Egnyte: File Storage Built for What SharePoint Can’t Handle

Egnyte is a cloud-based file storage and collaboration platform designed for businesses that need reliable access to large file repositories, granular permission controls, and hybrid on-premises and cloud storage — capabilities that go beyond what Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive are designed to provide.

SharePoint is optimized for active document collaboration and has a documented 300,000-file sync limit beyond which performance degrades. Egnyte handles large-scale file storage, supports on-premises caching nodes for local performance, and provides more granular permission controls and audit logging. Most organizations use both: SharePoint for collaboration and Egnyte for file repositories and archives.

Yes. Egnyte integrates with Microsoft 365, including support for Microsoft Copilot searching across Egnyte files. Teams use SharePoint for active document collaboration and Egnyte for file storage and archives — the two complement each other cleanly.

Yes. Egnyte supports HIPAA compliance and offers business associate agreements (BAAs) for healthcare organizations. It provides encryption at rest and in transit, detailed audit logging of file access and modifications, and access controls that support minimum necessary access standards.

Yes, for most organizations. Egnyte Desktop Sync makes Egnyte appear as a mapped network drive to end users — nearly identical to a traditional file server. For organizations needing local performance, the on-premises storage node caches frequently accessed files locally. BRITECITY manages the migration including preserving folder structure, permissions, and metadata.

Egnyte pricing is per user per month, with tiers that scale from small business to enterprise. The right tier depends on your compliance requirements, storage volume, and whether you need on-premises storage nodes. Contact BRITECITY for a recommendation based on your specific environment.