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Office 365 vs ShareFile comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.3
Organizations benefited from Office 365 with cost savings, productivity enhancements, flexibility, integration, improved security, and valuable Microsoft support.
Sentiment score
8.5
ShareFile boosted productivity, streamlined file management, improved collaboration, enhanced security, and delivered significant cost savings with measurable financial benefits.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
4.2
Office 365 customer service is highly rated for responsiveness, but some users prefer internal IT or community resources.
Sentiment score
6.6
ShareFile's customer service is helpful and responsive but has declined recently; critical issues are promptly escalated and resolved.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Office 365 efficiently scales to accommodate organizational growth, handling thousands of users with high adaptability and licensing flexibility.
Sentiment score
7.5
ShareFile offers scalable storage solutions for SMBs to enterprises, supporting up to 20 terabytes, suitable for diverse cloud storage needs.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Users find Office 365 reliable, appreciating improvements and support, despite minor issues with Excel macros and Teams connectivity.
Sentiment score
8.6
ShareFile is praised for its stability, reliability, performance without bugs, easy setup, and seamless integration with Outlook.
 

Room For Improvement

Office 365 faces challenges with platform compatibility, performance, costs, integration, and requires enhancements in user-friendliness and documentation.
Users want lower costs, better security features, platform integration, improved UI, and more email service compatibility for ShareFile.
 

Setup Cost

Office 365 provides scalable licensing plans offering good value and flexible pricing, although setup can be complex for larger enterprises.
<p>ShareFile's pricing ranges from $16 to $125 per user/month, featuring customizable options and advanced features for various business needs.</p>
 

Valuable Features

Office 365 enhances productivity with strong integration, collaboration tools, AI features, scalability, cloud storage, and comprehensive app support.
ShareFile offers ease of use, robust security, seamless access, and reliable performance with features like multi-factor authentication and encryption.
 

Categories and Ranking

Office 365
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
143
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ShareFile
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
eSignature (Electronic Signature) (4th), Cloud Data Exchange Services (3rd)
 

Featured Reviews

Gary Cook - PeerSpot reviewer
Access to advanced features boosts productivity despite pricing concerns in developing regions
I need to do maintenance for Office 365 very seldom, once a year. In the maintenance process for Office 365, we have about 12 people involved. For the maintenance side of Office 365, only one person is involved. Looking at Office 365's pricing, I would give it a 4 on a scale from 1 to 10. My overall rating for Office 365 is an 8 out of 10, but for the product itself, I would give it a 10. I would definitely recommend Office 365 to other businesses, probably a 9 out of 10 for recommendation. This is only because of its price and the fact that they do not take into account developing countries such as South Africa, where they should give us more favorable prices or local prices. We do not have a partnership with Microsoft, which is a sore point for us. We have reached out to Microsoft South Africa, and they are very hard to contact and largely uncooperative. We are a B-Level 2 and a B-Level 1, which are local affirmative action ratings that companies get. Level 1 is the highest, and Level 8 is the lowest. We hold amongst the highest BEE ratings, but we have not found Microsoft South Africa to be forthcoming or very open. We should have a partnership with them, and we run Power BI as we are a Power BI shop now. I strongly would want to see a box within Office 365 for our team to have ChatGPT through OpenAI as well. We use Excel as a data source for many tasks and find that it integrates really well with Python. We write a lot of Python code and use Excel as a data sheet many times, and we operate through SQL and other zero elements as well. From an Office 365 viewpoint, we find that with Copilot and Python and Excel's provision for Python, it is very useful.
David Donaldson - PeerSpot reviewer
Flexible plans, stable, and scalable
I used another solution at the same time, which was far worse. The American company I worked for used a similar file-sharing solution called LeapFile, a secure file transfer service. Personally, I found Citrix ShareFile to be much better than LeapFile, which was quite clunky. I later used a solution called Egnyte, which my company used as its main file transfer solution, though I'm not sure if it's still in use. The company moved to Egnyte because it is more of an enterprise-level solution. Egnyte was expensive, but it worked. I believe Citrix ShareFile is aimed at smaller to medium-sized organizations, making it a more appropriate solution than Egnyte due to its pricing.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
51%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Computer Software Company
14%
Legal Firm
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Office 365?
For pricing, I think it's fairly priced, I would rate it 8.
What needs improvement with Office 365?
The areas of Office 365 that have room for improvement are what should be better in this solution.
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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Microsoft Office 365, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E5, Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 F1
Citrix RightSignature, Citrix ShareFile
 

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