Alfresco

Alfresco is a content services platform now offered by Hyland that combines document and content management, process automation and governance. It is built on open source foundations, offers APIs for application development and can be deployed in the cloud or on-premises.

Hyland does not publish fixed prices for Alfresco. The platform is sold through quotes based on deployment, scale and modules, and an open source community edition has been available separately, so contact Hyland for current commercial pricing.

Alfresco has historically offered an open source community edition that can be used without a license fee, though it has fewer enterprise features. Commercial editions are quoted by Hyland, so ask the vendor about trials or demos for the current offering.

Key features of Alfresco include content management, process automation, governance and records management, digital asset management, application development APIs, intelligent document processing and collaboration. Alfresco is an open content services platform from Hyland for document management, process automation, governance and application development.

Enterprises, government agencies and regulated organizations that need to manage large volumes of documents and automate content-driven processes use Alfresco. Developers use its open APIs to build content-centric applications, and IT teams value the flexible deployment options.