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Microsoft OneDrive vs OpenText Content Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 19, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft OneDrive
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText Content Management
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
12th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Microsoft OneDrive is 9.8%, down from 13.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Content Management is 1.3%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Victor Bayouwa - PeerSpot reviewer
I love the backup capabilities and the offline sync
We use OneDrive to share documents throughout the organization and collaborate. It is also used for backups.  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. It takes too long for…
Jaideep MS - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables effective document control yet requires better affordability and clarity
I use extended ECM for procurement, sales, engineering documents, and sometimes invoices and accounts payable or receivable The version controls and the business workspace part integrate well with SAP and OpenText, providing granular level control over who accesses the workspace. The seamless…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's pretty easy to learn. Once someone taught me, I was able to navigate it quite easily."
"It gives you access to important files from virtually anywhere."
"We use Microsoft OneDrive for file sharing without the need for additional hardware (such as flash drives or external hard drives)."
"It's quite easy to use and then of course it is quite well integrated to the rest of Office 365."
"Being able to use OneDrive as a mapped drive in Windows Explorer is the most valuable feature. Rather than using OneDrive on a browser, you can also open up the Windows Explorer and I can see the file structure in the normal format."
"They have support for integration with a lot of tools."
"It is free if you use Microsoft Office 365."
"Ability to share documents."
"It's a very good solution."
"Retention is useful. I have been pleased with the search functionality and the extensibility for tying it into integrations with other systems and building workflows on top of it."
"OpenText Extended ECM's most valuable features include permissions and security models. I also like the tool's ability to add metadata and use it to categorize information."
"We can configure the solution with any industry's products per customer requirements."
"The ability to add metadata and use that to categorize information is a valuable feature of OpenText Extended ECM."
"The tool's most valuable features are document storage, security, and compliance."
"Being able to search is valuable. Its search is pretty powerful. We are able to search for specific text, and it points us to the document that has that text. That is pretty powerful."
"Being able to tag metadata on documents and being able to have different workspaces in there for our documents is valuable. We do loan documents, and different types of documents have different types of retentions. We are able to categorize based on that, and we are able to do tag searching to find what we are looking for."
 

Cons

"The area that can be improved is to be able to share easily with folks outside the organization and with folks who don't have an office account. Sometimes, when you send a link, you might have some form of repetition. If you don't know how to share it properly, whoever you are sharing it with will have issues using it. Also, the link that you use to share a document can be made a bit shorter. It doesn't have to be long. Typically, when you want to share a document, it has everything, such as the name of the organization, SharePoint, etc. A short URL will be easier to use, and it will just make life easier, especially because a lot of people are now going mobile. I'm not sure if there's a mobile version of Microsoft OneDrive, similar to Google Drive. If they don't have a mobile app, it would also be nice to have a mobile app because that would help in checking out your documents. It would be easy to check your documents on the go on your phone."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
"OneDrive is a bit behind competing products like Dropbox and Box."
"An increase in the capacity of storage in the free version would be nice."
"I think it should be more user-friendly with more tutorials on the full scale of the program."
"The security is not as flexible as it is with Dropbox, which means that we can't share our OneDrive files."
"No one gets an alert when files are deleted."
"An online video player would be great, since sometimes you have to download the video to play it."
"The response time is not effective, and the staff lacks adequate knowledge."
"Pricing could be improved and the stability or the performance needs improvement, which is very important."
"A dashboard with information would be nice to see."
"OpenText Extended ECM's user interface could be improved."
"The annotation tool needs improvement. In other tools, such as Hyland OnBase, you can easily do annotation. You can easily merge documents. You can easily compare documents, whereas with OpenText, it seems to be a challenge."
"The initial setup can get really complicated, and it takes time."
"We are looking for new, advanced UI features. Currently, the UI does not look great."
"We had some issues with scalability in the production. So, I would rate it a five out of ten."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"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."
"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."
"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."
"It is free if you are using Office 365, and you get a terabyte of storage with your account."
"The price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."
"This is a pricy solution, given that we are only using it at 50% capacity."
"The product is pricey."
"The total cost of the product will vary on the capabilities required"
"The tool's pricing is confusing to the end customer."
"The pricing is costly. It's costly to integrate with Office 365 and to go back and forth with the sales team."
"The licensing is not that complex for the core products, but it becomes more complicated for some additional modules."
"The solution is expensive."
"OpenText Extended ECM is an expensive solution."
"OpenText Extended ECM's pricing and licensing are aggressive and confusing for the end customer."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
33%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
5%
Government
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about OpenText Content Suite Platform?
We also have a module on top of the Content Server called WebReports that has been one of the things that helped us facilitate the workflow and give managers good reporting and visibility into wher...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpenText Content Suite Platform?
The cost is a significant factor that may deter medium-sized businesses from using OpenText extended ECM.
What needs improvement with OpenText Content Suite Platform?
The cost of the product could be improved. Currently, there are certain snags in document viewing, and communication from the pre-sales team is not clear. The expectation from the customer versus t...
 

Also Known As

MS OneDrive
OpenText Content Suite Platform, OpenText Core Share
 

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Sample Customers

Chevron, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, DBS, Nestle, Lowe's, MGM Resorts, Textron, MGM Resorts
ATCO Australia, MSIG Asia, Orica, Salt River Project
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