Box desktop app is very basic, and although we admire how easy it is to set up and use, we would have appreciated being given more options to tailor the service to our needs. If you're not planning on backing up very large files (such as large video files or disc images), this is by far the better-value option. This tariff has 100GB of storage space but only allows for a 2GB maximum file size. You can also get a Box Starter account for $5 (around £3) per month. This is the same price as a 100GB Dropbox account, although the file size restriction does make it slightly less flexible. This gets you 100GB of storage and the ability to store individual files of up to 5GB in size.
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This means that if you want a file to be accessible from anywhere, you'll need to move it into that folder.īox offers 10GB of free storage which, unlike with some services such as Dropbox, can't be increased through bonuses or referral schemes, or you can upgrade to the paid Personal price plan for $10 (around £6) a month. In a similar way to Dropbox, Copy, Google Drive and OneDrive, Box will only synchronise files stored in the Box Sync folder on your PC. Its products are primarily aimed at businesses, but it also has free and paid-for personal accounts. Box is a synchronisation service that not only allows you to access your files from anywhere, but also share and collaborate on them.
