vBoxx vs Box
vBoxx is a European alternative to Box: same cloud & hosting use case, headquartered in Netherlands and governed by EU GDPR, while Box (Box, Inc.) is based in the United States.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
Business cloud storage, file sync and sharing, password vault, email and VPS hosting from Dutch datacentres, backed by ISO 27001 certification.
- Jurisdiction
- EU / EEA
- Primary privacy law
- EU GDPR
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- No
- Open source
- No
- Free tier
- No
Box is a US enterprise cloud content-management and file-sharing platform.
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- GDPR by default
- Requires DPA + TIA
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- Yes
vBoxx vs Box at a glance
| vBoxx | Box | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Netherlands | United States |
| Data jurisdiction | EU / EEA | United States |
| Primary privacy law | EU GDPR | Requires DPA + transfer assessment |
| US CLOUD Act exposure | No | Yes |
| Best for | Teams that need cloud & hosting built for European data-protection requirements | Teams already invested in the Box, Inc. ecosystem |
Choose vBoxx if…
- You want a provider governed by a European privacy regime
- GDPR or public-sector data-protection requirements apply to you
- You'd rather back the European tech ecosystem
Stick with Box if…
- You depend on integrations only available in the Box, Inc. ecosystem
- Your organisation has no EU data-residency constraints
- Migration costs outweigh the jurisdiction benefits for now
About vBoxx
vBoxx gives businesses a European home for their files, email and servers, run from ISO 27001 certified datacentres in the Netherlands and Germany. Its new vBoxxCloud workspace brings storage, sync, sharing and document collaboration together in one place, aimed squarely at teams leaving Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive.
vBoxxCloud stores files in encrypted vaults with versioning and team folders, syncs them across devices and lets colleagues co-edit with comments, versions and approvals. Around that core, vBoxx sells vBoxxFiles for secure file sharing, the vBoxxVault password manager, hosted email, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backup, cloud VPS and managed Nextcloud, ownCloud and OpenCloud hosting.
Key benefits:
- Team storage and sync with versioning, team folders and selective sync
- Live co-editing with comments, version history and approvals
- Secure file sharing through vBoxxFiles, separate from the team workspace
- Password vault for storing and sharing company credentials
- Encryption with AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit and per-tenant keys
- Backups for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and company devices
- Hosting options from cloud VPS to managed Nextcloud and ownCloud
vBoxx B.V. is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, and has operated since 2012. The company is ISO 27001 certified by TUV NORD. vBoxxCloud runs primarily from Maincubes Amsterdam and Greenhouse Datacenters in Naaldwijk, with disaster recovery in Frankfurt, and vBoxx states that every subprocessor is EU-located and GDPR-bound.
vBoxxCloud is currently in an invite-only beta, adding e-signing, chat, video meetings and an AI assistant to the workspace. Ideal for Dutch and European SMEs that want their documents out of US clouds without giving up everyday collaboration.
Why choose vBoxx over Box?
The decisive argument is data jurisdiction. Box is headquartered in the United States, which means personal data processed through it can be subject to non-EU legal regimes: the US CLOUD Act, FISA 702, or similar laws depending on the provider. After the 2020 Schrems II ruling, EU organisations must carry out a transfer impact assessment for every such data flow.
vBoxx removes that overhead. As a Netherlands-based provider, it operates under EU GDPR, and data stays inside the EU/EEA by default. For regulated sectors such as health, public administration, and finance, that's not a nice-to-have but a requirement. For everyone else, it's concentration-risk insurance: you avoid depending on a single jurisdiction that can change the rules without warning.