agorum core open vs Mayan EDMS
Last updated November 2026
Looking for a European alternative to Mayan EDMS? Here's how agorum core open compares, on EU hosting, GDPR and what it does.
Our pick for a European buyer: agorum core open. We weight data residency, GDPR and EU jurisdiction above everything else — that is the constraint this directory exists to solve.
What it is
Self-hosted open-source document management for teams
Open-source document management system for capturing, indexing, and retrieving files.
Headquarters
🇩🇪 DE
🇺🇸 US · 2010
EU data residency
not established
Not offeredSelf-hosted; data residency is determined by the customer’s deployment.
DSGVO / GDPR
Yes
not established
Certifications
No
No
Price from
No
$9.99/mo
Free plan
Yes
Yes
Open Source
Yes
Yes
Ratings
No
No
Integrations
PatOrg, REST API, CMIS
OpenID Connect, LDAP, SSO, Amazon S3, MinIO +3
Where each one wins
agorum core open
Strengths
- +Flexible and configurable platform with integration options
- +Ability to select or switch AI models, including locally hosted ones
- +Strong search and full-text search capabilities
- +Open-source foundation with document storage and versioning
- +Control over data and deployment choices
- +Helpful and knowledgeable vendor support
- +Audit-proof, GDPR and GoBD compliant records
Limitations
- −Dated and unintuitive interface with unclear clickable elements
- −Complexity and setup effort for deployment
- −Open edition lacks workflow editor and AI functions
Mayan EDMS
Strengths
- +Highly customizable and extensible
- +Strong OCR and document processing capabilities
- +Active open-source community
- +REST API with OpenAPI documentation
Limitations
- −Requires technical expertise for self-hosting
- −No vendor-managed EU/German hosting
- −No published DPA or subprocessor list
- −Limited out-of-the-box integrations beyond core features
Data residency & compliance
agorum core open
Mayan EDMS
EU data residency
not established
Not offeredSelf-hosted; data residency is determined by the customer’s deployment.
Transfer mechanism
not established
not established
DPA
not established
not established
Sub-processors
not established
not established
Certifications
No
No
Pricing
agorum core open
- agorum core open Free permanent licenseNo time limit · Full document management features · Access to APIs
Mayan EDMS
- Self-hosted open-source Free No chargeNo licensing fees · Community support
- Self Guided $9.99 Per monthBasic support · 1 ticket per month
- Level 4 Enterprise $1,099 Per month5 tickets per month · 1 installation · Extended business hours support
- Custom Contract On request Per yearStarts at $35,000 · Custom terms
Support plans are optional; core software is free and open-source.
Features
agorum core open
- Document management
- Central filing and organization, Versioning, Email archiving, Scanner integration
- Search and retrieval
- Full-text search
- Collaboration
- Basic collaboration tools
- Extensibility and integration
- REST API access, CMIS interface for PatOrg IP Basic
Mayan EDMS
- Capture and ingestion
- Browser and server-side uploads, Watched folders, Cloud object storage (e.g., Amazon S3, MinIO), IMAP/POP3 email ingestion
- Document handling
- Document versions and files, PDF export, Document previews, Metadata, tags, indexes, and cabinets
- Processing and automation
- OCR (Optical Character Recognition), Workflow states and transitions, Workflow-triggered actions (e.g., email), Templating
- Security and administration
- Granular role-based permissions, Configurable authentication, LDAP and Single Sign-On (SSO) support, TOTP two-factor authentication
- Integration and extensibility
- Versioned REST API with OpenAPI documentation, Pluggable storage backends, SANE-compatible scanners