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JDrive vs Box

Both keep your files online so you can share them and get them back from anywhere. The difference is who runs it, where your files are kept, and how much you pay.

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	Box	JDrive
Who runs it	Box, Inc., a U.S. cloud content-management company, runs Box.	Your hosting company, under its own name
Where your files are kept	Not published	On your hosting company's own server, in the country they chose
How you pay	Box has a free individual tier, a paid single-user personal plan, and business plans priced per user.	Set by your hosting company. No price per person.
Cheapest personal plan	Personal Pro: $14.00 a month for 100 GB	Set by your hosting company
Cheapest business plan	$5.00 per person a month, at least 3 people	No price per person
Free storage	10 GB	Your hosting company decides
App that syncs to your computer	Yes	No, works in the browser
Phone app	Yes	No, works in the phone browser
Two-step login	Yes	No, not yet
Edit documents live with others	Yes	No
Run it on your own server	Not listed	Yes
Sell it under your own name	Not listed	Yes, with resellers built in

Pick Box if

you want your files synced to your computer automatically
you want a phone app
several people edit the same document at the same time
two-step login is a must today

Organizations that want enterprise content management, strong admin controls, and deep Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace integrations.

Pick JDrive if

you want your files kept by a company you know, in a country you know
you would rather not pay per person
you are a hosting company and want to sell file storage under your own name
your files must stay on a server you or your host control

Questions people ask

Is JDrive cheaper than Box?

Usually, for a team. Box's cheapest business plan is $5.00 per person a month, so 10 people pay $50.00. A hosting company runs JDrive for well under a dollar a month per customer and sets its own price, with no charge per person.

Is JDrive a replacement for Box?

For keeping, sharing and getting back files in a browser, yes. If you want your files synced to your computer automatically, Box is the better choice today.

Where do I get JDrive?

From a hosting company that offers it. If you are a hosting company, you can download it and run it on your own server.

Sources for Box: pricing and free storage: Individual is free with 10 GB; Personal Pro is 100 GB at $14 monthly or $10/month billed annually; Business Starter is $7 monthly or $5/month billed annually with a 3-user minimum (2026-09-13), desktop_sync_app, mobile_app and two_factor_login: Box pricing lists an integrated desktop experience, Box Mobile App Collaboration, and 2-factor authentication (2026-09-13), live_document_editing: Box for Microsoft Office supports real-time co-authoring of Word, Excel and PowerPoint files stored in Box (2026-09-13).