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DocuWare

Document management and workflow automation

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DocuWare Reviews

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  • Ease of use
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  • Likelihood to recommend8.62/10

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Year on year the software has improved and now represents simply amazing value for money. We looked at many systems closely but DocuWare proved to offer the best functionality vs cost.
This is very customizable for each business based o their requirements. Also the ability of Docuware to integrate with DB's is amazing and to pull and push data based on your configuration.
Ease of learning and use made it easy for even veteran employees to become invested in the product. We couldn't be more pleased.
Lack of documentation and information on the web to troubleshoot problems on your own. The company does not seem invested in its clients' education of how to use the product.
The one thing I think is missing (and this has been recorded) is that the "fat" client has been removed from the software. As an administrator, I made frequent use of the fat client.
In order to get results when performing a search you have to search the name of the document exactly as it was recorded. This can be difficult when looking for something that you stored months ago.
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Salma J.

Financial Services, 10,001+ employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Best Of All Time and sensational tool for documents management.

Reviewed 2 years ago

Enables ease of documents sharing. Automates business processes. Documents can be stored securely.

Pros

It's simple to organize and manage documents and files. Enables ease go search and display documents and files. Ensures ease of documents access.

Cons

I haven't experienced any downside with DocuWare as it matches all what I need.

Vendor response

Thank you for taking the time to review DocuWare. I'm glad that your experience with our solution was positive. If you have further input, please reach out to us at customer.feedback@docuware.com.

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Charles F.

Food & Beverages, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Is there a better platform? You decide!

Reviewed 3 years ago

It has been good to us for many many years. I have no had any user complain about features or missing files. Searching has been good as long as the correct data is inputed upon file uploads. Creating new "document trays" is simple and made easier with creating new users now.

Pros

DocuWare has been a crucial part of our environment for many , many years! When it goes down, which is not too often, my team is crippled. However, it has been back up quickly in my cases. The configuration aspect is easy for even the basic IT user.

Cons

There aren't very many --when it's down, it's down. No fixing it by contacting support in the Americas. IT is a global company based in Germany I believe. Getting support during our working hours is almost non-existent.

Vendor response

Thank you so much for taking the time to review DocuWare. We're so glad that users in your company are benefiting from DocuWare's user-friendly features and powerful search capabilities. It's always a pleasure to hear from a happy customer. Your experience with DocuWare Support is not typical. We are committed to offering Level 1 support within 30 minutes and this applies to any case that a customer has identified as critical. We respond to Level 2 requests within 2 hours and Level 3 requests within 5 hours. In addition, we've recently begun to offer 5/24 support for critical issues. Please reach out to us at customer.feedback@docuware.com with more details so that we can assist you.

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Amber J.

Financial Services, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Everyday User

Reviewed 4 years ago

Docuware has made it so much easier to store all of our client documents without having to keep the paper copies in the office. I use it daily as my checklist to make sure that all checks/transfer/account changes are getting taken care of in a timely manner from our custodian.

Pros

I like that I can keep track of pending checks/transfer easily and make sure they occur on a timely manner. It is very easy to pull up clients records and see everything we have on them.

Cons

I feel like we are on a very outdated version and have never been notified of upgrades. I'd like to be able to make my own "stamps" to mark documents how they should be marked.

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Hello Amber, Thank you for your review. You can get notifications of any version release by subscribing to our Blog and UserInfo right from our website. We release a new version about every 6 months, usually one in the Spring and then again in the Fall. Stamps are created in the DocuWare Thick Client, you should have access to create stamps as needed.

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Peter P.

Wholesale, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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An excellent solution provider for my documents.

Reviewed a year ago

I was able to get the effect I wanted in the management of my documents.

Pros

Affordable. Fast interface. It simplifies searching for documents and greatly reduces the time it takes to find a document.

Cons

There is nothing I don't like about the product, it provided the control of my documents as I wanted.

Vendor response

Thank you for taking the time to review DocuWare. We appreciate your positive feedback about how our cloud-based solution has enabled your organisation to automate manual tasks, increase productivity and improve collaboration across departments. If we can ever be of assistance, please reach out to us at customer.feedback@docuware.com.

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RAY H.

Education Management, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Investing in DocuWare was a good decision. It provides affordable value to our organization.

Reviewed 6 years ago

Efficiency, cross-department training and use, ability to archive documents we're required to maintain and reduce storage, ability to limit access to specific documents.

Pros

One of the big reasons our DocuWare roll out was such a success was because our IT vendor worked with us to develop a training and implementation `ramp-up approach that allowed us to continually roll out the solution to our departments. DocuWare has saved us weeks of time, in terms of finding needed information. We like that DocuWare is very customizable in how we are able to store documents. We also like that it provides a shared vault that everyone can pull from, ensuring consistency in document use.

Cons

We feel DocuWare. although we like the product, is not particularly intuitive. Users need a good training to get full use from the program.

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Dan D.

Hospital & Health Care, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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Easy to approve Invoices

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

When it comes time to approve invoices, they are all in a queue and ready for me to stamp them as approved or reject. No need to go searching - it is a pretty simple process.

Cons

When typing in search fields, the appropriate selection will eventually appear in a dropdown menu, and must be selected. If you type the search criteria with an exact match and press enter, you will not find what you are looking for unless you have also entered a wildcard search(*).

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Thank you so much for your review of DocuWare. We appreciate your feedback. We're glad that your company has benefited from our solution's ability to make collaboration easier and automate time-consuming manual tasks. If we can ever be of assistance, please contact us at customer.feedback@docuware.com.

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Karya W.

Consumer Electronics, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Docuware

Reviewed 5 years ago

I like having the access to all of our orders at my fingertips. I wish more coworkers used this, instead of picking up the phone or emailing me for information. They can find it all in this online filing cabinet called Docuware.

Pros

We use Docuware as our online filing cabinet. Anything you need to know about an order, you can find in Docuware (as long as it is scanned in and updated accordingly).

Cons

Sometimes items are not uploaded in a timely fashion and/or not linked to the packet.

Vendor response

Thank you so much for taking the time to write the review. Experiencing slow upload speeds is not typical. We want to better understand your issues so that we can offer the appropriate assistance. Please reach out to us at customer.feedback@docuware.com. We would appreciate the opportunity to work with you to improve your experience with our solution.

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Jennifer G.

Logistics and Supply Chain, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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DocuWare converted our paper A/P process into a smooth online workflow.

Reviewed 7 years ago

Our growth is very healthy, so this allowed us to automate and electronically store our documents without adding more space for file cabinets and hold off on hiring additional employees for a period of time.

Pros

The DocuWare consultant tailored the product to our specific needs. We incorporated many validations and lookups across to the target ERP system (SAGE). The Intellix learning OCR feature was impressive and lived up to the sales pitch, recognizing differences in our vendor base that were surprising (example - some vendor provided dates in mm/dd/yyyy and others presented in dd/mm/yyyy - but DocuWare learned the difference and converted as needed).

Cons

We did not build enough tracking/audit fields at the onset, upon hindsight. Doing it again, I would have a tracking field on who owns the document - so as to always be able to export a file of all open WIP documents and know to whom that they belong.

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Sue B.

Law Practice, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Easy to use!

Reviewed 4 years ago

I love the functionality of the system. Our office uses it all day long.

Pros

It's very easy to use and has a lot of cool functions that the older version did not have.

Cons

Trying to print it a bit of a hassle, which is confusing because it didn't used to be that way. I'm not sure why happened or why.

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Thank you so much for taking the time to review DocuWare. We're happy to hear that you appreciate how user-friendly and intuitive the software is. Ease of use is very important to us, and we're continually developing enhancements to our user interface. Printing problems often stem from issues related to your IT infrastructure. Your DocuWare Partner will be able to help you troubleshoot printing issues. You can also contact us directly at customer.feedback@docuware.com

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Maud C.

Real Estate, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Une GED simple et accessible !

Reviewed 4 years ago

Nous utilisions Docuware depuis une dizaine d'années en tant que GED en utilisant uniquement ses APIs. L'année dernière, nous avons mis en place une base de partage entre les services comptabilité, gestion, juridique et les commissaires aux comptes qui leurs permet, depuis le front-office de Docuware, d'avoir une vue globale sur l’avancement des bilans financiers. La communication entre les différents services est fluidifiée, la dernière version validée des documents est partagée de façon transparente. Ceci est d'autant plus important dans cette période de confinement où toutes les équipes télé-travaillent.

Pros

L'outil est rapide à paramétrer : en quelques jours ou semaines, il possible d’automatiser/dématérialiser des processus de l'entreprise. Il est simple et facile d'utilisation que ce soit pour les utilisateurs ou les administrateurs/paramétreurs.

Cons

Le front office est un peu "Brut", il faudrait le remettre au goût du jour, avec un design plus attrayant. Si l'interface était plus personnalisable, il ne serait pas nécessaire de récréer des portails par dessus (couleurs - logo de l'entreprise, ajout de boutons, d'infos-bulles, page d'accueil personnalisée par collaborateurs avec un récapitulatif de ces principaux processus et validations,ces derniers documents consultés...). Certaines fonctionnalités ne peuvent être utilisées chez nous, car elles nécessites l'installation d'un client lourd... à l'ère du Cloud, il faudrait que la plateforme soit 100% online !

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Thank you for taking the time to review DocuWare. We're happy to learn that your organization is benefiting from DocuWare's user-friendlines. its ability to streamline communication and make audits much simpler. We appreciate your feedback on the user interface. It will be shared with our product team. If you would like to be directly involved with our development process check out our Product Tester program at: https://start.docuware.com/docuware-product-tester-program If you have further input, please reach out to us at customer.feedback@docuware.com.

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Chris L.

Government Administration, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Local support is excellent. They go above and beyond. DocuWare is very end-user friendly.

Reviewed 7 years ago

Document management is a breeze.

Pros

End-users typically have no trouble using the software and pick it up intuitively. Adding documents to the repository and retrieving them after is a breeze.

Cons

As an administrator, I find the management interface to be convoluted and difficult. So convoluted, in fact, that if you don't work with the interface on a very frequent basis you will find yourself struggling to perform most configuration changes. Knowing where to change something -- even which interface to use to change something -- is difficult. Why is there an administration area that is not web-based, and then workflow management is web-based, etc.? All management functions should be in a common interface, with a common look and feel. That's simply not the case here.

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Van W.

Real Estate, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Documented Docuware Success Story

Reviewed 7 years ago

As a Docuware client for over 15 years I have seen this product evolve. We have utilized this program to scan, index and search real estate title documents. From our first use we knew this product was going to revolutionize our title company and it has done this without any loss of productivity and, in fact, has saved manpower and storage dollars. From the moment we created our first "cabinet" with one entry till now where we house over 40 million images that are accessed by personnel from all our locations, we experience exceptional response time and absolutely no "down time". I highly recommend this product to anyone in the title industry.

Pros

Functionality, ease of use, and very small learning curve.

Cons

I have no adverse thoughts.

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Leana H.

Used daily for 1-2 years

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support & implementation teams are very responsive! Love this system...great for internal control!

Reviewed 7 years ago
Pros

Once this system is set up to follow the approval / processing flow, the system is seamless. Nobody can forge a supervisor's approval. There are never any lost invoices as they all are scanned into Docuware and follow the pre-established process. We are more easily able to trace transactions do the source documents. Our auditors love it!

Cons

You have to call support to have a new user set up or cancel the rights of a user. Also, if a user closes the software by clicking the "X" in the upper right hand corner vs. officially logging off, it locks up the license and blocks the ability for another person to log in.

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Mahmoud A.

Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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Document Management and workflows

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

It's ability to built workflows for the document (approvals, verifications, reminders....) these workflows can be visually seen on the document (stamps, annotation, comments...) . This is very customizable for each business based o their requirements. Also the ability of Docuware to integrate with DB's is amazing and to pull and push data based on your configuration

Cons

I wish their configuration is centralized in one area. And I see they are in this process now

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Thank you so much for your review. It's great to hear that DocuWare Workflow is performing so well in your organization and that you're benefiting from DocuWare's powerful integration capabilities. As you've noticed, we are in the process of centralizing our administrator configuration functionality. The project will be completed soon. If we can be of further assistance, please reach out to us at customer.feedback@docuware.com.

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Jeffrey K.

Legal Services, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Great Integration into Outlook

Reviewed 4 years ago
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I liked having the ability to link documents directly from DocuWare.

Cons

I wish there was a google style search option

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We appreciate your taking the time to review DocuWare. We're glad that the solution's Outlook integration capabilities work well for you. You can enhance DocuWare's search capabilities by using Full-Text search. You can also use a wildcard by adding an asterisk on either side or on both sides of your search expression. Additionally, wrap multiple search terms in quotes and separate them with AND or OR to use multiple values against a field or fields in a search dialog. Please reach out to your DocuWare Sales Director for further assistance or contact us at customer.feedback@docuware.com.

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Liliana Sofia A.

Information Technology and Services, self-employed

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It changed my life, now everything is easier and more efficient

Reviewed 5 months ago

Efficiency and productivity increased significantly thanks to the automated workflow and document management features of this platform.

Pros

What I liked the most about this amazing platform is the way it has completely simplified my professional life. Before discovering this platform, I was dealing with mountains of paperwork, complicated paperwork, and constant confusion. But now all that is a thing of the past!

Cons

Due to the wide range of functions and features they offer, it can take a while to understand and get the most out of all the available tools. But once you get familiar with the platform and discover all the possibilities it offers, you realize that it is worth the initial effort.

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Hello Liliana! Thank you so much for your detailed review. We are thrilled to hear you are enjoying DocuWare and that it has made such an impact on your productivity and efficiency. We work hard to deliver a great product and reviews like yours mean a lot to us. Thank you! - The DocuWare Team

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Sally V.

Sports, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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Improved Service

Reviewed 7 years ago

Improved information flow with customers and with suppliers. Also, greatly simplified locating documents.

Pros

The relationship with our vendors has improved because we now have a consistent and reliable way to communicate order information. We've found that better vendor relationships support better customer service. The breadth of features has also allowed us to improve information flow with our customers.

Cons

To fully leverage the features of the product we did need to develop owners inside the business who could trouble shoot and fine tune solutions. As is often the case, the more expert the user the more powerful the tool.

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Graphic Design, 1-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Great for Automating your Document Managment

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

We use this to manage incoming invoices to automatically link it with our inventory managment solution

Cons

Steep learning curve. But other than that, it is great.

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Thank you so much for taking the time to review DocuWare. We're happy to hear that integration with your inventory management solution brought new efficiencies to your invoice management process. If you are interested in ongoing administrator or end-user training, members of your team can participate in in-depth classroom training at our New Windsor, New York headquarters. They can also access FAQs which are found in the Support section of our website. The FAQs cover key subjects including ¿How do I¿ guides and solutions for common issues. The DocuWare Community forum is another valuable resource. If we can be of assistance, please reach out to us at customer.feedback@docuware.com

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SARAH H.

Philanthropy, 11-50 employees

Used other for 6-12 months

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DocuWare

Reviewed 4 years ago

DocuWare really helped streamline our invoice processing and document control systems

Pros

The DocuWare setup team really works with you and helps you customize the software for your needs. It's electronic identification of scanned documents and intelligent filing is top notch

Cons

It is an expensive investment and endeavor. Working out the all the tweaks can take some patience and time.

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Thank you for taking the time to review DocuWare. We're glad that our solution and its workflow capabilities helped your organization improve the speed and accuracy of invoice processing and gain a clearer view of the status of documents and data. If we can be of assistance, please contact us at customer.feedback@docuware.com

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Donald S.

Banking, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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Easy to implement and use. We were up and running in a very reasonable time frame.

Reviewed 6 years ago

Improved efficiency and better document management.

Pros

The system is user friendly and easy to learn. It has helped improve our efficiency in handling the accounts payable function by eliminating the need to move paper documents. It has also replaced paper document storage with imaged files which are much easier to work with both from a storage aspect as well as a research aspect.

Cons

At this point we have not had any issues with the system performance or capabilities. It is providing what we need for this function.

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Karen L.

Accounting, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Perfect online storage

Reviewed 3 months ago
Pros

I'm impressed because the software meets the needs of what I am looking for. DocuWare helps to store a tons of legal documents. It's fast. It's easy to navigate and easy to use for a new user like me. I would say this software is similar to Gofileroom - which also allow you to store documents online, but DocuWare is faster, from my experience.

Cons

I haven't seen a least feature about DocuWare yet since I has only used for couple months. But I like the software so far.

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Renee M.

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Going strong for almost a decade!

Reviewed 8 years ago

We implemented DocuWare back in July of 2007 and never looked back. I cannot say enough about how much efficiency this software has brought to my firm. My staff loves using it and raves about how easy it is to understand after an hour or two of training. We can respond to client inquiries within seconds based on DocuWare's excellent search criteria and speedy database. We couldn't be happier with our implementation and day to day use of this software!

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Teresa B.

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A user friendly application with plenty of flexibility and capability.

Reviewed 8 years ago

We use this software all day long in document imaging. We are a high volume user. Being able to sort and relocate columns of information to personal preferences is a huge improvement over previous versions. We are currently using version 6.6.

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James W.

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Great Document Management Software

Reviewed 8 years ago

Quick and easy to store customer documents and perform quick search of customer data when we need it on demand. Also great to take a picture and scan in a document from the field.

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Eileen J.

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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Innovative and robust document management platform

Reviewed 8 months ago

DocuWare has allowed us to improve the organization, access and security of our documents, significantly increasing our efficiency in the office. I would recommend DocuWare to other companies looking to optimize document management.

Pros

I like DocuWare's ability to efficiently scan and store all of our important documents has allowed us to streamline processes and reduce paper usage. The intelligent search function makes it easy for us to quickly find any file, which saves us valuable time in our daily routine. In addition, integration with other systems, such as ERP and CRM, has improved interdepartmental communication and information management. DocuWare's ease of use and quick implementation allowed us to adapt smoothly to this new way of working. Finally, remote access and real-time collaboration have improved our efficiency, allowing us to work more agile and respond quickly to our company's needs.

Cons

DocuWare offers many useful features, but it can be costly for small businesses. Also, more customization options would be ideal.

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Hi Eileen, many thanks for your comments. For small business, maybe DocuWare Cloud would be a good solution... We work every day on improving and being much more efficient for our users.