We performed a comparison between Alfresco and OpenText Extended ECM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, OpenText, Box and others in Enterprise Content Management."The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the searching elements of the metadata."
"I like the ease of use, sections, and calendar."
"The product allows engineering teams and developers to introduce new things in a seamless and easy way."
"Document repository."
"The solution's automatic document numbering, state management, and process flow are very useful features to go through the full cycle of the document."
"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 where everything is. Being able to use that on top of the Content Server was a big help."
"The tool's most valuable features are document storage, security, and compliance."
"Retention is useful. I have been pleased with the search functionality and the extensibility for tying it into integrations with other systems and building workflows on top of it."
"Simplicity to roll out, features available, customization options."
"An SAP user can store documents directly into OpenText without a connector."
"Most of our customers are very fond of the upgraded smart user interface."
"We can configure the solution with any industry's products per customer requirements."
"Alfresco has a very steep learning curve, and unfortunately, during the learning process, it's very easy to make errors, which often are unforgiving."
"Metadata, auto class, disposition log, and legal hold."
"I think the presentation layer could be improved - currently, it's too complex, and there are too many features cluttered all over the screen."
"I would like them to consider document capture functionality."
"A dashboard with information would be nice to see."
"We are looking for new, advanced UI features. Currently, the UI does not look great."
"OpenText Extended ECM's user interface could be improved."
"The architecture needs improvement, as it's complex."
"We had some issues with scalability in the production. So, I would rate it a five out of ten."
"The annotation tool needs improvement. In other tools, such as Hyland OnBase, you can easily do annotation. You can easily merge documents. You can easily compare documents, whereas with OpenText, it seems to be a challenge."
"The initial setup can get really complicated, and it takes time."
"Pricing could be improved and the stability or the performance needs improvement, which is very important."
Alfresco is ranked 9th in Enterprise Content Management with 10 reviews while OpenText Extended ECM is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Content Management with 18 reviews. Alfresco is rated 8.0, while OpenText Extended ECM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Alfresco writes "Flexible and customizable but lacking integration with Microsoft". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Extended ECM writes "Serves as a single source of support for the company but has scalability issues". Alfresco is most compared with SharePoint, Hyland OnBase, OpenText Documentum, IBM FileNet and Nuxeo, whereas OpenText Extended ECM is most compared with OpenText Documentum, SharePoint, IBM FileNet, Hyland OnBase and OpenText Content Manager.
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