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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Egnyte

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AEgnyte provides a unified content security and governance solution for collaboration, data security, compliance, and threat detection for multicloud businesses. More than 16,000 organizations trust Egnyte to reduce risks and IT complexity, prevent ransomware and IP theft, and boost employee productivity on any app, any cloud, anywhere.

    $25

    per month

    Google Classroom

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    EgnyteGoogle Classroom
    Editions & Modules
    Team (1-10 employees)
    $10
    per employee/per month
    Business (10-100 employees)
    $20
    per employee/per month
    Enterprise (50+ employees)
    Contact sales team
    Education Fundamentals
    $0
    per license/per month
    Google Workspace for Education Standard
    $3
    per student/per year
    Teaching and Learning Upgrade
    $4
    per license/per month
    Google Workspace for Education Plus
    $5
    per student/per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EgnyteGoogle Classroom
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Education Fundamentals Version - 30-day free trial for qualifying institutions.
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    Features
    EgnyteGoogle Classroom
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Egnyte and Google Classroom
    Feature
    Egnyte
    -
    Ratings
    Google Classroom
    7.4
    60 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Course authoring00 Ratings8.752 Ratings
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings7.639 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings6.538 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings8.141 Ratings
    Mobile friendly00 Ratings7.757 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings7.144 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings7.158 Ratings
    Compliance management00 Ratings6.934 Ratings
    Learning administration00 Ratings7.346 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings6.842 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings8.751 Ratings
    Gamification00 Ratings3.98 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning00 Ratings9.812 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    EgnyteGoogle Classroom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (42 ratings)
    8.1
    (80 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.1
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    1.9
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EgnyteGoogle Classroom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Egnyte
    Egynte is best suited for companies that SharePoint is not the best fit for. This includes managers unfamiliar with SharePoint specifically, and those really looking for a replacement for a file server in the more traditional Windows sense. SharePoint has more or less done away with any management that resembles Active Directory or File Explorer. Egnyte's web portal is incredibly straightforward. I would say Egnyte is less suited for companies that have licensing access to SharePoint already and do not have a ton of files or granular sharing and security needs
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    Google
    Google Classroom allows teachers to post for daily lessons and assignments. It also allows teachers to be able to communicate with students easily outside of class. Students are able to stay connected and know where to find all information and resources easily in a streamlined manner for all of their classes.
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    Pros
    Egnyte
    • Sharing files externally with passwords, link expiration and granular control of permissions
    • File syncing across end-user devices using a client installed onto the computer for seamless integration for end-users as if they had mapped a drive directly to their machine
    • Implements 2FA for secure access
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    Google
    • Student-teacher communication - I love using Classroom for this because my students can always go back and check what was on Classroom by looking through the stream. This way they don't have to go dig through emails to find what they're looking for.
    • Posting to multiple classes - I can post the same announcement or assignment to multiple classes at once without having to repeat the process or send separate emails.
    • Streamlining grading - when students turn work in on Classroom, it all goes to one place and then when I'm grading I can open their documents directly from Classroom or my Drive folder. This way, I'm not looking through emails and Google Doc shared files for their assignment.
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    Cons
    Egnyte
    • The main drawback of the system that it is lacking in managing the uploading of large or huge files, even though the large files can be easily downloadable but the upload takes a lot of time.
    • While uploading the system sometimes starts lagging and the file after sometimes needs to upload again.
    • Egnyte is lacking in syncing multiple platforms at the same time. It gives access to one platform at a time which somehow hinders the work while migrating a large amount of data.
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    Google
    • The content management of the Classroom is not that good. The sub-section for notes, syllabus, or discussion is missing.
    • It doesn't have parental control feature.
    • It converts the excel output into a normal file. All the formulas and pivots got changed into plain text.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Egnyte
    We found that usage of Egnyte in our supported clients, with sufficient bandwidth, provided all the features and stability we required. The billing setup was fair and the support provided was ample for end users and well as our in house admins. There was a concern about high usage clients but this was taken into account during the vetting process.
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    Google
    Testing is particularly important in online learning, and Google Classroom falls far short of other learning management systems in this regard. Security is also a concern: while account control is reasonable for the account used with Google Classroom, the person controlling a particular account is often able to, for example, forward or download proprietary materials.
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    Usability
    Egnyte
    Really easy to use the interface. The web browser is very intuitive and I have not had any notable issues with this. It's easy to work on documents as a team, and the only issues we have to tend to come with Apple apps and downloading large files to WebEdit. It's very similar to the filing systems that come on Apple and Windows devices so not a steep learning curve.
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    Google
    Simple design and seamless integration with Google tools and drive, but missing some key features. However, since it is limited in overall functions and ability to truly personalize / customize, it is quite user friendly and easy to set up and get going, other than sending out the code to your course or dropping students in via their gmail account. Users of Google Forms and sites will find the layout similar in design.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Egnyte
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    We have had very little trouble in accessing Google Classroom. Our issues, if any, have risen from our server and not the Google servers.
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    Performance
    Egnyte
    Egnyte works very well across all platforms and as an add-on to other programs. Load time is close to nothing. Reports can be made in no time as well. All in all no performance issues. We can see that it depends on the local network connection. If you're running with fiber there won't be any issues.
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Egnyte
    I never had to reach out to customer support for Egnyte. I don't know any coworkers who have had to reach out to Egnyte for support either. As far as I am concerned, the support team is doing a good job since I have not had to reach out to them.
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    Google
    Since this platform is provided by Google, the technical support is better than any others, and we are not required to bother about the space constraints for adding the contents. If we have a good uninterrupted internet facility we can access Google Classroom without any delay or lag. They have app support in both Android and iPhone.
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    Implementation Rating
    Egnyte
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    It was relatively easy to implement due to the simplicity of the platform. Even our more technology challenged teachers found it easy to get started with Google Classroom.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Egnyte
    At the time when this was implemented (over 5 years ago and still in production), there were issues with syncing and reliability that Egnyte did not have, and have continued to impress with. Other providers have improved a lot and Egnyte is fairly costly, but switching costs would be high to move away from it to similar solutions.
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    Google
    I haven't tested or evaluated another digital classroom website or application. I feel like Google Classroom is convenient for many reasons such as compatibility to Google docs, slides, etc. I also love the ability to link to YouTube and other sites. I don't know if there would be a site that is easier to maneuver.
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    Scalability
    Egnyte
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    It is very easy to push out this program across our buildings. Teachers are able to use it without much trouble.
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    Return on Investment
    Egnyte
    • Allows us to easily communicate important data securely with other offices (not just sending via email)
    • It allows everyone in our office to be working on the same information at the same time
    • It meshes so well with salesforce that I can't really picture what our practice would look like if we didn't have the combination.
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    Google
    • Students are able to continue learning in a remote environment
    • Parents have a single, consistent organization structure to make it easy to track assignments and progress for multiple children
    • Much better solution than the quickly assembled Zoom-and-gloom of the previous spring when school abruptly went remote with no planning
    Incentivized
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