Box vs Zapier

Zapier automatically moves info between Slack and the other apps you use every day, so you can focus on your most important work. Zapier supports thousands of apps like Gmail, HubSpot, Typeform, and more. In just a few minutes, you can set up automated workflows (we call them Zaps) that turn Slack into your team's command center. Bring calendar events, social media mentions, or new lead details straight into chat, automatically create a to-do list item when you save a Slack message, and so much more. Some things you can do with Zapier + Slack - Post details of new orders in your eCommerce app to a Slack channel - Move important tasks out of Slack and into a project management or to-do app when you save a message - Send form responses to a Slack channel Use Zapier's MCP server with Slackbot - Ask Slackbot to pull information from the apps you already use — check your calendar, find a contact, look up a deal, or summarize your emails, all without leaving Slack - Take action across your stack directly from the chat window — create tasks, send messages, update records, and trigger workflows in 9,000+ connected apps - Your existing Zapier connections and permissions carry over automatically, so there's nothing new to set up or authorize How to get started - Sign up for Zapier (Zapier has a free forever plan. Paid plans scale with usage.) - Check out our Quick-start Guide - Need more info? Check out our website. What people are saying about Zapier "I would go as far to say that it has increased my personal efficiency by more than 400 percent."- Garrett Grohman, Indiegogo "Zapier helps us to work faster and smarter by removing manual processes. We can now focus on adding a personal touch to our work."- Olivia Jardine, Meister "Zapier probably saves me about 10 hours a week, when it comes to running our design operations. If I tap into my math skills, I do believe it’s 25% more productive!"- Lindsey Redinger, InVision

Box for Slack helps businesses of all sizes securely manage and collaborate on content to drive more productive teamwork. Easily access your Box content from within Slack to share or import files and eliminate time-consuming context switching between applications. Your content remains centralized in Box, but quickly available where collaboration happens in Slack. Learn more with this quick video: https://players.brightcove.net/6291496955001/experience_64dd284838db922b5372284c/share.html End-user features: ● Content cards: View file information such as name, author, thumbnail and more when a Box file is shared to Slack ● Instant permissions: Update the collaboration permissions of a Box file directly from within Slack ● Box slash commands: Quickly perform common actions such as searching for files and viewing recent files within Slack ● Automatic uploads to Box: Store all content uploaded via Slack UI in Box ● Box file picker: Securely share content from Box in channels and direct messages without leaving conversations ● Share files from the Box Web app preview: click the Slack icon in the sidebar of the app preview to take its link into Slack and send it to channels and conversations of your choice (learn more: https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044193853) ● Box event notifications: stay up to date with collaboration invites and exchanging comments on files in Box ● Dynamic previews: Get rich, dynamic previews of entire Box files like PDFs, spreadsheets, slide decks, without leaving Slack, with access always governed by your secure Box permissions. ● Slackbot integration (optional): Connect to the Box MCP server, allowing Slackbot to perform user-requested actions in Box such as search, access, and update Box files and folders, manage collaborators or Hubs, and more. Admin features ● Enable/disable file thumbnails: Choose whether file thumbnails are displayed for shared Box files ● Enable/disable permission checks before file display: Choose whether content cards are shown based on Box file permissions ● Enable/disable content indexing for Search in Slack: Choose whether the contents of shared Box files are indexed and surfaced in Slack’s native search ● Slack allowlisting: Restrict the app to specific Slack workspaces or Enterprise Grid orgs that can be connected to your Box enterprise instance ● Enable/disable Box as content layer: Choose whether to store all content uploaded via Slack UI in Box for specific Slack workspaces or Enterprise Grid orgs (learn more: https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/4415585987859-Box-as-the-Content-Layer-for-Slack) Note: Admin settings can be customized from within the Admin Console in Box - please visit the Box Community site (https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/p/Integration_Page_2023?section-id=21356608707859) for more information. Box AI features ● Let Box AI assist you with its insights on Box files shared in Slack (learn more: https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/30754152990099-Box-AI-for-Slack) ● As an admin, choose if, where and how Box AI assistance is offered for Box files surfaced in Slack ● Limitations/disclaimer: questions on, or including these topics or commands, return mixed and sometimes inaccurate information, such as calculations, table structures, and numbers, counting words or phrases, document metadata such as page number, authors, file size, word count, and collaborators, images, videos, charts, graphs, etc. Box for Slack is available for Box customers on eligible paid plans. See https://box.com/pricing for detailsMore ways to use Box in SlackAutomate with Workflow BuilderWorkflow Builder* lets you transform everyday processes into automations, without writing a single line of code. Add third-party tools like Box to workflows to manage work and processes from Slack, and use templates to get started quickly. Learn more about automations Templates available for Box: Box Sign signature requestUse Slack to send a person documents to sign from a Box Sign template New Box folderFill out a form and create a new folder in Box *Workflow Builder is only available on paid subscriptions