What are you all using for Secure large file send?
A r/sysadmin discussion (119 comments) that references Egnyte in the course of a broader conversation.
Collected Jul 19, 2023 – Jul 8, 2026
Distinct communities
Modeled stance set
Static snapshot, not a live feed
Illustrative data: This illustrative report summarises 18 public Reddit threads collected across 6 subreddits through the Reddit search API. Thread counts, subreddit shares, the weekly trend, and the date range are computed from those threads alone. Sentiment labels are derived from title keywords, not human review. This is a sample of public discussion, not a complete or representative measure of it, and not a customer satisfaction score.
Editorial verdict
Illustrative verdict
18 public Reddit threads about Egnyte were collected across 6 subreddits, led by r/sysadmin. The dominant question type is open shortlist requests (4 of 18), and the highest-scoring thread in the sample is "What are you all using for Secure large file send?". This report summarises those threads only; it is not a measure of Egnyte's overall standing.
Illustrative stance mix: 6% positive · 94% neutral · 0% negative across 18 collected threads, labelled from title keywords rather than by hand.`
Primary decision lens
Where the conversation happens
Most common complaint
Users actively seeking alternatives
Dropbox (1), Box (1) appear alongside Egnyte in these threads, so a realistic shortlist priced against Egnyte usually includes them.
1 comparison threads weigh Egnyte against rivals, and the corpus does not show it as the default pick in any of them.
Where the conversation happens · Who it gets evaluated against · What buyers are actually asking · How current the signal is
Discussion pattern
Community distribution
r/sysadmin
r/InterviewCoderHQ
r/SaaS
r/msp
r/smallbusiness
r/BayAreaHomes
Sentiment distribution
6%
1 threads
94%
17 threads
0%
0 threads
Recurring themes
Where the conversation happens
Egnyte discussion collected here spans 6 subreddits, led by r/sysadmin (72%), r/InterviewCoderHQ (6%), r/SaaS (6%). The most-commented thread in the sample is "What are you all using for Secure large file send?" (119 comments in r/sysadmin).
Users actively seeking alternatives
The largest negative signal is 3 threads asking for something other than Egnyte, concentrated in r/sysadmin.
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Switching & migration signals
3
Threads asking for alternatives
1
Threads about cost or plans
1
Titles mentioning a switch
0
Titles mentioning cancelling
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Source trail
A r/sysadmin discussion (119 comments) that references Egnyte in the course of a broader conversation.
An open recommendation request in r/SaaS (31 comments) where Egnyte comes up as a candidate.
An alternatives thread in r/msp (32 comments) where Egnyte is the tool being moved away from or compared against.
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Methodology & limitations
Reader questions
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