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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    M‑Files

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AM-Files is a platform for knowledge work automation. M-Files helps knowledge workers to find information faster, work smarter, and achieve more. M-Files features a metadata-driven architecture, embedded workflow engine, and advanced artificial intelligence that enable customers to eliminate information chaos, improve process efficiency, and automate security and compliance. By embedding automation and GenAI into its core, M-Files' platform not only increases efficiencies…N/A

    OnBase

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AOnBase by Hyland is an enterprise content management platform with business process and case management capabilities. It is modular by design and allows users to tailor the solution to their specific requirements.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    M‑FilesOnBase
    Considered Both Products
    MFiles
    Chose M‑Files
    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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    Chose M‑Files
    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.
    Incentivized
    Chose M‑Files
    We like the user interface, security for powerful and integration easier since we are already a Microsoft shop.
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    Hyland
    Chose OnBase
    OnBase is a very extensible platform that can do anything as long as you're willing to pay for the add-on for it. Many of the other competitors out there do content management well but don't easily integrate, or integrate at all, with third party systems. I highly recommend …
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    Features
    M‑FilesOnBase
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of M‑Files and OnBase
    Feature
    M‑Files
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    Ratings
    OnBase
    8.2
    43 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Content capture & imaging00 Ratings9.041 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Document management00 Ratings10.042 Ratings
    Records management00 Ratings8.040 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval00 Ratings8.043 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation00 Ratings8.222 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management00 Ratings8.424 Ratings
    Automated workflows00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence00 Ratings5.811 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings7.615 Ratings
    Integration00 Ratings7.022 Ratings
    User Ratings
    M‑FilesOnBase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (68 ratings)
    9.9
    (43 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (15 ratings)
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (12 ratings)
    8.6
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
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    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    5.8
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
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    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (8 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
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    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
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    User Testimonials
    M‑FilesOnBase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    MFiles
    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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    Hyland
    OnBase is a content services solution for organizations that need high visibility to documents or information across multiple teams or departments. It supports users' access control, workflow functionality with transaction history, electronic document retention, and destruction documentation. Hyland can support the organization for implementations or solutions, or the organization can utilize the education services and build out the solution themselves.
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    Pros
    MFiles
    • Reliable: Our M-Files system has only gone down one time (for a very short period of time) at the beginning of the two years that we have been with M-Files. Our previous vendor's system had so many downtimes that our IT Department had to assign an associate to work with me for sending out notifications to associates etc. With our last vendor, one day I came to work and only 60 of the 260 consent for surgery forms were available to our end users although they were visible to me as the Administrator but weren't showing up for the end-users!
    • Our M-Files system was created for us. It was created by working with developers to only have on our system what we required, and I must say, there were so many extra features that M-Files offered in our program that weren't available with our previous vendor. As mentioned previously, we can have two policies or forms visible to the end-user so one can be listed as "draft" or "training only" so our end users can read and use for training as we get ready to roll out a new medical record system. I can also preload policies and leave them in the working stage until they are approved and go back and publish them the day they are approved. The list goes on with so many great features.
    • Our end users would say the greatest asset of this product is the search function. It's amazing how fast it is. There are many ways to search out a form or policy which makes it a true asset for our associates.
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    Hyland
    • Workflow and Configuration - easy to learn
    • Documentation for each application and toolset
    • Hyland Account Managers and staff are knowledgeable
    • Robust User Community that helps solve an issue or make recommendations
    • Web client - no application installation needed on a PC for users
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    Cons
    MFiles
    • If you are new to Electronic Document Management, this can be a really difficult product to roll out. Since it is infinitely versatile, there are infinite ways to configure it wrong. I highly recommend the M-Files admin training offered by M-Files as it will set you in the right direction.
    • Many options are paid add-ons. So while you are not paying for what you don't need, many great features will come at a cost.
    • If you don't have a technical person on staff, this will be tricky to maintain. Not impossible. If your processes do not change, once setup it will be fine.
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    Hyland
    • I personally find the user inferface to be obnoxious and obtuse.
    • When we have issues it is often hard to resolve the problem as there are many variables such as file types, DPI, and scanner setting that combine to make it hard to pinpoint trouble spots.
    • The upgrade process has always been a nightmare for our team. We are not on the latest version now due to this issue.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    MFiles
    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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    Hyland
    OnBase has become a core part of our enterprise solutions toolkit due to its ever-growing integration capabilities. Any business process that produces or tracks documents or object entities can be modeled and managed within OnBase and used to supplement almost any line-of-business system that we use.
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    Usability
    MFiles
    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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    Hyland
    You get out of something what you put into it. You reap what you sow! If an organization will spend time setting the solution up, dedicating staff to its development and ongoing support, and always keep the end-user in mind during development, you will have one of the most well-received solutions in your organization. So many organizations that I speak with stand up a solution but don't commit someone to its upkeep and development. It is vital that you have the staff to work within the solution on a daily basis.
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    Reliability and Availability
    MFiles
    always there.
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    Hyland
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    Performance
    MFiles
    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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    Hyland
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    Support Rating
    MFiles
    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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    Hyland
    This rating is a compromise because I technically have 2 tiers of support.
    I go through a re-seller that I give a (10). I send an email and receive acknowledgment within minutes.
    For the few times we need to contact Hyland for assistance, it sometimes takes a couple of days to receive a response - and then the first tier might go back and forth a dozen times through email instead of initiating a phone call. And for an advanced issue, they take too long before they forward to an evangelist or someone more knowledgeable that is able to assist. I give that process an (8).
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    In-Person Training
    MFiles
    We had online conference call training with a recording to use later as needed
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    Hyland
    The trainer was very knowledgeable and was a Hyland employee. The training was at their corporate headquarters, so it allowed our team to become familiar with organization and culture.
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    Online Training
    MFiles
    They answer all questions and record your training for later use.
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    Hyland
    With the Premium subscription, there is a tone of training with audio and practice options.
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    Implementation Rating
    MFiles
    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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    Hyland
    Using Hyland professional services to assist with the implementation made things much easier. They have the knowledge and experience to get the system live as users are expecting
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    Alternatives Considered
    MFiles
    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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    Hyland
    The version of SharePoint we were utilizing was not very practical. We oftentimes had issues with archived documents, where they could be found or opening them all together. It seemed the older the document the harder it was to access when logged into SharePoint. This is critical in our business as we need to behave full access to documentation sent and received for an owner's account.
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    Scalability
    MFiles
    do so much more than we need but has all the stuff we do need.
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    Hyland
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    Return on Investment
    MFiles
    • M-Files allows us to track important milestones and expiration dates. We are now able to easily track revisions to contracts with community partners and record comments and history in one place.
    • We are able to track all contracts that come through our District and to create monthly reports to present to our Board.
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    Hyland
    • OnBase provides a very reliable ECM platform for the company.
    • OnBase helped to remove the dependency on paper files and file folders. This saved real estate cost as well as facilitated the ability to work from anywhere.
    • OnBase made same day processing of all incoming and outgoing documents a reality.
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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

    OnBase Screenshots

    Screenshot of an Approval for an Ad-Hoc Task.Screenshot of Onbase's Dark Mode.Screenshot of the Document Viewer.Screenshot of the Send to Department feature.Screenshot of the Workflow Stage.