Contentful vs. Modern Campus CMS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Contentful
Score 6.5 out of 10
N/A
Contentful is a cloud based CMS solution that provides the ability to manage content across multiple platforms.The editing interface allows for managing content interactively and provides developers the ability to deliver the content with the programming language and template framework of their choice.
$0
Modern Campus CMS
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Modern Campus CMS (formerly Omni Campus) is a CMS for institutions of higher education. It can be deployed as a cloud-based service or hosted locally. It is built in Java, uses open standards, and is extensible through APIs.N/A
Pricing
ContentfulModern Campus CMS
Editions & Modules
Lite
$300
per month
Community
Free
Enterprise
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ContentfulModern Campus CMS
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ContentfulModern Campus CMS
Features
ContentfulModern Campus CMS
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
7.3
8 Ratings
10% below category average
Modern Campus CMS
10.0
6 Ratings
21% above category average
Role-based user permissions7.38 Ratings10.06 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.0
9 Ratings
5% above category average
Modern Campus CMS
9.3
5 Ratings
20% above category average
API8.38 Ratings8.65 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language7.76 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
7.7
10 Ratings
0% below category average
Modern Campus CMS
8.9
6 Ratings
14% above category average
WYSIWYG editor7.34 Ratings9.26 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.56 Ratings9.26 Ratings
Admin section8.08 Ratings9.26 Ratings
Page templates7.64 Ratings9.65 Ratings
Library of website themes7.52 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design7.75 Ratings8.85 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.09 Ratings9.26 Ratings
Form generator7.01 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.0
9 Ratings
8% above category average
Modern Campus CMS
8.8
6 Ratings
18% above category average
Content taxonomy8.08 Ratings9.26 Ratings
SEO support7.07 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Bulk management7.75 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.56 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Community / comment management9.01 Ratings9.64 Ratings
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User Ratings
ContentfulModern Campus CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(10 ratings)
9.2
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(5 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ContentfulModern Campus CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
Contentful
Contentful is well suited for folks who want a simple, clean, easy-to-use interface for a JAVASCRIPT website. If you do not want a javascript website you should look [elsewhere].
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Modern Campus
OU Campus is the best CMS product I've seen, especially when you have a large organization with less staff and resources. Also, its power, if one team likes marketing, handles all pages and that saves a lot of time and effort. I strongly like the components/snippets. Tags all dynamic modules.
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Pros
Contentful
  • Clean, modern interface (not clunky and outdated, like WordPress)
  • High degree of flexibility (I can structure data any way my clients need)
  • Enables headless frontend (i.e. I can build any frontend I want without having to change my CMS)
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Modern Campus
  • The JustEdit feature makes updating content a breeze. With a small staff, we rely on others to update their content. OU Campus makes it easy.
  • Site-wide find and replace. I use the site-wide find and replace feature for all sorts of things - links, enrollment numbers, department names. It's really helpful.
  • Customer service. The staff at OU Campus answers questions quickly and is always willing to discuss the most effective ways to take on new projects.
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Cons
Contentful
  • The new Contentful "branches" feature looked promising (it appears to mirror a git-like repository) but it requires the CLI, which isn't necessarily practical for teams that aren't current CLI users. It would be nice if the management of this feature were available via the UI (without that it causes more confusion than anything).
  • The Contentful data modeling method makes for a bit of an awkward SDK developer experience in some strongly typed languages like Java. Most things that you might need can be accomplished, but it feels like the experience could be smoother.
  • It would be nice if there were a way to migrate data between spaces (e.g. from your staging space to production).
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Modern Campus
  • Formatting. The page can sometimes look very differently when published than what it looks like while editing. Some improvements have been made in this area with version 10 however.
  • Find and replace. The command+F needs to find text on the page while editing, not present an actual find and replace dialog box. At least give me the option to simply "find" the text I'm looking for. The dialog box just gets in the way most of the time.
  • There is not a way to "unpublish" items. At least not a way that I can think of. I would like the ability to pull a page offline without deleting it. Seems like it should be done simpler.
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Likelihood to Renew
Contentful
No answers on this topic
Modern Campus
We renewed our contract with OmniUpdate-OU Campus for reasons previously mentioned and also the well-provided tech support received from the company.
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Usability
Contentful
No answers on this topic
Modern Campus
Once you've been training how to use it, it's really easy to use it on a daily basis
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Support Rating
Contentful
No answers on this topic
Modern Campus
The support at OmniUpdate is one of the reasons we continued with the company when time for renewal of contract.
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Implementation Rating
Contentful
No answers on this topic
Modern Campus
The support team at OmniUpdate is available to assisting campuses with implementation
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Alternatives Considered
Contentful
Easy to use and much more organized as a single platform versus multi. The layout is clean and easy to read and we don’t have to worry about certain users safe guarding data or content then losing it when they leave the company. It’s a one stop shop for imagery
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Modern Campus
Before using OU Campus Content Management System we were using Adobe's DreamWeaver suite for creating and maintaining web pages. The core web development environment was cumbersome to set up. Non-tech people also had trouble understanding how the web works and how web pages are created/maintained. OU Campus Content Management System solved all problems for us.
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Return on Investment
Contentful
  • There was no negative impact as such.
  • Positive impact is increase in sales.
  • More work is delivered due to reusability and other features within a time and less manual effort.
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Modern Campus
  • The positive impact of OU Campus is that is has increased employee efficiency and improved customer service among staff and students.
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ScreenShots

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Modern Campus CMS Screenshots

Screenshot of OU Campus in-context editingScreenshot of OU Campus forms managementScreenshot of OU Campus user dashboardScreenshot of OU Marketplace: one-stop shop for OU Campus modules and cost-free gadgets