At first glance, the functionality looks similar to Dropbox, another cloud storage service which provides 2GB of free storage to all users, including a mobile app that's integrated with other useful tools such as Genius Scan and the ability to save PDF files that you open from your email.
Apparently Box has done offers similar to this one in the past. I'm not completely sure what their strategy is, but I'm not a huge fan of lifetime memberships - especially free ones - from a business perspective. Giving away a potential guaranteed cash inflow stream for a potential upsell down the road carries too much risk for my blood.
What do you think? Have you or will you use Box? Would you give away you product/service for a lifetime to increase you customer base? Let me know in the comments below.
Stay tuned for a more detailed review of Box once I've had a chance to play around with it a bit.
I think I'll stick with Google Drive for now.
ReplyDeleteJesse, thanks for the comment. I like Google Drive too but there are a couple of things I'll point out in favor of Box:
ReplyDelete1) Google Drive only gives you 5GB for free (not the 50GB associated with this offer); however, other plans appear to be cheaper since 100GB only costs $4.99/month
2) The Google Drive mobile app interface isn't as good as Box or Dropbox in terms of being able to create folders to organize although it has the same functionality
The one thing that I see Google Drive has that Dropbox and Box don't have is the ability to edit within the mobile app. It's difficult due to the size if you're on your phone so I wouldn't recommend it, but it's good to know the option is there if you're in a bind and can't get to your computer.
At the end of the day, it comes down to preference all else equal but having 10times more storage was enough for me to at least look at Box.
Competing with mega.co.nz
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