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Should I use OpenText?

Not disclosed - opentext.com

Depends. Buy only if you are a large, regulated enterprise needing deep ECM, security, or compliance breadth and can absorb sales-led pricing and admins. Small and mid-sized teams will find it opaque, expensive, and overkill.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 45+ public sources; vendor publishes no pricing, so cost figures come from third parties only.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo reliable support ratings in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Custom quote

Enterprise licensing

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierNo

Best for

  • Large regulated enterprises
  • Government / FedRAMP workloads
  • Document-heavy compliance teams
  • Firms consolidating legacy ECM

Not for

  • Small teams wanting a simple contact or doc store
  • Startups needing transparent, self-serve pricing
  • Anyone without dedicated admins and services budget
  • Buyers wanting a quick setup this week

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Pricing is quote-only; budget for negotiation and add-ons

medium

PeerSpot users raise cost concerns on contact-center analytics

medium

Serial acquisitions (Carbonite for $1.4B) create overlapping SKUs and migration decisions

low

Only free trials visible; no permanent free tier

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Rated 4.2/5 across 3,149 G2 seller reviews
  • Broad portfolio: content management, cybersecurity, ITSM, eDiscovery, analytics
  • FedRAMP authorized, used by federal agencies
  • Decades-long track record with 1,800+ published customer case studies
  • Some modules praised for intuitive interfaces

Cons

  • No published pricing; costs emerge only through sales
  • Education customers hit with announced price increases
  • Repeated critical vulnerabilities, including RCE flaws
  • Employee reviews allege yearly layoffs and high turnover

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/24/2026 - 12 sources - Multiple CVEs, including RCE flaws in Directory Services and Extended ECM; patches published.

official x2review x4security x3news x3
  • CVE-2025-15579: OpenText Directory Services RCE, Deserialization flaw enabling remote code execution.
  • Insecure deserialization vulnerability, Vendor advisory KB0859600 with patch guidance.
  • Multiple post-auth RCEs in Extended ECM, SEC Consult advisory on Content Server vulnerabilities.
  • Critical ECM vulnerabilities patched, SecurityWeek report on several critical fixes in the CMS.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Custom-quote pricing; reported increases for education customers
  • Ease of use: 3/5. Some products praised for UI; enterprise setup is complex
  • Feature depth: 5/5. Huge portfolio: ECM, security, ITSM, eDiscovery
  • Support quality. No reliable support ratings in sources
  • Security posture: 2/5. Multiple RCE CVEs across product lines
  • 4.2/5 G2 seller rating 3,149 reviews across products
  • 5,721 Glassdoor reviews employee sentiment, mixed
  • 1991 Founded publicly traded (OTEX)
  • 1,827 Published case studies per FeaturedCustomers

Pricing

Enterprise licensing

Not disclosed

  • Per-product, per-seat or per-server licensing
  • Free developer trials available for some products

Security

Multiple CVEs, including RCE flaws in Directory Services and Extended ECM; patches published.

  • CVE-2025-15579: OpenText Directory Services RCEDeserialization flaw enabling remote code execution.⁷
  • Insecure deserialization vulnerabilityVendor advisory KB0859600 with patch guidance.
  • Multiple post-auth RCEs in Extended ECMSEC Consult advisory on Content Server vulnerabilities.⁸
  • Critical ECM vulnerabilities patchedSecurityWeek report on several critical fixes in the CMS.⁹

What users say

G2 buyers rate the products well (4.2/5 across 3,149 reviews), while employee and community threads flag layoffs, turnover, and friction.

“OpenText is the worst company I've worked at”
Reddit, r/waterloo

Companies that use it

  • Nestlé
  • Metropolitan Utilities District
Full analysis

Based on 45+ public sources; vendor publishes no pricing, so cost figures come from third parties only.

Enterprise info-management giant: deep, broad, expensive. Right for regulated giants; overkill with opaque pricing for small teams.

Methodology

Based on 45+ public sources; vendor publishes no pricing, so cost figures come from third parties only.

Sources

  1. OpenText Products — 3,149 G2 Reviewsg2.com
    review
  2. OpenText Glassdoor Reviewsglassdoor.com
    review
  3. Reddit: OpenText is the worst company I've worked atreddit.com
    review
  4. Reddit: OpenText turnover discussionreddit.com
    review
  5. Vendr: OpenText pricing marketplacevendr.com
    news
  6. Concensus: OpenText education price increaseconcensus.com
    news
  7. CVE-2025-15579 — OpenText Directory Services RCEsentinelone.com
    security
  8. SEC Consult: Extended ECM RCE advisorysec-consult.com
    security
  9. SecurityWeek: Critical OpenText ECM vulnerabilities patchedsecurityweek.com
    security
  10. OpenText FedRAMP authorized blogblogs.opentext.com
    official
  11. OpenText developer free trialsdeveloper.opentext.com
    official
  12. Crunchbase: OpenText profilecrunchbase.com
    news

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