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Autessa Drive vs Box

Box is an enterprise content platform with Box AI, Extract agents, Hubs, Box Agent, Automate and a hosted MCP server, with the deepest AI features on its top plans. Autessa Drive gives any agent you build narrow file tools that grep, read and write, cite the page and line, keep versioned memory files, and stay inside a folder scope.

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Capability
Autessa Drive
Box
Agents grep every file for an exact clause
✓
◐ Box AI search and Q&A
Agent memory files, every change a version
✓
Not listed
Fence an agent to one folder
✓
Not listed
Your own agents on your files
Included
Enterprise Advanced
Every agent write kept as a version
✓
Version limits vary by plan
Edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint in the browser
Built in
Via integration
Search inside scanned PDFs, by page and line
Included
Varies by plan
No-install network drive over WebDAV
✓
Not listed
See who gains and loses access before a move
✓
Not listed
Full headless access (Autessa MCP)
✓
Hosted MCP server, by plan
100% customizable, code and all (Autobot)
✓
Custom agents and workflows, by plan
Unlimited users at no extra cost
Free
Per-seat pricing
Folders, sharing roles and share links
✓
✓
Folder in Finder and File Explorer
✓
✓

✓ included · ◐ partial · — not listed. Based on publicly available information as of November 2026. Product names are trademarks of their owners.

Where Autessa wins

Grep for agents

Beyond asking questions over documents, agents grep for the exact clause, read that page and cite it, so the answer is checkable.

Memory you can audit

An agent keeps its notes in a Drive file, appending and editing exactly, with every change saved as a version.

Your own agents, on any account

Bind a drive to any agent you build in Autessa, and fence it to one folder.

Change it with a sentence

Box gives you agents and workflows by plan. Autobot changes Drive itself from a plain-language request, or your developers edit the code.

An MCP for all your apps

Box’s MCP is a real strength. The Autessa MCP gives the same agent your files plus your tables and other apps, with the same permissions.

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Autessa Drive vs Box: questions

Is Autessa Drive free?

Yes. Autessa Drive is free with every Autessa account, for unlimited users, with no per-seat fees. You pay only for AI tasks.

Is Autessa Drive an alternative to Box AI?

Yes. Autessa Drive stores and shares company files, and Autessa agents read, cite and write them with each person’s exact access.

Is Autessa Drive AI permissions-aware?

Yes. Agents only reach files their acting person can open, and a folder scope can confine them further. Search and every agent tool follow the same sharing.

Where can I read about Autessa’s security?

Product details are on the Drive security page, and Autessa’s security program and compliance reports are at the Trust Center, trust.autessa.com.

How far can I customize Autessa Drive?

All the way. Add your own columns and triggers, then ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new screen, field or automation and it builds it into your copy of the app. Your developers can edit the code directly.

Can Claude or my own agents use Autessa Drive?

Yes. Through the Autessa MCP, Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own agent can search, grep, read, write and share files with exactly the access of the person they act for, and every write becomes a version you can restore.

Autessa Drive

Try Autessa Drive alongside Box

It works out of the box: create a drive, upload a folder, and ask an agent a question about it.

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100% customizable, code and all

Make Autessa Drive fully your own.

Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.

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