Egnyte vs. SolarWinds Serv-U

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Egnyte
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Egnyte 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
SolarWinds Serv-U
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
SolarWinds® Serv-U® is presented by the vendor as an easy-to-use FTP or MFT server software designed to deliver security, automation, and centralized control for file transfers in an organization. Deployed within a data center, Serv-U FTP or MFT Server can help users safely exchange files within your organization and with your business partners. Do not risk file transfer data getting exposed in the cloud and compromise security. Serv-U software is built to be an effective self-hosted…N/A
Pricing
EgnyteSolarWinds Serv-U
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
EgnyteSolarWinds Serv-U
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
EgnyteSolarWinds Serv-U
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Egnyte
9.8
35 Ratings
15% above category average
SolarWinds Serv-U
-
Ratings
Versioning10.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files9.929 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files9.927 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration9.933 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control9.935 Ratings00 Ratings
File search9.934 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.032 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Egnyte
9.9
35 Ratings
14% above category average
SolarWinds Serv-U
-
Ratings
User and role management10.033 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization9.935 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management9.930 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Egnyte
8.7
34 Ratings
3% above category average
SolarWinds Serv-U
-
Ratings
Performance8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability9.034 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports9.030 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
EgnyteSolarWinds Serv-U
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(39 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.7
(4 ratings)
7.4
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
EgnyteSolarWinds Serv-U
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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SolarWinds
For anyone who needs to receive/send files between themselves and others, in an organized fashion, I would strongly recommend Serv-U as a great tool at a sensible cost. In our line of work, we can get several customers signed in at once, each sending in hundreds of Megabytes of data simultaneously. Serv-U has never struggled with this. We don't use the Quota set up for sending/receiving data but I can see it is useful where an exchange of information is the point.
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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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SolarWinds
  • The Wizard allows us to create new user accounts very easily and quickly. We do not have a formal IT department so those of us "mere mortals" can use this easily.
  • Using the Web Client has made it very simple to set up and instruct our customers on getting to the server from any device with a minimum of fuss. We have many customers with ESL, and school students including middle and high school. Most of them are not computer experts, just regular users so the simplicity allows to do the whole setup over the phone in minutes.
  • The newer version of Serv-U does not appear to be very resource-hungry so our computer runs nice and fast, without having to be a top of the range powerbox. We concentrated on large storage to cope with the file sizes we receive daily.
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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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SolarWinds
  • The user interface on large screens becomes tiny and nearly unreadable without the aid of Windows Magnifier.
  • Active Directory integration is either absent or not straightforward.
  • Settings and configuration aren't always intuitive.
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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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SolarWinds
No answers on this topic
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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SolarWinds
No answers on this topic
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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SolarWinds
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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SolarWinds
Support was the biggest hurdle for us. It definitely needs improvement, but not to the point of being a deal breaker.
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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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SolarWinds
Previously we have used FileZilla and Microsoft FTP services, but neither out-performed Serv-U. although it was easy to use, FileZilla required constant attention from IT staff and did not live up to security protocol in place. The Windows Server FTP was difficult to configure for clients due to the tight integration with Active Directory. This also limited who could help administer the server.
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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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SolarWinds
  • I have been using it for over 10 years so the ROI was there for sure.
  • It is not a constant attention needing program.
  • Set up and it does its job.
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ScreenShots

SolarWinds Serv-U Screenshots

Screenshot of Easily manage file transfer settings and permissionsScreenshot of Enhance security and control over file transfers in and outside your organization with Serv-U MFTScreenshot of Send large files easily from the Web Client