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Dropbox vs OpenText Content Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 19, 2025

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
6.3
Users appreciate Dropbox's low-cost features, though quantifying ROI is challenging; benefits include accessibility, security, and reduced complaints.
Sentiment score
7.3
Users appreciate OpenText for its reliability, integrations, multitasking, and value, enhancing applications and supporting infrastructure effectively.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
2.7
Dropbox support is mixed; positives include 24/7 availability, negatives involve slow email responses and licensing issue assistance.
Sentiment score
4.6
OpenText's customer service is responsive but faces delays, with inconsistent efficiency and a need for expertise improvement.
Dropbox offers 24-hour support, both through chat and limited hour calls.
We provide the support ourselves and do not have any support straight from Dropbox.
The staff lacks adequate knowledge.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Dropbox is scalable for various business sizes, offering flexible plans, but may vary in effectiveness at enterprise levels.
Sentiment score
7.6
OpenText Content Management excels in scalability, efficiently supporting large user bases despite challenges with documentation for environment modification.
There is not enough documentation about scaling, which makes it difficult to enhance or modify environments without significant effort.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Users consider Dropbox stable and reliable, despite occasional syncing delays and reliance on internet connectivity for uploads.
Sentiment score
7.3
OpenText Content Management is stable but needs enhancements in alerting and performance, with improvements noted in newer versions.
The product is quite stable if it is well-managed.
 

Room For Improvement

Dropbox needs better storage, pricing, security, interface, and integration to enhance user experience and remain competitive.
OpenText Content Management struggles with user interface limitations, integration issues, performance concerns, and insufficient support, requiring enhancement.
Sharing documents with other people in the same division or department and being able to work without downloading the file would be ideal.
One area of improvement would be to allow multiple users to edit a file simultaneously and see edits in real time, similar to OneDrive.
The expectation from the customer versus the product explanation needs alignment.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Dropbox pricing competitive, though opinions vary on cost-effectiveness and desire for better discounts and management.
OpenText Content Management is costly and complex, but offers comprehensive solutions, potentially deterring medium-sized businesses despite its strengths.
The cost is a significant factor that may deter medium-sized businesses from using OpenText extended ECM.
 

Valuable Features

Dropbox offers user-friendly, secure storage with seamless syncing, easy sharing, scalability, and strong compatibility across all devices and environments.
OpenText Content Management offers seamless integration, robust features, and versatility, enhancing productivity, user experience, and organizational efficiency.
It also features an admin console where we can easily manage users, see which user has access to which content, and how much space they are consuming.
The seamless integration between SAP and OpenText offers a 360-degree view of documents, facilitating a full-text search capability.
 

Categories and Ranking

Dropbox
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (3rd)
OpenText Content Management
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
12th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Dropbox is 7.9%, down from 11.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Content Management is 1.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Edgar  Paez - PeerSpot reviewer
Work from anywhere and backup easily while being practical
I recommend Dropbox, yet not for all of the features it has. I am a basic user. In a personal mode, we have about 100 employees, and maybe 20 of them use Dropbox as a personal backup system. ShareFile is more secure than Dropbox. Five years ago, ShareFile was qualified as having better security control, access privilege management, and version control recovery, among many features that we were using for private documentation. Overall, I would rate Dropbox an eight out of ten.
Jaideep MS - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables effective document control yet requires better affordability and clarity
I use extended ECM for procurement, sales, engineering documents, and sometimes invoices and accounts payable or receivable The version controls and the business workspace part integrate well with SAP and OpenText, providing granular level control over who accesses the workspace. The seamless…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
46%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Computer Software Company
5%
Construction Company
4%
Government
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dropbox?
For me, the biggest thing is version history. I can easily go back and view older versions.
What needs improvement with Dropbox?
One area of improvement would be to allow multiple users to edit a file simultaneously and see edits in real time, similar to OneDrive. In Dropbox, once a file is opened on one system, it locks the...
What do you like most about OpenText Content Suite Platform?
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 wher...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpenText Content Suite Platform?
The cost is a significant factor that may deter medium-sized businesses from using OpenText extended ECM.
What needs improvement with OpenText Content Suite Platform?
The cost of the product could be improved. Currently, there are certain snags in document viewing, and communication from the pre-sales team is not clear. The expectation from the customer versus t...
 

Also Known As

No data available
OpenText Content Suite Platform, OpenText Core Share
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Vita Coco, BCBGMAXAZRIA Group, Centric Project, Kayak, FourSquare, Asana, Huge Adversting , USA Gymnastics, Appen, Valliant, Radio Lab
ATCO Australia, MSIG Asia, Orica, Salt River Project
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