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Box vs Shade: catalog facts
Box	Shade
Freemium A limited personal free tier is available. Business plans are paid.	Paid Paid cloud service; see the developer's site for current plans.
Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Web	macOS, Web
Retention, classification and audit controls built for regulated organisations Drive client mounts the whole library without downloading it	Natural-language search across a media library Review and approval in the same platform
Priced and designed for organisations rather than individuals Personal free tier caps file size tightly	Media lives in a hosted cloud service Little public detail on plans and platform support
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Hosted service
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Account needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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