Egnyte

Overview

Egnyte has offered cloud file sharing to businesses since 2008 and is a portfolio company of the private-equity firms GI Partners and TA Associates; it cites more than 23,000 customers^[31]. Rather than competing on consumer storage, it sells a governed content platform combining file sharing, permissions, data-governance and compliance tools, often used alongside on-premises file servers in hybrid deployments.

Published prices are per user per month, paid annually: Business at US$22 (up to 100 users), Enterprise Lite at US$39 and Elite at US$48, with Ultimate quoted on request; the pricing table lists 100 GB on Business and 150 GB on the higher tiers in its file-upload row, and multi-year discounts are available^[30]. A free trial is offered, though its length is not stated^[30]. Egnyte has no free tier and no single-user plan, which places it outside consumer comparisons, and its per-user cost is several times that of Google Workspace or Dropbox Standard. It is included here because many businesses searching for cloud storage need governance rather than raw capacity.

Egnyte features

• Partner-restricted email links
• Segregated vendor upload links
• FileGuard revocable downloads
• Adaptive Block Caching for large files
• Cloud and on-premises access
• Cloud file sharing and collaboration
• Governance and compliance tools
• Hybrid deployment options

Egnyte pricing

US$ per user/month, billed annually: Business $22; Enterprise Lite $39; Elite $48; Ultimate quote. Free trial offered.

Egnyte strengths and limitations

Appears in

• Best Cloud Storage in 2026 #13
• Best Document Management Software in 2026 #9
• Best File Sharing Software in 2026 #5

Egnyte alternatives and competitors

Alternatives to Egnyte: companies ranked in the same lists.

• Box
• Microsoft Power BI
• Google Password Manager
• DDropbox
• pCloud
• Proton VPN for Business
• Sync.com
• TTresorit
• Hyland OnBase
• NetDocuments
• WeTransfer
• ShareFile Virtual Data Room