# ShakeSpeare Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is ShakeSpeare the right Document Management solution for you? Explore 10 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/207450/ShakeSpeare-DMS/reviews --- ShakeSpeare 4.7 (10) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/207450/ShakeSpeare-DMS/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated December 16th, 2025 # Reviews of ShakeSpeare Ease of use 4.3 Customer Service 4.8 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-10 of 10 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Matej P. managing director Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "DMS for invoices with workflows" November 16, 2020 5.0 I like it, it enhances my work and helps me with ease of use of a DMS solution for invoices and archiving. Pros Out of the box preset workflows for invoice management and archiving. Cons As Apple user the graphical interface is not in lines of Big Sur design language. Review Source DB Denis B. CEO Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Game-changing software solution" November 19, 2020 5.0 Really satisfied - brings us the game-changing experience. Pros Easy to use, modular, easy to reconfigure or build up a new processes. Cons It's complex in learning-phase (for admin), but when you grab the know-how, it's easy and fast. Switched from [Microsoft SharePoint](https://www.capterra.com/p/1167/SharePoint/) Previous system was more-less hard-coded, one platform but with a separate applications. Shakespeare have this major advantage that all what we need and use is placed within the same application. With just one shortcut. Review Source Response from 42DBS November 23, 2020 Thank you very much for your feedback. We are always happy to receive positive reviews as well as feedback and improvement suggestions. HH Hanna H. Project Controller Accounting Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "System functionality" November 20, 2020 4.0 Pros Easy and intuiative handling. Good and flexible Workflow designs Cons Still quite manually process. No automatic readout of invoices Review Source Response from 42DBS November 23, 2020 Thank you very much for your feedbacks. We would like to inform you that we do offer automatic readout of invoice with our OCR module (GINI) which can be connected to a workflow for automatic readout (data-capture) of invoice information. Please feel free to get in touch with our team or me directly to show you the solution. The module was implemented as part of our standard offer for invoice processing in September 2020. ZB Ziga B. Head of Restructuring Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ShakeSpeare long term user review" November 20, 2020 5.0 Very satisfied. Pros Shakespeare software is daily used in our work for managing legal cases. It helps the users to have better overview of their tasks and status of legal cases. Software is also integrated with our courts, so it saves a lot of time and reduces operational risk, as it automatically tracks the development and status of certain legal cases. Additional integration with our core system is also possible, to even further automatize the manual work and focus really only on content of legal cases, instead of a lot of administrative tasks. Cons Not much, as the company listened to our needs and did needed modifications and upgrades to cover our needs and work process. Review Source Response from 42DBS November 23, 2020 Thank you very much for your response. As banking clients are one of our most important clients we are very happy to receive positive feedback for our solution and our work. AB Ana B. Company director Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "We use Shakespeare for invoice authorization" November 19, 2020 4.0 Overall experience is positive, especially in terms of customer support and personalization Pros transparency, personalization according to user needs Cons Outdated interface, not intuitive in terms of search Reason for choosing ShakeSpeare Integration with accounting software Review Source Response from 42DBS November 23, 2020 Thank you very much for your review. We are working on improving the browser-based interface to keep pace with the UX suggesions. A minor implementation of UI improvements with implementing a new graphical theme to the web browser interface. A major revamp of the user-interface is planned for summer 2021 which will also include an advanced and improved search function with a lot of new possibilities to search through data and documents in the system. AB Andreas B. Geschäftsführer Alternative Dispute Resolution Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "work flow optimization at the top level" November 20, 2020 5.0 It does take time to set up shakespeare according to my individual workflow needs, but once all is done it beats all the rest Pros shakespeare is a top tool to automate and digitalize pretty much all of your work flow tasks. This helps you to save so much time on your daily job Cons every process must be set up to your individual needs. for many of my workflows it was not possible to pull out a standard tool out of the box Review Source Response from 42DBS November 23, 2020 Thank you very much for your very positive review. We are working on offering more and more out-of-the-box workflows as part of our software, with many fields the requirements are quite specific so it is difficult to standardize, but we are definitely doing our best on a regular basis. SH Samy H. ICT Specialist / R&D Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Experiences so far" November 17, 2020 5.0 Pros Shakespeare has been extremely simple to use with high degree of adaptability no matter the clients' needs. It covers all the needs a work process might have from simplest tasks to complex branching out processes. Seamless user interface. Cons So far nothing, any issues found has been addressed in rolling updates. Review Source Response from 42DBS November 19, 2020 Thank you very much for the very positive feedback. We are happy to get validation for our technology. GT Gaber T. CTO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Affordable and feature rich DMS software" November 19, 2020 5.0 Our project had to integrate existing 3rd party front-end application with our backend application that was also connected to other external systems. ShakeSpeare DMS was used as document storage and document template engine in the project. Pros Configurable options for document storage with supported meta data. Easy customization of document templates using DMS engine. Out of the box integrations with several back-office systems. Cons We wanted to use REST interfaces for the integration but only SOAP interfaces are supported. Reason for choosing ShakeSpeare Solution vendor offers complete suite: DMS and BPM, which decreases IT project implementation risk significantly. Review Source Response from 42DBS November 23, 2020 Thank you very much for your feedback. We are always happy to receive positive reviews as well as feedback and improvement suggestions. BJ Bruno J. COO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ShakeSpeare DMS" November 19, 2020 5.0 Powerful tool for business process management. Pros Lots of possibility and useful tools for business process management. Cons Relatively difficult process programming. Requires a deeper IT knowledge. Review Source Response from 42DBS November 23, 2020 Thank you very much for your feedback. We are always happy to receive positive reviews as well as feedback and improvement suggestions. ED Emin D. Key Account Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "ShakeSpeare DMS & BPM" November 20, 2020 4.0 I am generally satisfied with the solution and the functionalities it offers. The solution can be customized to the client's needs within reasonable limits Pros Ability to customize solutions to customer needs Cons Sometimes simple modifications turn out to be complicated and require more time to develop and set up Review Source Response from 42DBS November 23, 2020 Thank you very much for your review and feedback. We are constantly working on supporting faster deployment of standard market requirements and are implementing new approaches to reduce resource requirements. Similar Products Featured