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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AWebSphere Hybrid Edition from IBM is a collection of WebSphere application runtimes and modernization tools that provides support for on-premise and major public cloud deployments, in virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes. The user can choose any WebSphere edition and deploy Liberty and application modernization tools to help move to a cloud-native architecture, modernize existing applications and support an existing WebSphere estate.

    $88.50

    per month

    OpenText Content Suite Platform

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe 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
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionOpenText Content Suite Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Application Server
    $88.50
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionOpenText Content Suite Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionOpenText Content Suite Platform
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and OpenText Content Suite Platform
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    7.2
    31 Ratings
    10% below category average
    OpenText Content Suite Platform
    -
    Ratings
    IDE support5.426 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management8.231 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management7.831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance8.131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation7.530 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance6.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and OpenText Content Suite Platform
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Content Suite Platform
    8.4
    7 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Content capture & imaging00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Document management00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Records management00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Automated workflows00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Integration00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionOpenText Content Suite Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (33 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionOpenText Content Suite Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid edition is well-suited for the development and deployment of large enterprise-level applications such as Electronic Health Records that are used in our organization. IBM WebSphere is appropriate for organizations that require strong security and compliance as it provides a high level of security and compliance features. This works well with organizations that are subject to strict regulatory requirements, such as hospitals.
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    OpenText
    Great for content management and records even for organizations whose staff are not much experienced in the technical backgrounds as it's easy to use and no previous knowledge on HTML is required. It is great for storing invoices and payment proofs and for organizations dealing with global clients for general use documents.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition has done marvelous in building and deploying Java Enterprise applications.
    • It also does well in automating deployment and scaling. This has made it easier for our organization to deploy updates to our applications.
    • IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition does well in security by providing features that protect enterprise applications.
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    OpenText
    • Document Management is being done well since it allows you to put in a corporate folder structure that applies to the business unit you currently work in.
    • Records Management works well in this organisation as it allows you to classify the document according to the file plan, as well as manage it according to the retention schedule for tat file plan.
    • The ability to collaborate on files works really well. You can share with users within your group, as well as allow other users access to the files for either read access to read/write access.
    • Access control of the folder and even individual files allows you to ensure only necessary people can have the right type of access. This is especially welcome in the government environment where document management is of utmost importance.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Ease of use in terms of deployment, give simple interface to do simple stuff like Tomcat, JBoss or GlassFish.
    • Takes long time to start the server.
    • The Liferay wars need to be decorated and then deployed. Perhaps we could simplify that.
    • Some of the concepts are good for complexity that WAS can handle but could be simplified and better documented, like concepts of well and profile, context, etc.
    • A Liferay war file created using Liferay Developer studio runs fine in Tomcat, however that may not run in WAS 7.x because it needs to be decorated. I had one war for a Liferay portlet with a simple cron job, and had hard time running to WAS server. It was running on the latest free download done on my friends m/c. Other times I have seen that there are issues running a war file that runs on Tomcat but runs on WAS after lot of customization for WAS.
    • The corporations like this however, the product may need better vibrant community of users where issues can be discussed.
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    OpenText
    • 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
    IBM
    Mostly we will be renewing unless the strategic direction changes drastically or there are other complelling external circumstances. We've been on a multi year project to modernize our legacy applications and that effort will continue for the foreseeable future.
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    OpenText
    The staff is comfortable with it and I doubt they'd change at this point.
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    Usability
    IBM
    WebSphere Application Server is used across our organization. Most projects use this for Java products and applications. Being robust and scalable makes it even more usable. We love using WebSphere Application Server due to its configuration management ability made simple and vast across all java related parameters. It is dependent on the features and upgrades and IBM releases some great upgrades to WebSphere Application Server.
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    OpenText
    Strong for Core Content and Records Management
    Effective for Non-Technical Users (with the right configuration)
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    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
    IBM
    Deploys fairly quick enough and like the roll-out update feature decreasing the downtime and also plays well with other integration tools as well.
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    OpenText
    • 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
    IBM
    IBM was quick to respond when we had an issue with our specific infrastructure. We raised a PMR, which they picked up quickly and updated us about every step of the way. We had an appropriate fix for quite a business critical issue within a fortnight, which was impressive!
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    OpenText
    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
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    No, it's pretty easy to implement and use.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Cleo Integration Clould has many bells and whistles; however, when we added more maps and trading partners, it really slowed down. We found that the Cleo support was very slow to respond and there was a language barrier. IBM Websphere had better customer support and its processing was much faster than Cleo Integration Cloud
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    OpenText
    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 software.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Continuous uptime of the business applications we manage
    • It's now much simpler for me to build and deploy cloud-native applications.
    • Because it can offload for me management and maintenance of the application server to IBM I can focus on the development, deployment and testing of the applications which is more important
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    OpenText
    • With OpenText Content Suite, we can easily keep documents safe
    • Document collaboration is easy with OpenText
    • We can easily handle invoicing and automation thanks to features such as content capture and imaging.
    • With OpenText Content Suite, there is better file sync and archiving
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