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title: "M-Files: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "M-Files provides tools and services to organize and control business documents. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# M-Files: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

M-Files provides tools and services to organize and control business documents. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: M-Files
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among business document management platforms**: 8.8%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Business document management platforms | 3 | 8.8% | 12.3K |

- [Business document management platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/business-document-management-platforms)

## How has branded search demand for M-Files changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for M-Files worldwide fell from 18.4K to 12.3K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, M-Files’ estimated Share of Search among business document management platforms worldwide decreased from 10.4% to 8.8%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, M-Files’ estimated Share of Search among business document management platforms worldwide peaked at 11.8% in March 2026 and was lowest at 8.8% in August 2026.

## How did search popularity change for business document management platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, OpenText gained estimated Share of Search among business document management platforms worldwide, from 63.9% to 65.1%.
- In August 2026, DocuWare gained estimated Share of Search among business document management platforms worldwide, from 23.2% to 24%.
- In August 2026, M-Files lost estimated Share of Search among business document management platforms worldwide, from 10.4% to 8.8%.
- LogicalDOC’s estimated Share of Search among business document management platforms worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 1.3% to 0.72% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Folderit worldwide fell 34% over 11 measured months, from 2.9K to 1.9K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Business document management platforms | 18.4K | 10.4% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Business document management platforms | 18.3K | 11.7% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Business document management platforms | 15K | 11.7% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Business document management platforms | 18.4K | 11.8% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Business document management platforms | 18.4K | 11.7% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Business document management platforms | 18.5K | 11.8% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Business document management platforms | 18.4K | 11.7% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Business document management platforms | 15.1K | 11.6% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Business document management platforms | 15.1K | 10.4% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Business document management platforms | 15K | 10.4% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Business document management platforms | 12.3K | 8.8% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Business document management platforms | — | — | — |

## How is M-Files measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using M-Files’ name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “m files”
- “m-files”
- “m-files app”
- “m-files com”
- “m-files document management”
- “m-files software”

## Which business document management platforms compete with M-Files?

- [OpenText](/demand/global-en/brands/opentext): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/m-files-vs-opentext
- [DocuWare](/demand/global-en/brands/docuware): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/docuware-vs-m-files
- [Folderit](/demand/global-en/brands/folderit): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/folderit-vs-m-files
- [LogicalDOC](/demand/global-en/brands/logicaldoc): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/logicaldoc-vs-m-files

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "M-Files: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/m-files

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