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Newgen OmniDocs vs OpenText Documentum Content Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 21, 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

Newgen OmniDocs
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText Documentum Content...
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
3rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of Newgen OmniDocs is 2.7%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Documentum Content Management is 10.2%, down from 11.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
OpenText Documentum Content Management10.2%
Newgen OmniDocs2.7%
Other87.1%
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

GP
Innovative compression, document management efficiency, and optimizes storage
I work for Newgen Software, and they provide enterprise low-code platforms. It is leading across all verticals, particularly in India, where most banks use this product Newgen's compression technologies for content and document management compress documents to a very small size, which helps plan…
Salih çakır - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly content management but needs more customizations
We use OpenText Documentum for managing the command life cycle and for content management Documentum helps by saving time during daily operations. The product is user-friendly. The BPM side should be improved. It would be beneficial to have more ability to customize features for specific use…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The document management system (DMS) has a fast retrieval time regardless of the stored volume."
"The tool's security has improved our management process. Its integration is good. It offers ready APIs that you can customize without developing the code. You don't have to go to the code level to implement the integration parameter."
"Two things are excellent in Documentum. One is business process management. The other is its support for metadata."
"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."
"I appreciate Documentum's scalability, allowing for vast volumes of content storage."
"The tool's most valuable feature is ACL, which helps to control the user groups that access the documents."
"The storage of metadata content, workflows, and life cycles are the most valuable features of OpenText Documentum."
"The product is user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the security, storage, and document search capability."
"The most valuable feature is that it's a central repository for everything, whether it's videos, documents, Excel sheets, etc."
 

Cons

"Newgen could open up more to the education segment by making resources easily available to customers, similar to IBM and SAP certifications."
"We need to work on establishing a stable licensing model. When licensing terms change frequently, customers find it difficult to budget effectively."
"The BPM side should be improved."
"OpenText Documentum is moving to the cloud, and I am concerned about the security aspect of it."
"One area for improvement in OpenText Documentum is its handling of outdated documents, especially technical ones."
"They should develop something so that bugs don't happen in our project. We make changes manually and some bugs happen."
"OpenText Documentum's user interface could be improved a little bit."
"The biggest issue for us is the price of the product."
"While generally secure, some noted security issues need consideration. The installation process for on-premise setup needs improvement as well."
"OpenText Documentum needs to improve its support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the tool's pricing a seven out of ten."
"The price is considered affordable now."
"It is quite an expensive product."
"OpenText Documentum has announced a new licensing model, which could be more 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."
"OpenText Documentum's pricing is good."
"The product is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise28
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Newgen OmniDocs?
This technology helps reduce the cost of physical document management by storing digital copies, which is also accepted by the government. This compliance with government requirements helps in furt...
What needs improvement with Newgen OmniDocs?
Newgen could open up more to the education segment by making resources easily available to customers, similar to IBM and SAP certifications. This would facilitate the tool's ease of use and reduce ...
What is your primary use case for Newgen OmniDocs?
I work for Newgen Software, and they provide enterprise low-code platforms. It is leading across all verticals, particularly in India, where most banks use this product.
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

OmniDocs
Dell EMC Documentum, Documentum , Documentum xCelerated Composition Platform
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Coca Cola
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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