Box is a cloud content-management platform focused on enterprise security, compliance, and workflow, rather than just consumer file sync. It emphasizes governance, permissions, and integrations for business.
Zamzar is an online file conversion service that converts files between more than 1,200 formats across documents, images, audio, video, eBooks, CAD files, and archives, all without installing software. It also offers a desktop app and a developer API for automated conversions.
Free personal tier; business plans from about $15/user/month.
- Strong enterprise security
- Good governance and compliance
- Wide integrations
- Workflow automation
- Supports an unusually wide range of over 1,200 file formats
- No software installation required for basic web conversions
- Cloud storage integrations simplify importing files to convert
- Developer API available for teams needing automated conversion pipelines
- Overkill for individuals
- Pricier than consumer options
- Interface less consumer-polished
- Free tier's 50MB upload limit is restrictive for large media files
- Converted files are only kept for 24 hours on the free plan
- Large or complex conversions can take noticeably longer than desktop-native tools
What reviewers say
Box Reviews
4.0 (3)Decent with caveats
Tried Box recently. Upside: workflow automation. Downside: overkill for individuals.
Great cloud-storage
We rolled out Box last quarter. Strong enterprise security. Minor gripe: overkill for individuals. Would recommend.
Great cloud-storage
Tried Box recently. Workflow automation. No real complaints. Would recommend.
Zamzar Reviews
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