Alfresco vs IBM ECM vs Mobius Content Services Platform comparison

Hyland and IBM are both solutions in the Enterprise Content Management category. Hyland is ranked #9 with an average rating of 6.8, while IBM is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.0. Hyland holds a 7.6% mindshare in ECM, compared to IBM’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 78% of Hyland users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of IBM users who would recommend it.

Alfresco

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78% willing to recommend

IBM ECM

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675 Views
641 Comparison Views

94% willing to recommend

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Read 4 Mobius Content Services Platform reviews

710 Views
703 Comparison Views

50% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Alfresco, IBM ECM, and Mobius Content Services Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of Alfresco is 7.6%, up from 7.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM ECM is 2.4%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mobius Content Services Platform is 1.5%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Karthi Keyan

Head Of Information Technology at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Streamlining document management with enhanced digitalization features needed

We used Alfresco as a document management system for automating and digitizing manual forms. Those were the main use cases The digitalization of workflow, forms, operations, and business processes has improved our organization. The most valuable features of Alfresco include its integration with…

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Omar_Ismail

ECM, Archives and Digital Preservation Consultant at DataServe

A stable solution for automation with high availability

Moving to the cloud with IBM ECM is not allowed. In Saudi Arabia, the cloud infrastructure is still non-operational, potentially for the next two to three months. Static clouds are prevalent among foundational enterprises such as IBM and Oracle. IBM offers its cloud insights, maintaining its cloud ecosystem. IBM's efforts to enhance the user experience within its ECM platform are lacking compared to competitors like OpenText. Progress in implementing new technologies and features seems sluggish. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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reviewer2597169

Manager, CNIB Smartlife Western Canada at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees

Improving data accessibility and security through enhanced interface design

In my current role, we use Mobius to capture data. We are partnered with the government, and the Mobius app is used to ensure accurate data capture. We use it alongside Salesforce to document our clients' entire process as they go through programs, capturing details of their work journey Mobius…

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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

"Alfresco allows broad searches with many index fields that you can search on, although the created fields and their values may not be intuitive."

"I like the ease of use, sections, and calendar."

"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the searching elements of the metadata."

"Alfresco's technical support is very fast and professional."

"The most valuable features of Alfresco include its integration with the scanning solution, the ability to search, and the capability to store and index to capture metadata."

"Document repository."

"You can meet your users' expected features without having Alfresco's involvement."

"The digitalization of workflow, forms, operations, and business processes is also significant."

More Alfresco pros

"The vertical scalability, as we can use it across some of our applications."

"The content management is all about you as you can make the same content for minimal purpose solutions applications."

"The tool is a very stable solution with high availability and no information leakage. It has built-in API integration on-site. You can integrate with other components and applications like SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, etc."

"The scalability is a valuable feature, that we're able to display our documents to so many people."

"It provides a single pane of glass for delivering content from multiple repositories. It is also highly recommended because of the ease of use when it comes to searching and retrieving from multiple repositories simultaneously."

"Mobius excels in ensuring data security for captured content, which is crucial."

"This solution has improved our organization by providing a central repository for business data with control over sensitive data."

Cons

"Alfresco has a very steep learning curve, and unfortunately, during the learning process, it's very easy to make errors, which often are unforgiving."

"Currently, documents in Alfresco are stored on a file server, which, while good for performance, is a security risk."

"Metadata, auto class, disposition log, and legal hold."

"If you don't have proper governance, things can go wrong. You have to make rules, such as one folder should not have more than 5,000 subfolders or children."

"I would like them to consider document capture functionality."

"The setup process for Alfresco was complex."

"I think the presentation layer could be improved - currently, it's too complex, and there are too many features cluttered all over the screen."

"The configuration of Alfresco is a big challenge."

More Alfresco cons

"I think it's already getting away from Java applets. A lot of our users struggle with keeping up to date with Java versioning, so a lot of the functions they're doing, like printing, emailing, and even some of the viewing, they're struggling with."

"I would recommend not going with ECM 8 and going with FileNet instead. It seems like that is the future of the lower-volume repository. It seems like they are moving away from ECM 8.5 so I think we're going to have some challenges coming up, getting off of that technology."

"I would like to see seamless application integration."

"The development platform is not local. For example, you need 100 days in IBM, whereas other platforms, like ServiceNow, need only 20 days."

"The setup and the support could be improved when it comes to populating the reports from a mainframe environment."

"Sales and service need to be more consistent."

"The primary area for improvement is the platform's accessibility."

"If it were up to me, I wouldn't use Mobius due to its lack of accessibility and outdated interface."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you buy Alfresco through a partner, there is usually a OEM licensing option."

"There are costs for any upgrade or additional functions."

"It is cheaper compared to head-to-head competitors."

"The license for Alfresco is expensive - not the maximum, but close. There are also extra costs once you start building integrations, as implementation seems to be very costly."

"Reach out to local IBM partners."

"The pricing and licensing are commensurate with other solutions in the market that handle a distributed system environment."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Government

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

32%

Government

11%

Computer Software Company

Performing Arts

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Insurance Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alfresco?

The pricing of Alfresco starts at $100,000, which can be expensive for small projects. There is often a transition fr...

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What needs improvement with Alfresco?

Currently, the challenge is the general availability to users. Initially, they had poor documentation, but over the y...

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What is your primary use case for Alfresco?

This is mainly for unstructured document management systems with workflow and data classification.

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What do you like most about IBM ECM?

The tool is a very stable solution with high availability and no information leakage. It has built-in API integration...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM ECM?

The product is expensive and has a perpetual license.

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What needs improvement with IBM ECM?

The development platform is not local. For example, you need 100 days in IBM, whereas other platforms, like ServiceNo...

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Which of the ECM products compares the best to ASG Mobius Document direct?

There are several systems that are capable of providing security at a document level, with encryption a rest, and a r...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mobius Content Services Platform?

We don't incur direct costs as the government pays for Mobius, and we use Salesforce for data capturing ourselves.

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What needs improvement with Mobius Content Services Platform?

The primary area for improvement is the platform's accessibility. Enhancing the user interface by simplifying it, imp...

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Overview

The Alfresco Digital Business Platform offers open, secure content services to let you unlock the value from your most important business information. Give users access to their content wherever and however they work with Alfresco’s open, flexible, and highly scalable cloud-native content services platform. Easily integrate and connect with everyday business applications. Find, view, collaborate on, govern, and securely share digital content—and get information to the right person at the right time.

Hyland

IBM Content Foundation on Cloud

IBM Content Foundation on Cloud allows organizations to deliver extensive enterprise content management capabilities to their users very quickly. IBM Content Foundation is powered by the FileNet content and process platform and IBM Content Navigator user experience. This cloud offering can be leveraged for a variety of use cases including collaborative document management, imaging solutions, social content management, archiving, and more. It also offers a platform for developing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions in the cloud.

IBM Case Manager on Cloud

IBM Case Manager on Cloud is a solution platform that engages people with business content, provides contextual insight through real-time analytics, and enhances teamwork through collaboration tools and flexible workflow. Enables Business and IT to work together to create solutions across the enterprise that enables an organization to make smarter decisions for better business outcomes, while balancing the need for security and compliance in a world of heightened risk.

IBM

Mobius is an intelligent information management solution that delivers
content services with a granular policy management foundation to manage the
life cycle of enterprise content and data in accordance with corporate policies,
industry regulations and government mandates at web-scale speeds with accuracy and reliability.

Rocket Software

Sample Customers

Over 1,300 companies from 180 different countries. Including EuroStar, Saks Fifth Avenue, NASA Langley Research Center, and KLM.

KeyBank, Standard Chartered Bank, Union Bank, Sistema Tecnol‹gico de Monterrey, Illinois Department of Human Services, UnitedHealth Group

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