--- title: Hyland Alfresco Reviews meta\_title: 'Hyland Alfresco Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 55 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Hyland Alfresco works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.8 review\_count: 55 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Content Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/content-management --- # Hyland Alfresco Reviews & Product Details Visit Website Hyland’s Alfresco Digital Business Platform offers open, secure, comprehensive content services with content at its core to let you unlock the value from your most important business information. Alfresco gives users access to their content wherever and however they work with open, flexible and highly scalable content services. Easily integrate and connect with business-critical applications and processes. Find, view, collaborate on, govern and securely share digital content. Get relevant information to the right person at the right time. * * * Product Website Hyland Alfresco Seller [Hyland](https://www.g2.com/sellers/hyland-a47a4cc4-7960-4080-8278-3ba399e3d4cd) Discussions [Hyland Alfresco Community](https://www.g2.com/products/hyland-alfresco/discuss) Languages Supported German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Stephanie Habenicht Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 7 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/hyland-alfresco/pricing) ![Robert N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Robert N.") RN Robert N. QA Test Lead Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/16/2014 "Great business tool, easy to use" 4/5 What do you like best about Hyland Alfresco? I like the ease of use with Alfresco. I was an Alfresco administrator in the IT department where I work. Getting people provisioned for use with Alfresco is quick and easy from the IT side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Hyland Alfresco? One of the things that I was not too crazy about was moving data around. On rare occasion we had experienced issues with the unc paths and some strange connectivity issues that in fairness may not have even been related to Alfresco. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Hyland Alfresco: This is a great tool that has been around for a while. It is definitely worth the time to look into it and investigate further. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Hyland Alfresco solving and how is that benefiting you? I do a lot of document consolidation and general record keeping so this tool has been awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ado T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ado T.") AT Ado T. Technical Program Manager, FAA Emergency Operations Network (EON) Program Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/29/2014 "Great Open Source CMS" 4/5 What do you like best about Hyland Alfresco? I like the open nature of the Alfresco product. Organizations can expand the product in almost unimaginable ways. It was a great fit for for my team since Alfresco is built on the top J2EE platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Hyland Alfresco? Definite high steep learning curve due to product complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Hyland Alfresco solving and how is that benefiting you? We needed the new Content management system to be compliant with enterprise standards that allowed non-technical audience (content publishers) to update content on almost hourly basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") CC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/19/2014 "Great, refreshing alternative to legacy document management software." 3.5/5 What do you like best about Hyland Alfresco? Open source and open standards approach provides for a great way to get value from the platform. Very competitive with Enterprise Edition to the legacy vendors you may have worked with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Hyland Alfresco? The product is slow to mature, even the open source nature. The use of Open Source is merely marketing and lead generation tactic rather than a true open source development model for community driven core contributions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Hyland Alfresco solving and how is that benefiting you? disparate DOCUMENT silos converge to provide at least a single, capable source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Parag G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Parag G.") PG Parag G. Director, Business Enterprise Systems Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/29/2014 "Really good product for managing content - open source, lots of customizations" 4/5 What do you like best about Hyland Alfresco? Open source. Ability to build custom solutions/applications that work with Alfresco. Strong support in the Alfresco community. Flexible enterprise content management. Ability to define meta data. Integration with other tools like enterprise search. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Hyland Alfresco? I worked with Alfresco nearly 2 years ago and I would have liked it to be more business friendly out of the box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Hyland Alfresco solving and how is that benefiting you? Building an enterprise intranet. Integration with Search. Allowing business teams to author and manage the enterprise content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Milan S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Milan S.") MS Milan S. Technical Architect Financial Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/29/2014 "Alfresco decent tool for content management" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Hyland Alfresco? its platform independent, fast to integrate, SOAP service option also comes in handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Hyland Alfresco? Does not support workflow well, missing taxonomies and tags Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Hyland Alfresco: do consider tridion content management system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Hyland Alfresco solving and how is that benefiting you? we used alfresco as a content management tool which to make updates on a webiste using the tool, this helped the business partners to realize faster time to market, and cost savings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Shubha K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shubha K.") SK Shubha K. Senior Manager Business System Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/29/2014 "Great tool built on open source" 4/5 What do you like best about Hyland Alfresco? We had a custom user interface built on top of alfresco CMS. Alfresco as such is good for content management, but not used OOB interface. User access management is super easy and the best part. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Hyland Alfresco? Mobile content management is missing. May be newer versions have it, but not the version I used since 3 years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Hyland Alfresco solving and how is that benefiting you? LDAP Integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Machinery](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Machinery") AM Verified User in Machinery Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/29/2014 "Too complicated!" 0/5 What do you like best about Hyland Alfresco? There is not much that I liked about this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Hyland Alfresco? The code is very complicated. There are no easy ways to "upgrade". You have to basically start over so any custom code you have has to be deployed after the upgrade. Any small errors take the whole system down. I worked for a very high profile broker dealer that depended largely on Alfresco for content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Hyland Alfresco: Please be sure to check out other options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Hyland Alfresco solving and how is that benefiting you? The ability to show/version brokerage forms, rules, white papers etc. to over 5000 registered representatives in the field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Michael B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Michael B.") MB Michael B. Software Developer Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/29/2014 "Is there a better CMS? Doubtful." 5/5 What do you like best about Hyland Alfresco? The completeness of the offering. The rich versioning and the vast ecosystem. The Java APIs are quite good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Hyland Alfresco? The ramp up is not small, but it's not too bad and it approachable in pieces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Hyland Alfresco: Maybe consider Daisy, but if you are using Java, why not Alfresco? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Hyland Alfresco solving and how is that benefiting you? I've used it for StackOverflow-like sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Sports](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Sports") US Verified User in Sports Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/19/2015 "Highly recommend Alfresco!" 4/5 What do you like best about Hyland Alfresco? Love the ability to access information on my mobile device, as well as the sharing capabilities. It is also refreshing to know our information is secure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Hyland Alfresco? haven't found anything I dislike yet, however, it would be a bonus if is offered back-up capabilites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Hyland Alfresco: It's a great product so far. I highly recommend trying it out! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Hyland Alfresco solving and how is that benefiting you? The ability to share information on mobile devices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Internet](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Internet") AI Verified User in Internet Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/27/2014 "Forced Upon Our Development Team by Consultant" 0/5 What do you like best about Hyland Alfresco? There is really nothing that I like about Alfresco. It is clunky, xml based. Editing and changing content can be tricky. Moving content is even trickier. Not a smooth solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Hyland Alfresco? No online documentation or forums on this CMS. Virtually non-existent support. Teach yourself how to deal with the rubiks cube of CMS'. I would never recommend this CMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Hyland Alfresco: There are so many other options out there. Just don't. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Hyland Alfresco solving and how is that benefiting you? In trying to solve the problem of getting out of a push process to an automated process for content so we do not need ops nor disturb the application portion of our website and to allow the marketing users to input their own content we implemented this system. Marketing used it for a short period and now it is a redheaded stepchild that engineering has to deal with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Hyland Alfresco? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Hyland Alfresco ](https://www.g2.com/products/hyland-alfresco/discussions/new) GU Guest User • Last activity almost 4 years ago What are the features of a good document management system? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/alfresco-content-services-what-are-the-features-of-a-good-document-management-system) GU Guest User • Last activity over 3 years ago What is Alfresco Enterprise? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-alfresco-enterprise) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/hyland-alfresco/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 7 months ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/hyland-alfresco/pricing) ##### ##### Hyland Alfresco Features File Management File Type Support Metadata Versioning Workflow Process Automation Conditions Activities Platform Performance and Reliability Reporting and Auditing APIs [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/hyland-alfresco/features) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Laserfiche](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Laserfiche") Laserfiche 4.7/5(1,247) ](https://www.g2.com/products/laserfiche/reviews) [ ![Teamcenter](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Teamcenter") Teamcenter 4.3/5(1,488) ](https://www.g2.com/products/teamcenter/reviews) [ ![Revver](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Revver") Revver 4.4/5(474) ](https://www.g2.com/products/revver/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/hyland-alfresco/competitors/alternatives) ##### Categories on G2 [Document Management](https://www.g2.com/categories/document-management)[Enterprise Content Management (ECM)](https://www.g2.com/categories/enterprise-content-management-ecm)[Process Orchestration](https://www.g2.com/categories/process-orchestration) [Document Management](https://www.g2.com/categories/document-management)[Enterprise Content Management (ECM)](https://www.g2.com/categories/enterprise-content-management-ecm)[Process Orchestration](https://www.g2.com/categories/process-orchestration)[Engineering Document Management](https://www.g2.com/categories/engineering-document-management) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);) ##### Explore More [Which cloud document database works best with Node.js and TypeScript for a developer who wants strong typing support and a managed service rather than self-hosting?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-cloud-document-database-works-best-with-node-js-and-typescript-for-a-developer-who-wants-strong-typing-support-and-a-managed-service-rather-than-self-hosting)[Top-rated AI solutions available on AWS Marketplace](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-ai-solutions-on-aws-marketplace-are-the-most-impactful-right-now)[What Quote-to-Cash tools reduce the time between a deal being approved and the first invoice going out so the revenue cycle actually starts on time?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-quote-to-cash-tools-reduce-the-time-between-a-deal-being-approved-and-the-first-invoice-going-out-so-the-revenue-cycle-actually-starts-on-time) [Is Award Force worth it for awards management?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-award-force-worth-it-for-awards-management)[Which no-code platform offers the best scalability for growing businesses?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-no-code-platform-offers-the-best-scalability-for-growing-businesses)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/hyland-alfresco/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)