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M-Files vs Open Bee comparison

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Categories and Ranking

M-Files
Ranking in Document Management Software
13th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Open Bee
Ranking in Document Management Software
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Document Management Software category, the mindshare of M-Files is 3.4%, down from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Open Bee is 1.7%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Document Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
M-Files3.4%
Open Bee1.7%
Other94.9%
Document Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

LN
Director of IT at JH Kelly
Good workflows, and it is easy to use with a dashboard that improves contract visibility
My advice for anybody who is looking into implementing this product is to do a pilot first. After you do your research, do an actual pilot before you commit because everyone has nuances and you might find out that it is not what you want, or that it doesn't really do what you think it's going to do. It is not the simplest product to use but because of the robustness of its feature set in the ability with the workflows, and the APIs, to do just about anything you can imagine with it, that's very valuable. I wish it was a little easier to use because we have to spend more time than I'd like with new users, teaching them how it works. We try to hide all that from them but the setup time to get everything the way we wanted was probably two months. That is two months in one resource working on it half time a week, but it just took a lot of work to get the metadata set up, to get the workflows set up, and to get all the documents added to the repository. Now we've got versioning and we know where everything's at, the dashboard is great, but don't assume when they tell you that you'll be up and running in two weeks, that that is the truth. It takes much longer than you think. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
reviewer2266047 - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrateur système d'informations at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
An easy to setup tool for archiving, managing, and sharing documents
The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it allows one to share some knowledge or information through documents. The solution also helps to conduct searches in a document. Suppose you want to search for an exact invoice, and you may not find it, but with Open Bee, you can find it in two to five minutes.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Using M-Files means anybody on the executive team to go in and immediately look at a dashboard and know the status of a contract."
"M-Files licence model is very flexible. You have the choice of Named User, Concurrent, or SaaS. This gives the business so much room and flexibility to implement new projects whilst maintaining costs and maximizing production."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it allows one to share some knowledge or information through documents."
 

Cons

"Technical support is probably the weakest part. We had a number of authentication issues and support has been very slow to respond and get us solutions."
"The integration with other products needs to be improved."
"Open Bee should update its documentation with more direct examples."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have an Optical Character Scanning module but we didn't buy it because it's ridiculously expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
10%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
7%
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Sample Customers

Crowe UK, Stearns Bank, Head Energy, OMV, TK Elevator
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