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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
7.0
Number of Reviews
158
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 8.7%, up 5.9% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 16.7% mindshare, down 20.6% 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's collaborative features are valuable as they enable productivity by allowing multiple users to edit documents simultaneously."
"For SharePoint, I believe the most valuable feature is the customization and allowing you to share and edit files and documents. Being able to share externally and the precise administration of the files in terms of giving permissions and controlling who has access to what is a very good feature."
"The access control is definitely a good feature. We also appreciate the improvements they've made to the online applications, where multiple users can work on the same documents simultaneously. Everything syncs automatically."
"The most valuable features are the Integrations, web site, and search."
"I do like the collaboration around documents. The versioning history has proven useful in some instances as well."
"Staff training is reduced because learning basic SharePoint is not as complicated as an EDRMS."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It offers ease of use, which is crucial."
 

Cons

"The integration with other products needs to be improved."
"This solution would benefit from the implementation of enhanced online forms and template development capabilities."
"There's room for improvement in the search functionality, although it has matured significantly over the years."
"Flexibility and extensibility, above everything, could be improved."
"It should have a Google-caliber search ability and a model-based GUI."
"Emails stored now do not display metadata in native format."
"The initial setup process is not intuitive."
"The areas of this solution that need improvement are the relationships between lists, cross-site web parts, and page-building tools."
"It will fully use your system resources."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have an Optical Character Scanning module but we didn't buy it because it's ridiculously expensive."
"SharePoint is included with our Microsoft license."
"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."
"Licensing can be by server or by seat."
"It is very expensive.​"
"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"The licensing model for SharePoint Online is based on per user, and it is monthly. The price of the solution overall is good."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"The pricing works for us."
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Comparison Review

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
16%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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Sample Customers

Crowe UK, Stearns Bank, Head Energy, OMV, TK Elevator
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