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Difference between Box and RapidShare

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1. Box : 
Box is a cloud storage and file hosting service provided by Box Incorporation. It was developed by Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith. It is basically a cloud content management and file sharing service for business. It offers 10 GB storage space. It was launched by Box Incorporation in 2005. It is available for Windows, macOS and other platforms. 

2. RapidShare : 
RapidShare was a file hosting service, cloud storage service and online backup service which was provided by RapidShare AG. It had the ability to handle a large number of users at the same time. It was available in various languages like English, French, German and Spanish. It was developed by Christian Schmid. It was initially named ezShare. It was one of the earliest cloud storage services. It was launched in 2002. 

Difference between Box and RapidShare :

BOX RAPIDSHARE
It is owned by Box Incorporation. It was owned by RapidShare AG.
It was launched in 2005. It was launched in 2002.
It was developed by Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith. It was developed by Christian Schmid.
It offers 10 GB free storage space and unlimited maximum storage space for paid. It offered limited storage space for both free and paid accounts.
It is a file hosting, file synchronization and cloud storage service. It was a file hosting and online backup service.
Maximum file size is 250MB for free personal, 2GB for starter, 5GB for Business, 15GB for Business Plus, 50GB for Enterprise (and Digital Suites ), 150GB for Enterprise Plus paid plans. Maximum file size was 500 MB per file.
It does not support Linux. It used to support Linux.
Links are not expired after inactivity of some days. RapidShare links expired after inactivity of 60 days.
It is still in use. This service was suspended in 2015.
Files can be downloaded multiple times. Files could be downloaded only 10 times in free account.
It has traffic or band-width limit of 10 GB per month for free and 2 TB per month for paid. It had variable traffic or band-width limit according to paid plans.

Last Updated : 04 Jan, 2023
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