Box Is Built for Work — Move Your Personal Archive to Degoo Instead

Q: "Box capped my uploads at 250 MB — does Degoo fix that?"

"On paid tiers, decisively: Degoo subscriptions accept single files up to 50 GB, two hundred times Box's free-plan cap. Degoo's own free tier sits at a nearly identical 256 MB, so the upgrade only materializes on Pro ($2.99/mo) or Ultimate ($9.99/mo). Ironically, files already in Box passed its cap on the way in, so they'll all clear Degoo's paid caps on the way out."

Q: "What happens to Box Notes?"

"Box Notes are web documents, not files — they don't download as usable content through any file-level transfer. Export important Notes from the Box interface (Notes can be saved as Word or PDF) before migrating, the same way Google Docs need conversion when leaving Drive."

Q: "Will Box's sharing links and collaborator permissions carry over?"

"No. Shared links die with the move and Degoo has no collaborator model to receive Box's folder permissions. That's the practical test for what should migrate: if a folder's value depends on who else can open it, it belongs in Box."

Q: "How does CloudsLinker authenticate with Box?"

"Box's standard OAuth: sign in at account.box.com, approve the grant, and CloudsLinker operates on a scoped token — no password stored. The authorization is listed (and revocable) under Box Account Settings → Security → Connected apps."

Q: "Is Box's API fast enough for a large migration?"

"Box throttles at roughly 1,000 API calls per user per minute, which matters for trees with tens of thousands of small files more than for total volume. CloudsLinker paces requests and backs off on 429 responses, so the job completes without intervention — just expect many-small-files archives to take longer per gigabyte than video folders."

Q: "Which Degoo plan matches a typical Box personal archive?"

"A Box free account maxes out at 10 GB, which fits Degoo's free 20 GB with room to spare — mind the 90-day inactivity rule on free Degoo accounts. Migrations from Personal Pro (100 GB) sit comfortably in Degoo Pro's 500 GB at $2.99/mo."

Q: "Do file versions transfer?"

"Current versions only. Box keeps up to 10 prior versions on personal plans (unlimited on Business+); Degoo keeps none. Any document whose edit history you need should stay in Box or have key versions exported manually first."

Transfer files from Box to Degoo and trade enterprise-priced storage for consumer bulk: manual export vs a server-side CloudsLinker migration.

Introduction

Degoo answers a question Box was never designed for: where do you cheaply keep half a terabyte of personal files? Box's free plan caps uploads at 250 MB per file and 10 GB total, and its paid ladder is priced for teams — Personal Pro buys just 100 GB for around $10 a month, while Degoo's $2.99 Pro tier holds 500 GB and its $9.99 Ultimate holds 5 TB. If your Box account has drifted into storing family photos, scanned documents and old backups alongside (or instead of) work content, relocating the personal layer to Degoo frees Box for what its collaboration features actually justify. Below: the manual route and the server-side one.

Method 1: Download from Box, Upload to Degoo
Method 2: Server-Side Migration with CloudsLinker
Quick Comparison
Practical Tips
Frequently Asked Questions

What is Box?

Box is an enterprise content platform — workflow automation, granular permissions, compliance certifications — with a consumer-shaped free tier attached: 10 GB of storage and a 250 MB per-file cap. Paid plans run from Personal Pro (100 GB) to Enterprise tiers with unlimited storage and 500 GB file support.

10 GB free with a 250 MB file cap
Collaboration, permissions, version history
~1,000 API calls/user/minute rate limit
Enterprise plans priced per user/month

What is Degoo?

Degoo is consumer bulk storage from Sweden with none of Box's enterprise machinery and a fraction of its per-gigabyte price: 20 GB free, 500 GB for $2.99/mo, 5 TB for $9.99/mo. Mobile apps carry the experience — photo feed, AI rediscovery — with a web app for subscribers and no desktop client.

500 GB for $2.99/mo vs Box's 100 GB for ~$10
50 GB per-file cap on subscriptions
No collaboration features — personal storage only
Paid Top Secret folder for zero-knowledge files

Comparison: Box vs Degoo

Feature	Box	Degoo
Free tier	10 GB, 250 MB/file	20 GB, 256 MB/file (90-day inactivity rule)
~$3/mo buys	— (no tier)	500 GB (Pro)
~$10/mo buys	100 GB (Personal Pro)	5 TB (Ultimate)
Max file on paid tiers	5 GB (Pro/Business) → 500 GB (Ent. Advanced)	50 GB (subscriptions)
Collaboration / permissions	Core strength	None
Connection in CloudsLinker	Box OAuth	Account email + password

Sources: Box: maximum file size, Box pricing, Degoo: plans, Degoo Help Center: Account limits.

Preparing to Transfer from Box to Degoo

Separate the personal from the collaborative before anything moves. Folders with active collaborators, shared links or workflow rules stay; the photo dumps, scans and archives go. Export Box Notes to Word or PDF — they won't survive a file transfer otherwise. Confirm the Degoo tier (a 10 GB free-Box account fits Degoo's free 20 GB; a 100 GB Personal Pro archive wants Degoo Pro), and if the destination is a free Degoo account, plan for the 90-day activity requirement or upgrade.

Method 1: Download from Box, Upload to Degoo

Step 1: Download folders from box.com

At app.box.com, select folders and click Download — Box zips them in the background and streams the archive. Large folders can take a while to package, and downloads over a few GB occasionally stall in the browser; splitting the selection helps.

Box web interface with a folder selected and the Download option highlighted in the toolbar

Step 2: Upload the archive to Degoo

Extract locally and upload through app.degoo.com on a paid plan, or via the Degoo mobile app on the free tier. Free-tier destinations reject anything over 256 MB — roughly the same ceiling Box's free plan already enforced, so free-to-free moves rarely hit it.

Degoo web uploader ingesting folders extracted from a Box ZIP download

Serviceable for a Box free account's 10 GB. For a 100 GB Personal Pro archive, the double bandwidth cost and ZIP juggling argue for the next method.

Method 2: Server-Side Migration with CloudsLinker

Enterprise API out, consumer bulk in

CloudsLinker reads Box through its enterprise-grade API — pacing under the ~1,000 calls/minute throttle automatically — and writes into Degoo's quota-free ingest. Box OAuth means no password leaves Box's domain; Degoo connects with credentials. The archive crosses between datacenters while your Box Drive sync, if you run it, notices nothing.

Step 1: Connect Box

Click Add Cloud → Box. Box's authorization page opens at account.box.com; sign in and grant access. The token is scoped and shows up under Box's Connected apps for later revocation.

Step 2: Connect Degoo

Click Add Cloud → Degoo, enter the account email and password, confirm. Session cached; password change revokes. Note the Top Secret folder is out of reach — personal-but-private files can be moved into it later from the Degoo app.

CloudsLinker form connecting a Degoo account by email and password

Step 3: Configure the Transfer

In Transfer, pick Box as the source and tick the personal folders identified during preparation. Select the destination directory in Degoo.

Filters by type (images + video) or date sharpen the personal/work split further. Copy mode leaves Box untouched for the verification pass.

CloudsLinker transfer configuration listing Box personal folders as the source and a Degoo Personal Archive destination folder, with an image and video file type filter enabled

Step 4: Start and Monitor the Transfer

Start and watch the Task List. Many-small-files trees (scans, documents) progress by item count more than gigabytes; the report at the end lists anything skipped. Close the browser whenever — the job doesn't care.

CloudsLinker Task List tracking a Box migration with file counts and throughput

Comparing the Ways to Transfer From Box to Degoo

Method	Ease of Use	Speed	Best For	Uses Local Bandwidth	Skill Level
Manual download / upload	Medium	Slow (ZIP packaging + double transfer)	Free-tier accounts (≤10 GB)	Yes — twice	Basic
CloudsLinker	Easy	Fast (server-side, rate-limit aware)	Personal Pro archives; many-file trees	No	Basic

Practical Tips for Moving Box to Degoo

Use collaboration as the sorting key: anything with active collaborators or shared links stays in Box; permissions have no Degoo equivalent and die in transit.
Export Box Notes first: Notes aren't files. Save them as Word/PDF from the Box UI before the migration, or they simply won't exist at the destination.
Expect item-count pacing: Box's per-minute API throttle makes 10,000 scans slower to move than 10 videos of the same total size. Let the job run overnight rather than splitting it.
Free-to-free moves fit neatly: Box free (10 GB, 250 MB/file) slots inside Degoo free (20 GB, 256 MB/file) — just remember Degoo's 90-day activity requirement afterwards.
Version history doesn't travel: Box keeps up to 10 versions per file on personal plans; export any critical prior versions manually before decommissioning folders.
Revoke the OAuth grant when finished: Box Account Settings → Security → Connected apps lists CloudsLinker; one-off migrations don't need a standing grant.

Frequently Asked Questions

On paid tiers, decisively: Degoo subscriptions accept single files up to 50 GB, two hundred times Box's free-plan cap. Degoo's own free tier sits at a nearly identical 256 MB, so the upgrade only materializes on Pro ($2.99/mo) or Ultimate ($9.99/mo). Ironically, files already in Box passed its cap on the way in, so they'll all clear Degoo's paid caps on the way out.

Box Notes are web documents, not files — they don't download as usable content through any file-level transfer. Export important Notes from the Box interface (Notes can be saved as Word or PDF) before migrating, the same way Google Docs need conversion when leaving Drive.

No. Shared links die with the move and Degoo has no collaborator model to receive Box's folder permissions. That's the practical test for what should migrate: if a folder's value depends on who else can open it, it belongs in Box.

Box's standard OAuth: sign in at account.box.com, approve the grant, and CloudsLinker operates on a scoped token — no password stored. The authorization is listed (and revocable) under Box Account Settings → Security → Connected apps.

Box throttles at roughly 1,000 API calls per user per minute, which matters for trees with tens of thousands of small files more than for total volume. CloudsLinker paces requests and backs off on 429 responses, so the job completes without intervention — just expect many-small-files archives to take longer per gigabyte than video folders.

A Box free account maxes out at 10 GB, which fits Degoo's free 20 GB with room to spare — mind the 90-day inactivity rule on free Degoo accounts. Migrations from Personal Pro (100 GB) sit comfortably in Degoo Pro's 500 GB at $2.99/mo.

Current versions only. Box keeps up to 10 prior versions on personal plans (unlimited on Business+); Degoo keeps none. Any document whose edit history you need should stay in Box or have key versions exported manually first.

Conclusion

Sort out what's genuinely collaborative — that stays in Box with its permissions and version history — and what's just bulk storage wearing an enterprise price tag. The bulk moves: manually if it's a few gigabytes, via CloudsLinker if it's the full archive, with Box's OAuth on one side and Degoo's credential login on the other. Box's 250 MB free-tier file cap is the one number to remember on the way out; Degoo's 50 GB subscription cap is the one to remember on arrival.

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