M-Files

Document management

About M-Files

Document management organized by metadata, so files are found by client, project or type instead of by folder.

M-Files is a document management system that organizes content by what a document is about, such as the customer, project or document type, instead of where it sits in a folder tree. The same file can show up in several views without being copied, which helps teams that file the same contract under a client, a deal and a year.

It handles versions, check-in and check-out, workflows for review and approval, and permissions that follow the metadata. AI features suggest metadata from document content and help search across repositories. It can also connect to content left in network drives and SharePoint, so a company can search older stores without moving everything at once.

Ask how it is deployed for you (cloud, on premises or both), where data is stored, and how metadata rules are set up, since the setup work decides how well search behaves later.

Details

  • Developer API

    Yes
  • Mobile app

    Yes

Not enough info yet on free plan or free tier, single sign-on (SSO), choice of data region. Check the tool's own site.

Listing written by MyCloudDMS, checked 2026-11-03. Report a correction or request removal. Back to document management.