SOHO and SMB Cloud Storage Recommendations
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I mentioned about box.com in one of my previous post, and would like add some details about it here.
If you are just planning to mimic your existing file server (i know there are arguments about doing it on a better way, add metadata etc) but if time is a factor and you need to do it soon, i would strongly recommend box.com.
Few features i really liked on box:
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Unlimited storage
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Invite external collaborators to work on files & folders (note that the regular business plan $17/month will calculate each external user as 1 license. But if you go to the next plan Business + plan, then external users are not calculated on your license count.
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Out of the box reporting on who viewed, downloaded, delete, edit etc
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AD integration & Single Sign on
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Desktop and mobile clients (Windows, MAC, iOS, Android, Windows and even BB!
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Direct integration with outlook by which you can attach a file from your Box to outlook and it will add as a link, so less attachments, same way you can attach a file directly from outlook to box and get a link on email to send. This for now is only available for Windows MS office
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A new note tool called Box notes can be used if you want co-authoring on documents and has features like to-do list, image attachments, enter tables etc
And a lot more! I sound like a box rep now
but excited about this and we are almost confirming this against SP online for our file server migration. -
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
Isn't E1 $8/month? I currently pay $5/month
Oh, you have that plan? What are you getting that is better than the $4 enterprise plan?
Are you talking about the $4/month email only plan?
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
Isn't E1 $8/month? I currently pay $5/month
Oh, you have that plan? What are you getting that is better than the $4 enterprise plan?
Are you talking about the $4/month email only plan?
Correct. It is the entry level member of the enterprise family.
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I really do want to try the other features of the full or at least small business version.
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@Dashrender said:
I really do want to try the other features of the full or at least small business version.
What features does it include?
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Sharepoint, OneDrive for Business, Office online apps
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Oh, online apps but no desktop versions?
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adding desktop raises the price from $5 to $12.50
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I saw that, did not realize that the cheap version still had the online versions of those apps (or at least some of them.)
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Here is what my logon screen looks like.
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Cool. That is definitely a really good value, then.
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yep, very hard to justify paying $3/month for E1. Even more so going to E3/E4 $20/22 a month.
Those extras are nice, but really I'm guess more often than not just not needed - Access? Really? OK fine, take away Access and lower the price and charge $2-4 more just for access.
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I think Access is a bit of a red herring. That's not the value to those plans for anyone. It's Yammer, Video Hosting, Legal Hold, Compliance Tools, BI, GPO, etc.
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Do you get Skype for Business in that plan?
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@scottalanmiller said:
I think Access is a bit of a red herring. That's not the value to those plans for anyone. It's Yammer, Video Hosting, Legal Hold, Compliance Tools, BI, GPO, etc.
Yeah, you're right. And at the size of 300, some of those things might be pretty cool.
What GPO things do you get?
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Do you get Skype for Business in that plan?
no. How many mins come with SfB?
Mins?
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I think Access is a bit of a red herring. That's not the value to those plans for anyone. It's Yammer, Video Hosting, Legal Hold, Compliance Tools, BI, GPO, etc.
Yeah, you're right. And at the size of 300, some of those things might be pretty cool.
What GPO things do you get?
Yammer's valuable? We get it as part of our EA but it sees almost no use.
