Tresorit
Enterprise secure file sharing
A good fit for conventional enterprise secure sync, encrypted cloud storage, folder collaboration, and business file-sharing programs.
A private cloud drive, divided by design.
Photon Vault can replace your cloud drive for the complete file collection while keeping personal files, clients, projects, teams, and family data in independent privacy boundaries. Sync different folders or data sets into different Vaults, then share a Vault without opening up everything else.
PhotonFile
Private cloud drive with isolated Vaults
Better when personal, client, project, and team files need independent privacy boundaries, deliberate sharing, and per-Vault sync not just more folders in one workspace.
Zero-knowledge file workflow
Separate the jobs
Photon Transfer moves files. Photon Vault keeps them. Vault Intake collects from outsiders, and Vault Sync maps independent Vaults to different local folders or data sets.
The seat-tax problem
Secure enterprise sharing should not make every collaborator a billing event.
Traditional enterprise cloud platforms often scale cost by user. PhotonFile Teams are different: eligible team workspaces run under the team owner's plan. Invite teammates, contractors, or collaborators without turning every additional person into another paid seat. Pro includes 1 team up to 25 members. Studio includes unlimited teams and unlimited members. Members can still use PhotonFile outside the team under their own limits, and team creation is reserved for eligible plans.
Vault access
Team membership is not Vault access.
In PhotonFile, team membership does not automatically open every team Vault. People can collaborate in a shared team context, while access is granted intentionally, Vault by Vault. That lets shared work stay separate from personal, client, financial, or other files that belong in a different privacy boundary.
Tresorit-style cloud sharing
- Enterprise secure file sharing.
- User-based business pricing model.
- Folder and workspace collaboration model.
- Good fit for conventional enterprise secure sync.
PhotonFile Teams
- Owner-powered team workspaces.
- No per-seat billing inside eligible teams.
- Vault-by-Vault access.
- Relay, Vault, Vault Intake, File Passes, and region controls.
Siloed sovereignty
Folders organize your files. Vaults isolate them.
PhotonFile Vaults are independent client-side encrypted privacy boundaries. Use one Vault for a contractor drop, another for corporate finance, another for client delivery, and another for project files. Access, sharing, Vault Intake, and desktop sync stay scoped to the Vault boundary.
Compare by operational pain
| Operational pain | Tresorit-style enterprise cloud | PhotonFile |
|---|---|---|
| Adding contractors | More users can mean more billing complexity. | Eligible teams run under the owner's plan. |
| Contractor visibility | Managed through shared folders and permissions. | Grant access to one isolated Vault, not the whole cloud drive. |
| Large one-off send | Storage and share workflow. | Relay or File Pass for live delivery. |
| External intake | File request or shared-folder-style workflow. | Vault Intake ingress into a Vault. |
| Local sync | Legacy cloud-folder sync model. | Sync by Vault to separate local folders or data sets. |
| Region operations | Enterprise data residency options. | Documented Account Region Move workflow. |
Where PhotonFile wins
- No per-seat team tax: eligible team workspaces run under the owner plan instead of turning every collaborator into another paid seat.
- Team membership is not Vault access: grant access intentionally, Vault by Vault, without opening the entire cloud drive.
- Vault Intake: give outsiders an upload page, not a workspace view.
- File Passes are completion-gated: a File Pass is consumed only after completed delivery.
- Region is an operational control: Account Region Move gives users a documented migration workflow.
When Tresorit may still fit better
Tresorit remains a good fit for organizations already standardized around enterprise encrypted file sharing and conventional secure sync administration.
PhotonFile is the better fit when you want a private cloud drive with hard Vault boundaries, deliberate sharing, and collaboration that does not make team membership blanket access.
Choose the PhotonFile workflow
Team access
Coordinate members, roles, Relay transfers, and team Vault
workflows without making membership blanket Vault access.
Vault boundaries
Use isolated Vaults for personal files, clients, projects, teams,
family data, and scoped sharing.
Owner-powered pricing
See how eligible teams run under the owner's plan instead of a
seat-metered workspace.
Need a cloud drive with isolated Vaults and flexible collaboration?
Photon Transfer moves files. Photon Vault keeps them separately, wherever your personal, client, project, or team boundaries belong.