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Alfresco vs Microsoft OneDrive for Business comparison

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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
5.6
Alfresco delivers significant ROI with cost savings, efficiency, reduced IT support, automation, and centralized document management benefits.
Sentiment score
2.8
Microsoft OneDrive for Business boosts efficiency, saving time and costs while enhancing collaboration and file synchronization for organizations.
Alfresco provides a significant return on investment by efficiently managing documents.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
We have been able to save around 600 million Naira in staff costs on cloud and on-premise storage.
System Administrator at Interswitch
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.6
Alfresco customer support is generally positive but mixed, with prompt responses and some challenges due to complex workflows.
Sentiment score
4.0
Feedback on OneDrive for Business support varies, with praise for quick service but issues with outcomes and responsiveness.
I would prefer a direct relationship with them, focusing on updating their products more like in an agile practice
Head Of Information Technology at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Alfresco's technical support is very fast and professional.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Customer support is good because they are responsive.
Technical Project Manager at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
For Microsoft OneDrive for Business, I would rate the support a nine.
Systems services engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
They are always ready for our questions and they answer us within no time and very quickly.
Manager at TCS
Customer support for Microsoft OneDrive for Business has been 100%.
System Administrator at Interswitch
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.5
Alfresco efficiently scales with growth, excelling in clustering and customization, though complex setups are required for high document counts.
Sentiment score
5.3
Microsoft OneDrive for Business is praised for seamless scalability and stability, accommodating large user bases without issues.
Implementations needing to handle millions of documents may involve complex cluster setups requiring expert assistance.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
However, if you are looking to expand into areas with more images and videos, the scalability is somewhat limited without a developer and customization.
Agile Solutions Designer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
The solution is scalable.
Director of the IT at Jagiellonian University
Microsoft has provided the extended version of SharePoint alongside Microsoft OneDrive for Business.
Technology Analyst at Infosys
It should be increased for the free version users, making it more reachable to many people.
System administrator at BNY Mellon
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Alfresco is stable and reliable with few issues, though proper scaling and expertise are essential for optimal performance.
Sentiment score
6.5
Microsoft OneDrive for Business is reliable with minor issues but maintains strong security and stability in data storage.
The stability of Alfresco is rated highly as it hardly goes down.
Head Of Information Technology at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Alfresco is generally a very stable and high-performance platform.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Those issues have now been corrected.
Technical Project Manager at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
As a certified Microsoft product, it maintains high security standards.
Student at a media company with 501-1,000 employees
On a scale from one to ten, it rates as a nine in stability.
Consulting Manager at Angkor Group SAC
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

Alfresco requires UI refinement, enhanced security, better tools, documentation, modern database support, and smoother integration with other systems.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business needs optimization in syncing, interface design, file management, and improved AI, security, and functionality.
It would be beneficial if Alfresco offers different options for document storage, such as databases or cloud solutions.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Being able to leverage something such as MongoDB, a NoSQL database as part of the architecture would be a big improvement to enable high volume in the hundreds of millions of documents.
Manager, Major Accounts at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Governance of this system is required. If you don't have proper governance, things can go wrong.
Technical Project Manager at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
If the asset owner can get some analytics of things, or a dashboard which is more top-level or high-level in terms of asset downloads and if there is a more collaborative platform in terms of engagement, more similar to Notion, would be nice for Microsoft OneDrive for Business suite of products.
Product Manager For Marketing And Strategy at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I have experience with multiple version controls, including Git, TFS (Team Foundation Server), and GitHub.
Student at a media company with 501-1,000 employees
Microsoft OneDrive for Business currently lacks AI integration for management and collaboration, which is an area of interest for me.
 

Setup Cost

Alfresco has competitive pricing for large enterprises, focusing on pay-per-use with potential costs for upgrades and integrations.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business offers varied pricing, seen as reasonable or expensive, influenced by storage, licensing, and bundled package options.
The pricing of Alfresco starts at $100,000, which can be expensive for small projects.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Pricing is considered mid-range.
Head Of Information Technology at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Sometimes without the offers, the pricing of Microsoft OneDrive for Business is a little high.
Manager at TCS
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been very nice; they are really worth every penny.
Digital Project Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Alfresco offers robust document management, integration, customization, collaboration, and user-friendly features, meeting diverse organizational needs efficiently.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business enhances productivity with seamless integration, real-time collaboration, excellent security, and extensive cloud storage.
This makes the record independent of the document, which is beneficial as documents often change, and it helps avoid continual updates to the registry.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
It enabled users to find exactly what documents they were looking for in a timely fashion, as well as to export to patients and healthcare members what they needed to do for Medicaid, Medicare, or any other secondary insurance, including the documents they needed to fill out as well as prescriptions.
Agile Solutions Designer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Specific outcomes that demonstrate how Alfresco helped those organizations include process improvement and being able to search and find documents within seconds versus manually having to hunt for them in other systems.
Manager, Major Accounts at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Microsoft OneDrive for Business has positively impacted my organization because it helps users ensure that their files are not lost, especially since we have many users either with laptop issues or unable to locate a particular file.
System Administrator at Interswitch
I appreciate the feature in SharePoint where it's difficult to permanently delete a file, as you can always recover files very easily.
Executive Director at Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
Another benefit is that you can share information across multiple devices, not just on one device.
Consulting Manager at Angkor Group SAC
 

Categories and Ranking

Alfresco
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (4th), Document Management Software (1st)
Microsoft OneDrive for Busi...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.9
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Alfresco and Microsoft OneDrive for Business aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Alfresco is designed for Enterprise Content Management and holds a mindshare of 5.7%, down 8.7% compared to last year.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business, on the other hand, focuses on Content Collaboration Platforms, holds 5.7% mindshare, down 8.6% since last year.
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Alfresco5.7%
SharePoint12.1%
OpenText Documentum Content Management7.1%
Other75.1%
Enterprise Content Management
Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft OneDrive for Business5.7%
Box - Intelligent Content Management8.1%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise7.0%
Other79.2%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Albano Garcia - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Centralized document management has boosted search efficiency and supports secure collaboration
The best features Alfresco offers in my experience include the intelligent search, because sometimes you need to find a document, and this solution provides a full-text search across different document types and formats, which is perhaps the most remarkable feature, along with version control. The solution tracks all the changes of the documents and prevents accidental overrides or other issues. The intelligent search has made my work easier because you can just put a word. Perhaps you are thinking of finding something related to a client or a specific MSA agreement, and with one or two words, the intelligent search proposes all the documents that include this word, facilitating finding the information very easily and very quickly. This is the most important feature for us.
PramodChaudharyDarwha - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at TCS
Collaborative work has transformed team retrospectives and now saves us major planning time
I do not think that there is any improvement needed in Microsoft OneDrive for Business because a lot of features are already provided in the package that we have purchased, and we do not have anything that would be improved as of now. Speed-wise, Microsoft OneDrive for Business is very fast. Sometimes I think the auto-save feature of the things that we edit should also work in offline mode for some time, because once we get disconnected, I sometimes feel that the Excel or the Word document is trying to connect to Microsoft OneDrive for Business and trying to save it, but somehow the sessions expire. I sometimes want this to not happen. It can reconnect to the server when connection is up, but I can still work on the document.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise18
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alfresco?
Pricing, setup costs, and licensing are interesting aspects of Alfresco for our organization. We do not rely solely on licensing as it is based on a billing model rather than just licensing. Since ...
What needs improvement with Alfresco?
Alfresco could be improved in terms of maintenance and could have a simpler architecture regarding search functionality. If I change the metadata, I have to perform re-indexing of all the content f...
What is your primary use case for Alfresco?
My main use case for Alfresco is as a content management system at an enterprise level. A specific example of how I use Alfresco as an enterprise level content management system is for sharing docu...
What needs improvement with Microsoft OneDrive?
Microsoft OneDrive for Business is very good and I do not think it needs to improve on anything. I believe this is a very good product.
What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?
My main use case for Microsoft OneDrive for Business is to save files to my PC and to sync files so I can access them from different laptops. I experienced a scenario where I had issues with my cur...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft OneDrive?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been very great for the past seven years.
 

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