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Box vs Commvault Complete Data Protection

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Box

Software

Cloud content management for the enterprise

From
On request
Rated
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Commvault Complete Data Protection logo

Commvault Complete Data Protection

Software

Enterprise-grade intelligent data management

From
On request
Rated
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The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Box all Business and Enterprise plans require a minimum of 3 users; Commvault Complete Data Protection requires specialized knowledge to optimize configurations for cost-effectiveness

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Box and Commvault Complete Data Protection actually diverge.

Attributes where Box and Commvault Complete Data Protection differ
AttributeBoxCommvault Complete Data Protection
Pricing modelsubscriptionUnknown
PlatformsWebCloud, On-Premises, Hybrid
FoundedUnknown1988

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Commvault Complete Data Protection does not also cover.

Only in Commvault Complete Data Protection

  • Unified data protection
  • Automated recovery orchestration
  • AI-driven insights
  • Cloud mobility
  • Ransomware detection
  • Compliance management
  • AWS
  • 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.

Commvault Complete Data Protection

  • Data protectionnot Box
  • Disaster recoverynot Box
  • Business continuitynot Box
  • Ransomware protectionnot Box
  • Compliancenot 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

Commvault Complete Data Protection

  • Requires specialized knowledge to optimize configurations for cost-effectiveness
  • Integration with certain legacy systems can be challenging

Pricing, plan by plan

Box

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Box review.

Commvault Complete Data Protection

On request
  • Microsoft 365 Backup$1.7/per user per month
    • Cloud-based backup
  • Endpoint Backup$7.5/per user per month
    • User endpoints backup
  • Database Backup$90/per TB per month
    • Database protection
  • File and Object Backup$58.5/per TB per month
    • Storage backup

Which should you pick?

Choose Box if

Nothing in the data separates Box from Commvault Complete Data Protection on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Choose Commvault Complete Data Protection if

  • You need unified data protection.
  • You work on Cloud, On-Premises, Hybrid.
  • You also want automated recovery orchestration.

Questions people ask

Is Box or Commvault Complete Data Protection better?
Neither clearly leads. Box starts at On request and Commvault Complete Data Protection at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Box or Commvault Complete Data Protection?
Box starts at On request and Commvault Complete Data Protection at On request.
Does Box or Commvault Complete Data Protection run on more platforms?
Box runs on Web. Commvault Complete Data Protection runs on Cloud, On-Premises, Hybrid.
What can Box do that Commvault Complete Data Protection cannot?
Commvault Complete Data Protection covers Unified data protection, Automated recovery orchestration, AI-driven insights, Cloud mobility.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Commvault Complete Data Protection: What does Commvault protect?

Commvault protects workloads across on-premises data centers, virtual machines, cloud-native applications, SaaS platforms, and AI data pipelines, offering backup and disaster recovery for diverse environments.

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Commvault Complete Data Protection: Does Commvault work with AWS and Azure?

Yes, Commvault integrates natively with AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Glacier) and Microsoft Azure (managed and non-managed VMs), with agentless protection via Virtual Server Agent.

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Commvault Complete Data Protection: What are Commvault's pricing tiers?

Commvault offers Silver (foundational protection and recovery), Gold (automated validation and live replication), and Platinum (data risk visibility and security posture management) packages, with usage-based pricing per workload type.

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Commvault Complete Data Protection: Does Commvault support compliance standards?

Yes, Commvault helps organizations meet GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA and other compliance standards, and is ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified for information security management.

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