We performed a comparison between Dropbox and OpenText Extended ECM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, Nasuni, Google and others in Cloud Storage."One of the most useful features of Dropbox is its ease of use."
"The solution is very clear and easy to use."
"The small business version gave us ample capacity."
"The solution is easy to use, everyone can use it."
"The performance is good."
"The primary standout feature for me is the effortless synchronization across various devices."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Dropbox are it can be used as a repository of all the photographs and videos that you have on the cloud. You do not need to worry about the hard disk crashing."
"WebReports has a lot of capabilities that offer good opportunities to customize the applications the way we want to."
"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 where everything is. Being able to use that on top of the Content Server was a big help."
"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."
"Smart Viewing videos are most valuable for the end users. The end users like the look and feel of Smart View. It's similar to SharePoint, with the latest HTML5 features, filters, and everything. It's like online shopping."
"The tool's most valuable features are document storage, security, and compliance."
"The ability to add metadata and use that to categorize information is a valuable feature of OpenText Extended ECM."
"It's a very good solution."
"We can configure the solution with any industry's products per customer requirements."
"Sometimes, it takes a while to start Dropbox services and files are not synced."
"There is room for improvement in Dropbox's security measures."
"The free storage can be increased."
"Dropbox could be improved by reducing the storage price."
"I would like to see an option to secure my files and set password protection to my folders."
"The solution could provide more capacity for free."
"They should archive the data."
"The solution could be a bit less expensive."
"The solution should work better with partners and be more developer-friendly."
"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 solution needs to improve the user interface."
"The solution's performance, stability, and consistency could be improved."
"The initial setup can get really complicated, and it takes time."
"There are no additional features that I would like to see. I am pretty happy with it, but their support could be a bit better."
"A dashboard with information would be nice to see."
"The tool's documentation is not proper and has missing information like steps."
Dropbox is ranked 4th in Cloud Storage with 81 reviews while OpenText Extended ECM is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Content Management with 18 reviews. Dropbox is rated 8.2, while OpenText Extended ECM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dropbox writes "Seamless file synchronization across devices with user-friendly deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Extended ECM writes "Serves as a single source of support for the company but has scalability issues". Dropbox is most compared with Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint, Citrix ShareFile, Google Workspace and Office 365, whereas OpenText Extended ECM is most compared with OpenText Documentum, SharePoint, IBM FileNet, Alfresco and OpenText Content Manager.
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