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M-Files vs Square 9 Comparison (2026)

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M-Files

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Square 9

Overview

M-Files ends info chaos. Find documents fast with intelligent search. Automate workflows & collaborate seamlessly. Work smarter, not harder.

Square 9 removes the frustration of extracting data from documents, forms, and all external sources, so you can harness the full power

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

50

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.4

277

5

4

3

2

1

155

85

26

6

5

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
74%
would recommend this app

4.5

145

5

4

3

2

1

87

48

7

2

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
78%
would recommend this app

Pros

“M-Files lets me use metadata tags so that the specific document I want appears immediately. Since the AI-based classification learns my preferences, it becomes consistently accurate and intelligent after a few uses, to find files across systems.”
MH

Martin H.

Purchasing Analyst

“HR records the metadata search literally saves me hours compared to our old filing system. And then, pretty heavily rely on the workflow automation to route documents for approval, which seriously helps me cut down my ‘chasing people over email’ to do that.”
CW

Chad W.

Managing Director

“One place to manage our documents where can save, search and edit documents with ease, no coding knowledge is needed, sharing documents and also keep track of tasks with co authoring capabilities, automated work flow improving efficiency”
SB

Simon B.

Head of technology

Pros

“OUR COMPANY USED SQUARE 9 FOR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AS IT PERTAINS TO MATERIAL TEST REPORTS.”
MS

MICHAEL S.

Branch Manager

“What I like most about Square-9 is how easy it is to scan documents and use templates to automatically populate indexed fields, making documents simple and fast to search and retrieve later.”
GC

Greg C.

Vice-President of Finance and Administration

“The localized storage makes it easy for employees throughout the office to locate, view and send different documents relating to all of our members.”
CR

Candice R.

Member Service Representative

Cons

“M-files Does not have dedicated Application for Mac os which sucks , There is only web browser to use it”
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Utsav G.

Technical Analyst

“very mixed, didn't work well with our citrix farm and due to lack of guidance have set up a complex document class structure, setting up views can be hard”
GD

Gill D.

Strategy and Improvement manager

“The way that the subscription model is organised, it means that for some features you need to move to a subscription level that is more costly.”
IL

Irene L.

Knowledge Management Lead

Cons

“When a document gets lost or misrouted during processing, it can be confusing to troubleshoot and get it back on track.”
JB

John B.

System Administrator

“The licensing and user setup was a little clunky for us. Although some of this might be how we have our users set up in AD.”
MH

Matt H.

IT Manager

“The more I've had to deal with IT support, the less I like the company.”
MC

Meghan C.

Controller

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Key features

  • Total features78
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Annotations
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Autofill
  • Batch Processing
  • Business Process Automation
  • Business Process Control
  • Buy Side (Suppliers)
  • CMS Integration
  • CRM
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Completion Tracking
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Content Management
  • Content Publishing Options
  • Contract Drafting
  • Contract/License Management
  • Convert to PDF
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Synchronization
  • Data Verification
  • Data Visualization
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Digital Signature
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Distributed Capture
  • Document Automation
  • Document Capture
  • Document Classification
  • Document Conversion
  • Document Generation
  • Document Imaging
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Document Templates
  • Drag & Drop
  • Duplicate Payment Alert
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Management
  • Encryption
  • Expense Tracking
  • File Conversion
  • File Management
  • File Recovery
  • File Sharing
  • File Transfer
  • Filtering
  • For Legal Professionals
  • Forms Automation
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • Generative AI
  • Graphical Workflow Editor
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • ID Scanning
  • Image Editing
  • Image Pre-processing
  • Indexing
  • Information Governance
  • Invoice Processing
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Metadata Extraction
  • Metadata Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Language
  • Multiple Output Formats
  • No-Code
  • Offline Access
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • PDF Conversion
  • Policy Management
  • Pre-built Templates
  • Process Modeling & Designing
  • Q&A Management
  • Real Time Synchronization
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Regulatory Intelligence Feeds
  • Regulatory Reporting
  • Reminders
  • Remote Data Capture
  • Renewal Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Rights Management
  • Risk Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • SSL Security
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Sell Side (Customers)
  • Single Sign On
  • Supplier Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Team Collaboration
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Text Editing
  • Text Extraction
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • User Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Version Control
  • Web Forms
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Configuration
  • Workflow Management
  • Zone Selection Tool
  • Total features114
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Annotations
  • Approval Process Control
  • Approval Workflow
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Autofill
  • Batch Processing
  • Business Process Automation
  • Business Process Control
  • Buy Side (Suppliers)
  • CMS Integration
  • CRM
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Completion Tracking
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Content Management
  • Content Publishing Options
  • Contract Drafting
  • Contract/License Management
  • Convert to PDF
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Synchronization
  • Data Verification
  • Data Visualization
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Digital Signature
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Distributed Capture
  • Document Automation
  • Document Capture
  • Document Classification
  • Document Conversion
  • Document Generation
  • Document Imaging
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Document Templates
  • Drag & Drop
  • Duplicate Payment Alert
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Management
  • Encryption
  • Expense Tracking
  • File Conversion
  • File Management
  • File Recovery
  • File Sharing
  • File Transfer
  • Filtering
  • For Legal Professionals
  • Forms Automation
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • Generative AI
  • Graphical Workflow Editor
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • ID Scanning
  • Image Editing
  • Image Pre-processing
  • Indexing
  • Information Governance
  • Invoice Processing
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Metadata Extraction
  • Metadata Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Language
  • Multiple Output Formats
  • No-Code
  • Offline Access
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • PDF Conversion
  • Policy Management
  • Pre-built Templates
  • Process Modeling & Designing
  • Q&A Management
  • Real Time Synchronization
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Regulatory Intelligence Feeds
  • Regulatory Reporting
  • Reminders
  • Remote Data Capture
  • Renewal Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Rights Management
  • Risk Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • SSL Security
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Sell Side (Customers)
  • Single Sign On
  • Supplier Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Team Collaboration
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Text Editing
  • Text Extraction
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • User Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Version Control
  • Web Forms
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Configuration
  • Workflow Management
  • Zone Selection Tool

Integrations

  • Total integrations12
  • AutoCAD
  • AutoCAD LT
  • Deluxe Payment Exchange
  • Docusign
  • Dynamics 365
  • Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • Esri ArcGIS
  • Google Workspace
  • MIP Accounting
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Teams
  • NetSuite
  • NetSuite Excel Add-in
  • PDI CStore Essentials
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Payroll
  • Sage 200
  • Sage 500
  • Sage CRM
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Tyler Enterprise Data Platform
  • Total integrations12
  • AutoCAD
  • AutoCAD LT
  • Deluxe Payment Exchange
  • Docusign
  • Dynamics 365
  • Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • Esri ArcGIS
  • Google Workspace
  • MIP Accounting
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Teams
  • NetSuite
  • NetSuite Excel Add-in
  • PDI CStore Essentials
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Payroll
  • Sage 200
  • Sage 500
  • Sage CRM
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Tyler Enterprise Data Platform