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M-Files vs SharePoint comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

M-Files
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Document Management Software (7th)
SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
154
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Content Management solutions, they serve different purposes. M-Files is designed for Document Management Software and holds a mindshare of 7.7%, up 6.1% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 18.2% mindshare, down 20.8% since last year.
Document Management Software
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

LN
Good workflows, and it is easy to use with a dashboard that improves contract visibility
My advice for anybody who is looking into implementing this product is to do a pilot first. After you do your research, do an actual pilot before you commit because everyone has nuances and you might find out that it is not what you want, or that it doesn't really do what you think it's going to do. It is not the simplest product to use but because of the robustness of its feature set in the ability with the workflows, and the APIs, to do just about anything you can imagine with it, that's very valuable. I wish it was a little easier to use because we have to spend more time than I'd like with new users, teaching them how it works. We try to hide all that from them but the setup time to get everything the way we wanted was probably two months. That is two months in one resource working on it half time a week, but it just took a lot of work to get the metadata set up, to get the workflows set up, and to get all the documents added to the repository. Now we've got versioning and we know where everything's at, the dashboard is great, but don't assume when they tell you that you'll be up and running in two weeks, that that is the truth. It takes much longer than you think. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Sanil Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined collaboration through seamless integration and customization
I have been an administrator for SharePoint and have used it as an end-user for document storage. Predominantly, I've been involved in administration SharePoint helps a lot since we've moved from using it directly to using it as a backend for Teams, which makes collaboration easier. It supports…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Using M-Files means anybody on the executive team to go in and immediately look at a dashboard and know the status of a contract."
"SharePoint enabled the staff to share documents and work on a document simultaneously."
"It's stable. It's very widely used by companies. Also, the knowledge of the product has improved over the years, and by other companies that support it or are Microsoft SharePoint partners. So if there are problems, there's always a user or company that knows the information or can help you; even with very uncommon problems."
"The metadata services, the WCF service integration and the Voxel feature are three most valuable elements of this solution."
"It has an easy to distribute administration capability, and can also scale to meet a large number of future needs."
"The most valuable features are the collaboration and sharing."
"Our staff found it simpler, as they did not have to work within a classification system."
"Its most valuable feature is the document library."
"SharePoint's collaborative features are valuable as they enable productivity by allowing multiple users to edit documents simultaneously."
 

Cons

"The integration with other products needs to be improved."
"SharePoint’s scalability could be improved."
"More hints and make it more user-customizable."
"Too many versions being released in a short time period. Too much time being devoted to migration planning."
"This solution would benefit from the implementation of enhanced online forms and template development capabilities."
"The introduction of AI and automation with Copilot could be a beneficial improvement."
"Flexibility and extensibility, above everything, could be improved."
"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 search functionality could be improved, especially when dealing with 'lift' lists, where there are performance issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have an Optical Character Scanning module but we didn't buy it because it's ridiculously expensive."
"They are about an eight in comparison to other similar products."
"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."
"The platform has medium pricing."
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
"For this type of solution, it is not wise to buy it without Software Assurance."
"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"Licensing can be by server or by seat."
"The product is reasonably priced."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
20%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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Alfresco scores are high on all features of an ECM solution and tools. Back office processing, rated as 3.36 good. Business Process Application 3.55 Good to excellent. Document Management 4.12...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
I am not involved in the licensing, but Microsoft offers bundled pricing for Office, SharePoint, and Exchange, making it cost-effective.
 

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