Egnyte vs Google Workspace comparison

Egnyte and Google are both solutions in the Content Collaboration Platforms category. Egnyte is ranked #14, while Google is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.1. Egnyte holds a 4.7% mindshare in CCP, compared to Google’s 10.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Egnyte users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Google users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 11, 2025

Google Workspace and Egnyte are competitors in the cloud collaboration and storage sector. Google Workspace has the advantage in collaboration tools, whereas Egnyte excels in data security.

Features: Google Workspace provides collaboration tools such as Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, coupled with communication tools like Gmail and Calendar. Egnyte offers strong file-sharing, secure access, and third-party integrations.

Room for Improvement: Google Workspace could enhance data security features, improve customization options for large enterprises, and optimize offline capabilities. Egnyte may enhance its user-interface design, streamline its integration processes, and reduce initial configuration complexity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Workspace supports rapid deployment through its cloud-native setup, easy management, and responsive helpdesk. Egnyte, despite needing detailed configuration for security compliance, provides comprehensive onboarding and dedicated assistance.

Pricing and ROI: Google Workspace offers tiered, transparent pricing appealing to collaboration-focused businesses, while Egnyte provides competitive pricing for enhanced security, benefiting enterprises prioritizing data protection.

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Categories and Ranking

Egnyte

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

AI Data Analysis (214th)

Google Workspace

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

105

Ranking in other categories

Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (1st), Cloud Storage (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Egnyte is 4.7%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Workspace is 10.0%, up from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Google Workspace	10.0%
Egnyte	4.7%
Other	85.3%

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Guy Gray

Chief Operating Officer at Quarem

Fantastic for small businesses; the customer feedback has been great

From a small firm perspective, Egnyte Connect is simple, it is easy to get users up and running the same day, and I have nothing negative to say about the software. I can't speak to how Egnyte Connect would operate in a midsize company or even a large Fortune 500 company, but, from our perspective as a small business, it is fantastic. For us, security was front and center. Usability was also important and took second place. Next, we asked "Is it simple and easy for anyone to quickly learn how to use it?" Egnyte Connect checked that box. Third place for us was price. We liked the fact that they charge on a monthly basis so there is not an annualized upfront fee that we pay.

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AnnaRomagnuolo

Assosiate Professor at Palazzo del Mediterraneo

Collaborative work with students has improved but storage limitations and support issues remain

We have Google Workspace, and we use it primarily for Drive to collect items. We categorize folders with topics and material either for students or for research. We use Google Doc to share documents, especially when we assign homework to be corrected for peer correction or classroom correction. With Teams and Microsoft, we use it for collective calls and exam supervision because we use video surveillance through camera with Teams. We use Teams for meetings and to share material with students. The ability to share documents with students and assign them things and correct them in real time has been beneficial. You can verify what they write, and they can contribute and cooperate to create a collective document, which is something that our society nowadays requires. The ability to cooperate, especially those who work with languages and those who work with writing, need to learn how to cooperate. There is co-editing and co-writing, all these sorts of things. I love the fact that I can easily have access to folders that I can categorize and where I can upload research material and teaching material.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"You can really do a lot of cool things with it in terms of being able to co-author and share documents with users that are not in your organization."

"Egnyte Connect is a great application to save files."

"From a small firm perspective, Egnyte Connect is simple, it is easy to get users up and running the same day, and I have nothing negative to say about the software. I can't speak to how Egnyte Connect would operate in a midsize company or even a large Fortune 500 company, but, from our perspective as a small business, it is fantastic."

"It is scalable and stable."

"It provides a way to granularly choose which folders from the internet you want to sync to your computer. It is really useful for people who are working on teams that are working with files that are frequently changing. You can go in and pretty clearly see what changes have been made. It gives you a constant feed."

"It's easy to move files around, even to, for example, SharePoint."

"It is a good storage solution."

"The initial setup is simple."

"Extremely reliable, providing great collaboration features."

"The tool helps me keep a backup of old emails. Like everyone else, I love the Google search engine for searching emails on webmail. The Google Workspace connector for Outlook works well, so I have no issues with that."

"The valuable features of this solution are ease of use, performance is great, and collaboration. It is very easy to share and joins documents."

"The most valuable feature is that it is simple to use."

"Users can work anywhere with an internet connection."

"It's stable. There isn't really any downtime."

"The ability to share documents with students and assign them things and correct them in real time has been beneficial; you can verify what they write, and they can contribute and cooperate to create a collective document, which is something that our society nowadays requires."

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Cons

"If this solution had a better ability to search, that would be helpful. In addition, if there was an ability to collaborate, that would also be a benefit. At present, the vision control is had because if someone gets out of it, it locks. And, whoever saves last overrides everyone's work."

"The issue of my authorization token expiring pretty quickly was pretty annoying. On pretty much every update, it would expire on every computer. On every computer update, at the first opportunity, it would expire. When my computer got updated or the authorization got cut, my saved drives would get messed up. So, I had to reconnect them all. I was never able to set up a useful drive system with my local computer with Egnyte Connect. It would be a big improvement if there was a cached system so that when it loses connection, it can still save what kind of connections were set up, and when it reconnects, it repopulates all those. I don't know if that's even possible, but that's the feature I'd want."

"As of right now, I have everything that I and my team need."

"You cannot delete a file when you have uploaded it in error."

"Before, when we were starting to use Egnyte, we were struggling with a lot of bugs with Egnyte desktop sync."

"It would be nice to see an integration of using an active directory to validate and authenticate users on our end as well as on the client user's end."

"The performance speed could be improved when the internet connection is slow."

"There are 120 different products and Google is ready to copy their competitors and vice versa. Some of them work, and some of them don't. There are many newer tools with no-code environments which allow for a leaner self-owned system, where I'm not tied to paying hundreds and thousands of dollars a year to another company."

"To a degree, the project management service could be improved."

"Integration with Microsoft Outlook could be improved. The new integration was implemented last September, and we are facing some issues with OAuth 2.0 authentication."

"Scalability is not as good as we would like."

"The synchronization is a bit of an issue."

"Google Workspace needs to be more flexible, like Microsoft Excel."

"What needs improvement in Google Workspace is the Google Drive app, in particular, making the process of finding the shared and most used files and folders easier. The first time you get an invite to view a file or folder in Google Drive and you view that folder or file, it's pretty easy, but the next time you try to access it again, sometimes, it's a bit difficult to find what was shared with you. An additional feature I'd like to see in Google Workspace is the option to un-send messages in Gmail. Microsoft has a message recall feature, and this isn't available in Gmail, so it's the feature I'd like to be added to Gmail."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I do not have experience with the pricing of this solution."

"As far as I understand, licenses are associated with the Egnyte platform. There aren't any licenses associated with Egnyte Connect."

"We normally purchase the license on a yearly basis."

"It's about $8.30 up a user per month."

"It's low in cost as compared to Office 365. There is an annual licensing cost."

"The pricing is very high, although I cannot tell if this is the result of the Indian vendors artificially inflating it."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"It's cheaper to run a couple of users in a Google platform than what it would be with Microsoft Exchange."

"Careful consideration should be given to the different licensing options and provisions should be made for additional applications that may be required for your particular business."

"We have purchased an annual subscription."

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Company Size

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	2

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	64
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	27

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What do you like most about Google Workspace?

Easy-to-build forms are allowing me to get feedback and information from my internal teams as well as from the customers very efficiently with the result data in structured manner.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Workspace?

The pricing for Google Workspace is moderate. I would rate it a five out of ten, indicating it is neither cheap nor expensive. The current cost is approximately seven to ten euros per user per mont...

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What needs improvement with Google Workspace?

The only inconvenience is the fact that you have limited storage. After a while, you have to buy a surplus. It is not intuitive with Teams. It is hard to find categories and folders in Teams. I do ...

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Overview

Egnyte offers user-friendly co-authoring, mobile access, and seamless collaboration with a focus on security. Its cloud-based operations and cost-effectiveness outperform competitors in facilitating efficient team file management.

Egnyte emphasizes enhanced security, intuitive functionality, and excellent support, making it ideal for organizations seeking reliable cloud storage and collaboration solutions. Users can switch connections, share across teams, and enjoy real-time updates through Egnyte Connect. While it boasts good performance and stability, users request improvements in search functionality and token management. Industries like real estate, which require secure platforms for financial document exchanges, find Egnyte particularly beneficial. Users appreciate integration capabilities with tools like Adobe and Google Docs.

What are Egnyte's standout features?

Co-authoring: Allows multiple users to edit documents simultaneously with real-time updates
Mobile access: Provides accessibility from any device, ensuring flexibility for remote work
Intuitive interface: Simplifies navigation and enhances user experience
Security: Offers robust protection for sensitive data, surpassing many competitors
Seamless file sync: Ensures files are updated across all devices and accessible to all users

What benefits should users look for in Egnyte reviews?

Enhanced collaboration: Improves teamwork with efficient file sharing and syncing
Cost-effectiveness: Offers value with scalable pricing models fit for different organization sizes
Performance: Delivers stable and reliable cloud operations
Integration: Works well with platforms like Adobe and Google Docs

Egnyte is essential in industries needing secure file management, such as real estate. It supports organizations using cloud apps for sharing and managing project files. Companies favor Egnyte for its ability to integrate with their existing IT environments, ensuring both security and efficiency.

Egnyte

Similar to G Suite, all Google Workspace plans provide a custom email for your business and include collaboration tools like Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and more.

As we’ve evolved G Suite into a more integrated experience across our communication and collaboration tools, we’ve rebranded to Google Workspace to more accurately represent the product vision.

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Sample Customers

M&C Saatchi, FMC Technologies, Learfield Communications Inc., Aerohive Networks, Devcon, Semperian, Balfour Beatty Construction, Red Bull

There are over five million businesses that use Google Apps for Business worldwide. Some key customers include The Roche Group, National Geographic, American Red Cross, City of Los Angeles, Flight Centre, and Konica Minolta.

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