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IBM ECM vs Microsoft OneDrive for Business 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

IBM ECM
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (12th)
Microsoft OneDrive for Busi...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
3.7
Number of Reviews
32
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 9.4% mindshare, down 12.4% since last year.
Enterprise Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
IBM ECM2.4%
SharePoint15.1%
OpenText Documentum Content Management10.6%
Other71.9%
Enterprise Content Management
Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft OneDrive for Business9.4%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise10.1%
Google Workspace9.1%
Other71.4%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Omar_Ismail - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable solution for automation with high availability
Moving to the cloud with IBM ECM is not allowed. In Saudi Arabia, the cloud infrastructure is still non-operational, potentially for the next two to three months. Static clouds are prevalent among foundational enterprises such as IBM and Oracle. IBM offers its cloud insights, maintaining its cloud ecosystem. IBM's efforts to enhance the user experience within its ECM platform are lacking compared to competitors like OpenText. Progress in implementing new technologies and features seems sluggish. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Richard Griggs - PeerSpot reviewer
Long-term data security and automatic saving features improve efficiency with smooth setup and deployment processes
Some of the best features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business are the ability to ensure automatic saving. I've been in IT for over thirty years and have seen plenty of times when people forgot to hit file save and lost data, and having this automatically saved constantly is a very nice feature set. The synchronization capabilities of Microsoft OneDrive for Business certainly support my work as it is handy if you're concerned about people writing data on their local PCs and the laptops getting stolen or crashing, to have it sync everything up to your Microsoft OneDrive for Business account so that you're not having to worry about backing up locally. You try to make sure that people are putting things in the right folder to ensure they'll get backed up. Before using Microsoft OneDrive for Business, we were actually storing things locally and had shared folders or home folders out on the network. They made the change to Microsoft OneDrive for Business because they wanted to put it out in the cloud and get better performance, automatic backups, and all the rest of it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The content management is all about you as you can make the same content for minimal purpose solutions applications."
"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."
"The vertical scalability, as we can use it across some of our applications."
"The scalability is a valuable feature, that we're able to display our documents to so many people."
"It's pretty easy to learn. Once someone taught me, I was able to navigate it quite easily."
"The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again."
"Image management is great since the search is simple, and accessing images with labels is easy."
"It is free if you use Microsoft Office 365."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft OneDrive for Business is that it is included in the standard Office 365 subscription at no additional cost, unlike other drives such as Google Drive."
"The best features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business are its continuous improvement in terms of cloud capabilities, security features, and user experience as it's enhancing every day compared to the past."
"It helps you keep organized."
"It is good as a central hub for the storage of documents and sharing among team members."
 

Cons

"The development platform is not local. For example, you need 100 days in IBM, whereas other platforms, like ServiceNow, need only 20 days."
"I think it's already getting away from Java applets. A lot of our users struggle with keeping up to date with Java versioning, so a lot of the functions they're doing, like printing, emailing, and even some of the viewing, they're struggling with."
"I would like to see seamless application integration."
"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."
"Performance is an issue when sharing a large number of files in a single folder."
"The initial setup is a bit clunky."
"The technical support is really very bad."
"It is not very stable because there are a lot of bugs."
"The user interface could be a little more intuitive."
"Support has not been the same since the beginning of COVID lockdowns."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"One of the things that I find to be challenging about Microsoft OneDrive for Business, specifically working with Windows eleven, is that it automatically tries to sync up accounts."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Reach out to local IBM partners.​"
"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."
"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."
"This is a pricy solution, given that we are only using it at 50% capacity."
"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."
"Costwise, it is a great option. In most cases, it is a free space, which will be more than enough for most customers."
"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 price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."
"It is free if you are using Office 365, and you get a terabyte of storage with your account."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
33%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM ECM?
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, Mic...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM ECM?
The product is expensive and has a perpetual license.
What needs improvement with IBM ECM?
The development platform is not local. For example, you need 100 days in IBM, whereas other platforms, like ServiceNow, need only 20 days.
What needs improvement with Microsoft OneDrive?
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 ...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?
I have been working with Microsoft OneDrive for Business for three years; I started my job in that industry when I came and began with the Office 365 technology.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft OneDrive?
The pricing for Microsoft OneDrive for Business would be average. If we analyze deeper or require extra storage apart from other products in the market, I would rate it at 4 or 4.5 concerning the p...
 

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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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