We performed a comparison between Alfresco and OpenText Documentum based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, OpenText, Box and others in Enterprise Content Management."The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the searching elements of the metadata."
"I like the ease of use, sections, and calendar."
"The product allows engineering teams and developers to introduce new things in a seamless and easy way."
"Document repository."
"Documentum is a highly scalable document management solution because it's built on a solid platform."
"I appreciate Documentum's scalability, allowing for vast volumes of content storage."
"It has reduced the amount of paper documents; reducing time and errors in the process."
"The most valuable feature of Documentum for our content management needs is its ability to segregate access based on department and role."
"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."
"Two things are excellent in Documentum. One is business process management. The other is its support for metadata."
"It is a very secure system. It is reliable, and that is one of the reasons people manage their content within Documentum. It gives them the confidence that the content is accessible to the right people and not to the wrong people."
"I think the presentation layer could be improved - currently, it's too complex, and there are too many features cluttered all over the screen."
"I would like them to consider document capture functionality."
"Alfresco has a very steep learning curve, and unfortunately, during the learning process, it's very easy to make errors, which often are unforgiving."
"Metadata, auto class, disposition log, and legal hold."
"The product needs to improve the way documents are logged together. I believe running it on the cloud or containerization will bring value to it. The tool's Time to Market and deployment cycle need to be improved. Finding suitable training materials for OpenText Documentum is also a bottleneck. If we can find the training modules easily, we can bring together people, give them quick training, and start working on the deployment. It can help with quick outputs."
"It should provide more tools to help clients upgrade solutions based on Webtop."
"Documentum is a very robust system. Everything can be improved, but at this time, I do not have anything in particular. If anything, they can put our software in their standard."
"OpenText Documentum is moving to the cloud, and I am concerned about the security aspect of it."
"The user interface can be improved."
"In BPM could be better. Its GUI needs the ability to build more rules. This is a crucial feature. For example, OpenText has some products that allow you to control your checks, invoices, and so on. They have exciting approaches to converting pictures to text, but the tool for business process management isn't easy to use. The GIU is not so good."
"We mostly use the Life Sciences package. That package is somewhat dated. There should be enhancements to the Life Science package and additional offerings to support pharma in particular."
"The biggest issue for us is the price of the product."
Alfresco is ranked 9th in Enterprise Content Management with 10 reviews while OpenText Documentum is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Content Management with 26 reviews. Alfresco is rated 8.0, while OpenText Documentum is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Alfresco writes "Flexible and customizable but lacking integration with Microsoft". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Documentum writes "Saves time and increases an organization's productivity". Alfresco is most compared with SharePoint, Hyland OnBase, IBM FileNet, OpenText Extended ECM and Nuxeo, whereas OpenText Documentum is most compared with OpenText Extended ECM, SharePoint, IBM FileNet, Hyland OnBase and OpenText Content Manager.
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