Beamprobe vs Citrix ShareFile.
Citrix ShareFile is built for Mid-market accountancy practices and professional-services firms with existing Citrix infrastructure and a per-seat-procurement model. Beamprobe is built for UK SMB fundraises, sub-£50m M&A, and UK accountants and solicitors who want investor-grade document sharing at flat £29/month with UK/EEA data residency by default.
Citrix ShareFile at a glance.
from £14/user/month (Standard) to £19/user/month (Advanced); Premium £25/user/month
US-default; EU region available on Premium and above
15-60 minutes (self-serve) for basic use; longer for SSO and enterprise IT integration
Where Citrix ShareFile costs you.
- Built for general document collaboration, not transaction-grade data rooms
- NDA gate workflow is functional but not first-class; no cryptographic acceptance audit
- Per-user pricing scales poorly: a 10-person UK firm pays £140-£250/month vs Beamprobe's £79 Business
- US default residency triggers UK GDPR Chapter V transfer questions on every audit
- Limited per-page analytics; the product is workflow-first, not visibility-first
- Watermarking is per-user account setting, not per-link as transaction work requires
Where Beamprobe wins.
- Built specifically for transaction-grade workflows: NDA gate, per-page analytics, dynamic watermarking, per-recipient links
- £29/month Pro or £79/month Business flat vs Citrix per-user fees
- UK/EEA data residency by default rather than US default with EU add-on
- Cryptographic NDA acceptance audit with 6-year retention for UK statutory record-keeping
- Setup in 90 seconds vs Citrix's SSO + IT-coordination onboarding
- Quick Share tier at £9/month for single-PDF tracking, no equivalent in ShareFile
When Citrix ShareFile is the right call.
Existing Citrix customer with SSO and IT-managed user provisioning across a 50+ person organisation, where document collaboration (not transaction-grade sharing) is the primary use case.
£29 a month flat. Live in 90 seconds.
No procurement call. 7-day Pro trial, no card.