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Likelihood to Recommend
Alfresco Content Services
If you have regulatory or business needs that require saving email into Alfresco and you are using Outlook for Mac, you may need to perform significant customization to make it work. Additionally, if you will have users that will be members to a large numbers of sites over time, you need to thoroughly explore what functionality will be degraded or lost and how to mitigate the impact. Other than these two scenarios, I cannot think of any scenarios where Alfresco would not be well suited to an organization's needs.

Verified User
Executive in Legal
Financial Services Company, 51-200 employeesIBM ECM
Again, I like to think of my association and usage of IBM Case Manager V.5.2. Please keep in mind that this is only one component of the IBM Enterprise Content Management suite of products. I believe IBM Case Manager is an ideal solution for medium to large companies looking to automate lnad
Systems Engineer
Pyramid Solutions, Inc.Financial Services, 51-200 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Enterprise Content Management
Alfresco Content Services
8.1
IBM ECM
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Content capture & imaging
Alfresco Content Services
5.5
IBM ECM
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File sync, storage & archiving
Alfresco Content Services
9.3
IBM ECM
—
Document management
Alfresco Content Services
9.9
IBM ECM
—
Records management
Alfresco Content Services
8.6
IBM ECM
—
Content search & retrieval
Alfresco Content Services
9.8
IBM ECM
—
Enterprise content collaboration
Alfresco Content Services
8.6
IBM ECM
—
Content publishing & creation
Alfresco Content Services
7.0
IBM ECM
—
Security, risk management & information governance
Alfresco Content Services
9.1
IBM ECM
—
Contract lifecycle management
Alfresco Content Services
7.6
IBM ECM
—
Automated workflows
Alfresco Content Services
9.2
IBM ECM
—
Artificial intelligence
Alfresco Content Services
8.0
IBM ECM
—
Mobile support
Alfresco Content Services
3.9
IBM ECM
—
Integration
Alfresco Content Services
9.3
IBM ECM
—
Pros
Alfresco Content Services
- Integration with other applications, namely Drupal and Moodle, was simple and works beautifully.
- The UI is intuitive, clean, and friendly. Users have required little training for basic functionality.
- We have been pleased with the overall system performance of Alfresco Enterprise Content Management.
Director of Technology and Chief Information Officer
Quality Matters ProgramE-Learning, 11-50 employees
IBM ECM
- It provides easy to use administrative tools to work with the product.
- Good documentation on the production is available which makes it easier to use.
- It supports high availability architecture
Senior System Analyst
UST GlobalBanking, 10,001+ employees
Cons
Alfresco Content Services
- Alfresco Process Services and Alfresco Application Development Framework integration makes for best functionality/application of ECM.
- Use case alignment - Marketing content and documentation of specific business requirements and user stories being available as reference material/documentation.
- Integration with multiple silos for content.

Verified User
Account Manager in Research & Development
Computer Software Company, 201-500 employeesIBM ECM
- As enterprise and mid-market systems go, the price is highly competitive (especially when you consider what's included in the license). That said, this product is not accessible for small businesses as a self hosted solution. The "Navigator on Cloud" solution is much more accessible, but gives less control over data.
- To get all the features, there are many moving parts. For large enterprises, this is no problem, and the cloud solution obviates most of these concerns.
Sr. Technical Consultant, Enterprise Content Inteligence
PerficientInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
Likelihood to Renew
Alfresco Content Services
Alfresco Content Services 9.0
Based on 9 answers
As per the current market and the line of products that are available for content and document management system, Alfresco is a very good option compared to other systems in terms of features and cost. Plus the community support is great. Also since the product is open source, it can be extended or understood in a better way.

Verified User
Former Employee in Information Technology
Media Production Company, 1001-5000 employeesIBM ECM
IBM ECM 8.6
Based on 6 answers
There is no plan to change ECM at organizational level. Replacing products and changing custom applications involves lot of effort

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Insurance Company, 10,001+ employeesUsability
Alfresco Content Services
Alfresco Content Services 5.0
Based on 1 answer
Alfresco Content Services' UI has never been its strength from the beginning. Therefore, rating it from a usability standpoint, I will not rank it high. However, Alfresco Content Services can easily be integrated with any application and leveraged as a backend CMS or DM system. With the new Angular-based UI approach, it's very much possible to create custom UI on top of it as required.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employeesIBM ECM
IBM ECM 7.3
Based on 1 answer
The end-user experience is excellent. The Administration experience needs some more work.
Sr. Technical Consultant, Enterprise Content Inteligence
PerficientInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
Support Rating
Alfresco Content Services
Alfresco Content Services 8.0
Based on 3 answers
I am not big fan of Alfresco Content Services' support; it works on its own speed and sometimes it becomes challenging to achieve business needs. However, I appreciate regular delivery of security patches and updates

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employeesIBM ECM
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Alfresco Content Services
Alfresco Content Services 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Process was relatively smooth and overall, downtime minimal. MSI was very responsive to our needs and made the transition easier than it otherwise might have been.

Verified User
Executive in Legal
Financial Services Company, 51-200 employeesIBM ECM
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Alfresco Content Services
All software has some pros and some cons. Alfresco has some good pluses, and suits our environment very well. It fit perfectly in the place that we are working on. That is why we decided to go with this software. Overall, the kind of content management that needs to be done in an organization is what would determine which software to use.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesIBM ECM
Our relationship with IBM is long standing. We have been Gold Partners for some time and are viewed by many internal groups as their Go To partner for large ECM deployments. Most of our systems engineers hold multiple certifications as solutions developers. Our clients are national and international. The support we receive from IBM has been excellent and our partnership with them on numerous projects has been excellent.
Systems Engineer
Pyramid Solutions, Inc.Financial Services, 51-200 employees
Return on Investment
Alfresco Content Services
- Instant document lookup - No paper files to mail which saves in all areas of postage, truck delivery, physical storage warehouse space, printing, etc
- No longer losing important documents - Previously with paper files things would go missing and those could be costly reports/assessments.
- Ability to secure documents and provide access to only those who should be allowed to see that content
Programmer Analyst
Edmonton Public SchoolsPrimary/Secondary Education, 5001-10,000 employees
IBM ECM
- We have seen our customers realize increased employee efficiency by reducing the amount of time it takes to process a transaction.
- We have seen improvements in customer service because information can be made more readily available to customer service personnel who are fielding service calls.
- We have seen improvements in decision making because processing-related statistics are more readily available to the managers who need the input to make quality business decisions that affect the day-to-day operations.
Project Manager
Pyramid Solutions, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Pricing Details
Alfresco Content Services
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
IBM ECM
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No