Overall a great way to share data and keep it secure. Also love the desktop version so I can access things from there as needed.

Great to securely store and share files, ease of use, customer service is excellent, very niche features, Value for money.

A great place to keep all your files, good for collaboration between multiple employees, recommend using the box sync app to quickly move files around with ease.

It's easy to set up, and the fact that it has a desktop version is great. The drag-and-drop ability is intuitive and exactly what a user would expect.

Box is great for team collaboration, BoxSync makes it even better, and accessible from any computer. With Box you can seamlessly store and retrieve files from around your company.

Box can crash randomly and can be a bit confusing to use for first time users.

Box is great for a low budget company and also when you are looking for something a bit specific to your needs.

Box's partner friendly/integration friendly philosophy positioned itself perfectly for the current and future state of business software.

Ability to save and attach documents via email. The ability to work collaboratively with files for example ability to share and update documents.

I have a problem that when i upload sometimes it stops and doesn’t go on, so i have to cancel and upload again.

There is something very weird when I access Box with multiple devices, that it fails to automatically sync between them. It has caused a great deal of trouble for me.

The benefits have been outstanding. The cost verses the value is incredible, it has great security, and it has great ease of use.

Providing clear API documentation. Quick technical support.

E-Signature make it more secure and Integration with lot of apps is wonderful. The cost and price is very reasonable and economical compared to the many features it provides to the user.

Really great tool that makes life at the office better. It has a fun interface that is intuitive and works.

It isn't limited by this fact, however, and can be as advanced as you want it to be. The ability to password protect links is great.

During the trial days in which I use this service, my experience with the product has been good and satisfactory. It is a very good alternative to other similar services.

The app makes really easy to safely store files and access then anytime. To me this is the most important and desirable feature an app like this should have.

I liked being able to share documents with other people super easily. It was great for group projects I was working on.

I love Box's reliable and easy to use file sharing service. Box's secure software allows you to share important files with people inside and outside your company.

I can get lost of what I’m trying to find if there is a lot in the folder.

Overall I think it's a great system. Feels good knowing that all our content is backed up and accessible to the entire team at any point.

The main disadvantage of this solution is related with the file sharing. It is a bit restricted and provokes some problems when downloading if the files are big (in the order of tens of GB).

It is easy to organize files, share certain files with certain people and keep confidential files confidential. The easy drag and drop features allows for document migration to happen quite quickly.

You can have your own OwnCloud server on-premises. SSO authentication and Custom branding make a great integration with internal tools.

It's great to have your storage in house. The piece of mind that you know where your data is at all times is important, but also, nothing beats local for speed.

Experience is overall positive as the benefits typically outweigh any difficulties. Data sovereignty and geo-fencing regulations are some of the main reasons I consider using ownCloud.

Structurized Admin Panel. Perfect for private users and companies with enough money.

Technical ability is mostly required to setup and your system and to update. Auto update is a pain and mostly pushes one to manual process.

I love owncloud, i been there almost since it born, and I'm using it now, actively participating in the community.

When first added, there were a few errors that I had to have my host sort, because I couldn't find any documentation on them for the OwnCloud.

The clients (I use Windows, Linux and Android clients) make it super easy to sync across different devices - set up once and forget about it.

None has been as easy to use and as reliable as ownCloud.

It seems management had some terrible ideas which is why all the mind-share seems to be behind nextcloud these days.

We have had ZERO issues with this software, works great and is also a perfect alternative to store documents that others need to access.

When I implemented ownCloud, it was a neat opensource platform with an active community, with the option of solid support at a fair price.

Good while still community oriented, now a dead-end product.

We used Owncloud as our backup storage of our organization documents. I liked the ease of upload, share and version control.

One had to zip it before uploading which was a little time consuming. But for single files there was no such problem.

Overall the product is good, and a number of addons provide good expanded integration and functionality.

For a free solution it is one of the best choices in the opensource world.

It is your own server so it is the best to secure by your own way.

We're very satisfied with OwnCloud considering the price we pay for it. We're not considering to move out of it in the next coming years.

Controlling your own data, while enjoying much of the benefits of the likes of dropbox or onedrive. Ability to link mobile phones and sync contacts and calendars.

The support costs of the simple ownCloud web interface with drag-drop file uploading were one-time only. Performance was good enough, support was cheap enough, and it was fine for what we used it for.

While I'm sure OC is good for Enterprise clients, our experience was that it was ONLY for enterprise.

Being an Open Source, you can find information on the network, and in this way it can be violated by knowing how it is installed and configured.

The program has a user-friendly interface that makes it simple to save, sync, and share files among many devices.

When it is set up and designed it is entirely strong and does the activity I require it to do.

Overall, we decided to leave OwnCloud in favour of NextCloud. NC has a faster development cycle and seems to listen to the community more when it comes to what they focus their efforts on.

Especially when you then have to share the items, the custom link based of our domain was a nice feature.

Past its prime and headed the wrong direction.

Good service but no other service like nextcloud.

The Website makes the design of the software look very modern, but in reality it is a bit boring.

Multi-language is supported on the web interface but is not available on the desktop client as far as I know.

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ownCloud is an open-source file synchronization and collaboration solution that helps businesses organize and share data across the organization. It lets team members share data with external collaborators by sending password-protected URLs with expiration dates.


ownCloud enables team leaders to create custom groups, add comments and track employee activities by sharing files, facilitating remote productivity monitoring. It lets employees create, edit and sync all files and folders across multiple devices, including laptop, PC and mobile. Additionally, administrators can provide cryptographic data security and maintain compliance with business regulations and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines.


ownCloud comes with an application programming interface (API), which allows businesses to integrate the system with third-party applications. It also provides iOS and Android applications, which lets team members access files remotely. It is available on annual subscriptions and support is extended via documentation, FAQs, discussion forum and live chat.



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ownCloud Community Edition is available for free as an Open Source software.
ownCloud Standard subscription starts at €2,33 per month per user for 500 users.
ownCloud Enterprise subscription starts at €5,66 per month per user for 500 users.
Custom subscriptions are also available.

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