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CA View vs DocuWare comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

CA View
Ranking in Document Management Software
17th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
DocuWare
Ranking in Document Management Software
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (25th), Cloud Storage (65th), Content Collaboration Platforms (45th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Document Management Software category, the mindshare of CA View is 1.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DocuWare is 6.0%, down from 12.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Document Management Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
DocuWare6.0%
CA View1.7%
Other92.3%
Document Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user851850 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Platform Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Helps us secure viewing of customer accounts; scalability streamlines production of large reports
You can control who views what, as far as security is concerned, in viewing customer accounts. I'm not sure if that was available in the product at the beginning, but we use it extensively now. Also expandability. It's easy to add more space to it when you need and to. If you're producing large reports it's easy to increase so you can handle the new volume that may come along.
RC
Enterprise Architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Great document storing and easy to set up but needs to offer more collaboration capabilities
It should have collaboration features. For example, if I upload a document and I want the document which I upload to be discussed among my colleagues and peers, I should be able to share. I'd like for us to be collaborating, discussing the document, adding to the document, et cetera. I'd like it to be possible for teams to collaboratively create the document. Compliance or records management could be improved. For example, if I upload a document, a legal document such as a contract, when you onboard a new customer, you would like to have that contract document stored. At the same time, it should be logged. Once a document is approved and taken by printout and sent to the customer, it should be logged. It should not be allowed to be editable; you shouldn't be able to make changes to it. For records management, it should only be accessible to some people, not everyone. I would like to have records management features and compliance features where data could be hidden. Items such as personal data should be hidden or masked. I would like to have GDPR features added. We had some slight hiccups during the setup process.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's easy to add more space to it when you need and to. If you're producing large reports it's easy to increase so you can handle the new volume that may come along."
"We standardized our CIS log processing with CA View. We support a whole bunch of LPARs, about 80 or so. When we go to an LPAR, we know just where the CIS log is, it's in CA View, and we know how to get to it, we don't have to search around for it."
"For the most part, the initial setup is easy. There's good documentation."
"DocuWare allows for easy document management and workflow automation, eliminating the need for physical paperwork and streamlining the approval process."
 

Cons

"There was one customer we were trying convert over, and it was complicated. There were retention criteria which seemed a little more limited than with some of the other products."
"I believe they do probably have a GUI interface for the laptop, so you can just use the interface instead of the mainframe ISPF interface. I think that's already available but, if not, that would be my only issue."
"It should have collaboration features."
"Its graphical user interface could be more user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It requires other pieces of CA software and license keys, thing like that. That's one thing to keep in mind. It requires CA Common Services in order to actually be licensed to run on LPAR."
"While the price may be considered slightly high, it is still reasonable within the context of other options available on the market."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
15%
Retailer
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Unicenter CA-View Output Archival and Viewing
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Sample Customers

DHL, Intergrupo
King Hussein Cancer Center, Smart Choice, Tippecanoe County
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