External file sharing and collaboration tools
Invite external collaborators into your team without needing to pay for additional licences, and offer free accounts with sponsored storage. Recipients can access shared files without a Dropbox account, with no compromise on security.
Support for large, rich media file collaboration and creative teams
Don’t let large files slow down collaboration, or force you to resort to file compression. Benefit from extensive support for rich media file previews, frame-accurate comments on video projects and secure transfers of up to 250 GB at a time.
Fast, reliable syncing
Sync large files of up to 2 TB, with two types of file sync—delta sync and streaming sync. By automatically employing one of two methods of syncing, based on the circumstances, Dropbox is able to sync faster than other file storage providers.
Mistakes happen, and version-history can be a lifesaver when recovering business-critical files. Unfortunately for Egnyte users, Egnyte restricts the maximum number of versions retained to the 3 most recent versions, unlike the time-based version history available in Dropbox. With Dropbox, every version of your file within a set time period—based on your plan—is stored and can be recovered. What’s more, if you’re looking for extensive file versioning you can increase this up to 10 years with either our Extended Version History Add-On or Data Governance Add-On.
See how Dropbox helps teams save time, cut costs and boost productivity by sharing and previewing large files up to 150 GB, with auto-generated transcriptions for HD and 4K videos and audio. Dropbox efficiently handles high data volumes with reliable, consistent preview speeds.
One of the best things about Dropbox is everything else you get access to, along with unbeatable cloud storage. Egnyte forces users off its platform to perform simple tasks like PDF editing, CRM database manipulation in platforms like Salesforce and document review for e-discovery, among other things. Whereas with Dropbox, you can do all of this and more directly within your account. Whether you’re looking to edit a PDF, sign a document, or gather feedback on a video project—you can do it all without leaving your Dropbox account.
More than 600,000 teams use Dropbox for a reason, while only 22,000+ businesses use Egnyte, according to their own sources. Your colleagues, collaborators and clients know and trust Dropbox. So instead of spending time learning another new tool, they can focus on the work that really matters. Get your team up and running in record time, with minimal IT support. Eliminate support requests, cut training costs, accelerate time to value, and empower your team to get organised quickly with fast and simple onboarding. And if you need assistance, our support team is always available to help.
With advanced content controls, end-to-end-encryption, virtual data rooms, and more, Dropbox makes it easy to keep your most sensitive content safe. Research from Forrester** into the cost savings and business benefits enabled by Dropbox found that centralised administrative tools in Dropbox help administrators to manage users and permissions. In terms of regulatory benefits, Dropbox was also found to improve governance of critical content and files through its activity monitoring, alerting and security capabilities.
“The ease of Dropbox is almost second to none. As someone who works a lot with Dropbox, Egnyte, and many other data hosting platforms, my favorite way to receive information from others is using Dropbox. A simple email click automatically downloads data from trusted sources to my computer.”
Verified UserSmall Business, InsuranceExternal file sharing and collaboration tools
When it comes to external file sharing and collaboration, Dropbox outshines Egnyte. As an Egnyte user, if you want to invite someone outside of your team to your project, you’ll need to pay for external collaborator licences. This isn’t just inconvenient, but can quickly add up in cost, too. There are challenges for freelancers and external contractors, too, without a way to collaborate in multiple external projects in a single space, you’ll need to maintain separate accounts for each of your clients.
In contrast, Dropbox offers a more streamlined and user-friendly experience. External users can be easily invited to a team, eliminating the need for costly additional licences. Even better, Dropbox provides free accounts combined with enterprise-sponsored storage and no compromising on security or auditability. This means that external users can collaborate on your projects without needing a paid licence of their own.
Ultimately, if you’re looking to collaborate with external partners on a seamless, integrated platform, Dropbox provides a more robust and cost-effective solution that Egnyte simply can’t match.
Support for large, rich media file collaboration and creative teams
Don’t let large files slow down collaboration, or force you to sacrifice quality through compression. For creative teams and those working with large, rich media files, Dropbox offers significant advantages over Egnyte. For one thing, it’s much easier to sync large files to your team’s cloud storage. Egnyte's 150 GB maximum file size for syncing means you’re limited on the size of files that can be uploaded to your storage at a time. Dropbox, on the other hand, offers a 2 TB limit, meaning you can upload massive files, or collections of files, effortlessly. This makes Dropbox a far more suitable platform for teams managing high-resolution video, graphics and other media-heavy projects.
When it comes to delivering finished assets, Egnyte also lacks a branded or packaged delivery method like Dropbox Transfer. With Transfer, you get password protection, custom branding and download notifications—key features for secure, professional file sharing.
We all know that feedback is an integral, yet often chaotic, part of the creative process. While Egnyte only offers file-level comments, Dropbox Replay allows frame-accurate feedback on audio and video files, streamlining the review process for creative teams.
Lastly, in terms of compatibility, Dropbox supports previews for a wide range of professional media formats, including MXFs and other specialised codecs, which Egnyte does not.
Fast, reliable syncing
When it comes to file syncing, Dropbox is a clear leader, offering faster and more reliable performance for businesses than platforms like Egnyte. A major limitation of Egnyte is its lack of block-level syncing, which slows down the process of syncing large files. Dropbox, on the other hand, supports block-level syncing, which significantly boosts speed by only syncing changes made to a file rather than the entire file itself.
Dropbox pushes its sync capabilities even further by allowing users to sync files up to 2 TB in size—far larger than the 150 GB limit with Egnyte—and offers two advanced syncing methods: Delta Sync and Streaming Sync. These technologies ensure that files are synced as efficiently and reliably as possible based on your circumstances at the time of syncing.
Don’t just take our word for it, a 2023 study conducted by Principled Technologies found that Dropbox outpaces other cloud storage platforms in syncing speed*. So, for teams that demand speed, reliability and flexibility, the answer is clear—Dropbox is the superior choice over Egnyte.
Data notice
*Based on a 2023 Principled Technologies study, commissioned by Dropbox
** Based on a 2022 Forrester study, commissioned by Dropbox