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IBM® FileNet® Content Manager, recognized by Gartner as a "Leader" in the Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms for 2018, is an industry leading Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution. FileNet Content Manager provides organizations with flexible container based deployment options, enhanced security capabilities such as role based redaction, together with automation and collaboration capabilities required to improve the customer experience and employee productivity. IBM FileNet Content Manager provides clients with simple, affordable, enterprise-scale content collaboration, document management and processing capabilities to meet today's mobile, social, cloud and digital transformation demands. Enterprises have the flexibility to deploy IBM's FileNet Content Manager solution on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid configuration enabling organizations to locate content where it best suits their needs. With secure unified access to a variety of content sources, including audio and video, from anywhere, on any device, clients benefit from increased user productivity and efficiency. An intuitive user experience enables you to quickly find, add, edit, tag, annotate and collaborate on content from desktop, web and mobile devices. With External Share you can securely share, track and collaborate on content across and beyond your enterprise - with customers, suppliers and partners. IBM FileNet Content Manager seamlessly integrates content with line of business applications to drive decision making and help unlock business insights required to respond to changing customer demands, market shifts and competitive threats, and to drive increased sales, revenue and market share. Content management services and solutions from IBM support your digital transformation and help you build an automated enterprise that is agile, efficient and competitive. * * * Seller [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm) Discussions [IBM FileNet Content Manager Community](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-filenet-content-manager/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Emily Hagopian Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 7 months ### Return on Investment 24 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-filenet-content-manager/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Laserfiche](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Laserfiche") Laserfiche 4.7/5(1,247) ](https://www.g2.com/products/laserfiche/reviews) [ ![Hyland OnBase](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Hyland OnBase") Hyland OnBase 4.4/5(324) ](https://www.g2.com/products/hyland-onbase/reviews) [ ![M-Files](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "M-Files") M-Files 4.4/5(273) ](https://www.g2.com/products/m-files/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-filenet-content-manager/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 139 real user reviews. Implementation Time 7 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing") UE Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/22/2019 " A reliable end to end enterprise DMS and BPM system" 4/5 What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager? I have used this software for past 10 years and implemented this solution to multiple clients who have stored documents from multiple business units like HR, Accounts payable, IT, Contracts, etc. I have designed applications to allow access to documents only to certain groups. I have designed multiple workflow applications for HR help desk. document approval process. FileNet provides both document management and business process management functionalities. FileNet provides robust out of the box tools for end users (IBM Content Navigator) and for admins(ACCE) to store and classify documents. It has a great set of connectors for data migration to and from Kofax, XML import/export, Emails, Sharepoint, scanners, file systems, etc. Perfectly works with Oracle, DB2, SQL, MSSQL databases, IBM WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss application servers, allows to configure data model and user permissions as detailed as you may need. It provides tools to design workflow with integration with core applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager? Collaborating documents with external users force you to send the document via email or requires the external users to have FileNet license. Other ECM products solve this problem easily like Box.com. Cloud deployment is not well practiced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? Like I said earlier, I have used this software for past 10 years and implemented this solution to multiple clients who have stored documents from multiple business units like HR, Accounts payable, IT, Contracts, etc. I have designed applications to allow access to documents only to certain groups. I have designed multiple workflow applications for HR help desk. document approval process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Suraj P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Suraj P.") SP Suraj P. Software engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/21/2019 "Review of IBM ECM" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager? Data content analyzation is awesome. It also has great dashboard creation tools as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager? Governor limits are the main issue as well as there is scope to make UI more simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM FileNet Content Manager: Do read documentation before using the product it will be useful. It is great product for content management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? We were doing sentimental analysis of local and cloud folder in our organization using IBM ECM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Insurance](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Insurance") AI Verified User in Insurance Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/14/2019 "Best ECM product in the Market" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager? FileNet Content manager and Content Navigator... the best and most reliable ECM products. The content navigator is easy to use/implement/integrate/customize product. Both products are easy to implement and integrate with other business processes. We also use Content Manager onDemand and Content collector as welll. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager? We use Content collector for bulk uploading. It's good; but very limited in terms of features and functionality. We had write lot of custom scripts for simple things. Would like to see it getting more evolved. We also use Daeja viewer Virtual which is replacing Pro viewer. It's definitely helping us to remove JRE dependency but does not have all features which Pro has For example, providing detail image information etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? We use FileNet as our document repository. Users search and view documents in day to day business to take complete business processes. It has improved overall time to complete business process and decision making. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Insurance](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Insurance") AI Verified User in Insurance Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/13/2019 "FileNet Content Manager - Best of the best" 5/5 What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager? Consistant is the main word I would use to describe FileNet. It just works. The amount of content that is ingested for my business is quite massive and to have Content Manager ingesting and classifying and storing that content never fails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager? The only part of Content Manager that is incredibly difficult is its licencing. It is impossible to understand and once you do they change the model again. That is why you need a business partner to help navigate through the nonsence. Additionally the interaction with other applications especially those from Microsoft and that reside in the cloud isnt the best, however, its on the horizon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? Allowing individuals that are out in the field to be able to ingest and view content while on a tablet or ipad sitting in their car or at a coffee shop is invalueable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Maria Z.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Maria Z.") MZ Maria Z. Gerente de banca de inversiones Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/22/2019 "The best there is in terms of ECM" 4/5 What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager? The data collection can be customizable to the user's needs; can manage all data formats and although the flow of these is large does not lose the quality. its ease of use is very appreciable for all our ornamentation and easily integrated into our system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager? Nothing negative to say about this software, we are pleased with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM FileNet Content Manager: yes i would recommend it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? we have used it for the safe storage of the data and the analysis of these, of our clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing") UE Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/8/2019 "IBM Content Management Review" 3/5 What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager? The ease of setup for getting started with IBM's Enterprise Content Management software was impressive. The options for pulling the enterprise solution in pieces into our existing enterprise infrastructure made evaluation much more feasible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager? The settings within IBM's Enterprise Content Management software are vast and it takes a lot of digging in the documentation to figure out even some simple changes. When you start pulling multiple components into your system you really have to start developing processes for your situation to keep the workflow organized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM FileNet Content Manager: Consider taking a phased approach to implementation, particularly if you have a well established existing enterprise infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? We are currently evaluating IBM's Enterprise Content Management software as a companion tool to our implementation of SalesForce. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Government Administration](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Government Administration") CG Verified User in Government Administration Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/13/2019 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Since the dawn of #ECM time" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager? Platform's scalability. Everything is now an 'I' in front of it - 'I'BM Content Foundation, 'I'BM Case Foundation, 'I'BM Content Navigator, 'I'BM Enterprise Records, but the core engines, platforms dating all the way back to the early 2000s are still there, play well with each other and provide a composite platform for all things content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager? It would be nice to go back and deprecate some of the more ancient stuff and clean it up while you're there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? IBM FileNet Content Manager is in pretty much every Fortune 500's data center, whether on-site, in the cloud or heading towards the latter as we speak. Pick an industry - finance, insurance, telecom, energy, government - if there's a lot of it, FileNet's there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign AG Abhishek G. Software Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/9/2019 "Enterprise content management" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager? It enables an organization to take full advantage of the customer information and company knowledge embedded in its content. ECM solutions capture, store, activate, analyze and automate business content, providing new value from data that was previously unstructured and unavailable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager? Its has really good features but needs to add more features that make Enterprise day to life simple Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM FileNet Content Manager: Implement more features and community help Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? solutions capture, store, activate, analyze and automate business content, providing new value from data that was previously unstructured and unavailable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite JV Juozas V. Team manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/12/2019 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Moving towards right direction" 4/5 What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager? Me and my team likes the direction goes to. It really looks that IBM lsiten to customers feedback, for example starting to support React instead of only DoJo framework. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager? There are still some technologies that are still not yet supported, and WebSphere is somethign that is really heavy weight to use on local computers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM FileNet Content Manager: It really depends on the need for the business demands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? We created case manager and document management (agreeement handling) solutions in our enterprise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Insurance](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Insurance") AI Verified User in Insurance Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/12/2019 "Rock Solid Content Management" 5/5 What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager? FileNet Content Manager provides the services that the business needs, and stability that I need as an Operations Manager. Our organization has dozens of applications with thousands of users that connect to FileNet for content. It is critical that these applications have high availability and FileNet helps us deliver that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager? The stack of software in IBM's content management suite is very large, and the names keep changing. It can be difficult to keep everything straight unless you have years of experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM FileNet Content Manager: Definitely worth the investigation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you? We use FileNet to store all critical documents for business processes. We experience high uptime for our users with this platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ## Questions about IBM FileNet Content Manager? 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. 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