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M-Files vs SharePoint 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 (10th)
SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
164
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (1st), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

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 7.0%, up 6.8% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 14.3% mindshare, down 18.6% since last year.
Document Management Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
M-Files7.0%
Alfresco14.7%
Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management9.9%
Other68.4%
Document Management Software
Enterprise Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SharePoint14.3%
OpenText Documentum Content Management9.8%
OpenText Content Management9.7%
Other66.2%
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.
AnjneyBhardwaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaboration has improved through simplified document access and controlled sharing
SharePoint is definitely used to keep a record of our files and data. The capability is quite good because it is time-saving. I have used it only four or five times, but it has been very helpful to keep all my information in a consolidated manner. The search feature is one of the most beneficial factors that we use to filter out the latest data or the latest file as per our convenience and use case. When you have a large repository, this feature is particularly valuable. Role-based access control has been helpful while developing the knowledge platform. The roles were defined clearly, which made it easy for the four or five of us to work simultaneously and collaborate on our project in a similar manner.

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."
"The most valuable feature of SharePoint is its user interface, which is very easy to use."
"The SharePoint interface is adequate and also a little bit faster."
"The ability to have version control and co-editing is vital to our workflows."
"The most valuable aspect of SharePoint is its integration with Teams. T"
"Document flows, storage, and numbering take off the actions for checking and assigning the numbering and running around with approvals and pre-approvals."
"The access control is definitely a good feature. We also appreciate the improvements they've made to the online applications, where multiple users can work on the same documents simultaneously. Everything syncs automatically."
"It is well supported by Microsoft."
"There is not just one valuable feature; it is all of them working together."
 

Cons

"The integration with other products needs to be improved."
"It has worked very well for me. It seems like they've improved everything. I don't have any cons about it as such, but I don't think they have a talk-to-text, speech-to-text, or speech-to-type. That would be cool for accessibility."
"The search functionality could be improved, especially when dealing with 'lift' lists, where there are performance issues."
"Needs improvement on the user interface."
"The initial setup process is not intuitive."
"It will fully use your system resources."
"This solution would benefit from the implementation of enhanced online forms and template development capabilities."
"SharePoint’s scalability could be improved."
"The product does not perform 100% when used outside of a Microsoft based browser, Chrome, Firefox, etc."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have an Optical Character Scanning module but we didn't buy it because it's ridiculously expensive."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"SharePoint is included with our Microsoft license."
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
"The platform has medium pricing."
"They are about an eight in comparison to other similar products."
"The licensing model for SharePoint Online is based on per user, and it is monthly. The price of the solution overall is good."
"We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design."
"It is very expensive.​"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Retailer
7%
Government
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business79
Midsize Enterprise38
Large Enterprise81
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
As SharePoint is part of the Microsoft 365 suite, the pricing is acceptable.
What needs improvement with SharePoint?
Not with SharePoint specifically, but overall with the software or tools from Microsoft, I think there are areas that need improvement. It's very difficult to understand the objective. There are so...
 

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SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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Sample Customers

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