Egnyte vs SharePoint comparison

The compared Egnyte and Microsoft solutions aren't in the same category. Egnyte is ranked #13 in CCP , and holds a 5.1% mindshare in the category. Microsoft is ranked #1 in ECM , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 15.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Egnyte users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 79% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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79% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Egnyte and SharePoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Egnyte

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Content Collaboration Platforms (13th)

SharePoint

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

162

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (1st), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Egnyte is designed for Content Collaboration Platforms and holds a mindshare of 5.1%, up 4.4% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 15.0% mindshare, down 19.0% since last year.

Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Egnyte	5.1%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise	10.1%
Google Workspace	9.8%
Other	75.0%

Content Collaboration Platforms

Enterprise Content Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SharePoint	15.0%
OpenText Documentum Content Management	10.2%
OpenText Content Management	10.0%
Other	64.8%

Enterprise Content Management

Featured Reviews

Jonathan Songoni

Manager of Operations at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees

A great solution for uploading files with good protection and security features

We use this solution to upload our files according to our activities for the project. All the files we create are uploaded or saved on Egnyte Connect to protect and securitize them Egnyte Connect is a great application to save files. All files are secure and available. If we are connected, we can…

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Madhur D'silva

Lead Consultant at Eviden

Collaborative work benefits while user-friendliness challenges persist

The most valuable feature of SharePoint is its user interface, which is very easy to use. I do not have to be very technical to use it. Its rights management capabilities and ability to restrict access to certain people are also very useful. Furthermore, I can access SharePoint from any device, whether it is a phone or laptop, which is very convenient.

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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

"It is a good storage solution."

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

"It is scalable and stable."

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

"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."

"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."

"Our staff found it simpler, as they did not have to work within a classification system."

"Ability to store files of any type."

"I do like the collaboration around documents. The versioning history has proven useful in some instances as well."

"SharePoint has made things easier with the increased functionality for building the portals, microsites, and total integration with Microsoft categories."

"Its most valuable feature is the document library."

"The initial setup is easy."

"Removed the need of paper storage and people flow into the office."

"It has an easy to distribute administration capability, and can also scale to meet a large number of future needs."

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Cons

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"When working on a website with SharePoint Online, not many people can edit simultaneously. If I am editing one section, my colleague cannot edit it at the same time."

"Flexibility and extensibility, above everything, could be improved."

"Document management and the ability to easily integrate single sign-on (SSO) are areas for improvement in SharePoint."

"The integration with Outlook could be improved."

"It should have more user-friendly customization, as it still requires developers to get engaged and build sites."

"SharePoint sometimes cannot handle the amount of co-editing that we do."

"The navigation is confusing."

"The technical support process should be more streamlined as it usually involves contacting vendors and arranging calls for resolution."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"As usual, Microsoft’s licensing structures don’t really seem to fit the needs of their products. This leads to always paying for a project you will never use fully or always be adding to."

"The pricing is competitive."

"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."

"The data classification and search elements are cheap."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"Licensing can be by server or by seat."

"It is very expensive."

"SharePoint is included with our Microsoft license."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Government

13%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	79
Midsize Enterprise	37
Large Enterprise	80

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What do you like most about SharePoint?

The search feature is valuable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?

As SharePoint is part of the Microsoft 365 suite, the pricing is acceptable.

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What needs improvement with SharePoint?

Not with SharePoint specifically, but overall with the software or tools from Microsoft, I think there are areas that need improvement. It's very difficult to understand the objective. There are so...

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Overview

Egnyte is a hybrid cloud storage service that provides online file sharing, file transfer, and cross-office syncing solutions to small, medium, and large businesses. The company specializes in providing businesses with customizable solutions using both cloud-only technology and local storage. Businesses using Egnyte's services benefit from increased efficiency, reliable security, and removal of communication barriers. Egnyte, like many of its competitors, features customizable services that help businesses stay organized and productive while maintaining a high level of security. In order to provide uninterrupted levels of security, Egnyte only allows access to files though certificate-based trusted devices via a two-step login verification process. Egnyte offers businesses control over its services with the ability to monitor use and access information through a single, user-friendly control panel, which is accessible in any web browser. The Egnyte platform is able to integrate with local storage, providing businesses with the option of using cloud-based storage or local devices, depending upon security preferences. Companies with satellite locations or remote employees benefit from Egnyte's flexible deployment models, scalable file sharing, and high speed collaboration capabilities regardless of changes in bandwidth limitations across locations. Additionally, Egnyte's platform makes use of hybrid storage synchronization, which reduces bandwidth saturation and increases performance. Egnyte appeals to growing businesses because it offers customizable services and flexible file sharing solutions. Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty, with over 275 agents and employees spread throughout the Atlanta metro area, was struggling to increase the efficiency of staff communication. After working with Egnyte, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty was able to develop a hybrid file sharing infrastructure that allowed for the syncing and sharing of large files, protection of confidential information, and a reduction in bandwidth use.

Egnyte

SharePoint is a Microsoft-based platform for building web applications. It covers a widerange of capabilities and while it is appropriate for experienced webdevelopers, even non-technical minded users can easily navigate through thesystem and execute functions such as collaborating data, managing documents andfiles, creating websites, managing social networking solutions, and automatingworkflow.

Major areas that SharePoint deals with are websites,communities, content, search, insights, and composites. The purpose is to give usersthe ability to create or develop these key business components on their owneven without technical knowledge of, for example, how to build a website or howto integrate coding. Configuring SharePoint into a business's system is meantto cut out all of the complicated steps, and pave the way for easierimplementation all around.

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

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