Box
About
Cloud content management platform for enterprises in regulated industries — NYSE: BOX, ~$1.1B revenue. Box provides secure file storage, collaboration, e-signature (Box Sign), workflow automation (Box Relay), and AI content analysis (Box AI) on a platform built for compliance from the ground up. Holds the most complete compliance certification stack of any cloud storage vendor: FedRAMP High, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and FINRA. Strong in financial services, healthcare, government, and le...
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Ideal Customer
- Box's strategic sweet spot is mid-market to large enterprise organizations, with its own enterprise definition set at 1,000+ employees.
- The platform serves over 100,000 paying organizations globally, with 67–68% of Fortune 500 companies counted as customers, including AstraZeneca, Morgan Stanley, JLL, and Nationwide.
Key Differentiators
- Box positions itself as the 'Intelligent Content Cloud' — differentiating from Google Drive and SharePoint by combining the usability of consumer-grade file sharing with the governance depth of traditional ECM platforms, all within a compliance-first, security-hardened architecture purpose-built for regulated industries.
- Key differentiators include FedRAMP Class D (High) authorization, one of the broadest compliance portfolios in the market (20+ frameworks), vendor-neutral AI (supporting OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft models simultaneously), and Box Shield's ML-powered threat detection with information barriers for financial services.
Industries Served
- Box serves a broad range of industries with particular depth in regulated sectors: financial services (FINRA/SEC compliance, information barriers for Chinese-wall requirements), healthcare and life sciences (HIPAA/HITECH BAAs, clinical document management), government (FedRAMP Class D High authorized, trusted by 325+ federal organizations), legal, media and entertainment, retail, education, construction, non-profit, and professional services.
- Box has developed purpose-built industry solutions (Box for Financial Services, Box for Healthcare, Box for Government) and obtains industry-specific regulatory certifications to serve each vertical.
Service Coverage
- Box operates globally, headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices across the United States (including New York, Austin, Chicago, and San Francisco), Europe (London, Paris, Munich, Amsterdam, Warsaw), and Asia-Pacific (Tokyo, Osaka, and Sydney) — approximately 14–15 office locations worldwide.
- The platform itself serves customers in virtually every country, with Japan being a particularly strong international market.
Partnerships
- Box maintains a structured partner ecosystem encompassing technology partners, channel/reseller partners, system integrators, and AI partners.
- Key technology integrations include Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot, Salesforce, Slack, ServiceNow, Google Workspace, Zoom, DocuSign, and 1,500+ additional apps.
Company Size & Ownership
- Box was founded in 2005 (originally as Box.net) by Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith, went public on the NYSE (ticker: BOX) on January 23, 2015, and has approximately 2,810–2,912 employees as of fiscal year 2025.
- Annual revenue crossed $1 billion for the first time in fiscal year 2024 ($1.037B), grew to $1.09B in FY2025, and trailing twelve-month revenue as of mid-2026 stands at approximately $1.23B.
Compliance & Certifications
- Box holds one of the most comprehensive compliance portfolios in the cloud content management industry.
- Certifications include FedRAMP Class D (High), DoD Cloud SRG Impact Level 4, FISMA, FIPS 140-2, SOC 1 (SSAE 18) Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, PCI DSS, HIPAA/HITECH (with BAA support), FINRA/SEC 17a-4, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, IRS-1075, ITAR/EAR, ISMAP (Japan), HDS (France), GxP, G-Cloud (UK), and Germany's C5.
Compiled from public sources by VenSearch · Last researched October 14, 2026
Offerings
3 offeringsBox AI
AI-powered content intelligence — ask questions about documents, generate summaries, extract key data from contracts and forms, and analyze document collections using natural language. Box AI Hub provides governance controls over AI usage and data exposure. Available on all Box plans as of 2024.
Box Content Cloud
Secure cloud file storage and collaboration — unlimited storage (on Enterprise plans), granular permission controls, version history, external collaboration with expiring access links, and native integrations with Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Slack, and 1,500+ apps. The compliance-first alternative to Google Drive and SharePoint for regulated industries.
Box Shield & Security
Threat detection and information barriers for Box — Shield uses ML to detect anomalous download behavior, unusual access patterns, and external sharing policy violations. Information barriers prevent specific user groups from accessing each other's content (required for financial services Chinese wall compliance). FedRAMP High authorized.
Considering Box?
Our team will work with you to determine if Box is the right fit for your organization. From research and assessment through procurement negotiation and ongoing vendor management — we handle the entire process at no cost to you.