Moving from Box to Google Workspace? Fix Long Folder Paths
If you are moving from Box to Google Shared Drives, it is essential to have a proper strategy to move Box’s long folder paths. Without an effective transfer, you are at high risk of losing long folder paths during the transition to Google Workspace. Here, we have discussed file and folder limits and resolving long folder issues during the Box to Google Workspace transfer using our tool.
Key Takeaways:
File and Folder Limits in Google Shared Drive
In terms of file sharing limits, you can directly share a shared drive file only with a maximum of 100 groups. A Shared Drive can contain a maximum of 500,000 items. These include Shared Drive files, folders, shortcuts, and items in trash.
You are likely to see a warning banner when opening a Shared Drive with less than 20% of the 500,000-item limit left. The membership limits in Shared Drives are as follows:
| Membership | Limit Per Shared Drive |
|---|---|
| Groups | 100 |
| Total members (groups, individual accounts added as members) | 600 |
| Total individuals (individual accounts and group members) | 50,000 |
Manually trimming long folder paths can be challenging and time-consuming. It is best to use an advanced Box to Google Drive migration tool to handle them.
Screenshots of Migrating from Box to Google Shared Drives with Long Folder Paths Using our Migration Tool
Image 1: In the source environment (Box), the folder structure includes multiple nested subfolders, demonstrating a long folder path hierarchy. The screenshot below shows the Box’s long folder path.
Box’s long folder Path:
Files / Asma Test / Long Folder Pathh / sub folder 1 / sub folder 2 / sub folder 3 / sub folder 4 / sub folder 5 / sub folder 6 / sub folder 7
Image 2: When migrated to the destination (Google Shared Drive) using CloudFuze Migrate, the folder hierarchy is exactly as in Box. Our tool ensures no loss or truncation of folder depth or naming during the transfer and offers complete transfer.
Google Shared Drive Path (Post-Migration):
Shared Drive / Asma Test / Long Folder Pathh / sub folder 1 / sub folder 2 / sub folder 3 / sub folder 4 / sub folder 5 / sub folder 6 / sub folder 7
Google Shared Drive displays the complete nested structure, confirming that CloudFuze Migrate successfully maintains the entire folder path, including long folder names and multiple sub-levels.
Explore how our Tool Transfers Files from Box to Google Shared Drives
Here’s a Video of our Tool Performing Box to Google Drive Migration:
CloudFuze’s Real-World Case Study: Migrate Box to Google Drive
Intuit faced a challenge migrating 1200+ users and 70+ TB of data from three storage clouds – Box, Dropbox, and NFS, to Google My Drive and Google Shared Drives. Our teams helped them migrate to Google Workspace by overcoming limitations, server overloads, file duplication, API throttling, etc. Learn more about this case study here.
Transfer Long Folder Paths During Box to Google Drive Migration
Migrate long folder paths when moving from Box to Google Workspace by partnering with a reliable cloud migration partner like CloudFuze.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. How long does it take to migrate to Google Workspace
Migration to Google Workspace depends on the volume of data, migration complexity, and the transfer approach. CloudFuze Migrate is one of the best Cloud migration tools in the industry. Whether you are moving from Google workspace to Office 365 or from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace, our advanced migration tool helps you ensure 100% replication.
2. Which is cheaper, Google Workspace or Office 365?
Enterprises can choose the best cloud platform by considering their business requirements and company size and functionalities.
Google Workspace Pricing
| Cloud | Plans | Price/Month |
|---|---|---|
| Google Workspace | Starter | $3.50/user per month, paid yearly |
| Standard | $7/user per month, paid yearly | |
| Plus | $15.40/user per month, paid yearly | |
| Enterprise Plus | $35/user per month, paid yearly |
Note that all the pricing ranges given under Google Workspace are as per October 2025 data.
Office 365 Pricing
| Cloud | Plans | Price/Month |
|---|---|---|
| Office 365 | Office 365 E1 (No Teams) | $7.75/user per month, paid yearly |
| Office 365 E3 (No Teams) | $20.75/user per month, paid yearly | |
| Office 365 E5 (No Teams) | $35.75/user per month, paid yearly | |
| Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise | $12.00/user per month, paid yearly |
Note that all the pricing ranges given under Office 365 are as per October 2025 data.
3. How to move high-volume data to Google Workspace?
Businesses can move high-volume data to Google Workspace such as TBs and PBs of data without challenges using a reliable migration tool such as CloudFuze Migrate. With our tool, you can migrate data, metadata with accuracy, and complete replication.
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