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M-Files vs SharePoint 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 (7th)
SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
160
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (1st), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

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 9.2%, up 6.3% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 16.4% mindshare, down 20.3% since last year.
Document Management Software
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

LN
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.
Sanil Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined collaboration through seamless integration and customization
I have been an administrator for SharePoint and have used it as an end-user for document storage. Predominantly, I've been involved in administration SharePoint helps a lot since we've moved from using it directly to using it as a backend for Teams, which makes collaboration easier. It supports…

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."
"SharePoint is already moving to cloud, if you are using SharePoint online, which is cloud-based technology, it is more accessible."
"SharePoint's collaborative features are valuable as they enable productivity by allowing multiple users to edit documents simultaneously."
"It offers an easy way to store unstructured content (.pdf, .doc, .xls, images) and to tag them with metadata."
"The most valuable features of SharePoint Online are content management, document management, and approval processes. Additionally, there are a number of features that provide integration with multiple Office services and external services."
"Our staff found it simpler, as they did not have to work within a classification system."
"The workflow feature is valuable because it enables us to cascade responsibilities."
"The most valuable aspect of SharePoint is its integration with Teams. T"
"I do like the collaboration around documents. The versioning history has proven useful in some instances as well."
 

Cons

"The integration with other products needs to be improved."
"Document management and the ability to easily integrate single sign-on (SSO) are areas for improvement in SharePoint."
"When working on a website with SharePoint Online, not many people can edit simultaneously. If I am editing one section, my colleague cannot edit it at the same time."
"I would like it to be more compliant with global regulations. There are certain features which could be included that currently are not there, such as compliance and record management capabilities."
"Processing data from multiple site collections is not easy as they reside in different databases."
"When you are trying to migrate from a different platform to SharePoint for file storage, the upload utility should be more flexible, taking more files and then updating you on the upload status of the files you are trying to transfer into SharePoint."
"I understand that some functions are lost when you store the information in a file system, so maybe that's a way SharePoint can improve."
"The limitations and boundaries must be extended."
"The technical support process should be more streamlined as it usually involves contacting vendors and arranging calls for resolution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have an Optical Character Scanning module but we didn't buy it because it's ridiculously expensive."
"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
"The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."
"The pricing is competitive."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"It is pretty reasonable. It is $5 per month per user. We have 12 users now, so it is about $60 per month."
"They are about an eight in comparison to other similar products."
"The pricing works for us."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Educational Organization
8%
Government
8%
Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
As SharePoint is part of the Microsoft 365 suite, the pricing is acceptable.
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Sample Customers

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