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Hyland OnBase vs OpenText Extended ECM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

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Hyland OnBase's support is praised for availability but can require pressure, extra cost, and experiences delays in ticket resolution.
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OpenText Extended ECM support is knowledgeable but inconsistent, with delays in assigning experts unless escalated through vendors.
Our vendor relationship facilitated integration with our system and offered additional service beyond the Hyland OnBase product.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.6
Hyland OnBase needs UI updates, pricing adjustments, better training, modernized web client, improved support, security, and AI-driven features.
Sentiment score
4.9
OpenText Extended ECM needs improvements in UI, stability, integration, analytics, workflows, documentation, performance, records management, and architecture.
The application could potentially be more open-source, allowing integration with more solutions.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Hyland OnBase supports scalable growth for businesses, efficiently managing increased users and documents while maintaining performance and enterprise workflows.
Sentiment score
7.4
OpenText Extended ECM is praised for its impressive scalability, supporting diverse organizational needs with both on-premise and cloud capabilities.
 

Setup Cost

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Hyland OnBase offers modular pricing, seen as costly, with varied licensing options and potential regional pricing adjustments needed.
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Enterprise users find OpenText Extended ECM expensive and complex but valuable for consolidating data management solutions despite costs.
We also paid for workflow licenses, which allowed up to 250 concurrent users.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Hyland OnBase is a stable, reliable, low-maintenance application, performing smoothly with correct hardware and adequate RAM setup.
Sentiment score
7.3
OpenText Extended ECM is stable and reliable, scoring highly, but performance may vary with usage and load.
Hyland OnBase was a stable solution that worked effectively for us.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
7.2
Hyland OnBase offers flexibility, security, integration, and comprehensive features with scalability and stability, supporting extensive content management.
Sentiment score
8.3
OpenText Extended ECM integrates with SAP, offering strong security, metadata management, customizable workflows, and seamless content connection across applications.
It provided data security features, allowing restrictions on sensitive documents, such as who could view or modify them.
 

Categories and Ranking

Hyland OnBase
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (16th), Low-Code Development Platforms (14th)
OpenText Extended ECM
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of Hyland OnBase is 6.3%, up from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Extended ECM is 11.4%, up from 10.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Srinivas Rao Kagitha - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good dashboards and reports but fails to offer better migration features
The migration is a bit difficult in the tool. Whenever we make certain changes to workflow or other stuff, migrating the code from one environment to another is a bit tedious. The tool has an option for export and import, which is not robust. Most of the time, we need to do things stuff manually. For example, if we make any changes in the existing life cycle or any queues, we have to move those changes manually. There is no robust way to migrate code from one environment to a lower environment, like prod. When it comes to the product's technical support, the turnaround time is a bit longer than expected. The issue may be because there are a number of issues or a large number of customers who are reaching out to the support team for help. I believe that the solution's technical team can provide a solution more quickly.
Bala Raju - PeerSpot reviewer
Permissions management is really good and offer classification categories for searching data
There are some workflows which need to be more user-friendly. We need to improve here on the specific map of the developers. Also, the support from OpenText is really difficult. Honestly, I had a very bad experience on this. It's really difficult to reach out to OpenText. Even for small things, OpenText is not transparent. As a professional, I don't think that's the right way. This is also one of the disadvantages; many customers are moving out of OpenText. I saw multiple instances when I was working with new RFPs or new opportunities. So many customers are raising the same concern, and they are looking for alternate products. That's been the case many times at the project level. With OpenText, we ourselves often have to resolve the issue before OpenText people provide a solution.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Hyland OnBase?
The solution is very developed and we are not taking full advantage of its functionalities.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hyland OnBase?
The solution costs around $5,000 per month. It is very relative.
What needs improvement with Hyland OnBase?
The solution’s initial setup is a little complex. The look and feel need improvement as well.
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?
OpenText itself is a too expensive tool. But why the reason customers opt for is OpenText is one of the best and provides very good complex data with their managers.
What needs improvement with OpenText Content Suite Platform?
There are some workflows which need to be more user-friendly. We need to improve here on the specific map of the developers. Also, the support from OpenText is really difficult. Honestly, I had a v...
 

Also Known As

OnBase
OpenText Content Suite Platform, OpenText Core Share
 

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Sample Customers

Honda France Industries, Hill County Texas, Hylant Group, ING Lease France, State of South Carolina, Syracuse University, Swindon College, Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Rochester Institute of Technology, Moen, Odense University Hospital
ATCO Australia, MSIG Asia, Orica, Salt River Project
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