IBM FileNet Content Manager vs. M‑Files

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM FileNet Content Manager
Score 8.2 out of 10
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IBM FileNet Content Manager is a cloud-native content services solution to manage, share and collaborate on content to save employees’ time and improve customer experiences. This ECM solution includes functionality for document management, business process management, case management, content analytics, imaging, records management, and information governance. The IBM FileNet Content Manager content management solution provides the foundation for IBM Cloud Pak® for Business Automation. It uses AI…N/A
M‑Files
Score 9.2 out of 10
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M-Files is a platform for knowledge work automation, that helps knowledge workers to find information faster. M-Files features a metadata-driven architecture, embedded workflow engine, and advanced artificial intelligence. This helps customers to eliminate information chaos, improve process efficiency, and automate security and compliance. The vendor's value proposition: EASE OF USE: M-Files increases productivity and improves work quality by making…N/A
Pricing
IBM FileNet Content ManagerM‑Files
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM FileNet Content ManagerM‑Files
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
IBM FileNet Content ManagerM‑Files
Considered Both Products
IBM FileNet Content Manager

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M‑Files
Chose M‑Files
M-Files provides an easier way of managing document that is needed for any organization and the integrations to other systems makes life easier when there needs migration of the documents to M-Files.
Chose M‑Files
M-Files is a great ECM platform that has many of the bells and whistles companies are looking for for a casual and easy to use enterprise content system.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
IBM FileNet Content ManagerM‑Files
Enterprise Content Management
Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM FileNet Content Manager
7.5
23 Ratings
9% below category average
M‑Files
-
Ratings
Content capture & imaging7.219 Ratings00 Ratings
File sync, storage & archiving8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Document management8.523 Ratings00 Ratings
Records management7.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Content search & retrieval8.321 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise content collaboration8.123 Ratings00 Ratings
Content publishing & creation7.620 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, risk management & information governance7.722 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract lifecycle management7.618 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated workflows6.419 Ratings00 Ratings
Artificial intelligence6.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support6.715 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM FileNet Content ManagerM‑Files
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(23 ratings)
9.8
(68 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(15 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(12 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(8 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.7
(17 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM FileNet Content ManagerM‑Files
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Well Suited Scenarios: Regulatory Compliance: IBM FileNet Content Manager is ideal for industries with strict regulatory requirements, such as healthcare and finance. It helps organizations securely manage and retain documents, ensuring compliance with data retention policies. Enterprise Document Management: Large organizations that deal with extensive document volumes benefit from FileNet's document capture, indexing, and search capabilities. It simplifies document management across departments. Less Appropriate Scenarios: Small Businesses: For small businesses with limited document management needs, FileNet may be overly complex and expensive. Simpler, more cost-effective solutions may be a better fit.Simple Document Storage: Organizations primarily seeking basic cloud-based document storage without extensive workflow automation or compliance requirements might find FileNet's capabilities excessive for their needs.
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M‑Files
M‑Files is great for companies with multiple locations. Drive letters can become cumbersome to use and collaborate with colleagues and M‑Files fills that gap. The check out/check in system is great and allows only one editor at a time. This can be good and bad depending on the situation.
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Pros
IBM
  • Detailed Audit trials for all document interactions.
  • As our organization grows, so does our data volume, IBM FileNet Content Manager seamlessly scales to accommodate this growth.
  • The search capabilities are powerful and we can quickly find information just by typing a name.
  • The version control feature ensures that every change, edit, or contribution is tracked and documented.
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M‑Files
  • Reliable: Our M-Files system has only gone down one time (for a very short period of time) at the beginning of the two years that we have been with M-Files. Our previous vendor's system had so many downtimes that our IT Department had to assign an associate to work with me for sending out notifications to associates etc. With our last vendor, one day I came to work and only 60 of the 260 consent for surgery forms were available to our end users although they were visible to me as the Administrator but weren't showing up for the end-users!
  • Our M-Files system was created for us. It was created by working with developers to only have on our system what we required, and I must say, there were so many extra features that M-Files offered in our program that weren't available with our previous vendor. As mentioned previously, we can have two policies or forms visible to the end-user so one can be listed as "draft" or "training only" so our end users can read and use for training as we get ready to roll out a new medical record system. I can also preload policies and leave them in the working stage until they are approved and go back and publish them the day they are approved. The list goes on with so many great features.
  • Our end users would say the greatest asset of this product is the search function. It's amazing how fast it is. There are many ways to search out a form or policy which makes it a true asset for our associates.
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Cons
IBM
  • IBM FileNet Content Manager's interface is complex and difficult to navigate for some users. IBM should consider improving the user interface to make it more easier and intuitive.
  • IBM FileNet Content Manager may be difficult to integrate with other applications and systems. IBM should consider improving its integration capabilities to ease connectivity with other systems.
  • The wide range of customization make it challenging for users to configure the software to find find their specific needs. IBM should simplify the customization process to make it easier for users.
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M‑Files
  • If you are new to Electronic Document Management, this can be a really difficult product to roll out. Since it is infinitely versatile, there are infinite ways to configure it wrong. I highly recommend the M-Files admin training offered by M-Files as it will set you in the right direction.
  • Many options are paid add-ons. So while you are not paying for what you don't need, many great features will come at a cost.
  • If you don't have a technical person on staff, this will be tricky to maintain. Not impossible. If your processes do not change, once setup it will be fine.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
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M‑Files
M-files meets our almost all needs, we dont have other option to replace m-files. it saves lots, like Hardware because of Vault Feature means we can create many vaults (mini-servers) in m-files in other solutions we need more hardware for more installations.
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Usability
IBM
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M‑Files
It is a powerful system that can locate content fast and effectively. The system takes quite some time to setup initially. It can be hard for M-Files support to know how businesses operate and how they want to use the system in a way that works for them. The customization makes it great for companies to cater to their own needs. Once the system is set up in a way that makes sense for the business, the user experience is positive. There is room for improvement in the notifications, workflow, and support areas.
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Reliability and Availability
IBM
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M‑Files
always there.
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Performance
IBM
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M‑Files
I noticed some lagging with the integration with Microsoft Office but not so much that I would not use it. It has gotten better with updates. to be fair the issues were when Office 2013 first came out.
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Support Rating
IBM
It's a great tool for our legacy system however the implementation, management time and lack of a niche provided by IBM makes it a difficult tool to recommend in a fast-paced market.
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M‑Files
Usually when I need help from them I got support and it was very good and focused to solve my problem. I didn't have so many problems, but when used it worked. I just would like to have a support in my native language, but I can understand that sometimes is hard for the companies.
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In-Person Training
IBM
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M‑Files
We had online conference call training with a recording to use later as needed
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Online Training
IBM
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M‑Files
They answer all questions and record your training for later use.
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Implementation Rating
IBM
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M‑Files
The key insight is that the most important thing is to have a open mind. The application is easy to use, but if you have a company with different views and it is not aligned could be a huge problem. So the company transformation is required together with the application. Ensure to use as much as possible the capabilities of the application helps to have best ROI.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
IBM FileNet Content Manager is a much superior product compared to anything in the market, IBM AI is really great and the ability to automate is really awesome. We also use other IBM products such as RPA and it integrates seamlessly. Compliance is really the USP of IBM FileNet Content Manager
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M‑Files
The customization ability seemed to be a level above and easy to navigate and available options are constantly being reinvented. We have used OnBase for years and now desire to move away from this option for a number of reasons.
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Scalability
IBM
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M‑Files
do so much more than we need but has all the stuff we do need.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • It really streamline the business processes and reduced the overall approval time across the department.
  • Search for Document is really accurate and easy to search the specific documents.
  • Manage the content is easy
  • Also allow to add non documents related objects
  • API,s are well structured and documented
  • Content Navigator is simple to use
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M‑Files
  • M-Files allows us to track important milestones and expiration dates. We are now able to easily track revisions to contracts with community partners and record comments and history in one place.
  • We are able to track all contracts that come through our District and to create monthly reports to present to our Board.
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ScreenShots

IBM FileNet Content Manager Screenshots

Screenshot of Editing in Microsoft Word - Collaboration in real time using Microsoft Office for the web.Screenshot of External file sharing - Securely share with external users.Screenshot of Annotation and redaction - Features an advanced viewer used to create annotations and apply redactions to content.

M‑Files Screenshots

Screenshot of M-Files - SearchScreenshot of M-Files - Profile openScreenshot of M-Files - PermissionsScreenshot of M-Files - Process mapsScreenshot of M-Files - Pinned items