M‑Files vs. SAP Document and Reporting Compliance

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
M‑Files
Score 8.9 out of 10
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M-Files delivers Context-First Document Management with a metadata-driven architecture that improves productivity across the document lifecycle. By linking documents to the people, processes, clients, and projects that give them meaning, M-Files creates a unified environment that strengthens governance.N/A
SAP Document and Reporting Compliance
Score 8.0 out of 10
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SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC) is SAP’s integrated compliance solution designed to automate electronic document processing and statutory reporting. Key features include automated e-invoicing, electronic document exchange, VAT and tax reporting, real-time connectivity with government authorities, compliance dashboards, audit trails, and country-specific localization support. SAP DRC also supports global regulatory mandates such as Peppol, SAF-T, and continuous transaction controls…N/A
Pricing
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Community Pulse
M‑FilesSAP Document and Reporting Compliance
Considered Both Products
M‑Files
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I have no experience with similar products.
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Configuration of general access vs Libraries and silos of data makes this such an easier application to use. Especially when it comes to workflows and security and then support of that configuration.
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Microsoft Sharepoint is not very flexible in my opinion. Mass changes are not easy to carry out. Microsoft Teams data is too much. I can't keep up with all the Microsoft Teams groups I'm in.
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We selected it because it is having out of box integration capabilities to connect with M-Files. We are using M-Files already as a content management system and we were lacking the feature of document sharing. With Hubshare now this gap has been filled.
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Free metadata - the capability to build own solutions - way ahead of any competitive products.
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M-Files delivers best-in-class search capabilities. It simply devastates the competition when used even half-way correctly.
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Document handling is much easier as in Sharepoint. We select M-files because its metadata model fits our needs better, and it is easier to use than Sharepoint. You can customize metadata easily and fast.
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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.
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M-Files is with totally unique features from these solutions, one of major is all these solutions have folder structure where M-Files has content based structure. Secondly one of major features is that it enables integration with filters to search within Drawing Documents, most …
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We demoed 3 different tools, and our user group unanimously chose M-Files over the others for its user-friendly interface.
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We chose M-Files because they have a very high capterra.com rating, a large install base, and excellent Gartner ratings.
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I've compared recently with Box, but they still predicate their storage on WHERE instead of WHAT, which means if it isn't in a specific folder, you won't find it. Some documents may relate to multiple projects. In M-Files instead of putting a copy of a file in many folders …
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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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This is a good choice for any organization.
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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.
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M-Files is considered as document management system. However, we started with M-Files using it as application and data management platform. We planned the meta data structures well and now we benefit from it as we start using M-Files as document management system. We considered …
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They have closer functions, but in my opinion, M-Files has many more features for document handling. Only GreenDocs has more capabilities related to Engineering, and if your company needs a solution for this area, this would be the best application. M-Files supports more …
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M-Files' pricing and strong feature set helped to make the decision.
SAP Document and Reporting Compliance
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UseResponse
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Mainly comparing with these solutions in terms of analytics, I believe SAP Document and Reporting Compliance already provides a solid way of performing standard checks on data in a single process for different countries. However, if customers want to leverage more data and …
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Coverage is similar: integration for e-invoicing is simpler for DRC, Edicom, and Pagero, which more fully manage tax authority integration, which is vital for ongoing compliance.
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User Ratings
M‑FilesSAP Document and Reporting Compliance
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
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7.8
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Likelihood to Renew
9.9
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9.1
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Usability
8.2
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Availability
9.1
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Performance
9.1
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Support Rating
8.0
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Online Training
9.1
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Implementation Rating
8.2
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6.4
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Configurability
9.6
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8.2
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Ease of integration
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3.6
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Product Scalability
10.0
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Vendor post-sale
7.0
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User Testimonials
M‑FilesSAP Document and Reporting Compliance
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Well suited for existing tax reporting mandates; not very well suited with counties that are complex like Brazil and/or new mandates
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Pros
  • Version control and history tracking on documents.
  • Search ability to filter content for a team, creator, or another property.
  • Permission control, limit access to documents to read or edit, or only specific workflow states.
  • Administrative control to access all content.
  • Administrative control to restore deleted content.
  • Administrative control to audit and retag content when needed.
  • Robust workflow capabilities.
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  • Manages document compliance in a number of regional locations.
  • Fairly straightforward to configure.
  • Short implementation timeline - supports urgent governance compliance requirements.
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Cons
  • More user friendly customization options that do not require knowledge of coding/scripting. For example, prompting the creation of a new document from a template in a workflow.
  • When using the 'insert property' feature in a Word doc, I would love to convert dates from a mm/dd/yy format to be written out (such as September 21, 2018). Or possibly even just to pull the year or the month from a selected date to insert into a document.
  • I've often wished that I could find more detailed tutorials online for some features.
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  • Better documentation of edge cases.
  • less reliance on third parties for e-invoicing final mile (MX and India for example).
  • Greater support - akin to Pagero, Edicom, etc., for final mile tax authority connectivity.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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We are not planning on moving away from SAP Document and Reporting Compliance but rather expanding it for other territories.
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Usability
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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I gave SAP Document and Reporting Compliance this usability rating because, in my opinion, SAP Document and Reporting Compliance is a State of the art compliance solution and works well in the SAP ecosystem
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Reliability and Availability
always there.
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Performance
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
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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Support at times is slow in finding the right component or processor but once you get the right person you can get help pretty quickly with resolutions. Support will not be there for any customization you may have done/had to do on the product.
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In-Person Training
We had online conference call training with a recording to use later as needed
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Online Training
They answer all questions and record your training for later use.
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Implementation Rating
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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Implementation for reporting in general is quite straightforward. Implementation for e-invoicing definitely for new territories is more difficult especially in cases of integration required.
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Alternatives Considered
I've compared recently with Box, but they still predicate their storage on WHERE instead of WHAT, which means if it isn't in a specific folder, you won't find it. Some documents may relate to multiple projects. In M-Files instead of putting a copy of a file in many folders (thus having many copies) you can build out the relationships, so there is only 1 copy of a document which prevents multiple "originals" from being developed separately.
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Coverage is similar: integration for e-invoicing is simpler for DRC, Edicom, and Pagero, which more fully manage tax authority integration, which is vital for ongoing compliance.
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Scalability
do so much more than we need but has all the stuff we do need.
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Return on Investment
  • The price we pay for M-Files is about one third less than the price that we were paying our previous vendor plus we have a custom-built amazing dependable system with great support.
  • From a compliance and legal standpoint, our policies are always available to end users including easy access to previous versions.
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  • One impact SAP Document and Reporting Compliance has on our organization's overall business objectives is that SAP Document and Reporting Compliance has improved my overall employees performances
  • Another impact SAP Document and Reporting Compliance has on our organization's overall business objectives is that SAP Document and Reporting Compliance has elevated the overall fast passed performance
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ScreenShots

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

SAP Document and Reporting Compliance Screenshots

Screenshot of the dashboardScreenshot of inconsistenciesScreenshot of processesScreenshot of where to reconcile draft reportsScreenshot of statutory reports