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Put Governance, Automation, and Audit on Top of Box

Box holds your files well. It just can't let a partner log in over SFTP, take in files from an outsider, or show you who did what. Files.com adds all of that on top of any Box account — your own, or a partner's, bank's, or investor's — so people can send, receive, and share the files in it, with a full record of every action. You don't have to use Box yourself to trade files with someone who does.

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Why Teams Put Files.com in Front of Box

Box is built for people working with documents inside one company. It was never built for partner logins over SFTP, automated file routing, or sending files out with a full record of who got what. Files.com mounts or syncs against any Box you can reach and adds that layer on top — controlled and logged from your side, without changing how anyone uses Box.

Connect Any Box — Yours or Theirs

The Box account can be your own, or it can belong to a client, a bank, an investor, or a partner who runs on Box and expects you to deliver through it. Pull files out of a Box someone else owns, drop files into theirs, or do both at once — all controlled and logged on your side. You don't have to use Box yourself to trade files with someone who does.

Add the Connection Methods Box Doesn’t Have

Box can’t let a partner log in over SFTP. Files.com mounts a Box folder and adds SFTP, FTPS, FTP, and WebDAV on top of it from one place — the ways partners and apps actually connect. They reach the files in Box without ever touching Box itself.

A Normal File-Path API Instead of Box’s

Box’s API names every file by a long ID code instead of by its path, so even grabbing /Clients/Acme/invoice.pdf turns into a chain of lookups. Files.com puts a normal path-based API, SDKs, and CLI in front of Box and does that translation for you, so your code just asks for files by their folder and name.

When It’s Your Box, Your Files Stay in It

Mount the folder and Files.com passes every action through to Box in real time — no second copy, no migration. Box stays the home for the team that lives in it. When the Box belongs to someone else, a sync moves only the files the job needs, in the direction you pick.

One View Across Box and Everything Else

Files.com shows Box right next to SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, S3, Azure Blob, and your own servers in one place, so a single job can read from Box and write to a partner’s SFTP server without leaving Files.com.

Alerts and Automation Box Doesn’t Include

When a file lands in the mounted Box folder, Files.com can email the right people, post to Slack or Teams, fire a webhook, or run a rule that moves, encrypts, or routes it. No custom Box app to build.

The Control and Visibility Box Leaves Out

Files.com adds a layer of control over Box content without touching Box’s own settings: who can see what, a record of everything that happens, and the same company logins your team already uses.

Give People Access to Only Their Folders

Hand each person, partner, or app the exact folders they need and nothing else, with nine levels of permission per user or group.

A Record of Everything That Happens

Every login, upload, download, and permission change against the Box content is logged in one place and can be exported to your security tools — the kind of record Box’s own logging was never built to produce.

The Same Logins Your Company Already Uses

People sign in with your company login — Okta, Entra ID, Active Directory, Google, JumpCloud, OneLogin, Auth0, Duo, or any SAML provider — with two-factor enforced right down to the SFTP, FTPS, and WebDAV connections. When someone leaves, you cut their Box access in one place.

Encryption That Happens on Its Own

Files.com can apply GPG encryption and decryption automatically as files move, so sensitive data is protected before it lands — no manual step, no separate tool, nobody to remember.

Connect Box the Way That Fits Your Workload

Remote Server Mount

Mount a Box folder as a Files.com folder. Every action passes straight through to Box in real time — no copy, no delay. Best when Files.com is the live way people and apps reach Box content.

Remote Server Sync

Copy files on a schedule between Files.com and Box, in either direction; the files end up in both places. Best for backups, archives, staged ingest, and the case where you only need to move part of someone else’s Box.

Automations

Run a rule when a file arrives, on a schedule, or when a condition is met — with the Box mount as the source, the destination, or both. Files.com treats a mounted Box folder exactly like its own storage.

SSO (Box as IdP)

Separately, you can let people sign in to Files.com with their Box login. This is its own setting, independent of the file connection above.

What Teams Build With Box on Files.com

Take In Partner Files Over SFTP

A partner uploads to your Files.com site over SFTP. The file lands in the mounted Box folder, Files.com sends an alert, and a rule routes it where it needs to go. The partner never gets a Box account.

Let Your Apps Reach Box Through the API

An internal app reads and writes Box content through the Files.com API, CLI, FTP, or SFTP — addressing files by normal folder and name. You skip writing a direct Box integration.

Send Box Files Out, Tracked

Make a share link to a folder in Box, branded with your own domain. Recipients preview or download, every access is logged, and the files never leave Box.

Trade Files With Someone’s Box Without Using Box Yourself

Your team runs on SharePoint, Google Drive, S3, or your own servers, but a client, bank, or investor sends documents through their Box. Files.com syncs against that Box on a schedule — pull their files in, or push yours out — controlled and logged on your side, with no Box account for anyone on your team.

Files.com Features Often Used With Box

Inboxes & File Requests

Take in files from outside people straight into a Box folder — no Box account needed on their end, and every upload is logged.

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Outbound File Sharing

Send Box files out with branded, tracked share links under your own domain — with expiration dates, watermarks, and recipient controls.

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Automations & Workflows

Route files on the Box mount by event or schedule — move, encrypt, convert, and hand off, with no custom Box app to build.

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Audit Log & Forensic Trail

Every access, download, and permission change against the Box mount kept in a tamper-proof, exportable record — the kind Box’s own logging does not provide.

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SFTP & Protocol Access

Serve the Box folder over SFTP, FTPS, FTP, and WebDAV from one place — the connection methods partners and apps use that Box doesn’t offer.

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Sync & File Orchestration

Move and mirror files between Box and other servers or clouds on a schedule — for archives, staged ingest, and pipelines that span systems.

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Frequently Asked: Box on Files.com

What buyers ask about how Files.com connects to Box, what it costs, and what the integration actually does.

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