Alfresco vs. Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alfresco
Score 7.7 out of 10
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The Alfresco platform, from Hyland, delivers comprehensive cloud-native content services. It is used to intelligently activate processes and content to accelerate the flow of business.N/A
Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Liferay Digital Experience Platform is an enterprise-grade platform that enables companies to create and connect personalized digital experiences across web, mobile, social, in store and other touchpoints. It provides the technical foundation (deep integration, security and modularity) for a digital business to orchestrate unique customer experiences, as well as business value features to support a deeper understanding of their customers.N/A
Pricing
AlfrescoLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlfrescoLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—Email sales@liferay.com for pricing information.
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Community Pulse
AlfrescoLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Considered Both Products
Alfresco
Chose Alfresco
More robust workflow automation.
Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
AlfrescoLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Enterprise Content Management
Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Alfresco
8.0
6 Ratings
3% below category average
Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
-
Ratings
Content capture & imaging3.14 Ratings00 Ratings
File sync, storage & archiving9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Document management10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Records management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Content search & retrieval10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise content collaboration8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Content publishing & creation8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, risk management & information governance9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract lifecycle management8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated workflows9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Artificial intelligence8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
AlfrescoLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Small Businesses
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Score 9.7 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
MediaValet
MediaValet
Score 9.8 out of 10
Jahia Digital Experience Platform
Jahia Digital Experience Platform
Score 8.4 out of 10
Enterprises
MediaValet
MediaValet
Score 9.8 out of 10
Jahia Digital Experience Platform
Jahia Digital Experience Platform
Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
AlfrescoLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(17 ratings)
7.1
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(9 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.9
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AlfrescoLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Likelihood to Recommend
Hyland Software
Easy integration with the external APIs Workflows can be invoked via REST call Wonderful swagger documentation for process REST APIs REST, MULE, CAMEL, Google Drive, and Box features are available with Alfresco Process Services The micro-service version deployment should be well documented and needs improvement
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Liferay, Inc.
Liferay Portal is a framework which comes with a fine grained security/permission model, (Web) Content Management, Authentication and Authorization, outbox portlets with different features to manage content or users. So if any business application has below questions then I can recommend not to use Liferay as a platform.
  • Application is big but not content or user driven.
  • Application with few static contents.
  • Application with batch transactions(DB) i.e. insert , update db records in batch.
  • Application with ERP capabilities.
  • Application with Big Data support.
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Pros
Hyland Software
  • Basic workflows are easy enough for casual users to set up and utilize.
  • Cloud sync capability provides a great way to share documents with third parties and to use as a backup system for critical documents.
  • Alfresco mobile app makes it easy for those on the road to access, approve and share documents.
  • Folder rules are easy to set up and make assignment of metadata easier to automate.
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Liferay, Inc.
  • Personalization
  • Business to client relationship
  • Customer management is better.
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Cons
Hyland Software
  • 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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Liferay, Inc.
  • Harder to get started
  • Enterprise level of options can cause confusion
  • Development documentation could be better
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Likelihood to Renew
Hyland Software
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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Liferay, Inc.
We are currently using Liferay Portal and plan to keep using it.
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Usability
Hyland Software
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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Liferay, Inc.
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Support Rating
Hyland Software
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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Liferay, Inc.
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Hyland Software
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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Liferay, Inc.
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Alternatives Considered
Hyland Software
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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Liferay, Inc.
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Return on Investment
Hyland Software
  • 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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Liferay, Inc.
  • Create a good environment
  • Resolution is not so much better.
  • Have a long things to do.
  • Content management is better off.
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ScreenShots

Alfresco Screenshots

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Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) Screenshots

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