Adobe Experience Manager vs DocuShare comparison

Adobe and Xerox are both solutions in the Enterprise Content Management category. Adobe is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.6, while Xerox is ranked #20 with an average rating of 7.0. Adobe holds a 3.3% mindshare in ECM, compared to Xerox’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Adobe users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Xerox users who would recommend it.

Adobe Experience Manager

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96% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

Adobe Experience Manager

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Adobe Experience Manager and DocuShare compete in content and document management. Adobe Experience Manager has the upper hand in sophisticated content management, offering extensive digital media handling tools that may justify its higher price point.

Features: Adobe Experience Manager provides diverse content management functionalities such as robust digital asset management, personalization, and extensive campaign management. It is tailored for complex, large-scale digital experiences. DocuShare focuses on document management, offering efficient tools for capturing, indexing, and storing documents. It provides a user-friendly interface, workflow automation, and straightforward versioning capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Adobe Experience Manager could enhance its ease of use for beginners, reduce its deployment complexity, and improve integration costs for smaller businesses. DocuShare might improve its advanced content management features, offer more comprehensive media handling, and expand its integration capabilities with other enterprise tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Adobe Experience Manager's deployment can demand significant resources due to its complexity, but it benefits from strong system support. DocuShare presents a simpler deployment process that is more accessible for businesses without extensive IT infrastructure. Adobe offers comprehensive support suited to complex setups, whereas DocuShare’s support efficiently caters to its straightforward setup needs.

Pricing and ROI: Adobe Experience Manager has higher upfront costs, offering a strong ROI for those fully utilizing its capabilities. DocuShare presents more affordable pricing with a quicker ROI for businesses seeking cost-effectiveness over advanced features.

To learn more, read our detailed Adobe Experience Manager vs. DocuShare Report (Updated: December 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Adobe Experience Manager

Ranking in Enterprise Content Management

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Web Content Management (1st), Enterprise Social Software (5th), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (1st)

DocuShare

Ranking in Enterprise Content Management

20th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of Adobe Experience Manager is 3.3%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DocuShare is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Content Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Adobe Experience Manager	3.3%
DocuShare	0.9%
Other	95.8%

Enterprise Content Management

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reviewer2771634

Senior Technical Program Manager /Senior Lead Solution Architech- Product Technology & Gen AI at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Have faced challenges with setup and pricing but have found flexibility and support helpful

Adobe Experience Manager needs more optimization. The frequency of components where we have vitals of a page or an app needs to be optimized because these are heavy Java codes along with some AEM developments. The code language should be optimized or they should have some string functions or web plugins to create a lighter version rather than implementing large amounts of code lines. They should start implementing industry best practices which are not currently offered. We perform our internal development for customization at our own pace. We have multiple frameworks that help us in various ways. We are advancing in terms of AI integration. We have already started our own POCs before Adobe implements these features.

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R Williams

Software Analyst at Altron

The new releases incorporate significant advancements in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and language processing capabilities

Version control interface is very good. The new releases of DocuShare incorporate significant advancements in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and language processing capabilities. For instance, when you upload a document into DocuShare, you no longer need to set up templates to identify and extract important fields. The system automatically reads the document and identifies key information. For example, in a contract document between two entities, it can recognize the contract start date, end date, reference number, and other relevant details without manual intervention. This automated process streamlines document management. You should know your requirements and understand your environment, as well as the goals you want to achieve. Try out the demo first to see if it fits your needs and objectives before making a decision. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Adobe Experience Manager offers several best features, including user-friendliness and a more secure platform than any other content management systems I have worked with."

"Adobe Experience Manager is one of the best enterprise-level content management and digital experience platforms available."

"Easy to work with the solution."

"The integration of customer behavior and website setup is impressive."

"The best feature is the experience fragment; if you want to replicate content across multiple websites with 1,000 or 20,000 pages, this feature helps accomplish it in a fraction of seconds."

"I like the profiling and segmentation."

"Adobe Experience Manager is a content management system, and we use it to create and manage a website."

"Adobe Experience Manager has made document management smoother because many people use Adobe, making it simpler for me to modify and resend PDF documents."

More Adobe Experience Manager pros

"The software development kit can be customized."

Cons

"Tool-wise, the Adobe Experience Manager support team is not very responsive when the user face issues in AEM as a Cloud Service."

"In comparison to other CMS products, Adobe Experience Manager is missing some capabilities such as proper versioning or a better versioning system and backend connectivity. If something is deleted in AEM, the user cannot recover it. You have to call technical support, and they will need to recover the whole instance. So, it's really difficult. For example, if you delete a page, you cannot recover it. There should be an option to recover it. In AEM, you have to go to the previous state of the instance itself or the virtual machine, and you have to restore everything, which is not good."

"Adobe Experience Manager is not so simple to use, so others should have some experience with similar programs."

"Programming model could be improved, it's a monolithic solution."

"Adobe Experience Manager needs more optimization. The frequency of components where we have vitals of a page or an app needs to be optimized because these are heavy Java codes along with some AEM developments."

"Adobe Experience Manager could improve by allowing the reuse of components like a progress bar across multiple pages to make the development process more efficient."

"The licensing model is opaque, and technical support could be improved, especially for smaller companies."

"Adobe Experience Manager's pricing could be improved."

More Adobe Experience Manager cons

"The user interface could be improved."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's a costly solution. I would rate the price at two out of five on a scale from one to five, where one is the most expensive and five is the most competitive."

"There's a free trial for one month for Adobe Experience Manager, which you can use for learning purposes, then, after the trial period, you'll need to purchase the license. Adobe offers a few plans for Adobe Experience Manager, but I'm unaware of how much my company is paying."

"It's really costly."

"Users have to pay a yearly licensing fee to use the solution, which is highly-priced."

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	21

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Adobe Experience Manager?

It is easy to learn. You don't need to be an advanced Java developer.

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What needs improvement with Adobe Experience Manager?

Moving forward, if Adobe implements AI tools wherein a vendor or a stakeholder comes in and gives instructions, they could develop a page or a whole site accordingly in a few minutes or a few days,...

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What is your primary use case for Adobe Experience Manager?

Adobe Experience Manager is used for developing components, content management, and developing experience fragments and content fragments. Assets are used for the DAM for storing files and document...

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What needs improvement with DocuShare?

The user interface could be improved.

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What is your primary use case for DocuShare?

We use the solution for electronic document filing.

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What advice do you have for others considering DocuShare?

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Also Known As

Adobe Day CQ5, Ektron Social Marketing, Episerver Content Cloud, Adobe CQ5

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Overview

Adobe Communique 5 (Adobe CQ5), currently manifested as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), is a web-based content management system which is developed to help businesses in offering high-end digital experience to their customers.

Adobe

Xerox DocuShare's Content Management System gives you the easiest method to manage all of your paper and digital documents

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Lincoln Public Schools, West Orange School District, Tulane University, Niagara Catholic School District, Arig, Co-operative Financial Services, Mizuho Capital Markets Corporation, Volksbank Romania and Iron Mountain, Hammersmith Hospital, Holman Insurance Brokers Ltd., Kaiser Permanente, Convergys Inc., Honeywell, Universal Pictures, McGraw Hill Construction Information Group

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