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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acquia DAM (Widen)

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Acquia DAM (Widen) helps brands manage and distribute assets across teams, tools, and channels. A configurable metadata schema provides business-specific search and workflow capabilities. Plus, AI-powered auto tagging makes assets instantly findable. Content can be synced across systems using the API or pre-built integrations with over 50 tools, from creative suites to project management. Product-based companies can use Acquia DAM to build a unique 360º view of their product content. It…N/A

    Adobe Experience Manager

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Experience Manager is a combined web content management system and digital asset management system. The combined applications of Adobe Experience Manager Sites and Adobe Experience Manager Assets is offered by the vendor as an end-to-end solution for managing and delivering marketing content.N/A
    Pricing
    Acquia DAM (Widen)Adobe Experience Manager
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Acquia DAM (Widen)Adobe Experience Manager
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsGuided or full-service implementation options and annual subscriptions based on capabilities required. Workgroup and unlimited user options available. Storage with Amazon Web Services. Professional services available for strategy consulting, change management, administration services, design services, and managed integrations.
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    Community Pulse
    Acquia DAM (Widen)Adobe Experience Manager
    Considered Both Products
    Acquia
    Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
    I'm constantly evaluating other DAMs to see if it could be worth switching to something new. As of now, Acquia still fulfills our needs appropriately.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
    We decided to stick with Acquia DAM (Widen) in the short term but will be reviewing the options this or next year to better integrate with Social, Web, and Creative team needs. We use Sitecore for all our web services, so it needs to be compatible with that, Social also needs …
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Acquia DAM (Widen) had all the features we needed at a price that was not unaffordable. Also, having unlimited users and Admins is something few others have.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Acquia DAM (Widen) offers a specific set of solutions in the Experience management landscape.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Bynder was our solution and we just didn't see any innovation over the last couple of years. AEM is where we house technical documentation, but we need a more capable DAM, not just a place to stick PDFs. MediaValet was close but we just felt Acquia DAM (Widen) was a bit more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
    While I was not involved in the selection of Acquia DAM (Widen), as a previous user of AEM, I find Acquia DAM (Widen) to be much more user-friendly and functional out of the box. AEM seems to allow a higher degree of customization but requires a higher development cost. While …
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
    The Acquia DAM (Widen) templates function was much easier to use and integrate with our current DAM than any of the others that were demo'd.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
    I inherited Acquia DAM (Widen) when coming into this role 2.5 years ago. The search functionality and AI-driven data layer is much more intuitive with Brandfolder. There is a lot of manual metadata entry in Acquia DAM (Widen) that is cumbersome and often ignored, leading to a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
    There are a number of features that competitors provide that I would love to see incorporated into Acquia DAM (Widen) but the pricing for Acquia DAM (Widen) is the best value for us.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Acquia DAM (Widen) seems to have much more experience with a DAM than Adobe currently does. Also, AEM is used more for web content while we are focused on a solid working DAM right now.
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    Adobe
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Acquia DAM (Widen)Adobe Experience Manager
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Acquia DAM (Widen) and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    6.6
    62 Ratings
    Adobe Experience Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.259 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports4.954 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports5.443 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data exportability8.143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content analytics7.346 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM Features
    Comparison of DAM Features features of Acquia DAM (Widen) and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    6.8
    83 Ratings
    Adobe Experience Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Uploading assets7.782 Ratings00 Ratings
    Downloading assets8.183 Ratings00 Ratings
    Categories5.979 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset storage8.682 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset sharing8.682 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset search7.183 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tagging system6.479 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content editing3.463 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embed codes6.555 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata6.770 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collections7.675 Ratings00 Ratings
    User access6.777 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM Integrations7.658 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM API7.642 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow automations5.440 Ratings00 Ratings
    Related asset discovery5.350 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acquia DAM (Widen) and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Experience Manager
    8.4
    38 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.438 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Acquia DAM (Widen) and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Experience Manager
    8.0
    33 Ratings
    API00 Ratings7.829 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.129 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Acquia DAM (Widen) and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Experience Manager
    7.5
    38 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings7.433 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings6.734 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings7.034 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings7.637 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings7.326 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings7.835 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.135 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings7.629 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Acquia DAM (Widen) and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Experience Manager
    7.3
    37 Ratings
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.731 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings7.133 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings7.236 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings7.534 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings7.130 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Acquia DAM (Widen)Adobe Experience Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (188 ratings)
    8.5
    (85 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.6
    (10 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (50 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (176 ratings)
    7.2
    (11 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)