Egnyte

Score9.6 out of 10

111 Reviews and Ratings

What is Egnyte?

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.

Categories & Use Cases

Versioning
Users can access the most up-to-date version of a document, track changes, and revert to older versions if needed.
Category average: 8
Access control
Users can control access to (shared) files, including different levels of access such as view-only or permission to edit.
Category average: 8
User and role management
Administrators can manage users and user groups by role, in terms of setting permissions for things like file access, sharing, and editing permissions.
Category average: 8.1

Video files
Supports video file types
Category average: 8
Audio files
Supports audio file types, such as .mp3, .mp4, and .wav
Category average: 8.1
Device sync
Device syncing that updates files connected to the cloud, keeping all files up to date regardless of where they are edited or viewed.
Category average: 8.3

Erin Gracyalny View profile

Customer Success Manager in Customer Service at Propel Software Solutions (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The internal file server is where all company information is stored. We would also go here to share files and information with customers or external users, and it is connected to our Salesforce instance as well.

Pros

Security
Company file server.
Folder sharing at different levels.

Cons

Desktop App limitations.

Return on Investment

More secure overall access levels to the company means less risk of data breaches.
Easier file management means less time IT is spending on access issues.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft SharePoint, Dropbox and Google Drive

Other Software Used

Atlassian Jira, Seismic Knowledge, Skilljar by Gainsight, WorkRamp

John Wilhite View profile

General Accountant in Finance and Accounting at apilayer Data Products GmbH (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As an employee working remote on a, basically, all-remote organization I use it on a daily basis. Thanks to Egnyte, members on my team (Finance) that are spread across the globe can collaborate instantly. It is indeed a very efective tool.

Pros

Instant access remotely
Simplified and intuitive options for sharing
Allows for multiple roles for working on a file

Cons

Hard to say as Egnyte fulfills my requirements

Return on Investment

Hard to measure ROI but it signifocantly helps to bridge communications across cross-border temas and this is priceless.

Usability

Other Software Used

Sage Intacct, Tipalti, Yooz

Verified User

Project Manager in Engineering (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Egnyte for all of our electronic file storage and back-up. I especially like the ease I can share and transfer large drawing files and photos. Moving between the mobile device app and computer software is very easy. Smart Upload is very convenient also it makes the very time consuming task of retrieving photos for any use easy.

Pros

Organize Files
Track File Movement
Make Photos and Files easier to use

Cons

network printing instead of air?

Return on Investment

I communicate with colleagues better.
More information is readily available to share

Usability

Other Software Used

Procore, Bluebeam, Microsoft 365

William Press

Cloud Project Manager in Information Technology at Total Technology Resources (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Egynte is used to supplement Sharepoint's limitations and less ease of use. Egnyte is a cloud-based file storage solution that allows for seamless management sync to end user desktops. Egnyte has better scaling than Sharepoint and a bit more granular security controls than Sharepoint. It is used company wide whenever rolled out including for our company.

Pros

Speedy implementation and rollout
Quick and easy security layers
Ease of use for the end user familiar with file explorer based usage

Cons

Storage limits across companies can be cumbersome
Extremely large file systems benefit from onsite sync
Support is helpful but not always speedy

Return on Investment

Once rolled out, Egnyte is a set it and forget it application on the user end
Egnyte certainly has a cost, but is worth it for many companies
Larger file systems take planning but once implemented are seamless

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft SharePoint, Google Workspace and Box

Mykii Liu View profile

IT Support Engineer in Information Technology at The PENTA Building Group (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

Sharing files externally with passwords, link expiration and granular control of permissions
File syncing across end-user devices using a client installed onto the computer for seamless integration for end-users as if they had mapped a drive directly to their machine
Implements 2FA for secure access

Cons

Applying mass permissions to multiple folders is non-existent. If you have 15 folders to manage, you have to individually assign the 15 folders permissions to have specific rights (to not be able to delete the folder and to be able to create subfolders)
File and folder restoration is only done in increments of 80 items-- per page. That can be 78 files and 2 folders, but those folders don't contain the original items that originally existed within it. Restoring a folder with more than 1000 items is absolutely drudging.
There isn't an ability to keep files stored on end-user devices as of yet. OS level applications often times have issues when needing to address [the] entire contents of folders. [A] prime example is for file compression.
There isn't an easy way to back up the information from an end user's machine or transfer contents to a local hard drive. Cloud base solutions are available though.

Most Important Features

File accessibility across the organization
End user familiarity using the File Explorer
Folder/File restoration
Folder/file security and permissions
Ability to share to users outside of the organization
Collaboration using O365

Return on Investment

This has saved us tons over services like ShareFile and Dropbox and has provided ease of use for the end-users.
Administering users Egnyte has been pretty simple and easy, reducing some time spent. Unfortunately, the additional time spent setting permissions within folder templates loses all-time benefits and ultimately [in my experience] can cause wrist-related issues if done in bulk and needing to be done on a deadline.

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Versioning

Access control

User and role management

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Video files

Audio files

Device sync

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