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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

    RedShelf

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ARedShelf is an eTextbook platform. For Publishers, RedShelf offers a content distribution network and market intelligence; for schools, it offers a digital content platform campus bookstores can use to provide affordable, accessible texts, with reporting and analytics for instructors to track student usage; for students, RedShelf provides an online eReader with collaboration tools to read, highlight, and take notes on eTextbooks.N/A
    Pricing
    EgnyteRedShelf
    Editions & Modules
    Team (1-10 employees)
    $10
    per employee/per month
    Business (10-100 employees)
    $20
    per employee/per month
    Enterprise (50+ employees)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EgnyteRedShelf
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    EgnyteRedShelf
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    Egnyte
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
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    User Ratings
    EgnyteRedShelf
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (42 ratings)
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    EgnyteRedShelf
    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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    RedShelf
    RedShelf has been great in a higher ed environment to help connect students to textbook and publisher materials. It has helped make the process of purchasing/accessing those materials so much easier for students. I am at an institution now where we don't have RedShelf, and the faculty and students are regularly frustrated with this process, so I'll be looking to get us a license here soon. RedShelf is particularly useful if instructors are using various different types of materials from different publishers. However, if an institution was only using Cengage Unlimited for example (that is a service where students will just pay for access to that site and all the books/materials for all of their courses would be accessible on there), that would be a time where I would think RedShelf wouldn't provide you with as much benefit. That being said, we may be using RedShelf in a very specific manner, and it may be able to provide us more ability/features that we haven't taken full advantage of.
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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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    RedShelf
    • Provides access with or without internet connection to read your books.
    • You can access the application from your mobile device, tablets, or desktop computers.
    • Streamlines the distribution of e-books, e-textbooks, and other digital content.
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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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    RedShelf
    • Waiting for a course management tool to streamline the process. It's in the works and a tall order since all clients approach the process differently.
    • A little bit of a stumble with a recent software rollout for day one access roll out, but at least it was intuitive to work through
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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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    RedShelf
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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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    RedShelf
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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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    RedShelf
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    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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    RedShelf
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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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    RedShelf
    I don't believe I'd used many products that are similar to RedShelf.
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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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    RedShelf
    • It is a great provider of affordable digital learning materials that help improve teaching and learning through technology.
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