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Box vs Duplicacy

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Box

Software

Cloud content management for the enterprise

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Duplicacy logo

Duplicacy

Software

Lock-free deduplication cloud backup

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Duplicacy has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Box all Business and Enterprise plans require a minimum of 3 users; Duplicacy web GUI pricing tier not specified on product page

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Box and Duplicacy actually diverge.

Attributes where Box and Duplicacy differ
AttributeBoxDuplicacy
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebmacOS, Linux, Windows
FoundedUnknown2016

Identical on both: 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 Duplicacy does not also cover.

Only in Duplicacy

  • Lock-free deduplication
  • Client-side encryption
  • Multiple computers
  • Erasure coding
  • Variable-size chunking
  • RSA encryption
  • 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.

Duplicacy

  • Client-side encrypted cloud backupsnot Box
  • Lock-free deduplication for efficient backup storagenot Box
  • Multi-destination backup supportnot 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

Duplicacy

  • Web GUI pricing tier not specified on product page

Pricing, plan by plan

Box

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Box review.

Duplicacy

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Duplicacy review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Box if

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

Box review

Choose Duplicacy if

  • You need lock-free deduplication.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on macOS, Linux, Windows.
  • You also want client-side encryption.
Duplicacy review

Questions people ask

Is Box or Duplicacy better?
Neither clearly leads. Box starts at On request and Duplicacy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Box or Duplicacy?
Duplicacy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Box and Free for Duplicacy.
Does Box or Duplicacy run on more platforms?
Box runs on Web. Duplicacy runs on macOS, Linux, Windows.
Can I use Duplicacy for free?
Yes. Duplicacy has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Box starts at On request.
What can Box do that Duplicacy cannot?
Duplicacy covers Lock-free deduplication, Client-side encryption, Multiple computers, Erasure coding.
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