Island vs. Laserfiche

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Island
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Island is an Enterprise Browser platform. Island also gives organizations control, visibility, and governance over security and search.N/A
Laserfiche
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Laserfiche has two main editions: Rio and Avante: Laserfiche Rio is designed to meet the needs of large organizations that have more than 100 users. It combines content management functionality with business process management (BPM), security and auditing, unlimited servers and a thin-client interface. Add-ons include records management functionality, public Web portals and production-level document capture and processing. Laserfiche Avante is an ECM suite for small to medium organizations with…
$540
per year per user
Pricing
IslandLaserfiche
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Starter
$540
per year per user
Starter
$600
per year per user
Professional
$710
per year per user (starts at 10 users)
Professional
$830
per year per user (starting at 5 users)
Business
$830
per year per user (starts at 25 users)
Business
$950
per year per user (starting at 25 users)
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IslandLaserfiche
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
IslandLaserfiche
Features
IslandLaserfiche
Enterprise Content Management
Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Island
-
Ratings
Laserfiche
8.5
25 Ratings
5% above category average
Content capture & imaging00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
File sync, storage & archiving00 Ratings8.024 Ratings
Document management00 Ratings8.525 Ratings
Records management00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
Content search & retrieval00 Ratings8.524 Ratings
Enterprise content collaboration00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
Content publishing & creation00 Ratings8.516 Ratings
Security, risk management & information governance00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
Contract lifecycle management00 Ratings9.019 Ratings
Automated workflows00 Ratings8.516 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Integration00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
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User Ratings
IslandLaserfiche
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(48 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(16 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(9 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IslandLaserfiche
Likelihood to Recommend
Island
The only reason I didn't gave the maximum rating is because it's not cheap, if you have a smaller company you can use some plugins instead depending on what you need. But I completely understand it's not safer than the Island browser. However, it would be great to have a simpler version for small companies too, that wouldn't require much testing to setup. Besides that, Island is my first choice when thinking about safety for remote workers.
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Laserfiche
Laserfiche is well suited to the submission of simple routine reports to create a record repository. We use it for routine transport reports, audit reports, and anonymous citizen complaints. It creates a simple chronological record of routine events that can be reviewed and easily stored and recalled. Because the reports are in PDF format, it is not well suited to anything that needs to be imported into a common database or amended after submission.
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Pros
Island
  • The agent can still see the customer's data that they need to help the customers, but without the ability to screenshot, copy and download outside the Island browser, that also prevent data leaks
  • The organization also saves money without the need of hiring only local employees, people can download it on their personal desktops
  • Can replace setups with VPN that are expensive or virtual desktops
  • Blocks unsafe websites that can also copy the client and customer data
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Laserfiche
  • Laserfiche is easy to learn. Anyone, whether they have experience with IT or not, can learn how to use Laserfiche.
  • Laserfiche Forms allows people to use the form without having each person needing to be fully licensed which saves money.
  • Laserfiche Workflow and Forms can make processes quick, easy, and efficient, freeing up time so staff can get more work done.
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Cons
Island
  • Sometimes the advisors may experience some glitches to copy and paste the information they need even if they're still inside the Island browser
  • Sometimes some apps don't behave exactly the same and they would in other browsers
  • It takes some time to setup it accordingly with what the company needs and it requires some tests
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Laserfiche
  • While Laserfiche has some powerful development tools, it is difficult to manage configurations while promoting code across environments. For example, SQL connections and other environment specific resources have to be manually configured in each environment.
  • Laserfiche forms are a newer addition to the product family and could use some product maturity. While easy to use for simple forms, once your forms become more complex, you need to accomplish tasks by heavy JavaScript coding.
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Likelihood to Renew
Island
No answers on this topic
Laserfiche
We plan on renewing Laserfiche for the coming year but also have been considering a scanning and document management solution that can be purchased from our new accounting system company, we are implementing the accounting system this year. It will be a couple years before we make a decision to stay with Laserfiche or change.
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Usability
Island
It requires some training but it's very easy to use, as it's much like other famous browsers and it behave just as them. Even if it needs to be set up, you can set different policies for different users, that can be quite useful for bigger companies. However, some employees can feel a bit restricted as it has it's limitations to download or copy and paste
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Laserfiche
It has an intuitive design that feels very natural to any user that has ever used Outlook or Windows Explorer. There are multiple ways to perform every action in order to help users with various software experiences find the shortcuts and actions they seek quickly and effectively.
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Reliability and Availability
Island
No answers on this topic
Laserfiche
I am very satisfied with Laserfiche. I have found that certain larger jobs may are slow. This may also be related to our infrastructure environment. We have been able to tune Laserfiche to increase performance on larger jobs.
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Performance
Island
No answers on this topic
Laserfiche
Performance, of course, is largely dependent on the underlying environment. Laserfiche does its part with multi-threading, taking advantage of multi-core servers on scanning, workflows, and bots. A SQL-Server back-end is suitable for small to medium-sized company, but may not scale to large, where Oracle would be the better choice. Workflows can be poorly written and perform recursive work slowing down the system. It's better to run batch type workflows at night when possible.
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Support Rating
Island
No answers on this topic
Laserfiche
I have never had to wait for help from Laserfiche. If I cannot find the answer online, I can easily send an email to a customer support representative. I have always been helped the same day and my questions have always been resolved. The Empower conference is always a great learning opportunity and the online resources and webinars are top-notch.
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Online Training
Island
No answers on this topic
Laserfiche
Easily accessible 24/7 so am able to complete courseware whenever time allows: Commute to work; waiting for friends or family; at night while relaxing [with a delicious glass of wine!]; whenever and wherever time and circumstances permit. Courseware is well written and presented in an easy to follow and understand format.
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Alternatives Considered
Island
Chrome Remote Desktop is a good option to access the company desktop remotely, but it doesn't reduce the costs of the company since you'll still need to have two machines for it to work, you'll also need the same amount of IT staff and mantain a physical address. It can be a good option to companies that have only few agents remote but it's not good for hybrid or remote only employees
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Laserfiche
The core infrastructure of Laserfiche, and the end user experience, is vastly superior. OnBase has a TERRIBLE UI and administration console by comparison. The core architecture of OnBase is also more scattered, while all Laserfiche processes go through a single service. Overall, the Laserfiche product is easier and more intuitive to install, maintain, and use.
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Return on Investment
Island
  • There is some costs to training people to use Island, and also to test and setup the browser, if you're initiating a business, this should be considered
  • Some advisors may not have a compatible hardware, this can add to the migration costs
  • No need to have a physical address or servers, since everything is managed from the clould it can significantly lower the costs
  • You can reduce the IT staff and maintenance costs too
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Laserfiche
  • Laserfiche has increased the efficiency of our sales reps by giving making all of the historical sales deal information very simple and fast to retrieve.
  • Laserfiche has increased our efficiency with our AP department and gave department heads the ability to approve invoices where ever they are.
  • I would say the biggest ROI came with the transparency of the order process for new deals. Before there would be numerous phone calls made daily to find out where an order was within the process, and now you can simply look at all deals at any time.
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ScreenShots

Laserfiche Screenshots

Screenshot of Laserfiche Records ManagementScreenshot of Change of Major/Minor Request created with Laserfiche FormsScreenshot of Student Information Sheet created with Laserfiche FormsScreenshot of Laserfiche Quick Fields ScanningScreenshot of Laserfiche Quick Fields ScanningScreenshot of Laserfiche Mobile Repository