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Microsoft OneDrive for Business vs ShareFile comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
1.5
Microsoft OneDrive for Business enhances productivity and financial efficiency by enabling document sharing and synchronization without extra hardware.
Sentiment score
8.5
ShareFile boosted productivity, streamlined file management, improved collaboration, enhanced security, and delivered significant cost savings with measurable financial benefits.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
3.0
Mixed reviews for Microsoft OneDrive for Business support, with praise and criticism on accessibility, responsiveness, and knowledge.
Sentiment score
6.6
ShareFile's customer service is helpful and responsive but has declined recently; critical issues are promptly escalated and resolved.
For Microsoft OneDrive for Business, I would rate the support a nine.
I have not dealt with Microsoft support related to Microsoft OneDrive for Business, but I would rate their customer service in the range of seven or eight at least.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.2
Microsoft OneDrive for Business is praised for scalability, ease of storage adjustment, and seamless SharePoint integration across companies.
Sentiment score
7.5
ShareFile offers scalable storage solutions for SMBs to enterprises, supporting up to 20 terabytes, suitable for diverse cloud storage needs.
Microsoft has provided the extended version of SharePoint alongside Microsoft OneDrive for Business.
The solution is scalable.
It should be increased for the free version users, making it more reachable to many people.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.1
Microsoft OneDrive for Business is stable and reliable, with appreciated scalability, though some users report bugs during migrations and search.
Sentiment score
8.6
ShareFile is praised for its stability, reliability, performance without bugs, easy setup, and seamless integration with Outlook.
On a scale from one to ten, it rates as a nine in stability.
As a certified Microsoft product, it maintains high security standards.
I would rate the stability of Microsoft OneDrive for Business an eight out of ten as it has improved significantly since I started using it from the very initial days of Skydrive.
 

Room For Improvement

Microsoft OneDrive for Business faces syncing issues, interface challenges, pricing concerns, and integration difficulties, especially with large files.
Users want lower costs, better security features, platform integration, improved UI, and more email service compatibility for ShareFile.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business currently lacks AI integration for management and collaboration, which is an area of interest for me.
I have experience with multiple version controls, including Git, TFS (Team Foundation Server), and GitHub.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers have mixed opinions on Microsoft OneDrive for Business pricing, influenced by usage, integration, and competitive comparisons.
<p>ShareFile's pricing ranges from $16 to $125 per user/month, featuring customizable options and advanced features for various business needs.</p>
 

Valuable Features

Microsoft OneDrive for Business enhances collaboration with seamless Microsoft integration, automatic saving, and secure access from any device.
ShareFile offers ease of use, robust security, seamless access, and reliable performance with features like multi-factor authentication and encryption.
I appreciate the feature in SharePoint where it's difficult to permanently delete a file, as you can always recover files very easily.
One of the best features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business is that it synchronizes the information with the cloud.
Sometimes when we work on PowerPoint or large Word documents, there is a chance that the document gets rolled back to a previous version, and you lose your work.
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft OneDrive for Busi...
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.8
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ShareFile
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
8th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
eSignature (Electronic Signature) (4th), Cloud Data Exchange Services (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Microsoft OneDrive for Business is 9.1%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ShareFile is 8.0%, down from 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft OneDrive for Business9.1%
ShareFile8.0%
Other82.9%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Richard Griggs - PeerSpot reviewer
Long-term data security and automatic saving features improve efficiency with smooth setup and deployment processes
Some of the best features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business are the ability to ensure automatic saving. I've been in IT for over thirty years and have seen plenty of times when people forgot to hit file save and lost data, and having this automatically saved constantly is a very nice feature set. The synchronization capabilities of Microsoft OneDrive for Business certainly support my work as it is handy if you're concerned about people writing data on their local PCs and the laptops getting stolen or crashing, to have it sync everything up to your Microsoft OneDrive for Business account so that you're not having to worry about backing up locally. You try to make sure that people are putting things in the right folder to ensure they'll get backed up. Before using Microsoft OneDrive for Business, we were actually storing things locally and had shared folders or home folders out on the network. They made the change to Microsoft OneDrive for Business because they wanted to put it out in the cloud and get better performance, automatic backups, and all the rest of it.
David Donaldson - PeerSpot reviewer
Flexible plans, stable, and scalable
I used another solution at the same time, which was far worse. The American company I worked for used a similar file-sharing solution called LeapFile, a secure file transfer service. Personally, I found Citrix ShareFile to be much better than LeapFile, which was quite clunky. I later used a solution called Egnyte, which my company used as its main file transfer solution, though I'm not sure if it's still in use. The company moved to Egnyte because it is more of an enterprise-level solution. Egnyte was expensive, but it worked. I believe Citrix ShareFile is aimed at smaller to medium-sized organizations, making it a more appropriate solution than Egnyte due to its pricing.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
Legal Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Microsoft OneDrive?
I don't have any problems with Microsoft online products such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint or with Microsoft OneDrive for Business, and I wouldn't change anything.
What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?
In this company, we use Microsoft OneDrive for Business for around one year. The use is for storing files automatically when the machine goes down. If I have a local machine and lose information, w...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft OneDrive?
I don't know the pricing for Microsoft OneDrive as I am just an end user. In my company, another person manages this, so I don't have access to pricing information.
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Also Known As

MS OneDrive
Citrix RightSignature, Citrix ShareFile
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Chevron, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, DBS, Nestle, Lowe's, MGM Resorts, Textron, MGM Resorts
SecondMarket, KBC Partners, Twilio, You Know Who Design, oDesk Corporation, CMT Agency, Townhog
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