by Box, Inc.Cloud file storage and sharing
Content management and file sharing with unlimited storage and single sign-on from Business at $15 per user billed annually, three users minimum.
Unlimited storage with single sign-on, e-signatures and Box AI from the Business plan, and HIPAA and FedRAMP support on Enterprise.
Business, at $15 per user a month billed annually, removes storage limits and adds single sign-on, unlimited Box Sign e-signatures, Box AI and 1,500+ integrations, so a company can keep files, signing and simple workflows in one platform instead of several tools. Higher plans add unlimited external collaborators and activity tracking (Business Plus), then HIPAA support, FedRAMP Moderate and device trust (Enterprise), all bought online. Box publishes SOC 1 and 2 Type II reports under NDA and an ISO 27001:2022 certificate.
Against 3 other products we reviewed in Cloud file storage and sharing: what you pay for with each, the five access facts, the plan limits we recorded and each review's bottom line. The note under the table says how each one was checked.
| Metric | Box | Microsoft OneDrive | Dropbox | Google Drive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Saves engineering timeUnlimited storage with single sign-on, e-signatures and Box AI from the Business plan, and HIPAA and FedRAMP support on Enterprise. | Worth the priceA terabyte per user with full link controls, file requests, audit logging and a HIPAA BAA for $5.40 per user, with business email and web Office apps. | Easy to adoptTeam storage built for sharing with clients: link passwords, expiry dates, download blocking and 180-day recovery on the entry team plan. | Worth the priceTeam storage bundled with business email, meetings and documents in one seat, with SSO, Drive activity logs and a HIPAA BAA on every Business plan. |
| Overall score | 7.3 | 9.2Best | 7.6 | 7.4 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured | –Not measured | –Not measured |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $5/user/mo | $5.40/user/mo | $15/user/mo | $7/user/mo |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Per user per month, 3 users minimum | Per user per month; 1 TB of OneDrive per user | Per license per month; storage pooled for the team | Per user per month; storage pooled across the organization |
| Free option | Individual plan, 10 GB; 14-day trial of business plans | Microsoft account, 5 GB; one-month business trial with a card | Dropbox Basic, 2 GB; free trial of Standard and Advanced (30 days per the plans page) | Google account, 15 GB; 14-day Workspace trial |
| Reference scenario (10 users, 2 TB, annual) | $150/mo on Business ($15 × 10), computed | $54/mo on Business Basic without Teams ($5.40 × 10), computed | $150/mo on Standard ($15 × 10), computed | $140/mo on Business Standard ($14 × 10), computed |
| Month-to-month price | $20 per user on Business ($7 / $20 / $33 / $47 from Business Starter to Enterprise) | $6.48 per user without Teams, $8.40 with Teams | $18 per user on Standard ($18 / $30 for Standard and Advanced) | $16.80 per user on Business Standard flexible ($8.40 / $16.80 / $26.40) |
| Storage on the scenario plan | Unlimited; Business Starter has 100 GB | 1 TB per user; SharePoint pool of 1 TB plus 10 GB per license | 3 TB plus 1 TB per additional active license, pooled (12 TB for 10) | 2 TB per user, pooled (20 TB for 10) |
| Restore deleted files | 30 days by default, adjustable by admins; 50 file versions | 93 days for work accounts; restore the whole OneDrive to any point in 30 days | 180 days on Standard, 1 year on Advanced | 30 days in the trash; admins can restore 25 days more |
| Password and expiring links | All paid plans | Every business plan | Standard and up | No link passwords; access expiry for eligible work accounts |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 1 and 2 Type II (under NDA); ISO 27001:2022 | SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 (Office 365 in scope) | SOC 2 report and ISO 27001 certificate cover Standard and up | SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 (Workspace in scope) |
| HIPAA BAA | Enterprise and up ($35) | By default through Microsoft's data protection addendum | Standard and up; US admins sign it in the Admin Console | Accepted by admins in the Admin console |
| EU data storage | Box Zones add-on, no listed price; checked on Enterprise Plus | Follows the sign-up country or region | By support request: 10+ licenses, annual billing, billing address outside the current region | Data region policy from Business Standard |
| SSO | Business and up | Microsoft Entra ID (free version included) | Advanced and up ($24) | Third-party identity provider on every Business plan |
| Admin activity log | Full user activity tracking from Business Plus ($25) | Purview Audit (Standard) on Business Basic | Audit logs with file event tracking on Advanced; Standard admins see 180 days of activity | Drive log events on every Business plan |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Box Business gives unlimited storage, SSO, link controls and e-signatures for $15 per user. External collaborators, activity tracking and HIPAA move you up the plan ladder, and several add-ons have no listed price. | From its public pages, OneDrive in Microsoft 365 Business Basic scores highest here: $5.40 per user with full link controls, 93-day recovery, audit logging and a BAA. Storage is per person, and shared team sites draw on a smaller organization pool. | From its public pages, Dropbox Standard is a complete sharing plan for teams: link controls, file requests, 180-day recovery and a HIPAA BAA at $15 per user. SSO and audit logs need Advanced, and Enterprise and extra storage are priced outside the plans page. | From its public pages, Google Drive in Workspace ties with OneDrive for the top compliance and admin scores here, for $14 per user with email and documents included. Its sharing tools are simpler: no link passwords or file requests, and a 30-day trash. |
Evidence: Box: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Microsoft OneDrive: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Dropbox: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Google Drive: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
Review from public pages
Written from Box's public pages (pricing, security or privacy, and docs) as read on Oct 16, 2026. We did not sign up, and no hands-on run is published yet.
We read Box's US pricing page in a browser (plain requests got a bot check), its plan comparison table, the free trial page, the trust center and the ISO certificate it links, the HIPAA and HITECH FAQ, and Box docs on shared links, trash, File Request, mobile security settings and Box Zones on Oct 16, 2026, and checked the table against the Internet Archive copy of the page from Oct 12, 2026, which matches. We did not sign up, start a trial or call the API for this review.
The pricing page lists annual and monthly prices for every plan up to Enterprise: Business Starter $5 and $7, Business $15 and $20, Business Plus $25 and $33, and Enterprise $35 and $47 per user a month, each with a three-user minimum. Enterprise Plus shows $50 on annual billing only, and Enterprise Advanced has Buy now and Contact us buttons without a price.
Some costs are not on the page. Business lists external collaborators as "pay per each" without a price, and the Box Zones, Governance, KeySafe and Shield add-ons show a dollar sign rather than an amount. The trial page title says 14 days; the page does not say whether a card is needed.
Business and every plan above it list unlimited storage, so a growing archive does not change the price.
vs Dropbox: Dropbox Standard pools 3 TB plus 1 TB per active license; Google Business Standard pools 2 TB per user.
Active Directory and SSO integration is checked on Business ($15 per user billed annually), with custom branding, data loss protection and sharing permission controls.
vs Dropbox: Dropbox starts single sign-on on Advanced ($24 per user billed yearly).
Shared links can carry a password and an expiration date on any paid account, link viewers can be kept from downloading or previewing, and File Request collects uploads on business plans.
vs Google Drive: Google Drive lists no link passwords or file requests.
Business includes unlimited Box Sign e-signature requests, 1,500+ integrations and an MCP server for third-party AI agents.
The trust center lists SOC 1 and 2 Type II reports, ISO 27001:2022, FedRAMP High authorization, PCI DSS and HIPAA documents; FedRAMP Moderate support starts on Enterprise.
Compared: pCloud lists ISO 27001 but no SOC 2 report.
The plan table lists external collaborators on Business as requiring paid accounts ("pay per each") without a price; Business Plus and up allow unlimited external collaborators.
Workaround: The pricing FAQ says shared links can be opened by anyone, even people without a Box account.
Box signs BAAs for Enterprise, Enterprise Plus and Enterprise Advanced accounts; Enterprise is $35 per user billed annually and can be bought online.
Workaround: An enterprise admin can request the BAA from the Admin Console.
Trash keeps deleted items for 30 days by default, and Business keeps 50 versions of each file.
Workaround: Admins of business accounts can lengthen the trash period, and support can recover purged content for 14 more days on paid accounts.
Full user activity tracking, mobile security controls and admin role delegation are checked from Business Plus ($25 per user billed annually), not Business.
Workaround: Business includes advanced user and security reporting.
Box bills per user with a three-user minimum on every business plan, and the page shows 25% savings for annual billing. For our scenario, 10 users on Business cost 10 × $15 = $150 a month billed annually, or $200 billed monthly (computed), before tax, with unlimited storage. Business Starter ($5) is limited to 10 users and 100 GB, so it does not cover 2 TB. Costs rise with Business Plus ($250 a month for 10 users, computed) for unlimited external collaborators and activity tracking, with Enterprise ($350, computed) for HIPAA, and with add-ons such as Box Zones, Governance, KeySafe and Shield, which have no listed price. Extra API calls and AI Units are sold as platform add-ons on annual contracts.
Desktop and mobile access are on every plan, and the Box API is documented, so files can be copied out with standard tools. Box support describes FTPS for occasional bulk downloads on business and enterprise accounts, except trial accounts. Content purged from the trash can be recovered by support for 14 days on paid accounts.
From its public pages, Box Business gives unlimited storage, SSO, link controls and e-signatures for $15 per user. External collaborators, activity tracking and HIPAA move you up the plan ladder, and several add-ons have no listed price.
| Limit | As recorded |
|---|---|
| Billing unit | Per user per month, 3 users minimum |
| Free option | Individual plan, 10 GB; 14-day trial of business plans |
| Reference scenario (10 users, 2 TB, annual) | $150/mo on Business ($15 × 10), computed |
| Month-to-month price | $20 per user on Business ($7 / $20 / $33 / $47 from Business Starter to Enterprise) |
| Storage on the scenario plan | Unlimited; Business Starter has 100 GB |
| Restore deleted files | 30 days by default, adjustable by admins; 50 file versions |
| Password and expiring links | All paid plans |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 1 and 2 Type II (under NDA); ISO 27001:2022 |
| HIPAA BAA | Enterprise and up ($35) |
| EU data storage | Box Zones add-on, no listed price; checked on Enterprise Plus |
| SSO | Business and up |
| Admin activity log | Full user activity tracking from Business Plus ($25) |
Read from the vendor's public pages on Oct 16, 2026. No hands-on run is published yet. How we check
We have not published a sign-up run for Box yet. The access facts above were read from its sign-up and pricing pages on Oct 16, 2026.
We have not published API calls for Box yet.
Box lists 6 plans. The cheapest paid plan, Business Starter (billed annually), costs $5/user/mo.
Prices as listed, USD, excluding tax; observed 2026-10-16.
Source: box.com pricing page. Prices change; the observed date above is when our agent read them.
We read the pricing, trust, legal and help center pages of three team file storage services on the same day and scored them on the same six indicators. What 10 users with 2 TB cost, which plan has link passwords, SSO and a HIPAA BAA, and who should pick which.
