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OpenText Documentum Content Management vs SharePoint 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

OpenText Documentum Content...
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
2nd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SharePoint
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Web Content Management (1st), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of OpenText Documentum Content Management is 10.6%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SharePoint is 15.1%, down from 19.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SharePoint15.1%
OpenText Documentum Content Management10.6%
Other74.3%
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Salih çakır - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly content management but needs more customizations
We use OpenText Documentum for managing the command life cycle and for content management Documentum helps by saving time during daily operations. The product is user-friendly. The BPM side should be improved. It would be beneficial to have more ability to customize features for specific use…
Madhur D'silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaborative work benefits while user-friendliness challenges persist
The most valuable feature of SharePoint is its user interface, which is very easy to use. I do not have to be very technical to use it. Its rights management capabilities and ability to restrict access to certain people are also very useful. Furthermore, I can access SharePoint from any device, whether it is a phone or laptop, which is very convenient.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It stands out for its impressive records management capabilities and the ability to handle an extensive volume of documents, even reaching into the billions."
"The storage of metadata content, workflows, and life cycles are the most valuable features of OpenText Documentum."
"I appreciate Documentum's scalability, allowing for vast volumes of content storage."
"The most valuable feature is that the documents are kept secure."
"It provides possibilities for us to save documents and supporting the business process while doing so."
"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."
"It is quite good."
"It offers an easy way to store unstructured content (.pdf, .doc, .xls, images) and to tag them with metadata."
"SharePoint is already moving to cloud, if you are using SharePoint online, which is cloud-based technology, it is more accessible."
"Document flows, storage, and numbering take off the actions for checking and assigning the numbering and running around with approvals and pre-approvals."
"Information is much more readily available."
"It has improve our organization by speeding up document sharing."
"SharePoint's collaborative features are valuable as they enable productivity by allowing multiple users to edit documents simultaneously."
"The ability to have version control and co-editing is vital to our workflows."
"SharePoint has an option where you can open files on the browser, whereby more than five people can make amendments to one Excel online file."
 

Cons

"OpenText Documentum has a lot of scope for improvement in terms of adding some AI integrations."
"The licensing model should be changed."
"The user interface can be a bit more intuitive."
"One area for improvement in OpenText Documentum is its handling of outdated documents, especially technical ones."
"I would like to see performance improvements, especially regarding slow response times."
"OpenText Documentum needs to improve its support."
"OpenText Documentum is moving to the cloud, and I am concerned about the security aspect of it."
"It should provide more tools to help clients upgrade solutions based on Webtop."
"When you are trying to migrate from a different platform to SharePoint for file storage, the upload utility should be more flexible, taking more files and then updating you on the upload status of the files you are trying to transfer into SharePoint."
"The initial setup is complex and has room for improvement."
"The limitations and boundaries must be extended."
"The solution should be made more user-friendly for technical and business people."
"The integration with Outlook could be improved."
"SharePoint designer workflows can be buggy sometimes without any apparent reason."
"Replication needs improvement."
"Flexibility and extensibility, above everything, could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"OpenText Documentum has announced a new licensing model, which could be more expensive."
"The product is expensive."
"OpenText Documentum's pricing is good."
"It is quite an expensive product."
"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."
"The price is considered affordable now."
"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"They are about an eight in comparison to other similar products."
"It is pretty reasonable. It is $5 per month per user. We have 12 users now, so it is about $60 per month."
"We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design."
"As usual, Microsoft’s licensing structures don’t really seem to fit the needs of their products. This leads to always paying for a project you will never use fully or always be adding to."
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
"The platform has medium pricing."
"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."
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Comparison Review

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Government
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise28
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business79
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise80
 

Questions from the Community

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.
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...
 

Also Known As

Dell EMC Documentum, Documentum , Documentum xCelerated Composition Platform
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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
Toyota, Aeroports de Paris, ASBBank Ltd., Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, CambridgeshireConstabulary, D&M Group, NPL Construction Company, and The Regional Municipality of Niagara.
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