We performed a comparison between Hyland OnBase and OpenText Extended ECM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Content Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are that it's very secure and provides audit trails for our documents."
"We found the setup process to be okay since they do offer a troubleshooting guide."
"OnBase is a remarkable tool. It is a well-done product. Hyland has a lot of experience in building it and looking for new things for clients in terms of functionalities. It has amazing stability, and it can grow horizontally and vertically. It is built for growth. Their technical support is also quite good and available throughout the year."
"The retention module is one of the most valuable features. Whatever we scan onto the system can be identified and we are notified when the records are due to be disposed."
"The solution is very developed and we are not taking full advantage of its functionalities."
"I like the cloud and its integrability."
"It's a very good solution."
"WebReports has a lot of capabilities that offer good opportunities to customize the applications the way we want to."
"Scalability is great. We can extend areas horizontally and vertically."
"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."
"The ability to add metadata and use that to categorize information is a valuable feature of OpenText Extended ECM."
"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."
"The integration of a document management platform with many other applications, e.g. SAP, SuccessFactors, Salesforce, SharePoint, etc."
"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."
"We need to troubleshoot why our reports didn't get downloaded in a day. There is a workflow feature which powerful but also complicated."
"The dashboards do have some room for improvement as compared to the other vendors which are there in the market."
"The look and feel could be better. The integration with the user could be better. It could also be more user-friendly."
"For user experience, they would have to do more with the interface. It is not easy to work with and is a little messy. It is getting better, but it is not yet good enough. Other products are comparatively doing better in terms of the user interface. I have been hearing about Box, which is very easy to use and learn for the users. OnBase has to work on this aspect. It should have BPM capabilities. We compete with tools that provide the BPM feature and support those standards. They can do better in terms of the pricing model. It is a really expensive tool in Latin America. They should have different prices for different regions."
"An area for improvement would be the training - getting our people up to speed on how to use it required more training than we expected due to the complexity of the solution."
"We are struggling with duplicates and would like to have OCR functionality when using this solution."
"When it comes to addressing complex use cases, three or four years ago, we ended up purchasing an additional OpenText product called AppWorks because we started to run into some limitations with the workflow that can be done in Extended ECM. It was a little limiting, so we ended up getting another product."
"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."
"OpenText Extended ECM's user interface could be improved."
"Pricing could be improved and the stability or the performance needs improvement, which is very important."
"Initially there can be stability issues due to unknown factors such as usage of the system, quantity of documents ingested, load during peak hours."
"A dashboard with information would be nice to see."
"We had some issues with scalability in the production. So, I would rate it a five out of ten."
"I have not used it enough to start running into issues. Some of my technical guys could name a couple of things, but in terms of support, we did have challenges getting good responses from them."
Hyland OnBase is ranked 8th in Enterprise Content Management with 8 reviews while OpenText Extended ECM is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Content Management with 18 reviews. Hyland OnBase is rated 8.0, while OpenText Extended ECM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Hyland OnBase writes "Stable content and workflow management solution with a valuable retention module". 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". Hyland OnBase is most compared with Alfresco, SharePoint, OpenText Documentum, IBM FileNet and Hyland Perceptive Content, whereas OpenText Extended ECM is most compared with OpenText Documentum, SharePoint, IBM FileNet, Alfresco and OpenText Content Manager. See our Hyland OnBase vs. OpenText Extended ECM report.
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