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Alfresco vs Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.6
Alfresco delivers significant ROI with cost savings, efficiency, reduced IT support, automation, and centralized document management benefits.
Sentiment score
7.4
SharePoint 2010 boosts productivity with enhanced collaboration, automation, and security, leading to efficient workflows and cost savings.
Centrally managing records has helped us automate legal retention policies and reduce physical storage costs by eighty percent, saving us in costs and protecting us from massive financial penalties associated with compliance failures.
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
Alfresco provides a significant return on investment by efficiently managing documents.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Now, we can work and share live documents; they can see the real-time changes being made, and we can even get on a meeting and work on the document at the same time.
Business Analyst, Product Owner at a non-profit with 10,001+ employees
With Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7, the collaboration, versioning control, and data accuracy improved, allowing us to finish the project in just one month or two instead of six.
Senior Business Analyst at a construction company with 51-200 employees
With Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7, they can collaborate in a very fast way.
Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.6
Alfresco customer support is generally positive but mixed, with prompt responses and some challenges due to complex workflows.
Sentiment score
7.9
SharePoint 2010 on Windows Server 2012r2 has responsive 24/7 support, but effectiveness varies due to end-of-support status.
I would prefer a direct relationship with them, focusing on updating their products more like in an agile practice
Head Of Information Technology at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Alfresco's technical support is very fast and professional.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
The support team was very responsive and resolved my query within forty-five minutes, which was a good experience.
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 is in an end-of-support era, so there is very limited customer support available.
Senior Business Analyst at a construction company with 51-200 employees
The customer support for Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 is very responsive and proactive.
Team Lead at Target
They got good results and everything is working, so it turned out okay.
Application Developer at El Camino Hospital
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.5
Alfresco efficiently scales with growth, excelling in clustering and customization, though complex setups are required for high document counts.
Sentiment score
8.0
SharePoint 2010 on Windows Server 2012 R2 is scalable, efficiently supports growth, and integrates well, but may not suit larger organizations.
Implementations needing to handle millions of documents may involve complex cluster setups requiring expert assistance.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
However, if you are looking to expand into areas with more images and videos, the scalability is somewhat limited without a developer and customization.
Agile Product Owner - CMS at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees
We did not have any problem scaling Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7.
Application Developer at El Camino Hospital
For large organizations, I would recommend Sharepoint Online or cloud-based solutions as better options.
Senior Business Analyst at a construction company with 51-200 employees
Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 is very scalable because it has continued to handle my organization's growth efficiently.
Team Lead at Target
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Alfresco is stable and reliable with few issues, though proper scaling and expertise are essential for optimal performance.
Sentiment score
9.0
SharePoint 2010 on Windows Server 2012r2 is stable and reliable, with minor issues enhanced by proper maintenance.
Alfresco is definitely a stable and scalable solution.
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
The stability of Alfresco is rated highly as it hardly goes down.
Head Of Information Technology at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Alfresco is generally a very stable and high-performance platform.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 is stable in my experience.
Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Alfresco requires UI refinement, enhanced security, better tools, documentation, modern database support, and smoother integration with other systems.
SharePoint 2010 needs enhanced documentation, security, integration, interface modernization, performance, tooltips, mobile support, and AI features.
It would be beneficial if Alfresco offers different options for document storage, such as databases or cloud solutions.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Being able to leverage something such as MongoDB, a NoSQL database as part of the architecture would be a big improvement to enable high volume in the hundreds of millions of documents.
Manager, Major Accounts at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Governance of this system is required. If you don't have proper governance, things can go wrong.
Technical Project Manager at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
I would like to see more of AI's analytics and observations come into Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7, particularly regarding user interface, speed, or integration with other tools.
Business Analyst, Product Owner at a non-profit with 10,001+ employees
Sometimes it would have been quicker to search outside of Microsoft or Sharepoint and use Google, or even find a YouTube video that explained how to do something, which should not be necessary for a Microsoft product that we pay for.
Application Developer at El Camino Hospital
We can definitely improve the search feature, which should crawl every page and every list to retrieve data.
Senior Business Analyst at a construction company with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

Alfresco has competitive pricing for large enterprises, focusing on pay-per-use with potential costs for upgrades and integrations.
SharePoint 2010 offers enterprises a cost-effective, easy-to-setup solution with transparent licensing, aligning with Microsoft's affordable pricing.
Since we obtained Alfresco through AWS Marketplace, we are billed for what we use.
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
The pricing of Alfresco starts at $100,000, which can be expensive for small projects.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Pricing is considered mid-range.
Head Of Information Technology at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 has been transparent
Manager, Ibms Projects Operations & Corporate Information Technology at Yotta Infrastructure Solutions LLP
 

Valuable Features

Alfresco offers robust document management, integration, customization, collaboration, and user-friendly features, meeting diverse organizational needs efficiently.
SharePoint 2010 enhances collaboration, security, and productivity with seamless integration, automation, and user-friendly features on Windows Server 2012r2.
This makes the record independent of the document, which is beneficial as documents often change, and it helps avoid continual updates to the registry.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Alfresco also provides automated lifecycle management that helps us enforce legal holds, retention schedules, and secure disposition of records, keeping the files secure and ensuring that our organization remains compliant with legal requirements.
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
It enabled users to find exactly what documents they were looking for in a timely fashion, as well as to export to patients and healthcare members what they needed to do for Medicaid, Medicare, or any other secondary insurance, including the documents they needed to fill out as well as prescriptions.
Agile Product Owner - CMS at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees
The workflows that connect Outlook, Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7, and OneDrive among others allow me to manage multiple actions for all these tools.
Team Lead at Target
The workflow feature specifically helped my team by not only improving efficiency but also impacting our costs, as it saved on printer, paper, and ink consumption while allowing managers to approve requests from anywhere at any time.
Group IT Director with 1-10 employees
I am not sure how we would share some of these resources as easily with another solution, especially being able to control who can access what at different levels and who can edit which files, who can upload, and who can see different things.
Application Developer at El Camino Hospital
 

Categories and Ranking

Alfresco
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
4th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Document Management Software (1st)
Sharepoint 2010 on Windows ...
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of Alfresco is 6.4%, down from 8.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 is 0.4%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Alfresco6.4%
Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x70.4%
Other93.2%
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Jaspreet k - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
Streamlined compliance workflows have reduced manual document handling and improved governance
Alfresco offers many features that I value highly. The first is the open architecture that provides extensive REST API and support of open standards such as CMIS, allowing our development team to easily extend their capabilities. The second valuable feature is the activity workflow engine, a powerful BPMN compliant workflow engine that automates complex and multi-step processes natively alongside the content. Another favorite feature is smart document processing. Due to its built-in AI capabilities, Alfresco can automatically classify documents based on our business requirements and tagging. This directly helps us find those documents by tagging them and locating them more easily. The smart document processing in Alfresco has helped us extract information via OCR and identify entities without requiring manual data entry, as it works on a metadata approach that is directly searched via OCR. The text is assigned as a token in the backend, and using the AI capabilities, Alfresco can automatically classify and read via OCR. Alfresco also provides automated lifecycle management that helps us enforce legal holds, retention schedules, and secure disposition of records, keeping the files secure and ensuring that our organization remains compliant with legal requirements.
RJ
Senior Business Analyst at a construction company with 51-200 employees
Centralized collaboration has transformed intranet projects but search and mobile still need work
Workflow in Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 has helped my teams by using it for Sharepoint access request forms. The workflow I use involves submission, and when the submission happens, there is an approval of the form. Approval goes to the manager, and once he approves it, it goes to the next phase. For final acceptance, we send it to an end user so he can check mark on it or indicate that the work is done. These are the approval processes we utilize, including out-of-the-box email approval and alerts sent by the system. Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 has saved time and improved productivity by enabling cost-saving measures. When using one place for all documents, your team can see everything in the latest mode. All they need to do is click the link to access the same place, and follow-up conversations occur on the same page. It definitely saves a lot of time and energy for teams, allowing them to focus less on email exchanges and more on project tasks. Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 has positively impacted my organization by providing very good collaboration capability. It includes a list, calendar, permissions, and everything that works great for everyone. It offers one centralized place, so there is no need to configure or go to multiple places looking for the same information. Once I update information, everybody syncs on the same data. It also enables tracking changes, restoring previous versions, maintaining document history, and sharing team calendars, organizing the same vision with different kinds of access. This feature definitely contributes to good progress in teams, making it very useful for any organization. Best features Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 offers include a list and permission capability, team collaboration capability, workflow and approval process capability. All of these capabilities are fantastic, including version control and permission-based access, providing one centralized place where everybody can see everything and update it. If we need to revert back, version control is there, and we can see how much use case it is. It is very efficient for business users. I am a Sharepoint user for a long time, so all of those features are fantastic.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Construction Company
45%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Wholesaler/Distributor
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alfresco?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing is that Alfresco is very cheap and cost-effective.
What needs improvement with Alfresco?
Alfresco could be improved in terms of maintenance and could have a simpler architecture regarding search functionality. If I change the metadata, I have to perform re-indexing of all the content f...
What is your primary use case for Alfresco?
My main use case for Alfresco is as a content management system at an enterprise level. A specific example of how I use Alfresco as an enterprise level content management system is for sharing docu...
What needs improvement with Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7?
Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 can be improved by combining it with some other features, such as the ability to restrict a single file by an administrator. That would be the feature ...
What is your primary use case for Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7?
My main use case for Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 is storing and backing up files from endpoint devices while sharing files securely across users.
What advice do you have for others considering Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7?
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 a nine. I chose nine out of ten for Sharepoint 2010 on Windows server 2012r2-24x7 because it is good software an...
 

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