Egnyte review (2026): is it worth $10 a month per user, billed yearly?
Business file sharing with governance and AI tools
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Egnyte report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for business file sharing with governance rules
Egnyte is business file sharing with governance and AI tools. The main plans start at $22 a user billed annually, a cheaper Team plan at $10 is capped at 10 users, and e-signature and multi-document AI wait until Elite at $48.
Who Egnyte is for
- Fits if you're a business that needs permissions and governance on shared files
- Works for a team of up to 10 that wants the $10 Team plan
Who Egnyte is not for
- Pricey if you want more than Team: Business is $22 a user and Elite is $48 billed annually
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as there is none
- Tight if you need e-signature or PDF markup: both start at Elite
- Watch out: Ultimate has no published price, the Team plan stops at 10 users and the trial length isn't stated
Why Egnyte gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for money$10 a user for Team, capped at 10 people, but the main Business plan is $22, past the category's $16.50 dearest-tenth line. Elite is $48.
- DFree plan and trialA free trial on each plan with no length stated, and no free plan.
- CFeaturesFile sharing, governance and AI tools, but e-signature, PDF markup and multi-document AI need Elite.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record, with an admin setup of folders, permissions and rules.
- APlatforms and integrationsWeb, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android apps, and 6 integrations listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Egnyte's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Egnyte's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 45 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 28 of 45) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $10 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.32 for the category: 31 of the 37 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 46 file storage and sync services we grade, cut by the letter each got. Egnyte’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 45, level with 8
- DFree plan and trialAbove 1 of 45, level with 2
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 45, level with 33
- CEase of useAbove 9 of 45, level with 13
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 28 of 45, level with 17
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 40 file storage and sync services. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Egnyte, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Egnyte you would be making files kept in step across devices without losing one. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 33 of the 45 other file storage and sync services grade higher. It costs $120 a year.
What you could not
- Files kept in step across devices without losing one.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- A search engine with an AI model behind it.
- Storing and serving files for other people.
- Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
What this rests on. Egnyte’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Egnyte?
Egnyte is a paid cloud file platform for organizations that need shared storage, external sharing and content governance. Plans run from a small-team tier up to enterprise editions with ransomware detection, classification and AI search. Desktop, mobile and web apps are listed on the pricing page.
Worth knowing
- No free plan; the Team plan is limited to 1 to 10 users.
- The prices shown are for annual payment, and the page notes a multi-year discount on all plans.
- E-signature, PDF markup and multi-document AI start at Elite.
- Ultimate has no published price and is quoted by sales.
Key features
- Shared cloud storage
- Files are reached through a web app, Windows and macOS desktop apps, and iOS and Android mobile apps.
- External sharing controls
- External user accounts, email-validated sharing and, on higher plans, dynamic watermarking limit what outside recipients can do.
- AI assistant and search
- Plans include single-document Q&A. Multi-document assistant, AI Search and AI Workflows start at Elite.
- Ransomware and governance tools
- Ransomware detection, suspicious login alerts, lifecycle policies and snapshot recovery are spread across Enterprise Lite, Elite and Ultimate.
- Industry options
- Optional modules cover construction project hubs, financial services document rooms and life sciences records.
Egnyte pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Egnyte is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $10 per user / month, billed annually.
- Starts at
- $10 per user / month, billed annually
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- Free trial on each plan; length not stated on the pricing page
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Team | $10per user / month, billed annually | For 1 to 10 users: secure link sharing, external user accounts, email-validated sharing and single-document AI Q&A. |
| Business | $22per user / month, billed annually | Single-document AI Q&A, discretionary permissions, Google Workspace integration and Microsoft 365 co-editing. |
| Enterprise Lite | $39per user / month, billed annually | Adds artifact-based ransomware detection, suspicious login detection, content lifecycle policies and advanced workflows. |
| Elite | $48per user / month, billed annually | Adds AI Assistant, AI Search and AI Workflows, PDF markup, e-signature, dynamic watermarking and auto-remediation. |
| Ultimate | Custom | Adds document and sensitive data classification, ransomware detection with snapshot recovery and DLP integration. Quote only. |
Read from egnyte.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Egnyte before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Other savingsMulti-year discount on all plans
The pricing page notes that a multi-year discount is available on every plan; the amount is not stated.
Stated on egnyte.com
How people rate the Egnyte app
4.8
out of 5 for the iPhone and iPad app
11,730 ratings on the App Store in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. It rates the app, not everything the product does. See the listing
Works with
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft 365
- Salesforce
- Procore
- Autodesk
- Microsoft Outlook
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Common questions
Does Egnyte have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Egnyte is listed for Web, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
Is Egnyte open source?
Egnyte is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026. What people say is linked where it appears.