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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    VGS platform

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Very Good Security (VGS) lets companies use and exchange any kind of sensitive data without ever needing to see or hold the data itself. Built on the premise that “you can’t hack what isn’t there”, VGS is on a mission to protect the world’s information by transforming security and privacy from a business obstacle into an opportunity. VGS provides what they describe as a developer-friendly platform to act as a custodian for sensitive data, improving security while also accelerating business…N/A
    Pricing
    AlfrescoVGS platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AlfrescoVGS platform
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$4 per operation
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    Features
    AlfrescoVGS platform
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Alfresco and VGS platform
    Feature
    Alfresco
    8.2
    7 Ratings
    1% above category average
    VGS platform
    -
    Ratings
    Content capture & imaging9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document management9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Records management8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated workflows8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
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    AlfrescoVGS platform
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    User Ratings
    AlfrescoVGS platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AlfrescoVGS platform
    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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    Very Good Security
    If you are working with payments and you don`t want to store that kind of data to avoid a lot of strict requirements and headaches with tight processes, strict security, encryption and everything else you can leverage VGS platform to greatly reduce the work needed to enable payments in your system. They also provide tokenization for some other kinds of data but we currently do not use them. VGS platform also provides a product for compliance and controls (VGS Control) which helps you get ready and maintain compliance in your organization.
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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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    Very Good Security
    • Tokenization of credit card data
    • Tokenization of some PII data
    • Accelerates compliances certifications
    Incentivized
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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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    Very Good Security
    • Infrastructure as Code
    • Alerting
    • Debugging
    Incentivized
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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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    Very Good Security
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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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    Very Good Security
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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
    Incentivized
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    Very Good Security
    The support is pretty decent, sometimes take a little bit o time to solve things (not critical things) but that is part of the ticketing/email async communication so its fine. All the times I had to contact support a got my issue solved and a lot of attention from the support team to help solving the issue.
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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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    Very Good Security
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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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    Very Good Security
    We evaluated Drata as an alternative for VGS Control, but VGS platform control integrates a lot of controls around VGS itself and also with Cloud Infra that we use, which makes the process faster. Also keeping everything with the same vendor makes things easier to manage.
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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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    Very Good Security
    • Increased sales and revenue (enabled digital payments)
    • Enabled PCI compliance
    • Increased security
    Incentivized
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