Why Choose Laserfiche Over SharePoint?

Both Laserfiche and Sharepoint provide document management services, but they differ in some of their strengths and purposes. Depending on your industry, you may find one more useful than the other.

Laserfiche excels in regulation-heavy industries thanks to its superior compliance and security features. SharePoint might be more approachable for smaller teams or industries without strict security and compliance requirements.

Transforming Collaboration Into True ECM

Without adding multiple add-ons and features, SharePoint’s out-of-the-box version can fall short in the following areas:

• Enterprise-level document lifecycle management
• Compliance and security
• Intuitive workflow automation
• Document-centric automation

SharePoint’s key focus is collaborative creation. It’s ideal for teams that need to work together on documents, but offers limited built-in security and compliance as compared to Laserfiche.

Laserfiche turns these liabilities into strengths. It offers an all-in-one ECM solution that goes beyond simple file-sharing to deliver intelligent content management, robust security, and low-code automation. For those working in regulation-heavy industries, Laserfiche also offers best-in-class compliance features, records management, and easy auditing capabilities.

While SharePoint can automate document processes, Laserfiche comes out on top when it comes to interacting with the documents themselves. Unlike SharePoint, Laserfiche includes native Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and AI-based document classification, making it ideal for document-heavy processes.

Breaking Down the Differences

It’s easier to see the advantages of Laserfiche over SharePoint when these two ECM platforms go head-to-head.

Document Lifecycle Management

While SharePoint can be a useful collaborative tool, it lacks detailed document management tools. Laserfiche is optimized for document storage, organization, and management with advanced document classification for easy searchability.

Workflow Automation

Laserfiche’s native engine can easily automate everyday processes with simple, visual drag-and-drop workflow builders. SharePoint also offers automation, but it’s generally less intuitive and harder to use for less tech-savvy users with a lack of no-code/low-code options.

Compliance & Governance

If your organization is bound by strict regulations, Laserfiche is ready to handle the work. With solid compliance features, document security, and down-to-the-detail access controls, it’s built to manage data in the most sensitive fields.

Enterprise Teams Can Do More With Laserfiche

Only Laserfiche provides powerful, secure content management strategies without sacrificing scalability or ease of use. SharePoint’s collaboration-centric platform—especially its out-of-the-box version—may not tick all your boxes when it comes to workflow automation and compliance.

With Laserfiche, you can take advantage of powerful, intuitive workflow automation, enjoy detail-oriented security measures, and leverage smart document indexing so you can find the data you need with the click of a key.

Elevate your content management strategy today with Laserfiche, an ECM software engineered for organizations that demand comprehensive ECM capabilities.

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