# Egnyte review (2026): is it worth $10 a month per user, billed yearly? > Business file sharing with governance and AI tools Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** File Storage & Sync - **Made by:** Egnyte, Inc. - **Website:** https://www.egnyte.com - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you want more than Team: Business is $22 a user and Elite is $48 billed annually. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Egnyte is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $10 per user / month, billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial on each plan; length not stated on the pricing page. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Team | $10 per 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 | $22 per user / month, billed annually | Single-document AI Q&A, discretionary permissions, Google Workspace integration and Microsoft 365 co-editing. | | Enterprise Lite | $39 per user / month, billed annually | Adds artifact-based ransomware detection, suspicious login detection, content lifecycle policies and advanced workflows. | | Elite | $48 per 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 https://www.egnyte.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Egnyte before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Multi-year discount on all plans** (Other savings): The pricing page notes that a multi-year discount is available on every plan; the amount is not stated. Source: https://www.egnyte.com/pricing ## 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. ## Good for - Companies replacing an office file server with cloud storage - Teams in construction, finance or life sciences - IT teams that need ransomware and access governance ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: D.** $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. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A free trial on each plan with no length stated, and no free plan. - **Features: C.** File sharing, governance and AI tools, but e-signature, PDF markup and multi-document AI need Elite. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, with an admin setup of folders, permissions and rules. - **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android apps, and 6 integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among file storage and sync services - Egnyte's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 13 of the 91 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 20. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 70 of 91) 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 $6.64 for the category: 47 of the 60 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 13 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/file-storage ## Keep it, 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: 58 of the 91 other file storage and sync services grade higher. It costs $120 a year. - You could not: Files kept in step across devices without losing one. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: A search engine with an AI model behind it. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 11,730 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id380007014 ## Works with Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Procore, Autodesk, Microsoft Outlook **Tags:** File sharing, File sync, AI features, Workflow automation, AI search ## Alternatives - [Box](https://toolgpa.com/tools/box): Business content storage with e-signatures, workflows and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/box-vs-egnyte) - [ShareFile](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sharefile): Secure file sharing and client portals for business teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/egnyte-vs-sharefile) - [Dropbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dropbox): Cloud storage and file sync with transfer and signing tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dropbox-vs-egnyte) - [Nextcloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nextcloud): Open source, self-hosted file sync and collaboration platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/egnyte-vs-nextcloud) - [Microsoft OneDrive](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-onedrive): Microsoft's cloud storage, bundled with Microsoft 365 plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/egnyte-vs-microsoft-onedrive) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.egnyte.com/pricing - https://www.egnyte.com/pricing-team Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/egnyte Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).