Egnyte
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Works, and works solidly.
What do you like best about the product?
I like Egnyte's sharing capabilities. It has the same capabilities as Box, Dropbox, and many others, but with file sharing, we love that it can be shared with others with an expirable link, as well as real-time notifications. This is especially helpful to us as we're sharing financial data between business sellers and potential buyers, and allows us to keep a close eye on what is being shared and when.
What do you dislike about the product?
The desktop sync bugs out a little more frequently than I'd love, but really it's nothing major. I just have to go in and manually restart the sync process maybe once every two weeks?
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The other big upside to Egnyte is that data is encrypted in transfer and at rest, allowing us to feel secure that our documents are safe.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it a try! It works well.
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What do you like best about the product?
Ability to upload files of any data size and grant permissions to both admin and users. The access to local storage and cloud is also very beneficial.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's hard to streamline the data It doesn’t have the ability to stream data,
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Very quick ease of access if any temporary downloads needs to be generated.
Great file sharing tool
What do you like best about the product?
I like how easy it is to great new folders and upload on this platform. Before we were using drop box which is still great, but I think egnyte it better for professional purposes. It allows all the company documents to be in one place and if for any reason a computer crashes, we don't have to worry about lost files.
The link sharing function is one of my favorites and with the ability to see how many opens you got this is great for tracking purposes. I used it to send out press information and I can see who opened my link and when.
I also like the web edit so that you don't have to download the file to change it is is all online, however it does need more functionality as you can't do everything you can on desktop word or excel.
The link sharing function is one of my favorites and with the ability to see how many opens you got this is great for tracking purposes. I used it to send out press information and I can see who opened my link and when.
I also like the web edit so that you don't have to download the file to change it is is all online, however it does need more functionality as you can't do everything you can on desktop word or excel.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't think I have anything that I dislike from a functionality standpoint. Very easy to use and alot of great features.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows all of our company files in one place and helps with collaboration for team projects. We can also see how many versions we have of files and who edits them. It has helped with making it easier to find things and we don't have to send an email to someone just to get a logo or fact sheet. Everyone can get it themselves making people more proactive.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for a place to centralize your companies work egnyte is it. You also can keep personal files that aren't for the public company which makes this multi-purpose.
Excellent option for automated backup systems
What do you like best about the product?
Remote Configuration, ease of setup, does not require user input.
What do you dislike about the product?
Tends to hog bandwidth at inopportune times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Forced backup of employee computers.
Not impressed with Egnyte
What do you like best about the product?
The only thing I like about it is that it's cloud storage, which makes remote access of files seamless. I don't want to give off the wrong impression that I actually like this product, but I do like the concept of cloud storage.
What do you dislike about the product?
Just about everything is cumbersome. File and directory permissions often prevent the drive from fully syncing, and constantly reports errors. The desktop integration is wonky and consumes lots of CPU when syncing. Any time saved by storing the data in the cloud is completely wasted with complicated procedures to access the files through the web browser, or troubleshooting missing files due to permission problems. Furthermore, I disabled the desktop sync application because it's more problem than what it's worth.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
There have been no benefits. We use Salesforce as our customer relationship management (CRM) software and Egnyte has a Salesforce API/plugin that allows for files to be stored in relation to a record. I haven't seen a working version of the API yet, so I can't comment on any realized benefit for it's use or integration.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Consider anything else, such as ICloud, Dropbox, Sharepoint, or OneDrive. Dropbox is well integrated into the file system of the computer and doesn't require a complicated setup or management. Price-wise, I think any other option is better than Egnyte, and when you consider the human capital that is wasted when things aren't working properly, the cost is even more steep.
Terrible GUI, you get what you pay for
What do you like best about the product?
General benefits of any cloud solution - version control
What do you dislike about the product?
GUI is terrible, even with the update - treed folders are impossible to find/navigate. Sync requires clicking through 12 folders to get where you need to be. Sync is too slow and can't edit simultaneously using it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use this to store project info securely
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You get what you pay for. Be prepared for nonexistent support from this Indian SaaS co.
Love Egnyte!
What do you like best about the product?
I love the cloud based file storage that looks and feels like another file drive on my computer.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not like that it logs me out of the system quickly. This may be a setting that our office has but I keep it pulled up all day and would like it to stay logged in.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have staff that travels all over the country and this makes it so much easier to access our files.
Impressive cloud-based storage
What do you like best about the product?
Everything works very well, and very quickly.
All our office files are now stored on the Egnyte cloud server (based in San Francisco) and all our staff access the files there from our office in Japan.
Upload and download speed is very quick - mostly Word and Excel files and they additional delay is hardly noticeable. The extra delay is noticeable for larger files, but still very quick.
We have had almost no issues after 6 months using the system, and staff uptake was quick and problem-free.
The Egnyte Drive functionality allows users to map Windows Explorer to the Egnyte cloud server so there is zero learning curve.
The WebEdit functionality automates and hides the download and upload process when using the browser to edit documents stored on the cloud, so from the user point of view they are working directly on the cloud.
The user permissions and groups allow very granular control but are also easy to setup and manage.
There are also collaboration and version control functions - we've only used those a little so far, but they are again very good and I think will prove useful.
All our office files are now stored on the Egnyte cloud server (based in San Francisco) and all our staff access the files there from our office in Japan.
Upload and download speed is very quick - mostly Word and Excel files and they additional delay is hardly noticeable. The extra delay is noticeable for larger files, but still very quick.
We have had almost no issues after 6 months using the system, and staff uptake was quick and problem-free.
The Egnyte Drive functionality allows users to map Windows Explorer to the Egnyte cloud server so there is zero learning curve.
The WebEdit functionality automates and hides the download and upload process when using the browser to edit documents stored on the cloud, so from the user point of view they are working directly on the cloud.
The user permissions and groups allow very granular control but are also easy to setup and manage.
There are also collaboration and version control functions - we've only used those a little so far, but they are again very good and I think will prove useful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not much. Biggest issue is pricing. Egnyte is expensive, perhaps not unreasonable for a quality product, but the pricing is based on users, rather than access. A casual worker accessing our files once a week from a shared PC is a "user" and charged at the same rate as a full-time staff member who uses the system 40 solid hours a week. It feels unfair and also makes management more difficult. To be fair, however, we were allowed to get around some of the management with a semi-locked-in fee, but we did setup a larger, long-term contract.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have several office locations which, while geographically pretty close, are all still separate. We were running separate networks and file servers in each office, with the head office having some centralised control. The system was functional but the disadvantages where staffing costs for maintenance of multiple locations, physical space and cooling needs for the servers, slow access time for files at a remote location, and large costs for setup of new office locations.
Prior to Egnyte we were already using all-cloud-based applications - Gmail, etc. Egnyte was the final piece of the puzzle, completely removing the need for the local file servers and managed networks. We now have all local PCs using cloud-based applications and Egnyte for file storage, and have had no negative impact on our operations.
The additional advantage is the all files are now available remotely as well. You can access Egnyte through Gmail so we simply login to our email and select the Egnyte app.
The one area that found the Egnyte access too slow was Marketing - uploading and downloading large image and video files. For them we setup Egnyte Desktop Sync. A folder on Egnyte is synced with a folder on their local PC. Marketing staff can then work directly from the local folder, but still have their work available to others and backed up on Egnyte.
Prior to Egnyte we were already using all-cloud-based applications - Gmail, etc. Egnyte was the final piece of the puzzle, completely removing the need for the local file servers and managed networks. We now have all local PCs using cloud-based applications and Egnyte for file storage, and have had no negative impact on our operations.
The additional advantage is the all files are now available remotely as well. You can access Egnyte through Gmail so we simply login to our email and select the Egnyte app.
The one area that found the Egnyte access too slow was Marketing - uploading and downloading large image and video files. For them we setup Egnyte Desktop Sync. A folder on Egnyte is synced with a folder on their local PC. Marketing staff can then work directly from the local folder, but still have their work available to others and backed up on Egnyte.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The cost is high so you need to be in a position to really take advantage of the system.
They will give you a 30 day trial so make the most of that, test out upload/download time but also User Management, Egnyte Drive, WebEdit and Desktop Sync. Desktop Sync does have one catch: you can only setup one per PC for a single login. So you can't have multiple logins on the same PC with different syncs setup.
A lot of the talk about Egnyte is about their Hybrid system, but we have not used or looked at that, so I can't comment.
Take the time to understand the pricing - it is not intuitive and you don't want to be caught out.
They will give you a 30 day trial so make the most of that, test out upload/download time but also User Management, Egnyte Drive, WebEdit and Desktop Sync. Desktop Sync does have one catch: you can only setup one per PC for a single login. So you can't have multiple logins on the same PC with different syncs setup.
A lot of the talk about Egnyte is about their Hybrid system, but we have not used or looked at that, so I can't comment.
Take the time to understand the pricing - it is not intuitive and you don't want to be caught out.
Good compact system!
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use, comprehensive, and innovative
What do you dislike about the product?
Has sync issues at times, doesn't always work the way you want it to
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Document, network storage
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Training!
Streamlined easy to find things file sharing app
What do you like best about the product?
Streamlined set up - easy to locate files - simple layout - keep for as long as you want.
What do you dislike about the product?
Downloading a lot or large files can take a while - I had serious trouble downloading one set - it kept timing out. It was over 50 audio files.
You cannot print out a report of the files to use to be sure you downloaded everything.
You cannot print out a report of the files to use to be sure you downloaded everything.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Downloading audio for transcription. Safety of audio, location in one place, easy access, easy assignment of files
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for a streamlined easy to navigate file sharing program, Egynte works well. Folders can be set up and you can manipulate them as needed.
A report function would be helpful, especially when you have a lot of files to download.
A report function would be helpful, especially when you have a lot of files to download.
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