M-Files
A system for organizing and securing documents through structured metadata and automatic governance
- Also known as
- m-files
What is M-Files?
A platform that uses metadata to automatically organize, classify, and protect business documents. It applies consistent governance rules across Microsoft 365 tools while maintaining audit trails and compliance readiness.
What M-Files does
The capabilities that matter for document management, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- -
- Full text OCR search indexing
- -
- Metadata taxonomy tagging
- ✓
- Version control checkin checkout
- -
- Automated retention archiving policies
- ✓
- Email outlook save integration
- -
- Microsoft office 365 native addon
- ✓
- Smart workflow routing approvals
- -
- Legal matter centric workspace
- -
- Role based access control RBAC
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- -
Integrations (7)
Independently observed- Teams
- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Salesforce
- Microsoft 365
- SharePoint
- Outlook
- Copilot
M-Files alternatives
Other document management we track, ranked by the same independent score.
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- Hyland OnBaseAI-powered system that captures, governs, and automates business document workflows across enterprise operationslow · 3%
- Mayan EDMSSelf-hosted document management system deployable via Docker and Kuberneteslow · 23%
- LogicalDOCAI-enhanced document management platform with intelligent search capabilitieslow · 21%
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.05 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 26 | 0.04 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
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Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Metadata taxonomy tagging, Role based access control rbac, Microsoft office 365 native addon, Automated retention archiving policies | mediumsource · 2026-10-06 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 7 | mediumsource · 2026-10-06 · 60% |
Pricing
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Model | commercial | mediumsource · 2026-08-17 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Trust center | https://www.m-files.com/blog/articles/ecm-compliance-governance/ | mediumsource · 2026-10-06 · 60% |
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