Box

tiered subscription Coordinate & Collaborate

Cloud content management platform with enterprise-grade file storage, sharing, collaboration, and security -- used by AEC firms for project document management with industry-specific features for construction including Box for Construction workflows, Box AI for document intelligence, and the Box Platform for custom integrations.

4.0 /5 composite score
C1 4/5 reflects published pricing from USD 20 to USD 50 per user per month plus a free tier and trial, and C2 5/5 reflects the REST APIs, SDKs, webhooks, and MCP server. C4 4/5 reflects PDF and DWG handling with view-only RVT and IFC support, and C5 4/5 reflects Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack, Salesforce, DocuSign, Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Adobe Acrobat Sign integrations.
Worth it

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion Score Evidence
Value for the price 4/5 tiered subscription, from $20, free tier Source →
Agent Friendliness 5/5 MCP, API: https://developer.box.com (Box Platform API, Box AI API, Box Sign API, Box Automate)
Ease of adoption 3/5 --
Portability & lock-in 4/5 4 file formats
Interoperability 4/5 8 integrations

Pricing

Modeltiered subscription
Entry price$20
Free tieryes
Free vieweryes
Trialyes
Billing unitper-seat
Free tier scopecrippled
TiersBusiness ($20), Business Plus ($33), Enterprise ($47), Enterprise Plus ($50)
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Published by buildingtech.pro. How we verified this: we checked Box against its live site and an independent source — en.wikipedia.org. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-05.

Evidence

File formats

FormatDirectionSupport
PDF unknown unknown
DWG unknown unknown
RVT unknown view-only
IFC unknown view-only

Integrations

Microsoft 365 Google Workspace Slack Salesforce DocuSign Procore Autodesk Construction Cloud Adobe Acrobat Sign

Sources

Pricing

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Google Workspace (Drive & Shared Drives)
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