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Jive vs OpenText Documentum 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

Jive
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
35th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Web Content Management (42nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (7th), Enterprise Social Software (13th), Knowledge Management Software (20th), Enterprise Intranet (10th)
OpenText Documentum Content...
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of Jive is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Documentum Content Management is 12.4%, up from 10.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

GD
A flexible solution that improves our administrative efficiency
We use Jive-n for followups on details regarding purchase orders, shipping documents, and other information We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge. This solution provides great flexibility of permission…
Ashish Shelar - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers version control capabilities, easy to set up but highly-priced
The main thing is the cost. Most of the time, organizations move away from Documentum due to cost. It's highly-priced, and the support costs are high. Now, SharePoint and other options. Microsoft gives free licenses, so organizations mainly look for cost-effective products. The second thing is updates and patching. We patch very often, every six months or a year. We have SP1, SP2, and SP3, and then suddenly, it's moved out of support. That's the organization's main pain area. They don't want to keep investing from a storage perspective. The licensing model should be changed. The product itself is out of support. They have not considered it for AI initiatives. The new version should be on the cloud. I'm not sure if the new version of Documentum, xECM, is cloud compatible or on which cloud it is compatible, but the OpenText server itself is on a cloud, which would be beneficial to the business. And it would also be easier for migration.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge."
"The product is tamper-proof and enables us to return to the document source, which is helpful in legal issues."
"Documentum is a highly scalable document management solution because it's built on a solid platform."
"I am satisfied with OpenText Documentum so far; it has great integration capabilities."
"The tool's most valuable feature is ACL, which helps to control the user groups that access the documents."
"I appreciate Documentum's scalability, allowing for vast volumes of content storage."
"The most valuable feature is the management."
"The stability is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Documentum for our content management needs is its ability to segregate access based on department and role."
 

Cons

"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."
"It's difficult to manage and customize Documentum."
"The licensing model should be changed."
"It should provide more tools to help clients upgrade solutions based on Webtop."
"The BPM side should be improved."
"The biggest issue for us is the price of the product."
"One area for improvement in OpenText Documentum is its handling of outdated documents, especially technical ones."
"OpenText Documentum is moving to the cloud, and I am concerned about the security aspect of it."
"It can be somewhat cumbersome for the operations team since it’s not a cloud instance"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It falls in line with a lot of things that are out there on the market. There is nothing extraordinary in terms of great or bad."
"OpenText Documentum's pricing is good."
"OpenText Documentum has announced a new licensing model, which could be more expensive."
"It is quite an expensive product."
"The price is considered affordable now."
"The product is expensive."
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Comparison Review

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Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
20%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Documentum?
It falls in line with a lot of things that are out there on the market. There is nothing extraordinary in terms of great or bad.
What do you like most about OpenText Documentum?
The most valuable feature of Documentum for our content management needs is its ability to segregate access based on department and role.
What needs improvement with OpenText Documentum?
The interface of OpenText Documentum could be more intuitive; sometimes it is hard to find where the information is located.
 

Also Known As

Clearspace, Jive SBS, Jive Engage, Jive-x, Jive-n
Dell EMC Documentum, Documentum , Documentum xCelerated Composition Platform
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Eloqua, Hitachi Data Systems,T-Mobile, UBM, Thomson-Reuters, Groupon, Nike, Cisco, and others.
Agility; Bibliotheca Alexandrina; Capitec Bank; Department of Social Development, Republic of South Africa; County of Los Angeles, Department of Human Resources; Fresenius Kabi; Heathrow Airport; Lahey Health; Linde PLC; Milestone Pharma Co. Ltd; National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development; Open Grid Europe GmbH; REPCO NEX Industrial Solutions; Springer Nature; Syngene International; Tata Power DDL; University of Texas Austin
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