DocuWare vs. OpenText Content Suite Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DocuWare
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
DocuWare’s document management software delivers digital workflow and document control to boost productivity without the need for IT resources. Its cloud and on-premises products are presented as a best-fit solution for companies seeking to digitize, automate and transform key processes. DocuWare is headquartered in New Windsor, NY, and their solution is presented as a DCM, or lightweight ECM.
$300
per month
OpenText Content Suite Platform
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
The 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
Pricing
DocuWareOpenText Content Suite Platform
Editions & Modules
Base
$300
per month
Enterprise
1,500
per month
Pro
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DocuWareOpenText Content Suite Platform
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
DocuWareOpenText Content Suite Platform
Considered Both Products
DocuWare
Chose DocuWare
We actually moved from DocuWare to Plate IQ because Plate is restaurant specific and shares many item codes, SKU #'s, etc from major vendors. However, we continue to use DocuWare for other data management because it was so useful to us while we used it for AP.
Chose DocuWare
Managing documents and processes are very similar. The added value of Docuware Cloud is seen in the administrative management and the investment cost.
OpenText Content Suite Platform
Chose OpenText Content Suite Platform
In my opinion, OpenText Content Suite Platform provides more powerful product and highly integrated solutions more than OCR solution that Abbyy provides.
I think OpenText Content Suite Platform obviously provides stronger support and services that Abbyy support and services …
Chose OpenText Content Suite Platform
OpenText comes in different versions and you are able to choose depending on your departmental or organizational needs. In terms of functionality and capabilities, it was able to offer more value as it checked all the boxes in terms of long-time retentions, reporting …
Chose OpenText Content Suite Platform
OpenText Content Suite Platform replaced an existing Records Management solution and checked all of the boxes in regards to capabilities surrounding search, physical objects, long-term retention, and reporting capabilities.
Chose OpenText Content Suite Platform
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 …
Chose OpenText Content Suite Platform
OpenText Content Suite has been an amazing addition to our business thanks to its many features and capabilities. The fact that OpenText offers many versions makes its products competitive because there is so much we can accomplish with these products. Price wise, OpenText …
Chose OpenText Content Suite Platform
OpenText is stronger in the management of high volume and secure information. However, SharePoint, while less functional from a document management perspective, provides a much stronger user interface which eases user adoption and the presentation of content. SharePoint also …
Chose OpenText Content Suite Platform
SharePoint is not very strong on records management as part of the base system. So after evaluation, it was found to not comply to all needs and therefore discarded. We also evaluated Afresco which is an opensource offering. The problem was that we could not find enough people …
Chose OpenText Content Suite Platform
I also used Tridion while at AP. It's tougher to learn (HTML knowledge is very helpful), but it is a much more powerful CMS. Tridion allows for language variation, more customization and the embedding of HD video. OpenText was a legacy system of our internal site. Tridion was …
Features
DocuWareOpenText Content Suite Platform
Enterprise Content Management
Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Product A and Product B
DocuWare
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Ratings
OpenText Content Suite Platform
8.4
Ratings
4% above category average
Content capture & imaging00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
File sync, storage & archiving00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Document management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Records management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Content search & retrieval00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Enterprise content collaboration00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Content publishing & creation00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Security, risk management & information governance00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Contract lifecycle management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Automated workflows00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Artificial intelligence00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Integration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
DocuWareOpenText Content Suite Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
9.0
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8.0
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Usability
7.0
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8.0
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Availability
-
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8.0
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Performance
-
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8.0
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Support Rating
9.0
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9.0
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Implementation Rating
-
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8.0
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User Testimonials
DocuWareOpenText Content Suite Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
We can use Docuware Cloud as a checks and balances program for our application processing in our data department. This is a time saver and allows us to access information at our multiple locations, as well as we have clients in various states. We can assign documents to others throughout the processing of applications, and this has allowed us to keep better track of our documentation with clients.
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Your organisation has to support the type of document and records management needed for this to work. In an organisation that only needs to store documents and maybe share with many different parties, this might not be the best-suited software. In a large organisation with stringent document and records management policies, this suite is well suited. It makes management of documents across business units easy to manage and control.
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Pros
  • Control of the flow of online processes
  • Automation of the company processes
  • Online forms and digitization of processing documents
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  • ECM OpenText version is secure and easy to use
  • The different versions makes it easy to accomplish different tasks . We have more than three versions deployed in our company
  • The software is highly scalable
  • There are many customization options
  • The software is relatively affordable
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Cons
  • No active directory integration, this doubles up user management.
  • No Outlook integration. Would be nice to be able to interact with Docuware from email.
  • No mobile application. We have many remote users that would benefit from this.
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  • 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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Likelihood to Renew
Docuware has become a vital part of our organization.
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The staff is comfortable with it and I doubt they'd change at this point.
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Usability
Fairly intuitive for average users.
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Strong for Core Content and Records Management
Effective for Non-Technical Users (with the right configuration)
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Reliability and Availability
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I never had any issues with access internally or via VPN. But, the response via VPN, was a bit slow.
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Performance
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  • 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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Support Rating
We use a third-party company to assist in the support process, and they have been great to work with. Quick turn around on issues and almost immediate communication concerning support tickets. They are more than willing to consult with our IT partners as well, which is a must for our business.
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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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Implementation Rating
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No, it's pretty easy to implement and use.
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Alternatives Considered
We actually moved from DocuWare to Plate IQ because Plate is restaurant specific and shares many item codes, SKU #'s, etc from major vendors. However, we continue to use DocuWare for other data management because it was so useful to us while we used it for AP.
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OpenText comes in different versions and you are able to choose depending on your departmental or organizational needs. In terms of functionality and capabilities, it was able to offer more value as it checked all the boxes in terms of long-time retentions, reporting capabilities, physical objects, and searches are great.
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Return on Investment
  • Purchasing approval control and monitoring. Allows us to keep tighter hold of the budget.
  • Had to spend considerably more than expected. We needed to hire a developer to build integrations.
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  • With OpenText Content Suite, we save time thanks to its features such as imaging
  • Mobile support is amazing and this makes working anywhere easy
  • Since it is very secure, we do not have to worry about content
  • The collaboration features make it even better by improving the user experience.
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