OneDrive vs Box
A side-by-side look at what OneDrive and Box publish about pricing, plans and features.
This page sets the two products' recorded data side by side. It is not an editorial review — nobody has tested either product for this page, and the figures below are not independently verified. Read how we handle data and what each label means.
| Field | OneDrive | Box |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Cloud Storage | Cloud Storage |
| Entry price | $2/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | 30-day trial | 14-day trial |
| Tagged for | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| G2 rating unverified | 4.3 / 5 | 4.2 / 5 |
| Capterra rating unverified | 4.5 / 5 | 4.4 / 5 |
Where they differ
- Entry pricing recorded here is $2/month for OneDrive and $5/month for Box. Plan structures differ, so these are not like-for-like — check both pricing pages before comparing totals.
Head to head
OneDrive
OneDrive is the storage layer Microsoft 365 users already own: 1 TB per person on most business plans, deep Office integration, and Windows-native sync with Files On-Demand. Known Folder Move quietly backs up desktops across entire companies, and Personal Vault adds protected storage. As a standalone product it is unremarkable; as an included benefit of the Microsoft stack it makes third-party storage a hard sell.
Microsoft 365 cloud storage and sync.
What we record about OneDrive →Reported strengths
- Bundled with 365
- Good value
- Office integration
Reported drawbacks
- Sync quirks
- Best inside Microsoft
Box
Box long ago stopped competing on consumer storage and rebuilt itself as enterprise content management: granular permissions, retention policies, compliance certifications (HIPAA, FedRAMP) and workflow automation via Box Relay. Box AI now queries documents conversationally. It is the choice when legal and IT set the requirements — collaboration features are solid but the consumer-grade polish of Drive or Dropbox is not the point.
Secure content management for business.
What we record about Box →Reported strengths
- Strong security
- Good admin controls
- Enterprise-ready
Reported drawbacks
- Less consumer-friendly
- Sync can lag