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M-Files vs OpenText Documentum Content Management comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

M-Files
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Document Management Software (11th)
OpenText Documentum Content...
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Content Management solutions, they serve different purposes. M-Files is designed for Document Management Software and holds a mindshare of 5.1%, down 8.7% compared to last year.
OpenText Documentum Content Management, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 7.1% mindshare, down 12.1% since last year.
Document Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
M-Files5.1%
Alfresco11.7%
OpenText Content Manager7.9%
Other75.30000000000001%
Document Management Software
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText Documentum Content Management7.1%
SharePoint11.6%
OpenText Content Management8.0%
Other73.3%
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

LN
Director of IT at JH Kelly
Good workflows, and it is easy to use with a dashboard that improves contract visibility
My advice for anybody who is looking into implementing this product is to do a pilot first. After you do your research, do an actual pilot before you commit because everyone has nuances and you might find out that it is not what you want, or that it doesn't really do what you think it's going to do. It is not the simplest product to use but because of the robustness of its feature set in the ability with the workflows, and the APIs, to do just about anything you can imagine with it, that's very valuable. I wish it was a little easier to use because we have to spend more time than I'd like with new users, teaching them how it works. We try to hide all that from them but the setup time to get everything the way we wanted was probably two months. That is two months in one resource working on it half time a week, but it just took a lot of work to get the metadata set up, to get the workflows set up, and to get all the documents added to the repository. Now we've got versioning and we know where everything's at, the dashboard is great, but don't assume when they tell you that you'll be up and running in two weeks, that that is the truth. It takes much longer than you think. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
FC
Consultant In Risk Management and Performance Improvemenf at Deloitte Risk Advisory
User finds integration useful but seeks improvement in interface intuitiveness
I am satisfied with OpenText Documentum so far; it has great integration capabilities. The connection with our API and SAP is useful, as you can use their SAP interface. The key point that my company decided to go with OpenText Documentum is mostly because you can integrate it with many other tools such as Salesforce.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Using M-Files means anybody on the executive team to go in and immediately look at a dashboard and know the status of a contract."
"M-Files licence model is very flexible. You have the choice of Named User, Concurrent, or SaaS. This gives the business so much room and flexibility to implement new projects whilst maintaining costs and maximizing production."
"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."
"It is a very secure system. It is reliable, and that is one of the reasons people manage their content within Documentum. It gives them the confidence that the content is accessible to the right people and not to the wrong people."
"In terms of sub-products/components, the most valuable features are definitely Content Server and DFC."
"It has the ability to categorize and search."
"The most impactful thing is the size, which is almost 25 TB."
"The most valuable feature is that it's a central repository for everything, whether it's videos, documents, Excel sheets, etc."
"It stands out for its impressive records management capabilities and the ability to handle an extensive volume of documents, even reaching into the billions."
 

Cons

"The integration with other products needs to be improved."
"The biggest issue for us is the price of the product."
"The BPM side should be improved."
"Sometimes DocBroker cannot see the DocBase."
"The user interface can be a bit more intuitive."
"OpenText Documentum has a lot of scope for improvement in terms of adding some AI integrations."
"It needs a better UI and it should also be cloud-ready."
"OpenText Documentum needs to improve its support."
"We mostly use the Life Sciences package. That package is somewhat dated. There should be enhancements to the Life Science package and additional offerings to support pharma in particular."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have an Optical Character Scanning module but we didn't buy it because it's ridiculously expensive."
"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."
"The product is expensive."
"OpenText Documentum's pricing is good."
"OpenText Documentum has announced a new licensing model, which could be more expensive."
"It is quite an expensive product."
"The price is considered affordable now."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
8%
Legal Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise28
 

Questions from the Community

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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.
What is your primary use case for OpenText Documentum?
We are using it to archive the information about our sales.
 

Also Known As

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Dell EMC Documentum, Documentum , Documentum xCelerated Composition Platform
 

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Sample Customers

Crowe UK, Stearns Bank, Head Energy, OMV, TK Elevator
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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