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    Alfresco

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe 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
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    Alfresco
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    Pricing Offerings
    Alfresco
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Alfresco
    Considered Both Products
    Hyland
    Chose Alfresco
    Nextcloud is good for it's intended use case but because Nextcloud has an AGPL license, that limited what we could do with our Proprietary solution, where's Alfresco LGPL is more flexible for us.

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    Chose Alfresco
    The integration is very easy and can be done with minimal time. The features like sending email, inbuilt integration with CAMEl, MULE, BOX, etc. In addition to this, the adoption of activiti-7 (the microservice version) wins the race against other tools. As the infrastructure …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alfresco
    The biggest positive about Alfresco Content Services is its open-source nature. There are many possibilities of utilizing it in existing ecosystems using integrations.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alfresco
    More robust workflow automation.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alfresco
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alfresco
    - Alfresco provides more capabilities by leveraging open source components. The core architecture itself is JCR compliant which gives easy options for future migrations.
    - The PDF rendition in Alfresco comes with LibreOffice at no additional cost.
    - Alfresco support integrations …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alfresco
    • Alfresco is cheap.
    • Easier to use - user-friendly.
    • It's robust and has the ability to integrate with other software.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alfresco
    As already explained earlier, the cost of licensing and support comes down very much by using Alfresco compared to Stellent and Sharepoint. Plus the overall performance and feature set is much broader for Alfresco. Since it is a newly developed content management system, it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alfresco
    Alfresco provides by default a very user-friendly user interface, And it's highly configurable. Moreover, the license model is really interesting compared to both solutions.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alfresco
    Open source good product
    Incentivized
    Chose Alfresco
    SInce Alfresco is opensource
    Incentivized
    Chose Alfresco
    Ultimately a cost decision - Alfresco community is free and has a decent community and various forums, books, etc available. The enterprise version is far less expensive than other options (although costs can add up depending on the the hardware it's running on). It is built …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alfresco
    Java based open source wide community and popular ECM which is used by fortune 500 companies.
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Alfresco
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Alfresco
    Feature
    Alfresco
    8.2
    7 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Content capture & imaging9.05 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving9.06 Ratings
    Document management9.07 Ratings
    Records management8.06 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval10.07 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration7.07 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation7.05 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance9.06 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management8.95 Ratings
    Automated workflows8.04 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence6.03 Ratings
    Mobile support7.04 Ratings
    Integration8.04 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Egnyte
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Epicor ECM
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Dashpivot - By Sitemate
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Alfresco
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Alfresco
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hyland
    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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    Pros
    Hyland
    • 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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    Cons
    Hyland
    • 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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hyland
    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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    Usability
    Hyland
    The UI is very intuitive, most of our users figure out how to use the platform by themselves, so there's not much training needed.
    You can upload files by using the web drag and drop, WebDAV, FTP, and more.
    Most of the platform already works as-is so you can just deploy it using Docker and it's mostly ready to go.
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    Support Rating
    Hyland
    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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    Implementation Rating
    Hyland
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Hyland
    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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    Return on Investment
    Hyland
    • 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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