iCloud Drive vs Box
iCloud Drive and Box are level on what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
It's a dead heat.
Neither pulls ahead on the published figures and review sites, so the decision is in the details this comparison cannot see. Check the current figures on both pages.
Choose iCloud Drive if…
- • You want iCloud Drive's edge on what the cheapest paid plan costs and biggest single file you can upload
Choose Box if…
- • You want Box's edge on how much you get free and storage on the cheapest paid plan
Round by round
- Round 1How much you get freeBox wins
Box wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2What customers say on TrustpilotTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 3What the cheapest paid plan costsiCloud Drive winsiCloud Drive8/10
$0.99/mo (iCloud+ 50 GB)
iCloud+ 50 GB (iCloud+ 2 TB for the 2 TB price), billed monthly
Source: apple.com ↗
Box5/10$14/mo (Personal Pro, monthly)
Personal Pro, billed monthly (click Monthly)
- $14/mo (Personal Pro, monthly), against $0.99/mo (iCloud+ 50 GB)
Source: box.com ↗
iCloud Drive wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 4Storage on the cheapest paid planBox winsiCloud Drive5/10
50 GB
iCloud+ 50 GB (iCloud+ 2 TB for the 2 TB price), billed monthly
- 50 GB, against 100 GB
Source: apple.com ↗
Box wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 5Biggest single file you can uploadiCloud Drive winsiCloud Drive8/10
50 GB per file
iCloud+ 50 GB (iCloud+ 2 TB for the 2 TB price), billed monthly
Source: support.apple.com ↗
Box5/105 GB per file
Personal Pro, billed monthly (click Monthly)
- 5 GB per file, against 50 GB per file
Source: box.com ↗
iCloud Drive wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 6Getting deleted files backTieiCloud Drive7/10
30 days in Recently Deleted
iCloud+ 50 GB (iCloud+ 2 TB for the 2 TB price), billed monthly
Source: support.apple.com ↗
Nothing to separate them here.
Side by side
- 5 GB, against 15 GB
- $9.99, against $8.33
- 1.3 out of 5, against 2.3 out of 5
- 50 GB, against 100 GB
- 10 GB, against 15 GB
- 1.2 out of 5, against 2.3 out of 5
- $14/mo (Personal Pro, monthly), against $1.99/mo (Basic 100 GB)
- 5 GB per file, against Up to 5 TB per file