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Microsoft OneDrive for Business vs OpenText Content Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft OneDrive for Busi...
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.1
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText Content Management
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
12th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Microsoft OneDrive for Business is 9.6%, down from 12.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Content Management is 1.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Victor Bayouwa - PeerSpot reviewer
I love the backup capabilities and the offline sync
We use OneDrive to share documents throughout the organization and collaborate. It is also used for backups.  The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again. It takes too long for…
Jaideep MS - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables effective document control yet requires better affordability and clarity
I use extended ECM for procurement, sales, engineering documents, and sometimes invoices and accounts payable or receivable The version controls and the business workspace part integrate well with SAP and OpenText, providing granular level control over who accesses the workspace. The seamless…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's quite easy to use and then of course it is quite well integrated to the rest of Office 365."
"It is well integrated with other Microsoft products."
"It gives you access to important files from virtually anywhere."
"It's pretty easy to learn. Once someone taught me, I was able to navigate it quite easily."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the amount of space allotted to each user that is issued a subscription."
"It is free if you use Microsoft Office 365."
"Ability to share documents."
"It is simple to use and it allows me to give me the opportunity to access anything I want from any device."
"OpenText Extended ECM's most valuable features include permissions and security models. I also like the tool's ability to add metadata and use it to categorize information."
"It's a very good solution."
"Being able to search is valuable. Its search is pretty powerful. We are able to search for specific text, and it points us to the document that has that text. That is pretty powerful."
"Being able to tag metadata on documents and being able to have different workspaces in there for our documents is valuable. We do loan documents, and different types of documents have different types of retentions. We are able to categorize based on that, and we are able to do tag searching to find what we are looking for."
"Most of our customers are very fond of the upgraded smart user interface."
"We use Core Share to share documents with external auditors or with vendors, and that prevents them from being able to get into the whole system. It is useful."
"The ability to add metadata and use that to categorize information is a valuable feature of OpenText Extended ECM."
"WebReports has a lot of capabilities that offer good opportunities to customize the applications the way we want to."
 

Cons

"Technical support is not very impressive and is typical of large company software support."
"The website could be improved. Sometimes I try to login and the website has issues, I can't retrieve my documents."
"It takes too long for OneDrive to synchronize various applications, especially when you are saving office data. It also requires too much bandwidth."
"I think it should be more user-friendly with more tutorials on the full scale of the program."
"There are not enough ways to assign permissions to shared folders and files."
"Recent functionality changes have actually made the product more confusing to use."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The initial setup is a bit clunky."
"More out-of-the-box automation features should be added to OpenText Extended ECM."
"The solution should work better with partners and be more developer-friendly."
"A dashboard with information would be nice to see."
"User interface needs improvement (at least in the version we are using, desktop client)."
"The cost of the product could be improved."
"The tool's documentation is not proper and has missing information like steps."
"The response time is not effective, and the staff lacks adequate knowledge."
"I have not used it enough to start running into issues. Some of my technical guys could name a couple of things, but in terms of support, we did have challenges getting good responses from them."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."
"Costwise, it is a great option. In most cases, it is a free space, which will be more than enough for most customers."
"Using this software, it has had an amazing impact moneywise on our business. It allows us to share documents without the need of extra hardware."
"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."
"It is free if you are using Office 365, and you get a terabyte of storage with your account."
"This is a pricy solution, given that we are only using it at 50% capacity."
"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."
"The price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."
"It is a little more expensive than our previous solution, but because of the fact that it has become a rallying point for different groups to come under, it might end up paying off better in the long run by not having seven siloed solutions. Even though this one solution is a little pricey, it might eliminate other ones."
"OpenText Extended ECM is an expensive solution."
"The tool's pricing is confusing to the end customer."
"Both Open Text ECM and IBM File share are expensive."
"The licensing is not that complex for the core products, but it becomes more complicated for some additional modules."
"The product is pricey."
"The pricing is costly. It's costly to integrate with Office 365 and to go back and forth with the sales team."
"The total cost of the product will vary on the capabilities required"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
Government
14%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about OpenText Content Suite Platform?
We also have a module on top of the Content Server called WebReports that has been one of the things that helped us facilitate the workflow and give managers good reporting and visibility into wher...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpenText Content Suite Platform?
The cost is a significant factor that may deter medium-sized businesses from using OpenText extended ECM.
What needs improvement with OpenText Content Suite Platform?
The cost of the product could be improved. Currently, there are certain snags in document viewing, and communication from the pre-sales team is not clear. The expectation from the customer versus t...
 

Also Known As

MS OneDrive
OpenText Content Suite Platform, OpenText Core Share
 

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Sample Customers

Chevron, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, DBS, Nestle, Lowe's, MGM Resorts, Textron, MGM Resorts
ATCO Australia, MSIG Asia, Orica, Salt River Project
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