Compare/FileFeed vs CSVbox
A CSVbox alternative that also runs your recurring files
CSVbox is a lightweight uploader for your app. FileFeed gives you a free importer for the same job, plus feeds for the files clients send on a schedule over SFTP and email.
Hellora onboards clients from 30+ HR systems on FileFeed, with no engineer per client. Read how
The whole path of a client file
CSVbox ends when the upload ends
An uploader is the right tool when a user is at the screen. When a supplier or client sends the same file every week, somebody has to be at that screen every week.
01
Intake
02
Mapping
03
Validation
04
Transforms
05
Delivery
06
Monitoring
Someone uploads it
Manual or template
While the user waits
In the importer
Handed to your app
No feed history
SFTP and email
Once per client
Every row
Built in
JSON pushed to your API
Run history, reprocess
01Intake
Someone uploads it
SFTP and email
02Mapping
Manual or template
Once per client
03Validation
While the user waits
Every row
04Transforms
In the importer
Built in
05Delivery
Handed to your app
JSON pushed to your API
06Monitoring
No feed history
Run history, reprocess
A feed removes the weekly upload. The sender keeps exporting the file they already have, and the data shows up in your product.
Why teams pick FileFeed
Three things you get that CSVbox leaves to you
01
The importer is free in production
FileFeed's embeddable importer is a React component with mapping, validation and a review grid. It is free forever with no record limits, so import volume never changes your bill.
import { FilefeedProvider, FilefeedSheet } from "@filefeed/react";
<FilefeedProvider>
<FilefeedSheet
config={{
name: "Contacts", slug: "contacts",
fields: [
{ key: "name", type: "string", required: true },
{ key: "email", type: "email", unique: true },
{ key: "age", type: "number" },
],
}}
onSubmit={({ rows }) => api.import(rows)}
/>
</FilefeedProvider>02
The mapping is suggested, you confirm it
FileFeed reads the headers and sample rows and proposes the mapping to your schema. You review it once. It is saved per client and replays on every later file, with transforms attached per field.
Pipeline & Mappings
Map source columns to schema fields.
Map every required schema field: start_date.
03
See every run and fix it without a new upload
Each file that arrives is a run with row counts and the reason for every failed row. Change the mapping and reprocess the same file from the dashboard. Nobody has to send it again.
Runs
Search files by any word…Reprocess any run after fixing a mapping. No re-upload needed.
Side by side
FileFeed vs CSVbox
In-app importer in production
Files over SFTP
Files sent by email
Feeds that run with nobody present
Suggested mapping
Clean data delivered to your API
Run history and reprocess
CSVbox details from its public documentation and pricing.
What it costs
A published price, on the website
FileFeed Feeds
$90per client connection / month
after a $3,000 pilot with a 30 day money back guarantee
- YesMinimum 5 connections, up to 50
- YesEvery new client feed set up by us
- YesIntake, mapping, validation and delivery included
- YesNo per row pricing, billed annually
- YesEmbeddable importer free forever
CSVbox
By volumepaid plans sized by imports
- The bill grows with import volume
- Covers the in-app upload only
- Recurring SFTP and email feeds are not offered
Switching
Swap the importer in an afternoon, add feeds client by client
The importer is a React component: a schema, a component and a submit handler. Feeds are added one client or supplier at a time.
- 1
Drop in the FileFeed importer
Define your fields, add the component and handle the submitted rows. Free in production.
- 2
Add a connection per recurring sender
Hosted SFTP, their own SFTP server, or an inbox with a sender allow list.
- 3
Confirm the suggested mapping
Drop one recent file. FileFeed suggests the mapping, you confirm it, and it is saved for that sender.
- 4
Point the webhook at your API
Set the URL and verify the signature. Every later file lands as clean JSON.
Send us one real client file and we set the first feed up with you. Send a file
In production
Hellora runs every client onboarding on FileFeed
Rosters arrive from dozens of HR systems, each in its own layout. Every format is mapped once and then runs on its own.
Read the Hellora story30+
HR systems connected
1
mapping per client format
0
engineers per new client
FAQ
CSVbox and FileFeed, in plain answers
How does FileFeed compare to CSVbox?
CSVbox is an embeddable CSV and Excel uploader that drops into your app. FileFeed includes a free embeddable importer and adds SFTP and email feeds, a suggested mapping you confirm once per client, built in transforms, row validation, signed webhook delivery and run history. It covers recurring files, not only in-app uploads.
Is FileFeed a drop in replacement for CSVbox?
FileFeed's embeddable importer covers the same core flow: upload, map, validate and submit CSV or XLSX files, as a component in your app. Beyond the importer, FileFeed adds recurring feeds that run with nobody at the screen.
Does FileFeed have a free tier?
Yes. FileFeed's embeddable importer is free forever for production use with no record limits. Import volume does not change what you pay.
Can FileFeed handle files that arrive over SFTP or email, not just uploads?
Yes. FileFeed provides hosted SFTP and email intake with automatic file pickup, mapping, validation, transformation and webhook delivery. CSVbox is focused on the in-app upload moment.
Does FileFeed suggest the field mapping?
Yes. FileFeed proposes the mapping to your schema from headers and sample rows, and your team reviews and approves it before a feed goes live. Approved mappings are saved per client, so recurring files process without remapping.
What happens when a client file has a bad row?
The row is flagged with the reason it failed. Clean rows go through to your API, and the run shows every error so you or the client can fix the file and reprocess it.
How is FileFeed priced?
A $3,000 Feed Pilot puts your first client feed live within 30 days, or your money back. After that it is $90 per client connection per month, billed annually, minimum 5 connections, with every new client feed set up by us and no per row pricing. The embeddable importer is free forever, and Enterprise covers more than 50 connections, priced on request.
How is a feed different from an embeddable CSV importer?
An embeddable importer like CSVbox handles one upload inside your app, done by the end user. A feed handles files that keep arriving over SFTP or email: each client is mapped once, every file runs through the same validation, and clean JSON is delivered to your API.
See it on one real client file
Drop a file a client sends you today. You see the mapping, the rows that fail and the clean JSON in about a minute. Nothing is uploaded and you need no account.
Comparing more tools? See all comparisons or read the complete guide to recurring client file feeds.