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Document Locator vs Microsoft 365: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 21st, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 31,895 reviews from Document Management users.
% Fit
Missing features
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Feature ratings
Secure Data Storage
NA
Document Storage
4.2
Mobile Access
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File Sharing
3.8
Email Management
NA
% Fit
High performer
Feature ratings
Secure Data Storage
4.6
Document Storage
4.6
Mobile Access
4.5
File Sharing
4.5
Email Management
4.5
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews36
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.8
4.6
User reviews13,807
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.3
Price starts from
/user
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Mid to large size organizations that require document control for quality, compliance, projects, contracts, HR, and other business processes needing file organization and consistency.

Cloud-based subscription service that brings together the tools by combining apps like Excel and Outlook with cloud services making people in large companies to create and share from any device.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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Pete S
principal
5.0

Pete S.: Hello, I am Peter. I am the owner of Two Paths Investment Partners. We are a family owned real estate business, operating multifamily properties in different states and I use Microsoft 365 and I would rate that a five in terms of my review. Before Microsoft's 365, I was just using some various ancillary products that weren't tied together. I couldn't cut and paste easily. I couldn't really produce professional type documents and when Microsoft 365 was available, not only I was able to connect on the internet and all my devices, but level of my work increased, the professional work. So it's indispensable at this point. I use 365 because it's really the gold standard on the market and it's one that when I make presentations or produce documents for other investors or partners or vendors or anyone like that, they really prefer to have it in that type of format. They can use that. It's easy to share, easy for them to read. So it's really a must have product. Yeah, it was really intuitive. It was really a sort of simple, intuitive process from the start. Getting on and learning and then having the online learning when I needed to find out how to do something, complete a task, improve my documents, it was easy to access through the 365 help Windows or on the internet as needed. So it's been really terrific without needing all kinds of third party IT support. You really can use it for my business. Being a small business, it's, again, fairly indispensable. Yeah, I would recommend 365 for anyone looking to take their business really to a professional level, as well as being able to utilize technology to lower their own costs. It really is sort of a partner in your business. So if you're doing certain tasks or using technology, you can use 365 really to kind of scale your business and grow with you. So it's really applicable for anyone in business or even in your personal life to use technology and able to free your time to do other things and complete tasks.

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Access Controls/Permissions
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Access Expiration Management
388
Important

Document Locator

Top Features
34/45
  • Access Expiration Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Annotations
  • Customizable Branding
  • Document Editing
  • Email Management
  • Metadata Extraction
  • Secure Data Storage
  • SSL Security
  • Tagging
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Approval Process Control
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Trail
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Content Management
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Automation
  • Document Capture
  • Document Classification
  • Document Generation
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Signature
  • File Conversion
  • File Recovery
  • File Sharing
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • Mobile Access
  • Offline Access
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Search/Filter
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Version Control
  • Workflow Management
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Microsoft 365

20/45
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Document Locator
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Microsoft 365
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Document Locator
  • By ColumbiaSoft
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1998
Microsoft 365
  • By Microsoft
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1975
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