Egnyte vs. Microsoft SharePoint

Egnyte

Microsoft SharePoint

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Egnyte	Score 9.6 out of 10	N/A	Egnyte provides a unified content security and governance solution for collaboration, data security, compliance, and threat detection for multicloud businesses. More than 16,000 organizations trust Egnyte to reduce risks and IT complexity, prevent ransomware and IP theft, and boost employee productivity on any app, any cloud, anywhere.	$10 per employee/per month
SharePoint	Score 7.5 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft's SharePoint is an Intranet solution that enables users to share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and collaborate across the organization.	$5 Per User Per Month

Pricing

Egnyte

Microsoft SharePoint

Editions & Modules

Team (1-10 employees): $10
per employee/per month
Business (10-100 employees): $20
per employee/per month
Enterprise (50+ employees): Contact sales team

Plan 1: $5.00
Per User Per Month
Plan 2: $10.00
Per User Per Month
Office 365 E3: $20.00
Per User Per Month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Egnyte	SharePoint
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Egnyte	Microsoft SharePoint
Considered Both Products	Egnyte Erin Gracyalny Customer Success Manager Chose Egnyte Egnyte was the clear winner, given how the access works and how it can scale over time. It allows folder access control at every folder level, meaning you won't have to restructure or create a new site just to isolate specific data. Incentivized Helpful? John Wilhite General Accountant Chose Egnyte I have not checked any competitors nor am I interested. No need whatsoever. Incentivized Helpful? WP William Press Cloud Project Manager Chose Egnyte Egnyte syncs with Windows machines better than any competitor I have come across. The service focuses on just this platform and their in depth focus shows in the end result. Google is not really made with Windows in mind. Box is cumbersome and the web portal is not easy to use. … Incentivized Helpful? Akash Jain Senior Engineer Chose Egnyte Egnyte is already up to Dropbox because of its features and its interface we can easily understand Egnyte but dropbox is very hard to understand security is more in Egnyte as compare with dropbox so I think Egnyte is heading in the right direction and Egnyte team is doing a … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Sauquet Senior Software Engineer Chose Egnyte I have also tried Azure Backup but Egnyte has more smart features than this. As I am using their platform for some time so when I get stuck anywhere I just contact their representatives and they respond on time. Listen to queries very carefully. Incentivized Helpful? Brandon Smith Business Consultant Chose Egnyte It is a better cloud storage platform than other tools. The technical staff is the most fantastic thing about Egnyte. They are always available for any kind of help at any time. They assess the problem critically and Incentivized Helpful? Guy G. Gray Chief Operating Officer Chose Egnyte Egnyte provided Quarem the most robust and secure environment. Additionally, Egynte makes organizing the files very simple, saving my team time and money. Incentivized Helpful? Ian Hansen Client Success Manager Chose Egnyte At the time when this was implemented (over 5 years ago and still in production), there were issues with syncing and reliability that Egnyte did not have, and have continued to impress with. Other providers have improved a lot and Egnyte is fairly costly, but switching costs … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Egnyte Egnyte provided a secure and reliable platform for our specific need [for] secure file sharing. We do not rely on Egnyte for syncing files or for a corporate internal file share, which is how we use Google Drive. But, we are pleased with the customizations and tracking of … Incentivized Helpful? John Watson Director Non-Clinical Development Chose Egnyte I have used DropBox a lot in the past which is similar but not as well suited to handling large amounts of data and is more complicated to use. Incentivized Helpful? KS Katie Stevens Director, Business Operations Chose Egnyte We also looked at Dropbox and a few others, and we found that Egnyte was (at the time) the ONLY HIPPA and Part 11 compliant software on the market. We loved the security features in Egnyte and felt safe trusting our data to such an innovative and reputable company. We are … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Egnyte I think that Egnyte is a good tool especially when you need to share files within the same company or organization. I think that the layout is much better and updated than Dropbox. The downside to Egnyte is that you cannot edit files within the tool like you can do for Google, … Incentivized Helpful? Christopher Fritz Senior IT Supporter Chose Egnyte Egnyte has a much easier management console and it's easier to share files and create a directory of files etc. The overview is more simplified. Onedrive, however, has the option to collaborate in documents in the application itself. But Egnyte should have this feature in the … Incentivized Helpful? Brandon Wells, MPA Director of Volunteer Engagement Chose Egnyte Egnyte's storage capacity was well beyond the capabilities of DropBox at our budget. Plus, at the time (nearly five years ago) DropBox was a little quirky when it came to uploading files. OneDrive was a good fit but it presented challenges when working with users that did not … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Egnyte Egynte does not allow for file collaboration when compared to Google Drive. Egynte is a better option for compliant and secure file and asset management. Also for when taking version control into consideration. When organizations are collaborating with external organiations … Incentivized Helpful? Whitney Kelley Lead Associate of Biomanufacturing Chose Egnyte N/A Incentivized Helpful? Chelsey Clayton Director of Operations and Marketing Chose Egnyte Egnyte is more user-friendly than both Dropbox and Box, and has more functionality to match. The user management is simple with Egnyte, and the storage limits are enormous - we'll never be concerned about running out of room. Egnyte's device management is also an essential part … Incentivized Helpful? Emily Tennant Recruitment and Retention Consultant Chose Egnyte Egnyte is easier to use and doesn't have as many glitches. It's pretty seamless to edit something and it saves multiple copies of a draft. It's easier and cleaner to search, set up admin rights and you can set it up to store automatically. I had some major issues with Google … Incentivized Helpful? Courtney Bradley Meeting Manager Chose Egnyte I did not select Egnyte - my company used it when I started to work here. I don't have another program to compare to but we all have been very happy with the system. We plan to use it for as long as possible. It is super easy to use and we love that it has the ability to open … Incentivized Helpful? Jeffrey Smith Director of Marketing Chose Egnyte Egnyte has significantly more structure out of the box than Google Drive or Dropbox. While Google Drive is much cheaper, and Dropbox has more potential in the right hands; Egnyte just works immediately in an enterprise situation. There are other enterprise level solutions, like … Incentivized Helpful? Shawn Petrunak Pricing Analyst Chose Egnyte Dropbox is just the main competitor of Egnyte that we have used and have ample experience with, among many others. Egnyte however blows dropbox out of the water in ease of use, style, functionality, and cyber security from my experience. Egnyte has been nothing short of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Egnyte FTP client, filezilla Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Egnyte None of these other solutions had document tracking or search features that could even hold a candle to Egnyte. Out of all of them box had the best, then we tried Egnyte and it blew then all out of the water. The amount of time we saved on minor tasks was more than enough to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Egnyte Egnyte allows integration with Google Drive as well as providing additional functionality such as tasking. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Egnyte The biggest competitor and leader in this space is Dropbox. Egnyte beats Dropbox when it comes to ease of use and its inviting interface. However, Dropbox has the obvious advantage in reliability, which comes with the scale of that company. Ultimately, the security of Egnyte … Incentivized Helpful?	SharePoint Kayla Jane McLaughlin DIRECTOR Chose SharePoint We don't have to pay for SharePoint, unlike Dropbox, and SharePoint integrates our existing email addresses, which is convenient for sharing. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint We already had a license to Microsoft so it made sense to use SharePoint Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint None - have always used SharePoint Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint is more feature rich but that also comes with the cost of complexity. Needing to learn how to set up folders, documents, etc, with the right permissions isn't difficult, but to make sure it is done correctly does take some time to understand where to do … Incentivized Helpful? Clarence White Chief Information Officer Chose SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint shares many of the same pros and cons as HCL Notes. It does a lot. Maybe too much to understand. Incentivized Helpful? Erin Gracyalny Customer Success Manager Chose SharePoint Egnyte is the superior solution due to the way it segments data and provides a holistic approach to sharing and access. Microsoft SharePoint provides this a bit but could improve but the value of Microsoft SharePoint is greater given it is included in our subscription. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint I like Microsoft SharePoint over Google Drive for its organization. I believe that Microsoft SharePoint keeps things much more organized than Google Drive. Also, typically when you purchase Microsoft SharePoint, you get the rest of the Microsoft Suite. However, Google Drive has … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint One drive I think is more for personal use as a cloud storage. SharePoint can be more of use in businesses where teams can easily collaborate in various documents and files. This can also automate other processes to make it easier for the business in their day to day work tasks. Incentivized Helpful? Siddharth Nair Customer Service Chose SharePoint Google Drive Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint From what I have seen, Google Workspace seems to get the balance better. I think both tech giants are in a position to be indifferent to end user experience. Incentivized Helpful? Helmi Tatanaki Data Management Consultant Chose SharePoint The reasons for selecting MS SharePoint are: SharePoint provides ease of use and web design assistance and support SharePoint helps you schedule your content for publishing. enables users to share documents with external parties and offers a better internal structure of the … Incentivized Helpful? Thushitha A. Chandrasiri ERP Consultant Chose SharePoint Since Microsoft SharePoint comes with the MS business office package, it is fully integrated with other office products and really works together with other MS Office products like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Publisher, etc.. in real-time, so it's really easy to maintain … Incentivized Helpful? EH Eddie Hicks Enrollment Specialist Chose SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint and Glasscubes are very similar products. I selected Microsoft SharePoint simply because I am more familiar with the product. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint definitely has the highest ranking for use with MS Office packages and integration into Windows devices--mobile or normal desktop devices. The cost for Microsoft SharePoint is also competitive in comparison and with local hosting options within APAC regions. Incentivized Helpful? Damon Darling Engineering Manager Chose SharePoint I prefer Atlassian Confluence for file sharing, wiki markups, and as a better tool for engineering documentation. Microsoft SharePoint is the tool that was chosen for my current organization, and I do miss using Confluence. Both tools get the job done and it is largely a … Incentivized Helpful? Puneet Pandey Procurement Specialist Chose SharePoint MS Sharepoint is much more simpler way to use if we compare it with BOX, Box is very slow loading app not that user friendly. Box need really good quality of connectivity. MS Sharepoint provide good after sales support. Query resolution time is really fast in case of MS … Incentivized Helpful? Mst Rahima Khatun Marketing Product Management Chose SharePoint Both Confluence and Sharepoint have similarities, but they also have significant differences. In both cases, people can use the wiki to exchange information with each other. Many platforms, including Mac, are easier to use with Confluence's better user interface. Compared to … Incentivized Helpful? SD Shanaya Desai Process Executive Chose SharePoint Dropbox UI is very cluttered and not well organized. It doesn't come with an office suite, unlike SharePoint. Inbuilt video player on SharePoint is great and has better playback controls than dropbox video player. Sharepoint is integrated well with other offices 365 apps. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint MS SharePoint lags behind its competitors in most areas. While it does offer more functionality, such as custom sites, MS SharePoint's bogged-down sharing system really hurts it. While sharing documents with coworkers, outside contractors, and guests is hassle-free with Google … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint I think that MS SharePoint is a more robust and well integrated tool than other products. Because it lives in the Microsoft universe it likely integrates to the other software products you already have very easily. Most users will not have trouble adopting it as the UI is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint We still have Confluence and Google Drive, but we wanted a product that could provide document security and a single point of access that easily integrated into our active directory. Since we use this for our intranet site, we found the features easier to stand up and the UI … Incentivized Helpful? Adam Friedli System Administrator Chose SharePoint I have not personally used any direct competitors to SharePoint as a whole. However, I have used Dropbox Business and Google Drive. While these do work well for file collaboration, they do not offer the website structure that SharePoint does. SharePoint also integrates … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint The above mentioned tools can be used as an alternative for SharePoint based on the business cases. However, the features provided by all these products are very limited [when] we compare the product SharePoint. These alternatives have space in their own area or market. … Incentivized Helpful? Stephanie W Director, Digital Strategy & Engagement Chose SharePoint Slack is not great for document sharing, but it does integrate with SharePoint and One Drive when we need to post links. Slack is better at the chat function though, which is definitely missed from SharePoint. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SharePoint Given the Brand name "Microsoft", tool has lot of expectation and it lives up to the name. High level Security and content management is one of the key points in adopting to MS SharePoint in our organization. Each team can management and develop their own sites according to the … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Egnyte

Microsoft SharePoint

File Sharing & Management

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
	Egnyte 8.8 Ratings 5% above category average	Microsoft SharePoint - Ratings
Versioning	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Video files	7.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Audio files	7.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document collaboration	9.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Access control	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
File search	9.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device sync	7.60 Ratings	00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
	Egnyte 10.0 Ratings 14% above category average	Microsoft SharePoint - Ratings
User and role management	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
File organization	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device management	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Platform

Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
	Egnyte 10.0 Ratings 16% above category average	Microsoft SharePoint - Ratings
Performance	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reliability	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Storage Reports	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Egnyte	Microsoft SharePoint
Small Businesses	SugarSync Score 5.8 out of 10	HCL Connections Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10	RWS Tridion Sites Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10	RWS Tridion Sites Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Egnyte	Microsoft SharePoint
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	9.4 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	9.8 (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)
Performance	8.8 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.7 (0 ratings)	8.6 (0 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	4.5 (0 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	6.4 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	6.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Egnyte	Microsoft SharePoint
Likelihood to Recommend	If you're simply sharing and syncing across devices and don't care about granular security permissions, this is an easy win. If you're needing more control over the ability to restrict users from deleting folders, sharing folders, and allowing only certain groups to be able to view a folder, this can work but will ultimately give you arthritis as you'll end up having to perform a multitude of clicks for a task that should be able to be done in a fraction of the action. Have a folder template that allows for the first two levels of folders to be view only and the third level allowing file/folder creation and deletion? Have fun setting each of the third level folder's permissions-- they should give out free wrist braces. When discussed with their engineers about this function, a suggested $28,000 custom script was suggested. I don't believe them when they say that they haven't heard of other customers wishing to assign rights to multiple folders-- Something any sort of real admin would require. It simply isn't important to them, which is fine. The current ability Mykii Liu IT Support Engineer Read full review	SharePoint Document Management excels as a central repository for storing, organising, and retrieving documents. It supports version control, metadata tagging, secure access, and integration with tools like Power Automate. At our organisation, it's used for managing contracts, policies, and supplier documents. SharePoint Workflow Automation integrates with Power Automate to streamline approvals, gather feedback, and automate recurring tasks. This reduces reliance on email chains and manual trackers. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Drive map tool on Windows and flexibility on client configuration, can change drive letters fairly easily if needed. New user setup is straightforward and permissions not too difficult to set up and assign. Support has been fairly responsive and helpful with issues as they have come up. Incentivized Ian Hansen Client Success Manager Read full review	Making collaboration easier via a better connection between accounts. You can share anything from a file to events with just a couple of clicks. All services are connected and switching between services is a breeze[.] Solutions to the majority of everyday business problems. Incentivized RIDWAN AHAMMAD Training Manager Read full review
Cons	We often have issues with WebEdit, changes not saving/overwriting No functionality to drag and drop files/folders within the UI, can only move things by going through Move > Select location When previewing Word files in the browser, tracked changes are not shown so there can be misunderstandings when quickly reviewing documents Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	There are far too many good features to choose from, and advanced features are noticeably absent. There is room for improvement in terms of integration with non-Microsoft products, as well as developer Story. It is challenging to provide easier access via file explorer while also granting outside users and guests access. Mst Rahima Khatun Marketing Product Management Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	We found that usage of Egnyte in our supported clients, with sufficient bandwidth, provided all the features and stability we required. The billing setup was fair and the support provided was ample for end users and well as our in house admins. There was a concern about high usage clients but this was taken into account during the vetting process. Incentivized Evan Wilson I.T. Service Specialist Read full review	We have too much invested at this point to do anything different and there are too many reasons as a company our size to keep it. We are heavily licensed out for Microsoft and have 12 years of SharePoint development baked into who we are. Extracting that as a tool at this point would be dumb and devastating. There are no like-kind competitors to it at an enterprise level that scale and integrate as well. Incentivized Chris Carpenter Staff Project Manager, Awesomizer, Fixer, Maker, Collaboration Enabler Read full review
Usability	Really easy to use the interface. The web browser is very intuitive and I have not had any notable issues with this. It's easy to work on documents as a team, and the only issues we have to tend to come with Apple apps and downloading large files to WebEdit. It's very similar to the filing systems that come on Apple and Windows devices so not a steep learning curve. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No usability issues reported. Individual teams also have allocated areas which replace legacy shared drives on local LANs. Access to Sharepoint resources is fully integrated with corporate Active Directory with additional two-factor authentication required for administrative users. Users have access to Microsoft Services Hub which allows you to create, manage, and track support requests while staying current on Microsoft technologies with access to select self-paced learning paths Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Performance	Egnyte works very well across all platforms and as an add-on to other programs. Load time is close to nothing. Reports can be made in no time as well. All in all no performance issues. We can see that it depends on the local network connection. If you're running with fiber there won't be any issues. Incentivized Christopher Fritz Senior IT Supporter Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	I never had to reach out to customer support for Egnyte. I don't know any coworkers who have had to reach out to Egnyte for support either. As far as I am concerned, the support team is doing a good job since I have not had to reach out to them. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Support for SharePoint is quite good. Microsoft provides good support. Microsoft offers Quick turnaround time for issues A range of support services Access to a network of resources Escalation of issues Ongoing development and commitment to produce enhancement The majority of support is required for initial installation. Once complete and the system is operating we have had very few support issues. Incentivized TD Tim Daciuk Director Advanced Analytics Read full review
In-Person Training	No answers on this topic	The face to face training I received was on SharePoint Administration. It was rushed as there was a lot of information to cover and the application of the labs weren't that great either. I like to be able to relate what I am learning to what I am currently doing. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Online Training	No answers on this topic	I like to learn at my own pace and online training allows for that. Additionally, you can skip through pieces of content that you already know or are already comfortable with. Microsoft actually offers great videos on their website for basic fundamental SharePoint Training. I have used these training videos in some of my own training sessions with end users. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	Planning to the last detail would be advised. SharePoint is a very large application that takes a lot of finesse to get operational Christopher Corbett Database Administrator Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Egnyte syncs with Windows machines better than any competitor I have come across. The service focuses on just this platform and their in depth focus shows in the end result. Google is not really made with Windows in mind. Box is cumbersome and the web portal is not easy to use. SharePoint sync to PC is terrible. WP William Press Cloud Project Manager Read full review	The reasons for selecting MS SharePoint are: SharePoint provides ease of use and web design assistance and support SharePoint helps you schedule your content for publishing. enables users to share documents with external parties and offers a better internal structure of the content and better indexing and searching capabilities. Incentivized Helmi Tatanaki Data Management Consultant Read full review
Return on Investment	The promising advantage of Egnyte is that user can access their files from the cloud anywhere without any cumbrance like connecting to VPN or other third-party soft wares. No risk of data loss. The platform is lacking in changing the parent administrator of a folder as if one person is the administrator of the file or folder and when needs to change it becomes clunky and does not supports it properly. Incentivized Brandon Smith Business Consultant Read full review	We've recently implemented Microsoft SharePoint access via iPads for our Template teams out on job sites. They can easily upload CAD / Laser files into Microsoft SharePoint for our production team to review in real time. Serious ROI when we don't have to wait for our Template team to get back to the shop! We have multiple physical locations. Microsoft SharePoint allows users at each location to collaborate by working on documents simultaneously. Allowing us to solve multi-site problems & strategize on multi-site initiatives much faster! We can also share key information with external partners. As long as they have a registered MS account (not necessarily an O365 account) we can share our information with them in a variety of ways. This allows consistent & concise communication with our partners. Incentivized Jimmy Harrell IT Manager Read full review
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