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Choose the right M-⁠Files platform edition tier to support your business needs.

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M-Files Desktop for Windows
M-Files Mobile for Android and iOS
M-Files Classic Web
M-Files New Web

Microsoft Office 365 & Teams integration

Chrome Extension for Gmail and Google Drive
Embedded UI for Salesforce Add-on Add-on Add-on
Browse M-Files views via Microsoft Outlook desktop client using the Advanced Outlook Add-in Add-on Add-on Add-on
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Prevent inadvertent simultaneous and conflicting edits with the Check Out and Check In features
Capture full history of all changes in file content and metadata with Enforced Version Control
Use the Version Control Lite module to configure multiple versioning schemes, including major and minor versioning, and manage working copies separately from published versions of documents Add-on Add-on Add-on
Use the Advanced Version Control module to manage multiple published versions and translations per document simultaneously Add-on Add-on Add-on
Use the Change Request module to initiate version updates via formal change request objects Add-on Add-on Add-on
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Passive sharing with permissions-based access rights
Share documents as email attachments
Share objects and documents with other M-Files users with M-Files URLs
Share files to external users with Public Links
Use co-authoring to let multiple users edit Microsoft Office files simultaneously
Use the M-Files for Google Workspace module to enable editing and co-authoring of native Google documents
Enable optimal collaboration and productivity with Hubshare - a complete Digital Client Experience and Collaborative Workspace solution Add-on Add-on Add-on

 

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Show a file preview for common file types
Annotate and redline files without modifying the original file
Convert files to PDF in workflows, while importing files, while sharing files, and when adding documents from a scanner to M-Files
Compare two different file versions of the same Microsoft Word document
Use the Advanced Document Compare feature to compare two different file versions, two different documents, and multiple file types Add-on
Use the PDF Processor module for advanced document rendering Add-on Add-on Add-on
Track and manage printouts of official documents with the Controlled Printing module Add-on Add-on Add-on
Print and Download Prevention - prevent users from taking local copies and printing sensitive documents Add-on Add-on Add-on
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Save content based on what it is and apply metadata properties for better discoverability
M-Files Information Extractor - suggests metadata tags for documents based on text analytics or matches with other metadata
Save documents from any Windows application directly to M-Files' virtual M drive
Save emails and email attachments from Microsoft Outlook to M-Files
Assign documents to workflows automatically based on metadata
Set permissions individually for each document and object manually or automatically via metadata
Organize files with dynamic views and virtual folders
Detect duplicate files based on the file content
Save email messages from Gmail to M-Files
Save email attachments from Gmail to M-Files

M-Files Aino and all other M-Files AI capabilities.*

Automate filing of email correspondence from Microsoft Outlook using the Advanced Outlook Add-in Add-on Add-on Add-on

*M-Files Aino usage is limited per user and vault within a 24-hour period. A single user can ask Aino to process approximately 2,000 pages of text per each 24-hour period, subject to various factors such as the language used, complexity of the text, formatting details, etc. On a vault level, the usage limitation is approximately 200 pages per enabled user, with 2,000 pages being a minimum quota.

Please note that M-Files Aino is included only in the M-Files Business Platform Edition Subscription, excluding subscriptions with limited functionality.

Aino will warn users if a limit is approaching. If the limit is reached, Aino will be temporarily unavailable until more quota is replenished.

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Use full-text search from M-Files repository (file content and metadata)
Use fuzzy search for searching for spelling variations of the search term
Use proximity search to find two words or phrases within certain distance from one another
Save searches (dynamic views) for later use
Use full-text search from connected external repositories (file content and metadata)
Use faceted search to provide additional search filters in the user interface
(Requires IDOL or Smart Search implementation)

(Requires IDOL or Smart Search implementation)
Maximum supported object volume for full-text search 1 million
objects
Unlimited
(Requires IDOL or Smart Search
implementation)
Unlimited
(Requires IDOL or Smart Search
implementation)
IDOL Search - run advanced full-text search indexing services on separate servers and implement multi-server search index cluster to support large search indexes with millions of indexed files
Smart Search - run advanced memory-based search hosted in M-Files Cloud and available for both cloud vaults and on-premises vaults
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Build workflows with graphical workflow designer
Send assignments to other users
Implement advanced automated processes without scripting or API using the Configuration Accelerators utility
Use the Advanced Notifications module to log send notification messages better and for more advanced features for notification message templates Add-on Add-on Add-on
Use the Periodic Tasks module in the Advanced Workflows add-on to automatically create recurring periodic tasks, such as periodic document reviews in workflows Add-on Add-on Add-on
Automate sending of learning requirement assignments of controlled documents with the Training Management module Add-on Add-on Add-on
Enable automatic progression of parent or child workflows with the Hierarchy Manager module in the Advanced Workflows add-on Add-on Add-on Add-on
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Reporting module - export M-Files metadata to a reporting database for data insights, visualizations, and dashboards in your business intelligence and reporting tools of choice
Smart Metadata - use machine learning to suggest metadata for new or existing documents
Image Analysis - metadata suggestions for images based on the Computer Vision API of Microsoft Cognitive Services (Requires Microsoft Computer Vision API subscription that needs to be purchased separately)
M-Files Smart Classifier - machine learning for automatic document categorization
M-Files Discovery - finds business critical information such as agreements and sensitive data within M-Files and any connected external repository
User Action Log - improve data security by logging user actions of individual M-Files Desktop users in a given vault Add-on Add-on Add-on
Log Exporter - export vault event logs into your log management and analytics tool of choice (e.g. Dynatrace, Splunk, Datadog) Add-on Add-on Add-on
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Standard add-in for Microsoft Outlook - save emails and attachments from Outlook to M-Files
Chrome Plugin for Gmail - save email messages and attachments from Gmail to M-Files
Advanced Outlook Add-in - automate archiving emails to M-Files and browse M-Files directly via the Outlook UI Add-on Add-on Add-on
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Capture content approvals via workflows in M-Files event log
Digitize signature processes with M-Files for Adobe Acrobat Sign (Requires separate Adobe Acrobat Sign subscription)
Digitize signature processes with DocuSign integration (Requires separate DocuSign subscription)
Digitize signature processes with Visma Sign integration (Requires Visma Sign subscription)
Electronic signatures - formal verification of workflow state transition and approvals within M-Files for compliance with technical requirements for electronic signing in highly regulated environments Add-on Add-on Add-on
Trusted Digital Signatures - Ideal for use cases where documents are approved internally within M-Files and signed documents must be digitally signed for authenticityThis module is designed for use cases where two or more organizations share official records as PDF files and the receiving party wants to ensure that the digitally signed PDF document was signed by the other party (Requires a hardware-based digital signature certificate that must be obtained separately). This feature is not compatible with M-Files cloud repositories. Add-on Add-on Add-on

Adobe Acrobat Sign Signature Package 1000 per Year (RB-ADBE1K) is limited to 1000 signatures per Subscription's annual billing period. Such 1000 signatures will expire at the end of each Subscription's annual billing period.

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Import files and folders
Client-side scanning
Hot folder monitoring
M-Files OCR Lite - Convert scanned images to searchable PDFs and use zonal OCR to capture metadata attributes from certain areas on scanned pages
M-Files OCR - Use barcode recognition to capture barcode values as metadata attributes and use hyper-compression to reduce the file size of the scanned images without compromising the image quality
Use M-Files Importer to mass-import documents from file systems and data objects from Excel files to M-Files
Use M-Files Smart Migration to leverage AI-powered smart features to easily classify and add metadata to documents as you migrate them from external repositories into M-Files
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Network folder connector
SharePoint Online connector
Google Drive connector
Connectors for other repositories Add-on Add-on Add-on
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Connections to External Databases - Synchronize data objects from external databases and map them with M-Files metadata structure
Use Ground Link to establish secure network connections between different network domains or between M-Files Cloud and local on-premises resources, such as network folders
M-Files for Salesforce - Synchronize Salesforce data objects to M-Files and tag documents to Salesforce accounts, opportunities and other objects
M-Files Plugin for Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Dynamics 365 - Synchronize data objects from Microsoft Dynamics to M-Files and tag documents accounts, opportunities and other data objects
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M-Files API
M-Files Web Service API
M-Files UI Extensibility Framework
Developer Portal
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M-Files Authentication
Windows Kerberos Authentication for on-premises vaults
Azure Active Directory Authentication
Create and manage user groups and named access control lists in M-Files Admin
Manage administrator roles and privileges
AD FS, OKTA, or Google Authentication Add-on Add-on Add-on
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File data encryption at rest is automatically enforced for all cloud repositories and can be enabled for all on-premises vaults
Metadata encryption at rest is automatically enabled in our cloud but requires additional configuration for on-premises deployments
Encryption of data in transit
Azure Key Vault integration - manage encryption keys independently Add-on Add-on Add-on
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Deployment Options Self-Hosted: bring your own cloud or on-premises M-Files Cloud, bring your own cloud, on-premises, and hybrid M-Files Cloud, bring your own cloud, on-premises, and hybrid
Included self-hosted or on-premises file storage no charge for self-storage no charge for self-storage no charge for self-storage
Included on-premises server instance (1 production server, 1 test/QA server, and 1 development server) 1 production server, 1 test/QA server, and
1 development server
1 production server, 1 test/QA server, and
1 development server
1 production server, 1 test/QA server, and
1 development server
Additional on-premises server instances available
Included cloud file storage 10 GB per named user
40 GB per concurrent user
10 GB per named user
40 GB per concurrent user
Additional cloud file storage available
Included maximum cloud search index size 200 MB per named user
800 MB per concurrent user
200 MB per named user
800 MB per concurrent user
Additional cloud search index size available
Support for multiple M-Files cloud vaults
Support for multiple on-premises vaults on each M-Files Server
Support for multiple on-premises servers
Use Multi-Server Mode to build fault-tolerant on-premises implementations Add-on
Every on-premises server requires a server license. On-premises servers configured in multi-server mode to support a single M-Files instance do not require additional payment for additional server license keys required.
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Community support
User Guide and M-Files Knowledge Base
M-Files User Lite on-demand learning
M-Files Academy (up to 100 users)
Guaranteed uptime (99.5%) in the cloud
Email support 8/5 8/5
Phone support 8/5 8/5
Initial response times No SLA Standard SLA Standard SLA
Fix or workaround times No SLA Standard SLA Standard SLA
24/7 Email and Phone Support Add-on Add-on Add-on
Vault-specific restrictions in M-Files Cloud Cloud Archive Capacity Cloud Capacity -
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Cloud Capacity - M-Files Business
Maximum recommended volume per M-Files vault 100 million objects 40 million
objects
40 million
objects
Maximum average metadata database consumption per object 30 KB 50 KB 50 KB
Maximum average search index consumption per object 5 KB* 20 KB 20 KB
Maximum number of database calls per second 5 100 500

* only metadata is indexed