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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Laserfiche

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ALaserfiche 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

    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AThe OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting (formerly OpenText Information Hub (iHub)) component of OpenText™ Magellan™ Analytics Suite is a scalable analytics and data visualization platform that enables IT leaders and their teams to design, deploy, and manage secure, interactive web applications, reports, and dashboards fed by multiple data sources. Magellan BI & Reporting supports high volumes of users, and its integration APIs enable embedded analytic content in any app, displayed on any…N/A
    Pricing
    LaserficheOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Editions & Modules
    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)
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    Custom
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LaserficheOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    LaserficheOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Considered Both Products
    Laserfiche
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    OpenText
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
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    Features
    LaserficheOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Laserfiche and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Laserfiche
    8.5
    25 Ratings
    5% above category average
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
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    Ratings
    Content capture & imaging9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document management8.525 Ratings00 Ratings
    Records management9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval8.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation8.516 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance9.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management8.919 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated workflows8.516 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Laserfiche and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Laserfiche
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Laserfiche and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Laserfiche
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Laserfiche and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Laserfiche
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Laserfiche and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Laserfiche
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Laserfiche and OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Feature
    Laserfiche
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    LaserficheOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (48 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LaserficheOpenText Magellan BI & Reporting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    OpenText
    iHub is a decent enough environment that it serves our needs. We can have unlimited users and it can tie into AD although we do not use that feature currently. It is a decent place to store all of the reports in one location, even though for us it is not visually appealing to the end users. iHub is not a place where you want to create robust/interactive dashboards for end users to drill through and follow a "story".
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    Pros
    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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    OpenText
    • It is fairly easy to set the sharing rules for a report/dashboard.
    • They have a decent amount of time frame options for setting a schedule to generate a report.
    • The support is mostly helpful and timely if you have an issue.
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    Cons
    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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    OpenText
    • Setting up a "dashboard" is extremely lacking in functionality. The different chart widgets you place on the page do not interact with each other. When you select an item from one do not expect it to highlight or filter another.
    • The speed and stability are not great, but maybe that is just our environment not being up to snuff...even though we are above the "recommended" settings.
    • The main GUI for a user is TERRIBLE. You log into a File Tree format where you have to navigate folders to reach the correct dashboard. There are ways around this, but it would either require an expensive payment to the Professional Services team to revamp to UI or another option they gave us was to create the "Default Dashboard" and provide that link to users and in that Dashboard, you use a new tab to include the navigation back to the main screen so that at least on the initial load the user is taken to a friendly looking dashboard instead of a file tree.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    OpenText
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    Usability
    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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    OpenText
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    OpenText
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    Performance
    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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    OpenText
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    Support Rating
    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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    OpenText
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    Online Training
    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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    OpenText
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    OpenText
    Our instance of iHub does not stack up against the other larger BI tools out today. It is a good place to store reports in a central location that allows users to run very specific reports on demand, but it is not a place I would want to store all of my "dashboards". As far as holding individual reports that are specific to an individual need, it is a great tool. If you want to create a report that will be used as a Template for a Form or a Label, iHub is a good choice to store and schedule the report or call it via API to generate it and return it to your calling app.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    OpenText
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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

    OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting Screenshots

    Screenshot of A Magellan dashboard that an individual can interact with and personalize to their needs, such as changing chart types or computations.Screenshot of An ad-hoc report being created through the Magellan Analytics Studio, a component of Magellan BI & Reporting.