ShareFile vs Ceph

Compare ShareFile and Ceph on pricing, features, platforms, and ratings — both Cloud Storage tools, Tiered per-user subscription, billed monthly or annually,…

At a Glance

 ShareFileCeph
Primary categoryCloud StorageCloud Storage
RatingNot documentedNot documented
Pricing modelTiered per-user subscription, billed monthly or annually, with a 3-user minimumOpen Source
Starting priceFrom $16.50 per user per month billed annually (Advanced plan)Free
Free planNot documentedNot documented
Free trialYesNot documented
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidNot documented
Team collaborationNot documentedNot documented
AI featuresYesNot documented
Public APINot documentedYes

Pricing Compared

Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.

ShareFile

Advanced — $16.50 per user per month billed annually ($18.15 monthly) Monthly or annual, 3-user minimum
Premium — $26.00 per user per month billed annually ($28.60 monthly) Monthly or annual, 3-user minimum
Industry Advantage (Accounting) — $41.67 per user per month billed annually ($45.83 monthly) Monthly or annual, 3-user minimum
Virtual Data Room — $69.30 per user per month billed annually ($77.00 monthly) Monthly or annual, 5-user minimum

Ceph

No individual plan breakdown documented yet.

Pros & Cons

ShareFile

Pros

  • Strong compliance support for regulated industries like accounting, legal, and healthcare
  • Purpose-built Industry Advantage tier for accounting firm workflows
  • Wide language support across ten or more locales
  • Backed by Progress Software, a large, established, publicly traded vendor

Cons

  • Public pricing requires a minimum of 3 users, which may not suit solo practitioners
  • Higher tiers such as Industry Advantage and Virtual Data Room can be expensive per user
  • Recent change of ownership to Progress Software may bring product roadmap changes
  • Feature set is heavily geared toward accounting and legal use cases, which may be more than general businesses need

Ceph

Pros

  • Free and open source with no software license cost
  • Proven at large scale, backed by Red Hat's ongoing development investment
  • Unifies object, block, and file storage in a single cluster instead of separate systems
  • Runs on standard commodity hardware rather than proprietary storage appliances

Cons

  • Requires significant in-house expertise to deploy, tune, and operate reliably at scale
  • Enterprise support via Red Hat Ceph Storage has pricing that is not publicly listed
  • Not designed for small-scale or single-node use cases where simpler storage would suffice
  • Cluster rebalancing and recovery operations can be resource-intensive on large deployments

Use Cases

ShareFile

  • Accounting Firm Client Document Exchange — An accounting firm uses ShareFile's Industry Advantage tier to onboard clients in bulk and automate tax engagement workflows.
  • Law Firm Secure Client Portal — A law firm uses ShareFile's branded client portal to securely exchange case documents with clients.
  • Confidential Deal Document Sharing — A company preparing for a merger uses ShareFile's Virtual Data Room tier to share due-diligence documents with watermarking and access tracking.

Ceph

  • Private & Hybrid Cloud Storage — Enterprises and cloud providers use Ceph as the storage backend for OpenStack clouds and Kubernetes persistent volumes.
  • Large-Scale Research & Archival Storage — Research institutions use Ceph to store and preserve large datasets at petabyte-to-exabyte scale on commodity hardware.

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