We performed a comparison between Box and M-Files based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Box, DocuWare, Hyland and others in Document Management Software."File sharing, authorization on the back, its ease of use and reliable uptime performance are valuable features of this solution."
"The interface is very good."
"The solution is scalable."
"Box is very realistic when it comes to sharing capabilities."
"It is really easy to load files to and from this solution."
"Sharing and collaborating across files and folders has been a massive game changer."
"The collaboration of the solution is good."
"The most valuable feature of Box is security."
"Using M-Files means anybody on the executive team to go in and immediately look at a dashboard and know the status of a contract."
"Like all cloud platforms, there are always areas of improvement around sync to local devices."
"The room for improvement is in the area of integrations. They need to establish more integrations, especially with Office 365 and Outlook."
"The search features and role permissions are not very user friendly. It only searches the first few pages of a document, which is quite a problem."
"Maturity of the enterprise security around user management."
"I don't like the low level of role-based security it provides – it's very cumbersome, and the support is ordinary at times."
"The UI should be faster. Sometimes it lags when switching between documents."
"Tasks and comments could be easier to see, report, search, and manage."
"I would love to see the ability to invite collaborators extended to a file level, not just the folder level."
"The integration with other products needs to be improved."
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Box is ranked 1st in Document Management Software with 39 reviews while M-Files is ranked 8th in Document Management Software. Box is rated 8.4, while M-Files is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Box writes "Allows you to upload and download files quickly but lacks integration with Office 365". On the other hand, the top reviewer of M-Files writes "Good workflows, and it is easy to use with a dashboard that improves contract visibility". Box is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Citrix ShareFile, Office 365 and Egnyte, whereas M-Files is most compared with SharePoint, OpenText Extended ECM, OpenText Documentum, IBM FileNet and Microsoft Purview Records Management.
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