Andrew M.
Do not IGNORE all the bad reviews Box has
There are just so many things wrong with Box.com that it's hard to list them all here. Here are a few of my personal experiences. 1. Sure you can get a lot of space for cheap BUT they put severe limitations on the amount of bandwidth and API calls for uploading and downloading. It is so restricted that after a few days, you're either limited or you are no longer able to upload or download. This makes the service useless. How does Box respond? They tell you that if you don't like it, cancel the account. 2. I had a 3 person business account. One of my workmates got an account and he was disabled after uploading 1 test file. How does Box respond? They tell you that if you don't like it, cancel the account. 3. The FTP interface is great for transferring files back and forth. But this uses API calls. So after even a couple of directory calls, this is disabled. How does Box respond? They tell you that if you don't like it, cancel the account. 4. So we go to cancel the account. We were told we can take 30 days to retrieve the files. With the severe bandwidth limitations in place, it would have taken me the full 30 days of getting all my files back. But after a few days, they deactivated my account where I no longer have access to my files. How does Box respond? They tell you that if you don't like it, cancel the account. I kid you not! Even after canceling my account, they tell you to cancel the account. What a joke! So I lost a LOT of files because of Box. Bottom line. You see all the bad reviews. I've never seen a company with such a low overall score. Don't be like me and ignore the reviews. You'll lose money, time, and irreplaceable files.



