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Box vs Comet Backup

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Box

File Storage & Backup

Cloud content management for the enterprise

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Comet Backup logo

Comet Backup

Backup & Disaster Recovery

White-label backup software for service providers

From
$49/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Box all Business and Enterprise plans require a minimum of 3 users; Comet Backup endpoint costs starting at $2 per endpoint per month on top of base plan

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Box and Comet Backup actually diverge.

Attributes where Box and Comet Backup differ
AttributeBoxComet Backup
Starting priceOn request$49/month
PlatformsWebWindows, macOS, Linux
CategoryFile Storage & BackupBackup & Disaster Recovery
FoundedUnknown2017

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Box

Nothing recorded that Comet Backup does not also cover.

Only in Comet Backup

  • White-label branding
  • Bring your own storage
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Chunking deduplication
  • Delta compression
  • Multi-tenant
  • AWS S3
  • Azure

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Box

No use cases recorded yet. See the Box review.

Comet Backup

  • MSP backup and disaster recovery solutionsnot Box
  • Cloud-to-cloud backup automationnot Box
  • Ransomware protection with immutable storagenot Box

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Box

  • All Business and Enterprise plans require a minimum of 3 users
  • Business Starter ($5/user/month) caps at 100 GB of shared storage across the whole account and a 2 GB per file upload limit
  • Enterprise Plus requires annual billing, and Enterprise Advanced's exact price is not published on the pricing page

Comet Backup

  • Endpoint costs starting at $2 per endpoint per month on top of base plan
  • Storage costs vary based on destination, adding to overall expenses

Pricing, plan by plan

Box

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Box review.

Comet Backup

$49/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Comet Backup review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Box if

Nothing in the data separates Box from Comet Backup on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Box review

Choose Comet Backup if

  • You need white-label branding.
  • You work on Windows, macOS, Linux.
  • You also want bring your own storage.
Comet Backup review

Questions people ask

Is Box or Comet Backup better?
Neither clearly leads. Box starts at On request and Comet Backup at $49/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Box or Comet Backup?
Box starts at On request and Comet Backup at $49/month.
Does Box or Comet Backup run on more platforms?
Box runs on Web. Comet Backup runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
What can Box do that Comet Backup cannot?
Comet Backup covers White-label branding, Bring your own storage, End-to-end encryption, Chunking deduplication.
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