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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.

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Languages Supported

English

Solution Type

All-in-One

Overview by
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## Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

### Time to Implement

7 months

### Return on Investment

24 months

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## User Insights

Average based on 139 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

7 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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AU

Verified User in Utilities

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/13/2019

"FIlenet Changeover"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

This web based system is seamless and allows users to easily access the information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

Restrictions on data manipulation on the back end Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Enabling web integration for our ecm solution. Seamless fast interaction with end users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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AI

Verified User in Insurance

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

2/13/2019

"Filenet"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

How it manages all the incoming documents and the APIs to connect to different applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

I can't think of any think that I dislike about this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

We can easy connect with the business applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Insurance

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

2/12/2019

"Content Platform Engine"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

IBM Content Platform Engine, Case Manager, DataCap Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

Frequent release with out of support announcements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

The recent release of FIlenet Content Engine Products are stable and they are easily scable ; Easy on the upgrades Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Banking

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

2/13/2019

"FileNet Content Manager"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

Navigator as single user intraface, including the workitems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

ACCE, doesn't display the user domain name in ACL, it is very hard to deletermine which domain user belongs to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Central repository for all contents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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AI

Verified User in Insurance

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

2/13/2019

"Senior Business Analyst"

3.5/5

What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

I like the ability store all of our client documents (insurance policies and related docs) with internal operational business records Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

I dislike the easy of upgrading and administering Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

centralizing information Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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AI

Verified User in Insurance

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

2/12/2019

"FileNet P8"

3.5/5

What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

Content Manager inteface is a helpful portal into all content Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

Daeja Viewer inconsistencies, lack of streaming video offerings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Utilized for corporate business content management. All files in a single source Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Banking

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

2/13/2019

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Top of Dccument Management System"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

The flexibility and configure posibilities out of the box Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

Look and feel can a bit better so that the user interface is more of 2019 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

DMS no fileshare anymore Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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UT

Verified User in Telecommunications

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

2/12/2019

"P8 rocks"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

Scalability, performance, and reliability are all pretty good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

Occasional outages but that could be we are not in cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IBM FileNet Content Manager:

go to cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Compliance, content storage, and records management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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CI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

2/11/2019

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"IBM Filenet is the leader in ECM"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

its suppoer any Platform and all databases and operating systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

it's expensiv copared to competitors and doesn't have out of rge box integration with oracle ERP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Correspondane management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Insurance

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

2/12/2019

"Robust ccontent manager "

3.5/5

What do you like best about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

what i like most is that it manages content Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM FileNet Content Manager?

what i don't like most is cost for upgrade Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM FileNet Content Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

managing documents. benefits are centralized document access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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## Pricing Insights

Averages based on real user reviews.

### Time to Implement

7 months

### Return on Investment

24 months

### Average Discount

21%

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