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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Box

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ABox is an online Intelligent Content Management solution that caters to individual users as well as businesses.

    $20

    per month 3 users (minimum)

    OpenText Content Suite Platform

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe OpenText Content Suite Platform oversees the lifecycle management of information across the enterprise from capture through archiving and disposition. With agile information governance to address the latest data governance and data privacy best practices, the vendor states their Content Suite reduces risk and empowers organizations to focus on using information to drive strategic growth and productivity.N/A

    OpenText Service Manager

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOpenText™ Service Manager (formerly from Micro Focus) is scalable service desk software powered by machine learning, analytics, and automation. It provides an ITSM platform for standardizing service delivery and support across the enterprise.N/A
    Pricing
    BoxOpenText Content Suite PlatformOpenText Service Manager
    Editions & Modules
    Business Starter
    $7
    per month per user (3 minimum)
    Business
    $20
    per month per user (3 minimum)
    Business Plus
    $33
    per month per user (3 minimum)
    Enterprise
    $47
    per month per user (3 minimum)
    Enterprise Plus
    $50
    per month (billed annually) per user (3 minimum)
    Enterprise Advanced
    Contact us
    per month per user (35 minimum)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BoxOpenText Content Suite PlatformOpenText Service Manager
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is available for annual pricing.——
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    Community Pulse
    BoxOpenText Content Suite PlatformOpenText Service Manager
    Considered Multiple Products
    Box
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    OpenText
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    OpenText
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    96 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    81 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    99 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    61 Answers
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    68 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    BoxOpenText Content Suite PlatformOpenText Service Manager
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Box and OpenText Content Suite Platform and OpenText Service Manager
    Feature
    Box
    8.0
    26 Ratings
    1% below category average
    OpenText Content Suite Platform
    8.4
    7 Ratings
    4% above category average
    OpenText Service Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Content capture & imaging8.119 Ratings9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving9.825 Ratings9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document management9.024 Ratings9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Records management7.420 Ratings8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval8.624 Ratings8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration8.021 Ratings9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation5.015 Ratings8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance8.926 Ratings8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management9.612 Ratings8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated workflows9.614 Ratings9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence2.011 Ratings7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support7.723 Ratings9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration9.823 Ratings8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Box and OpenText Content Suite Platform and OpenText Service Manager
    Feature
    Box
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Content Suite Platform
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Service Manager
    9.4
    2 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Box and OpenText Content Suite Platform and OpenText Service Manager
    Feature
    Box
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Content Suite Platform
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Service Manager
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings00 Ratings9.72 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Box and OpenText Content Suite Platform and OpenText Service Manager
    Feature
    Box
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Content Suite Platform
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Service Manager
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BoxOpenText Content Suite PlatformOpenText Service Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (154 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (21 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (29 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BoxOpenText Content Suite PlatformOpenText Service Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Box
    I think Box is great for research teams or anyone that has a large number of files that need to be securely stored. Particularly in the case of social science research, where it is important to protect identifying data, Box is a great option. In cases where teams need a more reliable means for real-time collaboration, I would probably consider a different alternative
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    OpenText
    Great for content management and records even for organizations whose staff are not much experienced in the technical backgrounds as it's easy to use and no previous knowledge on HTML is required. It is great for storing invoices and payment proofs and for organizations dealing with global clients for general use documents.
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    OpenText
    HP Service Manager (HPSM) is well suited for a big company and it does the job that it's intended to do but it's not perfect. It has a fairly large learning curve for searching Knowledge Management (KMs) and it takes time to learn how to be fast at creating/resolving tickets while on calls. I have been using HPSM for about 2 years now and we recently moved from the desk client to the web client and we are seeing a lot more issues than we did with the desk client. They keep coming out with updates for it so eventually most of our issues will hopefully be resolved. Overall the web experience is better as it looks more modern than what we used in the past.
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    Pros
    Box
    • The main feature that I like the most in Box is that it makes collaboration seamless, workers can easily check the documents any time and make changes according to the needs.
    • Box manages and backs up all of your files on its cloud servers, and provides a very nice interface for creating, viewing, editing, and collaborating on the most commonly used file types (PDF, XLS, DOC, etc.).
    • Over the past few years, Box has built on top of its basic cloud storage management with a host of other tools, such as workflows, AI, monitoring, and analytics.
    • It is helping us to make good connections with clients and our workers themselves as to its syncing and viewing feature to all is very much helpful and easy to go.
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    OpenText
    • Document Management is being done well since it allows you to put in a corporate folder structure that applies to the business unit you currently work in.
    • Records Management works well in this organisation as it allows you to classify the document according to the file plan, as well as manage it according to the retention schedule for tat file plan.
    • The ability to collaborate on files works really well. You can share with users within your group, as well as allow other users access to the files for either read access to read/write access.
    • Access control of the folder and even individual files allows you to ensure only necessary people can have the right type of access. This is especially welcome in the government environment where document management is of utmost importance.
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    OpenText
    • Capacity management like maintaining CI's and their relations is good.
    • Approvals with HPSM is a cake walk and quite logical.
    • There is no wait for troubleshooting or help, HPSM tech help is always there.
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    Cons
    Box
    • The graphic design of the dashboard should be simpler and more tangible that can be changed to the liking of the Admin.
    • Sometimes there are some syncing issues in the background.
    • The product has very limited functionality in some areas which could be a bit frustrating at times.
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    OpenText
    • The user interface and configurability of that interface lack a lot of flexibility and modern tools.
    • There needs to be stronger and more powerful integration to electronic forms and workflow capabilities which are core to modern ECM.
    • Management of audit and content history needs to be modernized and made more dynamic and sustainable.
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    OpenText
    • When you search Knowledge Articles, it is not like Google, and you need to learn how to search for what you need.
    • It takes a very long time to close tickets in HPSM. Here are the steps to close a ticket. 1. Add notes. 2. Add KM 3. Click Resolve 4.Click Save 5.Click Close 6.Click Okay to Message (ticket has recently been modified) 7. Click Close.
    • It's slow and sometimes crashes/freezes and you lose all the information you may have entered. I usually use notepad++ to gather all my notes and paste them into HPSM.
    • When searching previous tickets the preview pane does not allow for sorting by date to have the most recent at the very top every time you pull up previous tickets. Sometimes there are pages and pages of previous tickets and you have to click and scroll to get what you need.
    • I click on search KMs and it takes me to a blank page and I have to click the back button which then brings me to the search KM page.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Box
    I like the security features and I like the website. It's easy to use and create and move things around as needed. The main reason for a lower rating is because the Box Sync app is just not a good program. It's a memory hog, it's slow, transfer speeds are slow, and it's not the most efficient route. If you have a large Box account and you need to get a computer up to speed on a large amount of data within Box, you are in for the long haul. Last time I had to do this, it took 3 days to sync all of the files and we are talking around 100 GB worth of data
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    OpenText
    The staff is comfortable with it and I doubt they'd change at this point.
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    OpenText
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    Usability
    Box
    Everything with Box is seamless. It can be integrated into virtually any other software or application. You can even get the app for your phone or tablet to work on the go. File syncing is so quick. The only reason I gave it a 9 is the issue I discussed earlier about the local file application rebooting and not continuing to sync files. Other than that, it's great!
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    OpenText
    Strong for Core Content and Records Management
    Effective for Non-Technical Users (with the right configuration)
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    OpenText
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    Reliability and Availability
    Box
    Yeah, it's always worked, I've never had any kind of connection issues, the only issues I've had it I've been on our end when the Internet hasn't worked.
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    OpenText
    I never had any issues with access internally or via VPN. But, the response via VPN, was a bit slow.
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    OpenText
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    Performance
    Box
    The general operation and management of Box is very efficient, both when accessing the account, and when adding files, downloading or modifying any document directly. The web platform, mobile and desktop versions work really well and quickly, making all the work and process flow smoothly and without setbacks. So far I have not been able to observe any inconvenience
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    OpenText
    • I used OpenText nearly every day and I never had any performance issues that I can recall. That said, it's not terribly fast either.
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    OpenText
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    Support Rating
    Box
    I found their support community lacking in clarity when I experienced a login issue. The error messaging was poor on my Box Sync application. I did not reach out to support staff for help, instead, I reasoned that I should try downloading the Box Sync application again and reinstall it. That fixed my issue, thankfully. I think a less computer-savvy user would've been much more frustrated.
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    OpenText
    OpenText has an outstanding support and knowledge base. All problems which couldn't be solved by us (high complexity cases) were promptly resolved and the resolution also shared with us.
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    OpenText
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    In-Person Training
    Box
    The in person training was done in house and I helped with the training, people seem to respond well.
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    OpenText
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    Online Training
    Box
    The documentation is good. Since Box is a popular service, there were also a number of YouTube videos and other sources that were helpful as we were considering the product and planning for deployment. Also, the ability to try the free version helped to prepare us.
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    OpenText
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    Implementation Rating
    Box
    Be careful with settings. It is easy to get overwhelmed with updates. For example, you don’t want to be updated when doing historical data uploads. I recommend taking off notifications initially and then turn on post you have done your historical data upload.
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    OpenText
    No, it's pretty easy to implement and use.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Box
    They are kind of the same. And both of them do their job as promised. But for company and project wise I think that Box slightly wins for some points. Which [makes him] win over Google Drive (don't forget that Google Drive is very easy to use and has a lot [of] nice features too).
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    OpenText
    Having used OpenText Content Suite for a long time, I can say it stands the competition. It offers many versions which is unlike many products in its category. Also, while it is not affordable, I believe the cost is justified considering what a business can achieve with this software.
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    OpenText
    [We selected HP Service Manager because] HPSM is reliable.
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    Scalability
    Box
    It's great, as we put more files on there it's done very well.
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    OpenText
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    Return on Investment
    Box
    • Box has been an only positive experience. It provides a seamless way for me and my team to collaborate on documents in such a way where we're not sending the document back/forth via email. It's a huge timesaver.
    • Box reduces the risk of sharing a sensitive document to the wrong person via email.
    • Box has provided a platform where my team can share notes in meetings - this has helped streamline and organize our meetings. Our meetings are more productive and actionable.
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    OpenText
    • With OpenText Content Suite, we can easily keep documents safe
    • Document collaboration is easy with OpenText
    • We can easily handle invoicing and automation thanks to features such as content capture and imaging.
    • With OpenText Content Suite, there is better file sync and archiving
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    OpenText
    • We take anywhere from between 850-1400 calls a day and overall the whole opening tickets to close process goes pretty smoothly.
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    ScreenShots

    Box Screenshots

    Screenshot of an overview of Box's intelligent content management platform. It provides a unified, AI-powered approach to managing and securing your unstructured data, or content. ICM provides organizations with collaboration, AI, security, compliance, and workflow tools, interoperable and customizable, to get the most from their content.Screenshot of how with Box AI, AI can be accessed right where enterprise content exists. While that work can reside within Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other productivity suites, Box helps users to tap the full potential of AI for unstructured data.Screenshot of how Box creates a central workspace to edit, review, and assign tasks. Users can automate business processes and centralize content workflows in Box, including a configurable content submission, unlimited e-signatures, user-drive no-code workflow, and task assignment to power approvals.Screenshot of how Box secures content from threats, including malware and ransomware, and recover from attacks if they happen. This helps to maintain a zero trust architecture to ensure proper usage of corporate data, and prevent data theft.Screenshot of how Box can connect to any productivity suite, including Microsoft, Google, and Apple. This extends any existing security investments with integrations into key DLP, SIEM, and network security tools. Thus, seamless experiences can be built for users in any system they use, whether that’s a business tool like Salesforce or ServiceNow, or communications engines like Zoom and Slack.Screenshot of an overview describing Box's scalability. With unlimited storage capabilities Box has an exabyte (1,000PB) of customer data plus 1 gigabit per second upload and download speed. At its core, Box is a multi-tenant global SaaS platform with enterprise-grade reliability and end-to-end encryption to secure content.