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    Fortra’s Automate

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AFortra's Automate (formerly HelpSystems Automate) is a robotic process automation platform for desktop applications. According to the vendor, it offers the ability to automate almost any business process, and no technical expertise is required—IT and business users alike can understand the drag-and-drop interface.N/A

    OpenText Documentum

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOpenText acquired Documentum from Dell EMC in 2017, and now supports the enterprise content management (ECM) system. The vendor says users can build content-centric applications and solutions from collaborating on business documents to delivering case-based applications to managing highly precise processes in the most regulated business environments.N/A
    Pricing
    Fortra’s AutomateOpenText Documentum
    Editions & Modules
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    Fortra’s AutomateOpenText Documentum
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Features
    Fortra’s AutomateOpenText Documentum
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Fortra’s Automate and OpenText Documentum
    Feature
    Fortra’s Automate
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Documentum
    9.2
    7 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Content capture & imaging00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Document management00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Records management00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Automated workflows00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Integration00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
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    Fortra’s AutomateOpenText Documentum
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    Egnyte
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Robotic Process Automation
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Epicor ECM
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    UiPath Automation Platform
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Fortra’s AutomateOpenText Documentum
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Fortra’s AutomateOpenText Documentum
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Fortra
    It's great for repetitive or regularly scheduled activities like reports or file transfers. However, it's not so good for on-demand activities. It doesn't support task shortcuts to run specific tasks. If it did it would be perfect.
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    OpenText
    Documentum is best used in medium to large institutions that can afford it, have alternate solutions for web publishing, and who have either in-house developers or can hire good Documentum developers (not the ones who know Java but do not understand ECM). It is, in my opinion, the best heavy duty ECM solution out there, assuming OT is not gutting it as we speak. That is my only hesitation to not giving it a 10, OpenText is an unknown quantity in this and I worry that they will only support Documentum until they have figured out how to fill the gap between Documentum and OT and then offer a migration path to OT with a Documentum sunsetting as an incentive.
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    Pros
    Fortra
    • Very detailed task builder. Easy to read step by step a task's operation even if you don't have much programming knowledge.
    • Scheduling for automation jobs is very flexible. Allows us to create all kinds of job schedules as needed.
    • Organization of jobs, tasks, conditions is done well. Allows us to easily manage our items.
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    OpenText
    • Records management: Compared to other content management systems, this provides a efficient and scalable solution. It gives lot of flexibility in managing the content as Records or Legal holds.
    • Workflow system has external plugins to connect with FAX, Mail, Database and FTP servers etc. which gives an option to integrate with any system with documentum.
    • Creation of websites and maintenance is easy. Content authors can create the pages with effective mechanism.
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    Cons
    Fortra
    • A reporting capability on tasks: enabled, disabled, by folder, by trigger, etc. Currently there is none.
    • An "OR" in their conditional statements - currently there is only "AND".
    • Some kind of temporary backup when changing a task - separate from the current back up/restore functionality (which works well).
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    OpenText
    • WDK framework has been the biggest drawbacks from the application speed point of view, as well as client complexity and not so natural look and feel. Yes, with the latest releases much of these features are improved.
    • EMC is very expensive to buy, own and support, where some products require many dependent Docuemntum products to be installed to work at its best.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    Stability is a key factor as well as its flexibility. Also, any organization that deploys Documentum will have made a significant investment in terms of time and money, so not renewing its commitment can come with a significant cost. That said, the decision to deploy Documentum initially should come only after extensive evaluation, knowing that once deployed it will likely remain the platform of choice.
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    Usability
    Fortra
    It's just very easy to use, extremely versatile, and very reliable. It's hard to find use cases where it won't work.
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Fortra
    Support is very helpful and responsive, although using the tool is very user-friendly, so I hardly use the service.
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    OpenText
    Support is better than with ECM, but could use some improvement.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Fortra
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    OpenText
    At the time it was purchased it was one of the best, most robust solutions available on the market.
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    Return on Investment
    Fortra
    • It's been a net positive as AutoMate requires less eyes on specific tasks so that people can focus attention elsewhere and do more analysis.
    • Less manual work also decreases the chances of mistakes and/or missed jobs. Since Automate can schedule everything, send email notifications, etc., there is less time wasted.
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    OpenText
    • After this product, the client is able to manage content security and due to it, the client is able to use the business process, and this really reduces effort and increases the profit in business.
    • It provides integration with SAP easily which really helps the client to manage this effectively and with minimum effort system is ready to use.
    • Also searching, automated flows also create a bigger impact and reduce a lot manual effort.
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