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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Business Catalyst was a cloud-hosted system for building and managing web content and online stores with a built-in CRM framework in addition to sales, service, and marketing features including eCommerce and Email Marketing tools. It has been end of life (EOL) since 2020.

    $10

    per month

    WordPress

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AWordpress is an open-source publishing platform popular with bloggers, and a content management system, known for its simplicity and modifiability. Websites may host their own blogging communities, controlling and moderating content from a single dashboard.

    $3

    per month 6 GB storage

    Pricing
    Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)WordPress
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Personal
    $4
    per month 6 GB storage
    Premium
    $8
    per month 13 GB storage
    Business
    $25
    per month 50 GB storage
    Commerce
    $45
    per month 50 GB storage
    Enterprise
    Contact for pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)WordPress
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing for Business and Commerce plans vary on number of GB.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)WordPress
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    We prefer Adobe Business Catalyst over WordPress. Adobe Business Catalyst websites are more secure and you don't have to update plug-ins. Saving our clients in cost over time.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    I use WordPress along with Adobe Business Catalyst for CMS but I strongly prefer BC, mainly because of constant WordPress updates that I have to manage.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    We didn't really used many products before deciding to use Business Catalyst. When we started we developed sites using an old product (GoLive) and then created a few sites in WordPress. We didn't like that fact that WordPress needed an add-on every time we wanted additional …
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    Adobe Business Catalyst has Web Apps which makes all the difference between them and competitors. Without that, BC would be behind many of the other CMS systems out there. Being a hosted system without any maintenance needs also puts it ahead of others. LightCMS is easier for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    More reliable; more integrated tools.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    I would say that all things considered Adobe Business Catalyst is an excellent product. It does have some short-comings, but it is fantastic all around. It has a nice way of tying everything in your digital presence together nicely. If you do not have a ton of money to spend on …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    Bigcommerce or Shopify
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    As far as the CMS for BC goes, there is none out there that compares. In the past we have utilized Joomla, Wordpress, Mambo, Drupal, Concrete 5 and others. None of them were as easy to use and train on that Adobe's Business Catalyst. Our alternative to BC is WordPress when our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    I have worked with BigCommerce, ExpressionEngine, WordPress and other custom content management systems. The speed of the setup and ease of use are the primary reasons I choose BusinessCatalyst over other systems. While the CRM and Email platform are not as extensive as others, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    I prefer Adobe Business Catalyst to the open source competitors because they require a bit of upkeep to keep versions and plug-ins updated; BC does the versioning and updating for you.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    All-in-one solution, no need to worry about compatibility
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    Adobe Business Catalyst is our favorite web content management system - it has everything built in and, being in the cloud, never needs manual updating like the open source stuff out there. It's contact database isn't as robust as SalesForce or Sugar, but it works and is …
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    BC may not be as customizable as these two, but it is a much more of a secure option.
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    Business Catalyst outperforms other CMS systems out there. Because it's a hosted content management system maintained by Adobe we have to spend less time worrying about server setup, maintenance, and security and more time building better websites. We also don't have to worry …
    Chose Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    WordPress, out of the box, is a very powerful platform. It, however, might need a lot of third-party plugins to make it do exactly what a client needs. In contract, Business Catalyst, out of the box, has many more features. For certain clients, a solution like BC is the perfect …
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    Would buy again
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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
    Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)WordPress
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued) and WordPress
    Feature
    Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    6.6
    14 Ratings
    WordPress
    8.7
    107 Ratings
    API7.911 Ratings9.097 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.481 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued) and WordPress
    Feature
    Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress
    8.7
    131 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.7131 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued) and WordPress
    Feature
    Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress
    8.3
    137 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.7124 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.0123 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings8.7135 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings9.0132 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings6.5134 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.0133 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.7128 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings9.0106 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued) and WordPress
    Feature
    Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress
    8.6
    135 Ratings
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings8.9115 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings8.7121 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings7.4102 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.7124 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings9.2124 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)WordPress
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (21 ratings)
    8.4
    (173 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (37 ratings)
    Usability
    9.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)