bundle price starting at $500

Hi,

I want to use the API to integrate the file-transfer function into my website. But I found the price information is extremely difficult to confirm. The link below says "Our new pricing model for Box Platform is available today with paid plans starting at $500/month. If you want to learn more, visit our pricing page to get started."

https://blog.box.com/blog/introducing-flexible-new-pricing-model-box-platform/

This is a blog in April. But I cannot imagine the price drop from $500/m to around $10/m within several months.

I asked this on Twitter. But I was simply directed to the pricing webpage. I want to know what the "starting at $500" is for. Do you think it's a typo or there are hidden fees at Box pricing page. I'm new to Box and I'm not going to waste my time to learn API of a poor product.

Any advise would be appreciate. Thank you in advance.

mschwartz

December 04, 2017 09:58

Thanks for reaching out. I see how this might be confusing.

There is a free tier, which gives you a set of resources you can use to build a custom app. This is intended to let you get to know the API and build a basic proof of concept.

Then, our paid plans start at $500/month. When building an app on the Box Platform, you license the number of bundles of resources you need to build. A bundle includes user accounts, API calls, bandwidth, and storage. You can license any number of bundles and even purchase individual resources a la carte. So, our paid plan starts at $500/month which includes 1 bundle of resources.

Please let me know if you have any further questions. I hope this helps!

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