Features
Box Platform helps you handle all the complexities of content in your apps. From UI to infrastructure, our platform provides an end-to-end solution for building secure and engaging content experiences.
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Build rich user experiences with content
- File Sharing and UploadGive users access to their files and enable them to easily and securely upload files in your app.
- PreviewProvide rich viewing for documents, presentations, spreadsheets, images, videos, 3D models, DICOM, and more.
- CollaborationAllow users to collaborate in your apps with comments on files, user tasks, and file annotations.
- SearchHelp users find exactly what they’re looking for with keyword search across file names, descriptions, and in-file text.
Organize and manage content in your apps
- File and Folder MetadataAdd context to your content with custom metadata on file and folder objects.
- Content PoliciesControl content in your app with policies like automatic quarantine, retention, legal holds, and lightweight automations.
- Global ComplianceMeet compliance obligations with support for ISO 27001, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, FedRAMP, FIPS 140-2, SEC 17a-4, HIPAA/HITECH and more.
Take complete administrative control
- User ManagementCreate and manage user accounts - either for Box users or your own users - and add them to groups based on similar attributes.
- Access PermissionsGranularly define what each user can do with content in your app with seven different types of access permissions.
- Event ReportingClosely monitor your app’s activity with event reporting for more than 70 types for file, user and administrative activities.
Developer Console
Configure your apps built on Box Platform, invite other developers to collaborate on your apps, and create and manage webhooks.
Admin Console
Manage users, groups, and permissions, create content policies, view detailed event reporting, and create lightweight automations.
Tools to help you every step of the way
Configure your apps built on Box Platform, invite other developers to collaborate on your apps, and create and manage webhooks.
SDKs
Build with Box Platform in the language of your choice with SDKs for common web, mobile, and server languages.
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Leverage pre-built, customizable components, derived from the Box web user interface, directly in your app's interface.
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