# Which document management platforms enable self-hosted control over data while maintaining secure team collaboration?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hi G2 users, self-hosting a system almost always means giving up something on the collaboration side, so I've been sorting through which <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/document-management">document management</a> platforms actually manage to keep data self-hosted while still maintaining secure team collaboration.</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/laserfiche/reviews"><strong>Laserfiche</strong></a>: supports an on-prem setup directly, and teams running it that way note the on-prem version carries feature and integration options the cloud version doesn't fully match, which matters when self-hosting is the whole point.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/hyland-onbase/reviews"><strong>Hyland OnBase</strong></a>: built with security and automation as core features rather than add-ons, with teams running it on their own systems describing documents staying locked down by default even as automation handles more of the routine work.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/docuware/reviews"><strong>DocuWare</strong></a>: centralizes documents into a single secure repository with access and version controls built in, letting a team manage who can see or restrict specific files without building that logic themselves.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/m-files/reviews"><strong>M-Files</strong></a>: ties permissions to the document's metadata rather than its storage location, so access rules and version history travel with the file itself regardless of where it's hosted.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For teams that have actually made the self-hosted move, how much collaboration functionality did you end up losing compared to the cloud version, and was it worth the trade-off?</p>

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- Posted at: 17 days ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;The key trade-off is whether self-hosting preserves collaboration features such as versioning, permissions, workflow automation, and secure external sharing without creating a heavy admin burden. I’d compare what functionality is lost on-prem, how updates are handled, and whether access controls stay easy to manage as teams and document volumes grow.&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: 17 days ago
- Author title: Marketing Executive





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