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OpenText Corporation

OpenText Magellan

Composite Score

7.4 /10

CX Score

7.7 /10

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What is OpenText Magellan?

Watch as a combination of machine learning and AI data analysis comes to life with OpenText's Magellan solution. This all-in-one composite AI for analytics platform helps users gain knowledge from unstructured content and deep-dive into massive amounts of data with self-service and AP-powered insights, all helping your organization increase efficiency and reduce costs. OpenText Magellan is the product your company needs.

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OpenText Magellan Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

89 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love OpenText Magellan?

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100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Feature Engineering

Explainability

Openness and Flexibility

Data Labeling

Algorithm Recommendation

Ensembling

Model Tuning

Data Exploration and Visualization

Data Ingestion

Data Pre-Processing

Performance and Scalability

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

OpenText Magellan Reviews

Chibuike N.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

A highly capable solution for large industries.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates OpenText Magellan from other similar products?

OpenText has a more robust legal and compliance capabilities than other softwares we’ve used.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of this software is how it provides seamless, efficient, and highly organized way to store, retrieve and manage legal and compliance documents. And also it’s ability to automate legal and compliance documents is effortless!

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing I can remember atm.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This product is primarily designed for large companies. Especially compliance heavy-companies.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Vendor's Interest First
Vendor Friendly Policies

Shivam M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Robust and Easy to implement ---

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates OpenText Magellan from other similar products?

Features and robustness

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It's quite time saving for any organization.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost is high.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Atleast, for 1 month please use and I can bet you will not regret the decision.

Pros

Reliable
Helps Innovate
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Cons

Less Friendly Negotiation
Vendor Friendly Policies
Less Generous

Alisha M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2025

Versatile Analytics Tool with a Learning Curve

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates OpenText Magellan from other similar products?

It combines data integration, advanced analytics, AI, and reporting under a single ecosystem, which reduces the need for multiple separate products. Magellan is also strong in handling large, complex enterprise data and works well with other OpenText technologies, making it a good fit for organizations already using their ecosystem. Its ability to automate workflows and deliver insights across structured and unstructured data is another key advantage.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of OpenText Magellan is how well it brings analytics, AI, and automation together in one platform. It’s convenient to have data integration, machine learning, and visualization tools all connected, so you can go from raw data to insights without switching systems

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about OpenText Magellan is that it can feel complex and heavy to set up and manage. The platform is powerful, but that also means it requires technical expertise, especially for integration and customization. Updates and configuration can take time, and the learning curve can be steep for new users.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

be prepared for a setup that requires some technical know-how. It works best when both IT and business teams are involved from the start. Plan your implementation carefully, use vendor or partner support if needed, and test real-world use cases to make sure it meets your needs.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

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OpenText Magellan Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

89 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love OpenText Magellan?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Feature Engineering Ability to extract and build features from raw data.

Explainability Ability to explain/ visualize the model.

Openness and Flexibility Integration with open-source and 3P resources (languages, frameworks, libraries, etc.)

Data Labeling Ability to annotate/ label data to create a training data set.

Algorithm Recommendation Ability to recommend a best ML algorithm to use based on dataset characteristics.

Ensembling 'Ability to combine ML models for best results.

Model Tuning Ability to fine-tune models based on monitoring feedback within the platform.

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

Data Ingestion Ability to access data from various sources on-prem and in the cloud and of various type: structured, unstructured, and semi-structured, real-time, etc.

Data Pre-Processing Ability to wrangle or pre-process data to ready it for model training.

Performance and Scalability Systems performance (time) and scalability end-to-end: from data load and processing to model creation and deployment.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

OpenText Magellan Reviews

Chibuike N.

A highly capable solution for large industries.

Likeliness to Recommend

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Shivam M.

Robust and Easy to implement ---

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Alisha M.

Versatile Analytics Tool with a Learning Curve

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Feature Engineering

Explainability

Openness and Flexibility

Data Labeling

Algorithm Recommendation

Ensembling

Model Tuning

Data Exploration and Visualization

Data Ingestion

Data Pre-Processing

Performance and Scalability

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement