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Laserfiche vs OpenText Documentum Content Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 19, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Laserfiche
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
21st
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Document Management Software (11th)
OpenText Documentum Content...
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of Laserfiche is 1.5%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Documentum Content Management is 12.4%, up from 10.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

CB
A powerful solution that offers BPM and automation to assist with our digital transformation
We use this solution for DMS, ECM, scan and imaging, plus workflows and forms solutions spread over the entire company This is a very complete and powerful solution. No code: We can address all of the features and functionalities with computer-minded people without having to call the IT Dept or…
Ashish Shelar - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers version control capabilities, easy to set up but highly-priced
The main thing is the cost. Most of the time, organizations move away from Documentum due to cost. It's highly-priced, and the support costs are high. Now, SharePoint and other options. Microsoft gives free licenses, so organizations mainly look for cost-effective products. The second thing is updates and patching. We patch very often, every six months or a year. We have SP1, SP2, and SP3, and then suddenly, it's moved out of support. That's the organization's main pain area. They don't want to keep investing from a storage perspective. The licensing model should be changed. The product itself is out of support. They have not considered it for AI initiatives. The new version should be on the cloud. I'm not sure if the new version of Documentum, xECM, is cloud compatible or on which cloud it is compatible, but the OpenText server itself is on a cloud, which would be beneficial to the business. And it would also be easier for migration.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is a very complete and powerful solution."
"The storage of metadata content, workflows, and life cycles are the most valuable features of OpenText Documentum."
"The most valuable feature is that it's a central repository for everything, whether it's videos, documents, Excel sheets, etc."
"I appreciate Documentum's scalability, allowing for vast volumes of content storage."
"The most valuable feature of OpenText Documentum is the versioning."
"The most impactful thing is the size, which is almost 25 TB."
"The most valuable feature is the good automation engine, which helps in reducing the development cost and allows easy development of applications."
"The most valuable feature of Documentum for our content management needs is its ability to segregate access based on department and role."
"We primarily use it for storing documents. We host a variety of documents in OpenText Documentum. This includes raw files, analyzed files, and documents in multiple formats."
 

Cons

"We would like to see more features for RPA and AI."
"The BPM side should be improved."
"Sometimes DocBroker cannot see the DocBase."
"The biggest issue for us is the price of the product."
"OpenText Documentum's user interface could be improved a little bit."
"OpenText Documentum has a lot of scope for improvement in terms of adding some AI integrations."
"I would like to see performance improvements, especially regarding slow response times."
"The user interface can be improved."
"In BPM could be better. Its GUI needs the ability to build more rules. This is a crucial feature. For example, OpenText has some products that allow you to control your checks, invoices, and so on. They have exciting approaches to converting pictures to text, but the tool for business process management isn't easy to use. The GIU is not so good."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price is considered affordable now."
"OpenText Documentum has announced a new licensing model, which could be more expensive."
"OpenText Documentum's pricing is good."
"It falls in line with a lot of things that are out there on the market. There is nothing extraordinary in terms of great or bad."
"It is quite an expensive product."
"The product is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
22%
Educational Organization
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Documentum?
It falls in line with a lot of things that are out there on the market. There is nothing extraordinary in terms of great or bad.
What do you like most about OpenText Documentum?
The most valuable feature of Documentum for our content management needs is its ability to segregate access based on department and role.
What needs improvement with OpenText Documentum?
The interface of OpenText Documentum could be more intuitive; sometimes it is hard to find where the information is located.
 

Also Known As

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Dell EMC Documentum, Documentum , Documentum xCelerated Composition Platform
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

D.L. Evans, College of the Desert, Community Action, Tompkins County, Hanson McClain, Olmsted County, Old Line Bank, Steinhafels, CIRCOR Pibiviesse
Agility; Bibliotheca Alexandrina; Capitec Bank; Department of Social Development, Republic of South Africa; County of Los Angeles, Department of Human Resources; Fresenius Kabi; Heathrow Airport; Lahey Health; Linde PLC; Milestone Pharma Co. Ltd; National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development; Open Grid Europe GmbH; REPCO NEX Industrial Solutions; Springer Nature; Syngene International; Tata Power DDL; University of Texas Austin
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