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ShareFile vs ownCloud comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

ownCloud
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
20th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ShareFile
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
12th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
eSignature (Electronic Signature) (12th), Cloud Data Exchange Services (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of ownCloud is 1.5%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ShareFile is 6.0%, down from 9.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ShareFile6.0%
ownCloud1.5%
Other92.5%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

SC
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Self-hosted file sync tool used to deploy custom web UIs.
I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market. It’s a full web application platform, an indispensable tool for a business of any size that needs to deploy any kind of custom web UI. If you build an ownCloud app, you’ve got authentication, storage, security, caching, and database layers already fully baked for you. You just need to build your UI and custom logic. Your app doesn’t even need to interact with files, sync, or interact with other ownCloud features. Any web UI can be included without ownCloud. It can even be a portal to web interfaces of other applications within a business using the external app to display external sites within ownCloud. This is the case as long as that site allows itself to be displayed within a frame.
Salim Malik - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Citrix Specialist at Kuwait Oil Company (K.S.C.)
Reliable, user-friendly, and secure
The initial setup is straightforward. It's not complicated. I’ve done the deployment when I was in Citrix and the deployment for the current customer and therefore have experience doing this a few times. How long the deployment takes is up to the customer in terms of what type of storage zone controller you're going to operate. If you're going to operate on-premise, then you need to have the network team and the server, physical server, the load balances, and storage zone controller storage deployed. It shouldn't take, if the infrastructure is ready, more than a week. IN that time, you can set up the entire full-fledged configuration and have enrollment running if you have all the hardware and the communications ready. That's on the on-premise side. If it's on a specific cloud, even when you purchase the procurement, it won't take even a day. In 24 hours, you will be up and running easily on the ShareFile cloud if you are working with the Citrix cloud. If you're doing a private cloud, then the communication to open the ports between the ShareFile can complain to the private cloud. That might be at least a week, depending on the internal teams. If they work very fast and smoothly, it's a matter of a day. You only need one person to maintain the solution. It’s pretty low-maintenance.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
"Easy to setup across the enterprise with Active Directory support for better managed security."
"It's user-friendly for end users."
"The solution is scalable."
"The Enterprise Dropbox solution is highly integrated with Microsoft's Office 365 and Azure products."
"For a few hundred dollars a month, my entire organization (42 users) can effectively share unlimited files with external partners."
"It provided end users with a secure file-sharing option with which they can share big files."
"This provides us with a secure way of sending tax returns without having to use passwords."
"We implement this solution at many customer sites which directly affects productivity and gives the customer a very flexible solution."
 

Cons

"Even with fast disks, it still takes a fair bit of time to write most schema changes to multi-GB tables."
"Even with fast disks, it still takes a fair bit of time to write most schema changes to multi-GB tables."
"DLP features are lacking and required because, especially with everyone working from home, security is now paramount when the data is on BYOD devices."
"Some of our customers are facing issues when sending files outside their company."
"My only issue with this solution is the cost, which should be improved."
"The user interface is not very intuitive."
"Everything they have should be integrated into one item."
"The configuration on the mobile devices is a little clunky, in terms of setting up the application."
"There are sometimes scalability issues after updates."
"DLP features are lacking and required because, especially with everyone working from home, security is now paramount when the data is on BYOD devices."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"You have to work hard in order to get the suitable licenses."
"Citrix has a very good file auditing features and security features."
"If you are already a Citrix customer, I recommend having the Platinum licensing level, as it provides licensing for a number of various features that all integrate together."
"I give the cost of the solution a five out of five."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Legal Firm
7%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise3
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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Citrix RightSignature, Citrix ShareFile
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

CERN, Joy Global, Sciebo, Bauhaus, datto
SecondMarket, KBC Partners, Twilio, You Know Who Design, oDesk Corporation, CMT Agency, Townhog
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