IBM FileNet vs Mobius Content Services Platform comparison

IBM and Rocket Software are both solutions in the Enterprise Content Management category. IBM is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.9, while Rocket Software is ranked #17 with an average rating of 4.0. IBM holds a 6.5% mindshare in ECM, compared to Rocket Software’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Rocket Software users who would recommend it.

IBM FileNet

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91% willing to recommend

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50% willing to recommend

IBM FileNet

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Mobius Content Services Platform and IBM FileNet are competing in the enterprise content management category. IBM FileNet seems to have the upper hand with its extensive feature set and advanced capabilities, overshadowing concerns about its pricing.

Features: Mobius Content Services Platform includes flexible content management, integration capabilities, and robust compliance and archival features. IBM FileNet provides advanced automation, document management, and powerful analytics and scalability options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Mobius Content Services Platform offers a straightforward deployment process with strong integration support. IBM FileNet's deployment is more complex but is supported by comprehensive documentation and professional services.

Pricing and ROI: Mobius Content Services Platform offers competitive initial pricing, appealing to budget-conscious buyers. IBM FileNet justifies its higher costs with greater long-term ROI through advanced functionalities and efficiencies.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM FileNet

Ranking in Enterprise Content Management

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

105

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mobius Content Services Pla...

Ranking in Enterprise Content Management

17th

Average Rating

6.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of IBM FileNet is 6.5%, down from 10.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mobius Content Services Platform is 1.6%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Content Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM FileNet	6.5%
Mobius Content Services Platform	1.6%
Other	91.9%

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Shankar-Kambhampaty

Consulting CTO at a tech consulting company with 1-10 employees

Business workflows have been automated and document processes are streamlined at large scale

I believe IBM FileNet could be improved or enhanced in the future, specifically the user interface development support, which, despite all the improvements, still feels from the 2010s or 2000s. The current state of the user interface development support and the ability to customize it leaves much to be desired. The backend engine, process engine, and object engine are fantastic. However, the user interface, which is required to provide an impressive experience to the user, is difficult to build. IBM will need to do something about this area. Over time, IBM has made improvements with enhancements through CP4BA and other tools, with which user interfaces can be built. But there is much more is needed. The initial setup process for IBM FileNet requires specialists. IBM FileNet is not a click-click-click deploy kind of product. It has several components that need to be installed in different versions and in a particular order. Additionally, IBM Cloud does not provide a proper experience. The problem is I cannot use IBM Cloud easily. I cannot even get a membership easily. With AWS, I just use my credit card, sign up, and I am done. With IBM Cloud, that is not how it is. They go through all validation processes, and it is a nightmare at times. There are problems around IBM FileNet, not exactly with IBM FileNet itself, but the point is that it is not a click-click-click deploy either on the cloud or on-premise. It requires specialists, and there is a big learning curve toward deploying and managing the whole infrastructure as well as the software. I communicate with the technical support of IBM frequently. I have communicated several times, and frankly, there is much to be desired on that side. When you raise a ticket, it takes 24 to 48 hours for them to respond. We live in a time where business moves at the speed of light. Twenty-four hours is a very long time. You need to be able to get technical support instantaneously. It is not like the more contemporary support models where you get turnaround in minutes, not days.

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reviewer2597169

Manager, CNIB Smartlife Western Canada at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees

Improving data accessibility and security through enhanced interface design

In my current role, we use Mobius to capture data. We are partnered with the government, and the Mobius app is used to ensure accurate data capture. We use it alongside Salesforce to document our clients' entire process as they go through programs, capturing details of their work journey Mobius…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The beauty is the response time. It is very good nowadays within the platform."

"It is very user-friendly for business users. They can create their own searches. They are not dependent on administrators to create searches for them. It is self-service for them."

"It improves the time when providing customer service to our constituents."

"It is a faster, robust solution. The platform compatibility is very good."

"There aren't very many ECM solutions that scale properly, both up and out. We have customers who hold billions of documents. There aren't very many that can scale that far, and that can also scale out so that they can handle lots of users, lots of documents, and that understand how to handle external users. FileNet is one that can."

"The most useful feature is its persistent storage. Also, the full-text search and attribute searching are valuable."

"The standout feature for us is undoubtedly the Google-like search functionality, which allows us to search for documents within the system effortlessly. Instead of just querying the document database, this feature retrieves all relevant documents, akin to searching on the internet. It is very easy to use."

"It saves our customers time by 30 to 40 percent by eliminating the time to process paper."

More IBM FileNet pros

"This solution has improved our organization by providing a central repository for business data with control over sensitive data."

"It provides a single pane of glass for delivering content from multiple repositories. It is also highly recommended because of the ease of use when it comes to searching and retrieving from multiple repositories simultaneously."

"Mobius excels in ensuring data security for captured content, which is crucial."

Cons

"It was complex. There were a lot of dependencies depending on the product. It had to be compatible with the Windows matching."

"During the initial setup, all the details and different technical things that we were trying to figure out became complex."

"The usability is fair. It could be a bit better. It could be better designed. They could put more effort into the user experience and do a better job of integrating other components, like Datacap, to be a bit more seamless."

"The new software and trends with the cloud solution is a little slow. I would like them to move toward more cloud-based and microservices rather than a SaaS model. This is where the industry is going and what customers are asking for."

"To start with there are too many add-ons, which makes it hard for us. If they simplified the add-ons and plugins to be added to our existing systems, it would definitely help us in the future."

"The FileNet API seems like it is very difficult and not transparent."

"The API provided by IBM FileNet is a very out-of-date implementation. From the beginning, we cannot use a REST API; we have to use the IBM FileNet native API, which is quite outdated."

"What I would like to see is more integration."

More IBM FileNet cons

"The setup and the support could be improved when it comes to populating the reports from a mainframe environment."

"If it were up to me, I wouldn't use Mobius due to its lack of accessibility and outdated interface."

"The primary area for improvement is the platform's accessibility."

"Sales and service need to be more consistent."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Talking about the cost is difficult because IBM has offers that combine different products, and each of these offers has different types of licensing. IBM also has a policy that the actual price for a given customer may be very different from the stated book price. It's hard to say whether it's expensive or not."

"There are lots of components to the product. Make sure before you invest that you know which components you need."

"My customers have seen ROI. There have been productivity gains, time savings gains, and things that they have been doing much more efficiently in a more modern way than they were before."

"For the medium scale or large scale, I would recommend FileNet. FileNet is free of licensing expenses, thus good for the money. It is not expensive, but worth for the money, especially for medium scale and large scale industries."

"The tool is expensive, and I rate its pricing a ten out of ten."

"Yearly, we pay for the maintenance, which is $20,000."

"FileNet is not cheap, but you absolutely get what you pay for. "

"It has reduced operating costs by reducing the amount of manual work needed."

More IBM FileNet pricing and cost advice

"The pricing and licensing are commensurate with other solutions in the market that handle a distributed system environment."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

Government

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Insurance Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Outsourcing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	32
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	74

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM FileNet?

The product is robust and can process a lot of documents for enterprise content management.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM FileNet?

From the company's perspective, the licensing cost for IBM FileNet is still affordable. Though the license cost is somewhat expensive, it remains manageable. The company rates it between 3 and 5 be...

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What needs improvement with IBM FileNet?

We almost do not utilize the automation capabilities of IBM FileNet to streamline our business processes. The process automation and business automation features are barely used. Currently, we prim...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mobius Content Services Platform?

We don't incur direct costs as the government pays for Mobius, and we use Salesforce for data capturing ourselves.

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What needs improvement with Mobius Content Services Platform?

The primary area for improvement is the platform's accessibility. Enhancing the user interface by simplifying it, improving color contrast, and adhering to proper coding standards for assistive tec...

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Overview

IBM FileNet is a leading IBM enterprise content management product family. IBM FileNet is one of the ECM solutions that can change the way a company does business by enabling users to capture, activate, socialize, analyze, and govern content throughout its lifecycle.

There are many IBM FileNet products available, all of which are integrated and based on the FileNet P8 Platform.

IBM

Mobius is an intelligent information management solution that delivers
content services with a granular policy management foundation to manage the
life cycle of enterprise content and data in accordance with corporate policies,
industry regulations and government mandates at web-scale speeds with accuracy and reliability.

Rocket Software

Sample Customers

Suncorp Group Limited, St. Vincent Health, Citigroup, SRCSD, and UK Dept for Work and Pensions.

Liberty Mutual

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