Box
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.
Hidden Pricing
3.8 /5 composite score
Enterprise content cloud with strong security, governance, and compliance features (HIPAA, FINRA, SOC2) plus a Box for Construction industry program targeting AEC firms -- mature REST API with OAuth 2.0/JWT auth, SDKs in multiple languages, webhooks, a dedicated MCP server for AI agent integration, and Box AI for document summarization and metadata extraction, but pricing requires a sales conversation for Enterprise plans (RF1) and the horizontal platform lacks built-in BIM-specific workflows found in AEC-native CDEs.
Solid
Rubric Scorecard
| Criterion | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Value for the price | 3/5 | Subscription, free tier |
| 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 |
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
| Format | Direction | Support |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Pricing detail
Free tier scopecrippled
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