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IBM ECM vs Microsoft OneDrive for Business comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM ECM
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
2.8
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (15th)
Microsoft OneDrive for Busi...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.5
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

IBM ECM and Microsoft OneDrive for Business aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IBM ECM is designed for Enterprise Content Management and holds a mindshare of 2.4%, up 2.3% compared to last year.
Microsoft OneDrive for Business, on the other hand, focuses on Content Collaboration Platforms, holds 6.2% mindshare, down 9.8% since last year.
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM ECM2.4%
SharePoint11.7%
Alfresco6.7%
Other79.2%
Enterprise Content Management
Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft OneDrive for Business6.2%
Office 3658.5%
Google Workspace7.9%
Other77.4%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Thinh Tran - PeerSpot reviewer
BPM Consultant at TECHCOMBANK
Has supported enterprise document storage but lacks cloud readiness and AI capabilities
The new version of IBM ECM is at the end of support, and we need to migrate to a new version to get open support. We need AI capabilities from IBM ECM for additional functionalities in the next release. Specifically, AI is needed for finding documents. The trend is moving toward AI, and for managing many documents effectively, we need AI capabilities. Currently, IBM ECM only handles physical files, not unstructured files. IBM needs to work alongside customers and share best practices for IBM ECM. Reading the IBM Redbook alone is not sufficient for the knowledge we need to build the best architecture for my company. IBM ECM needs to improve the cloud version, such as compatibility with Amazon Cloud, not only IBM Cloud, to make their product more competitive.
AM
Technology Analyst at Infosys
Positive features enhance collaboration but room for improvement in file syncing
Regarding Microsoft OneDrive for Business's versioning control, sometimes there are syncing problems. Microsoft OneDrive for Business is available on the cloud as well as on my local machine. When we put a file in Microsoft OneDrive for Business on the local machine, it takes some time to sync, and sometimes it gives an error, which is a specific issue I have encountered. If Microsoft works on the syncing part of Microsoft OneDrive for Business, it would greatly enhance its functionality. Sometimes we update a file, and it isn't showing on another end, which requires us to run a sync again for it to appear. That part, if addressed by Microsoft, would be great. I love SharePoint more, so I will provide feedback in relation to that. SharePoint has only one folder, and we must create multiple folders within that to store files. If they introduce a categorized option, similar to SharePoint where we have team site differentiators, and options for creating communication sites, that would be fantastic for Microsoft OneDrive for Business.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The scalability of Datacap is amazing; we really like it."
"It has allowed us to take all of our faxes and put them directly into our systems versus having to print them off first and then scan them in, greatly speeding up our front-end processing and making us a lot more efficient."
"I am going to continue using it because it is a good product for enterprise document management."
"FileNet/IBM really excels when you get into the hundreds of thousands – the millions – of documents, and having some structure and some metadata on those documents."
"The tool is a very stable solution with high availability and no information leakage. It has built-in API integration on-site. You can integrate with other components and applications like SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, etc."
"We have been using it for awhile for the content management purposes of some of the bank's co-functionality, and we have not seen many issues lately, thus, so far, so good in terms of performance."
"With the new version of Datacap that we're on now, what had took nine months to train somebody, now takes just a couple weeks."
"The experiences of our internal and external customers have absolutely changed since implementing the solution, as it is a pleasure to use the system to manage the data, we are more organized, we are more agile, we have more information, and we can react to that information better."
"The organization of the solution is its most valuable aspect, as it is easily accessible from multiple places I use and pretty easy to learn, and once someone taught me, I was able to navigate it quite quickly."
"The stability of Microsoft OneDrive is very good, it is reliable."
"What I appreciate about Microsoft OneDrive is that internet access is all you need."
"Microsoft OneDrive for Business is very stable and very good."
"It's pretty easy to learn. Once someone taught me, I was able to navigate it quite easily."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that Microsoft OneDrive works with any Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office app. You can edit a document on the cloud, share documents with your colleagues, and monitor changes. You can access your work almost anywhere. You can also sync Microsoft OneDrive with your workstation so that whatever you are working on gets automatically backed up to the cloud at regular intervals. So even if your system crashes, you still have a copy of your documents in the cloud, which I found very useful."
"One of the best features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business is that it synchronizes the information with the cloud."
"It is free if you use Microsoft Office 365."
 

Cons

"Currently, IBM ECM only handles physical files, not unstructured files."
"The development platform is not local. For example, you need 100 days in IBM, whereas other platforms, like ServiceNow, need only 20 days."
"Technical support is pretty good. It's a crap shoot."
"However, I've heard from other users, other IBM customers, that's not necessarily the case. Nothing out of the box can really be used immediately."
"ACCE and some of the other UI is not very intuitive for new users."
"We’d like for it to be able to ingest reports that were created on the distributed side and get them into the same repository, where you have one repository for all reports."
"There are definitely challenges. It's not an easy solution."
"I would recommend not going with ECM 8 and going with FileNet instead. It seems like that is the future of the lower-volume repository. It seems like they are moving away from ECM 8.5 so I think we're going to have some challenges coming up, getting off of that technology."
"The user interface could be a little more intuitive and user friendly."
"An increase in the capacity of storage in the free version would be nice."
"The technical support is really very bad."
"The solution has sub-folders, which are visible to various team members. If you want to ensure the information is private, you would need to have a certain level of seniority in the office."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The online application is quite limited, for this and other Office offerings."
"I think it should be more user-friendly with more tutorials on the full scale of the program."
"No one gets an alert when files are deleted."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Reach out to local IBM partners.​"
"This is a pricy solution, given that we are only using it at 50% capacity."
"It is free if you are using Office 365, and you get a terabyte of storage with your account."
"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."
"Costwise, it is a great option. In most cases, it is a free space, which will be more than enough for most customers."
"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."
"Using this software, it has had an amazing impact moneywise on our business. It allows us to share documents without the need of extra hardware."
"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."
"The price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Construction Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Large Enterprise16
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with IBM ECM?
The new version of IBM ECM is at the end of support, and we need to migrate to a new version to get open support. We need AI capabilities from IBM ECM for additional functionalities in the next rel...
What is your primary use case for IBM ECM?
I can answer a few short questions about my experience with IBM ECM. On our system, we put documents into IBM ECM, which has helped us with the document management process. We use the store documen...
What advice do you have for others considering IBM ECM?
We use both IBM BPM and Camunda together. We still maintain IBM BPM, and for new development, we develop on Camunda. We continue to use other IBM products. We use IBM BPM and ECM, but we don't use ...
What needs improvement with Microsoft OneDrive?
For Microsoft OneDrive for Business, something which would really be helpful is something which would help with Outlook email automation. There is no automation platform currently available for Mic...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?
Microsoft OneDrive for Business is used for storage of documents, spreadsheets, and I also use it for creation of landing pages which is internal rather largely for event broadcast internally. We u...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft OneDrive?
I don't know the pricing for Microsoft OneDrive as I am just an end user. In my company, another person manages this, so I don't have access to pricing information.
 

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Sample Customers

KeyBank, Standard Chartered Bank, Union Bank, Sistema Tecnol‹gico de Monterrey, Illinois Department of Human Services, UnitedHealth Group
Chevron, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, DBS, Nestle, Lowe's, MGM Resorts, Textron, MGM Resorts
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