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Box vs Spanning Backup

Box logo

Box

File Storage & Backup

Cloud content management for the enterprise

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Spanning Backup logo

Spanning Backup

Backup & Disaster Recovery

SaaS backup for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365

From
$4/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Box all Business and Enterprise plans require a minimum of 3 users; Spanning Backup cloud-only deployment; no on-premise or self-hosted options available

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Box and Spanning Backup differ
AttributeBoxSpanning Backup
Starting priceOn request$4/month
PlatformsWebCloud SaaS
CategoryFile Storage & BackupBackup & Disaster Recovery
FoundedUnknown2010

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 Spanning Backup does not also cover.

Only in Spanning Backup

  • Automated daily backup
  • Point-in-time restore
  • Cross-user restore
  • eDiscovery
  • Unlimited storage
  • Admin delegation
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365

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.

Spanning Backup

  • Cloud-to-cloud backup and disaster recovery for Microsoft 365 applicationsnot Box
  • Data protection and compliance management for Google Workspace and Salesforcenot 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

Spanning Backup

  • Cloud-only deployment; no on-premise or self-hosted options available

Pricing, plan by plan

Box

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Box review.

Spanning Backup

$4/month
  • Spanning Backup$4/month
    • Daily backup
    • Point-in-time restore
    • Unlimited storage

Which should you pick?

Choose Box if

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

Box review

Choose Spanning Backup if

  • You need automated daily backup.
  • You work on Cloud SaaS.
  • You also want point-in-time restore.
Spanning Backup review

Questions people ask

Is Box or Spanning Backup better?
Neither clearly leads. Box starts at On request and Spanning Backup at $4/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Box or Spanning Backup?
Box starts at On request and Spanning Backup at $4/month.
Does Box or Spanning Backup run on more platforms?
Box runs on Web. Spanning Backup runs on Cloud SaaS.
What can Box do that Spanning Backup cannot?
Spanning Backup covers Automated daily backup, Point-in-time restore, Cross-user restore, eDiscovery.
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