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Alfresco provides a significant return on investment by efficiently managing documents.
I have seen a return on investment as open-source production with vibrant community support is cost-effective compared to many proprietary CMS solutions in the market.
It made my office go paperless, thereby saving the environment.
Cost savings come from re-engineering the business processes using IBM FileNet and related strategies.
There is a significant ROI from IBM FileNet because before its introduction, the company needed to do all the work manually.
ROI may be very short if you use OpenText Content Management system effectively.
I would prefer a direct relationship with them, focusing on updating their products more like in an agile practice
Alfresco's technical support is very fast and professional.
The customer support for Alfresco is very vibrant, supportive, and responsive.
People come from all over the world, and they have specialists at the other end of the world to help if needed.
IBM has a different division that provides consultation to end users, and most customers utilize consultation from IBM, which costs approximately $100k USD to $200k USD.
The consulting experts that IBM provides sometimes do not understand the tool very well.
The staff lacks adequate knowledge.
Currently, they are improving support and transitioning to a new solution, which is better than what they implemented in the past three to four years.
It has continued to grow with my organization and can handle a large volume of content.
Implementations needing to handle millions of documents may involve complex cluster setups requiring expert assistance.
Alfresco is very scalable and handles my organization's growth efficiently.
The bigger products like IBM FileNet can handle billions of documents and thousands of users.
With Kubernetes, we can simply add instances of the worker, CPU, or memory without needing deployment.
We have about 80 transactional systems connected to IBM FileNet.
There is not enough documentation about scaling, which makes it difficult to enhance or modify environments without significant effort.
The stability of Alfresco is rated highly as it hardly goes down.
Alfresco is generally a very stable and high-performance platform.
Those issues have now been corrected.
I have never encountered a problem of data corruption, losing data files, insecure access, or anything of that nature.
FileNet was restricted to DB2's enterprise edition instead of the standard edition, causing complications.
In terms of stability, we haven't experienced any big technical issues or downtime with IBM FileNet.
The product is quite stable if it is well-managed.
It would be beneficial if Alfresco offers different options for document storage, such as databases or cloud solutions.
Governance of this system is required. If you don't have proper governance, things can go wrong.
I feel the documentation needs a lot of improvement, especially for Activiti microservice adoption, which is sometimes frustrating or slows me down.
Ease of use with IBM FileNet is a disadvantage of this tool. It is complex and hard to use.
The response time and resolution of issues by technical support need improvement.
From the beginning, we cannot use a REST API; we have to use the IBM FileNet native API, which is quite outdated.
The expectation from the customer versus the product explanation needs alignment.
Another important aspect is the improvement of the artificial intelligence already embedded in OpenText Content Management solution.
Alfresco is a very cost-effective and affordable tool.
The pricing of Alfresco starts at $100,000, which can be expensive for small projects.
Alfresco is very cheap and cost-effective.
We are living in a world where the minimal license from IBM costs anywhere from seventy-five thousand to one hundred thousand US dollars.
The product has become more expensive and requires significant investment for enterprise solutions.
The price is high, with yearly subscriptions increasing day by day.
If you compare it to an archiving solution and you are using content management only for archiving, the cost of the license may seem too high, as you are paying for a license that not only includes archiving but also controls the full life cycle of information, connects with SAP and Salesforce, features a native connection with Office 365, and supports parallel editing.
The cost is a significant factor that may deter medium-sized businesses from using OpenText extended ECM.
This makes the record independent of the document, which is beneficial as documents often change, and it helps avoid continual updates to the registry.
There is document storage with metadata, document versioning, document workflow, check-in, check-out, REST API for integration, easy customization, and vibrant community support.
When it comes to scripting, if there is something that Alfresco does not do natively, you can use their custom API to do almost anything that you want.
There is a significant ROI from IBM FileNet because before its introduction, the company needed to do all the work manually.
The main features we find impactful are the workflow and document management along with FileNet file stores.
At this level, companies don't buy a ready-made solution.
The seamless integration between SAP and OpenText offers a 360-degree view of documents, facilitating a full-text search capability.
OpenText Content Management has a feature that is unique in the market, which is the deep integration with leading applications, allowing reflection of the connections between different processes and objects in applications such as SAP, SuccessFactors, or Salesforce, visible inside the document management application.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| IBM FileNet | 6.0% |
| OpenText Content Management | 8.0% |
| Alfresco | 7.6% |
| Other | 78.4% |



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| Small Business | 15 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 1 |
| Large Enterprise | 10 |
| Company Size | Count |
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| Small Business | 32 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 12 |
| Large Enterprise | 74 |
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| Small Business | 13 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 4 |
| Large Enterprise | 11 |
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.
IBM FileNet is a leading IBM enterprise content management product family. IBM FileNet is one of the ECM solutions that can change the way a company does business by enabling users to capture, activate, socialize, analyze, and govern content throughout its lifecycle.
There are many IBM FileNet products available, all of which are integrated and based on the FileNet P8 Platform.
OpenText Content Management offers seamless document storage and advanced search features. Ideal for organizations needing integration with SAP and other applications, it enhances workflows while ensuring security and compliance across multiple platforms.
OpenText Content Management stands out with its advanced integration capabilities, allowing seamless connectivity with SAP and other applications. Its enhanced security and permission systems safeguard information, vital for industries like banking, utilities, and oil & gas. Metadata categorization and customizable workflows aid in managing complex document lifecycles. Although improvements in visibility and integration with external tools are needed, the platform provides powerful collaboration tools, enhancing productivity. Users leverage document retention and WebReports features to ensure compliance. Challenges with support, performance during peak times, and architecture complexity are noted. Automation features and analytics require enhancement, alongside more user-friendly SmartUI and record management functionalities.
What key features define OpenText Content Management?OpenText Content Management is widely utilized in sectors such as banking, utilities, and oil & gas. It is implemented to manage software development projects, engineering documents, and workflow automation. Organizations leverage OpenText Extended ECM for document lifecycle management, post-project archiving, and records retention. Integration with platforms like ServiceNow allows efficient handling of document management across global operations, supporting information governance, tax return compilation, and capital projects.