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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Progress ShareFile

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AShareFile is a cloud-based file sharing and storage service built for business. The product was acquired by Citrix Systems in 2011, and is now offered by Progress Software.

    $54.45

    per month 3 users (minimum)

    Tungsten PaperPort

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ATungsten PaperPort (formerly from Kofax and Nuance) is a document management software offering. It includes features such as desktop document management solution and allows you to manage and organize your documents in one solution.

    $99

    one-time fee per license

    Pricing
    Progress ShareFileTungsten PaperPort
    Editions & Modules
    Advanced
    $18.15
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Premium
    $28.59
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Industry Advantage
    $45.83
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Virtual Data Room
    $77.00
    per month per user (minimum 5 users)
    PaperPort Standard
    $99
    one-time fee per license
    PaperPort Professional
    $199
    one-time fee per license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Progress ShareFileTungsten PaperPort
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.Perpetual license products, there are no subscription or maintenance fees. Buy once, own forever.
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    Community Pulse
    Progress ShareFileTungsten PaperPort
    Considered Both Products
    Progress ShareFile
    No answer on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    59 Answers
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Progress ShareFileTungsten PaperPort
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Progress ShareFile and Tungsten PaperPort
    Feature
    Progress ShareFile
    9.0
    94 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Tungsten PaperPort
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning9.077 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files8.857 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files9.153 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration9.082 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control9.589 Ratings00 Ratings
    File search8.090 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync9.575 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Progress ShareFile and Tungsten PaperPort
    Feature
    Progress ShareFile
    9.4
    89 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Tungsten PaperPort
    -
    Ratings
    User and role management9.484 Ratings00 Ratings
    File organization9.490 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device management9.571 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Progress ShareFile and Tungsten PaperPort
    Feature
    Progress ShareFile
    8.8
    90 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Tungsten PaperPort
    -
    Ratings
    Performance9.287 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reliability8.990 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Reports8.373 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Progress ShareFileTungsten PaperPort
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (119 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (33 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Progress ShareFileTungsten PaperPort
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Progress ShareFile
    When we have a particularly large ad or job printing file that would "clog up" the email process, using ShareFile is very helpful. It's also useful for particular photographers we work with to upload a batch of photos all at once. Where it doesn't work as well for us is when trying to get clients to make use of a login to access folders. We find them reluctant to take on the learning curve. It works best for us when we just send them a clickable download link, and at most just require a tracking name and email address.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Kofax PaperPort is great for any office that has paper documents - seriously! We have set up multiple businesses to use Kofax PaperPort to cut down their storage of paper receipts, invoices, documents, etc by nearly 90%! Their office is much better organized and they have the ability to edit PDF Documents for a lot cheaper than buying Adobe Acrobat.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Progress ShareFile
    • Secure File Storage and Sharing.
    • Workflows to get customer/affiliate responses to comments on documents.
    • I used to have the signature feature initially, but it was removed from the original plan, so I could only use it if I chose to select the higher plan price.
    • I love the upload notifications and reports on user activity.
    • The document storage versions are fantastic. I am the only user with Delete privileges, and I love that I can make those selections.
    • Integrations with Microsoft 365 - FANTASTIC - thank you.
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • With Kofax PaperPort, documents can be merged, pages can be extracted from multiple documents and combined to make a new PDF document. It is an important feature as one needs to do it very often and more ubiquitous pdf readers like Adobe Acrobat Reader DC lacks functionalities like these.
    • Kofax PaperPort scans the documents and using it's OCR, converts these scans to searchable PDF documents so that these documents can be searched based on the text content in them.
    • Functionality to convert other formats to PDF and PDF to other formats. This is important as many times , we need to upload certain documents only in a specific format and conversion is required to and from PDF format.
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    Cons
    Progress ShareFile
    • The web console is not the most user friendly site to use to get to, and send my files.
    • We have had users that have not liked the change in workflow to get files from Progress ShareFile when they were used to just clicking on files on an email.
    • That management of the tools are not the most user friendly. There have been some improvements but keeping up with certs and setting up new users can be more work than expected.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • It should have a back button, so if you go from one folder to the next, it would be simple to get back to the first folder.
    • When you combine two PDFs, it should retain the title of the one that's on top.
    • The send to bar should be easier to change.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Progress ShareFile
    It's a highly effective and secure storage system, has robust workarounds for serving the various equipment limits of our users, meets high security requirements of HIPAA standards, significantly reduces our needs for producing paper trails.
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    PaperPort has a few quirks, but it is the only program of its kind that actually does what it claims to do. The power of it is so much more than they claim especially when it comes to trying to achieve a truly paperless office. With PDF editing built-in, it also saves considerable investment in other PDF editing programs.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is so easy to use I was able to download all of my projects files and have them set up to sync before my supervisor could even come over to explain the process to me. It is a neatly organized and intuitive software that allows even the less tech-savvy to become power users.
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    For us, it's only focusing processes that we're already doing... creating folders, placing scanned files into those folders, then searching for and opening up those files later, as needed. It just helps us view everything in one place - very convenient. Further, being able to drag non-native files to their corresponding source app for editing (Word, Excel, etc) is pretty nice.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Progress ShareFile
    The software has never been down when I needed to use it.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Progress ShareFile
    Easy to use, easy to integrate with Outlook. I only gave it a 9 because I have found that sometimes it does not play nicely with Outlook and can slow it down. But, when that happens (not frequent), I restart Outlook and all is well again
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Progress ShareFile
    Citrix was generally responsive and helpful in solving technical issues. Like any cloud based SaaS product there is a danger that it may go down. This was a rare occurrence over my three years of using the product. The more common issue we encountered was clients forgetting their login which was easily managed through a forgot password functionality.
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Progress ShareFile
    Good documentation for the API. With a little help from RS tech staff, any competent programmer should be able to integrate RightSignature with an existing system in a week or three. That help is easy to get as well
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is easier and does what you need. I have moved a few organizations from SharePoint to ShareFile. Just easier. You can setup different areas for different departments, setup their permissions and it is easy enough for them to do what they want in their zones. The mobile app works great as well. So you can all the features you really use from SP, but just easier to setup and use.
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    I was ecstatic to see someone moving PaperPort away from Nuance (Those in my circle of friends refer to them as Nuisance). The lack of customer involvement by Nuance made finding answers to things that sometimes irritate a user to being downright frustrating. Maybe the purchase of Nuance by Microsoft will allow the company to focus more on the customer.
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    Scalability
    Progress ShareFile
    I am a one person office. I have no idea how this software would scale to a larger office.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Progress ShareFile
    • All of our clients and consulting engineers find ShareFile easy to use, thus complementing our business.
    • Our staff also find ShareFile intuitive, accessible, and easy to use, making it an ideal, everyday indispensable desktop tool for everyone in our company.
    • ShareFile can be linked to our firm's primary website as a placed for private use. We haven't found need for this yet, but might in the future.
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Simple focus on organization of files
    • Efficient later, when searching for files
    • Convenient throughout the office, as we're all accessing a shared data store
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Progress ShareFile Screenshots

    Screenshot of the ShareFile dashboardScreenshot of ShareFile's Outlook PluginScreenshot of the Projects interfaceScreenshot of ShareFile's link sharing optionsScreenshot of ShareFile's e-signature