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M-Files vs Saperion comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

M-Files
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Document Management Software (7th)
Saperion
Average Rating
3.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (22nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Content Management solutions, they serve different purposes. M-Files is designed for Document Management Software and holds a mindshare of 9.0%, up 6.4% compared to last year.
Saperion, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 0.8% mindshare, up 0.7% since last year.
Document Management Software
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

LN
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.
it_user592605 - PeerSpot reviewer
I would like to see improvements in the web client and the workflow engine.
I think that the biggest area for improvement is for their core component, the Java Core Server (JCS). In addition, there could be improvement in the following areas: * Saperion web client: Does not support many rich-client features and is inconsistent between thin and thick clients * The VBA macro API was very poor * No real toolset provided * No debugging options * Workflow engine * No official and supported procedure of deploying/moving a solution between stages, which was officially stated by the vendor
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Educational Organization
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Also Known As

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Hyland Saperion, Hyland Saperion ECM, Saperion ECM
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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