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Alfresco Content Services vs SolarWinds Serv-U

Alfresco Content Services
64 Ratings
SolarWinds Serv-U
10 Ratings

Alfresco Content Services

64 Ratings
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Score 9.1 out of 100

Based on 64 reviews and ratings

SolarWinds Serv-U

10 Ratings
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Score 7.4 out of 100

Based on 10 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

    Enterprise Content Management

    8.0

    Alfresco Content Services

    80%

    SolarWinds Serv-U

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Alfresco Content Services ranks higher in 13/13 features
    Alfresco Content Services ranks higher in 13/13 features

    Content capture & imaging

    3.2
    32%
    4 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    File sync, storage & archiving

    9.0
    90%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Document management

    10.0
    100%
    6 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Records management

    8.0
    80%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Content search & retrieval

    10.0
    100%
    6 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Enterprise content collaboration

    8.1
    81%
    6 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Content publishing & creation

    7.9
    79%
    4 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Security, risk management & information governance

    9.0
    90%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Contract lifecycle management

    8.9
    89%
    5 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Automated workflows

    9.0
    90%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Artificial intelligence

    8.0
    80%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Mobile support

    3.1
    31%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Integration

    9.9
    99%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Attribute Ratings

    • SolarWinds Serv-U is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating

    Likelihood to Recommend

    8.1

    Alfresco Content Services

    81%
    16 Ratings
    8.2

    SolarWinds Serv-U

    82%
    6 Ratings

    Likelihood to Renew

    9.0

    Alfresco Content Services

    90%
    9 Ratings

    SolarWinds Serv-U

    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Usability

    5.0

    Alfresco Content Services

    50%
    1 Rating

    SolarWinds Serv-U

    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Support Rating

    7.1

    Alfresco Content Services

    71%
    3 Ratings
    7.4

    SolarWinds Serv-U

    74%
    6 Ratings

    Implementation Rating

    9.0

    Alfresco Content Services

    90%
    2 Ratings

    SolarWinds Serv-U

    N/A
    0 Ratings

    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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    SolarWinds Serv-U

    For anyone who needs to receive/send files between themselves and others, in an organized fashion, I would strongly recommend Serv-U as a great tool at a sensible cost. In our line of work, we can get several customers signed in at once, each sending in hundreds of Megabytes of data simultaneously. Serv-U has never struggled with this. We don't use the Quota set up for sending/receiving data but I can see it is useful where an exchange of information is the point.

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    Richard Fazakerley | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    Julie Henn | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    SolarWinds Serv-U

    • The Wizard allows us to create new user accounts very easily and quickly. We do not have a formal IT department so those of us "mere mortals" can use this easily.
    • Using the Web Client has made it very simple to set up and instruct our customers on getting to the server from any device with a minimum of fuss. We have many customers with ESL, and school students including middle and high school. Most of them are not computer experts, just regular users so the simplicity allows to do the whole setup over the phone in minutes.
    • The newer version of Serv-U does not appear to be very resource-hungry so our computer runs nice and fast, without having to be a top of the range powerbox. We concentrated on large storage to cope with the file sizes we receive daily.

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    Richard Fazakerley | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    SolarWinds Serv-U

    • The user interface on large screens becomes tiny and nearly unreadable without the aid of Windows Magnifier.
    • Active Directory integration is either absent or not straightforward.
    • Settings and configuration aren't always intuitive.

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    Jose Rosario | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Pricing Details

    Alfresco Content Services

    General

    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level set up fee?
    No

    Starting Price

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    SolarWinds Serv-U

    General

    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    —
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    —
    Entry-level set up fee?
    No

    Starting Price

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    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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    SolarWinds Serv-U

    No score
    No answers yet
    No answers on this topic

    Usability

    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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    SolarWinds Serv-U

    No score
    No answers yet
    No answers on this topic

    Support Rating

    Alfresco Content Services

    Alfresco Content Services 7.1
    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

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    SolarWinds Serv-U

    SolarWinds Serv-U 7.4
    Based on 6 answers
    Support was the biggest hurdle for us. It definitely needs improvement, but not to the point of being a deal breaker.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    SolarWinds Serv-U

    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.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    SolarWinds Serv-U

    Previously we have used FileZilla and Microsoft FTP services, but neither out-performed Serv-U. although it was easy to use, FileZilla required constant attention from IT staff and did not live up to security protocol in place. The Windows Server FTP was difficult to configure for clients due to the tight integration with Active Directory. This also limited who could help administer the server.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    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

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    Jeff Neeve | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    SolarWinds Serv-U

    • I have been using it for over 10 years so the ROI was there for sure.
    • It is not a constant attention needing program.
    • Set up and it does its job.

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    Rick Ledbetter | TrustRadius Reviewer
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