Contentful vs. OpenText Web CMS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Contentful
Score 6.2 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.
$300
per month
OpenText Web CMS
Score 5.0 out of 10
N/A
OpenText Web CMS (TeamSite) accelerates and simplifies the end-to-end digital content and campaign lifecycle, from content creation and rich media management to omnichannel publication, optimization, automation, commerce, and community. According to the vendor, with TeamSite, users can: Capture diverse digital audiences with amazing brand experiences – Give customers and prospects consistent, high-quality brand experiences across devices and channels, and foster closer…N/A
Pricing
ContentfulOpenText Web CMS
Editions & Modules
Lite
$300
per month
Community
Free
Enterprise
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ContentfulOpenText Web CMS
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ContentfulOpenText Web CMS
Considered Both Products
Contentful
Chose 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.
Chose Contentful
Contentful was affordable and much simpler than the Java based systems and preferred over a PHP solution
Chose Contentful
In the past we've used WordPress to manage documentation content. Wordpress was more flexible than Contentful but also prone to inconsistencies and we ended having a lot of hacks to accomplish various Wordpress tricks. With Contentful there's less ambiguity so content producers …
Chose Contentful
Contentful offers a great deal of features for a relatively low price. This is what ended up persuading us to purchase it. We also gathered that this was one of the more well-rated products out there, which was encouraging. It definitely stacks up well against its competitors.
Chose Contentful
Very similar to WordPress, but has more organizational properties than square space.
Chose Contentful
For custom solutions, Contentful blows every other CMS I've used out of the water. Unlike WordPress, there's no clutter to wade through, and you can simply build the infrastructure you need. It's more secure by far, and works seamlessly with modern frontend technologies, like …
Chose Contentful
Contentful was the most user-friendly platform that everyone in our company could understand. It doesn't have the integrations that Wordpress does, but it was easier for everyone in our organization to use. We've also seen good ranking and traffic from the pages created in …
Chose Contentful
Contentful is easy and fast and cheap. I went from zero experience to loading data out of my contentful space in about an hour or more. The cost is very reasonable and compared to options like CloudCMS are a fraction of the cost. The benefit is that with a lower cost entry …
OpenText Web CMS
Chose OpenText Web CMS
It offers more content editing features at a relatively low cost thus overall deployment is lower in cost. It has great customer support who are always there to support and answer to our needs thus making the process of deployment seamless at every stage and offering training …
Chose OpenText Web CMS
OpenText TeamSite has been more powerful and resourceful as compared to Storyblok. The cost of deployment was relatively low and it has more content editing features. The customer support team members are always online 24/7/367 and they offer the best training of working with …
Chose OpenText Web CMS
It offers an intuitive user experience, modern, versatile and consistent in performance. It simplifies the whole process of managing the digital experience across all marketing channels, which is done from a unified interface. This tool has enabled us to take control of our …
Chose OpenText Web CMS
OpenText went through an RFP process against IBM Content Management back in 2012. OpenText not only met our business and technical requirements, but we asked both vendors to show a use case and OpenText provided an extensive solution that IBM could not. Also the content …
Chose OpenText Web CMS
Elasticsearch is scalable, ready for cloud deployments, and documentation is readily available and comprehensive.

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Features
ContentfulOpenText Web CMS
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
7.3
Ratings
10% below category average
OpenText Web CMS
8.6
Ratings
6% above category average
Role-based user permissions7.30 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.0
Ratings
5% above category average
OpenText Web CMS
7.9
Ratings
4% above category average
API8.30 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language7.70 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
7.7
Ratings
0% below category average
OpenText Web CMS
8.0
Ratings
4% above category average
WYSIWYG editor7.30 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.50 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Admin section8.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Page templates7.60 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Library of website themes7.50 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design7.70 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Form generator7.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.0
Ratings
8% above category average
OpenText Web CMS
7.9
Ratings
7% above category average
Content taxonomy8.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
SEO support7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management7.70 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.50 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Community / comment management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ContentfulOpenText Web CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(0 ratings)
7.4
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
3.6
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ContentfulOpenText Web CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
Coming from WordPress, Contentful feels like content management as it should be. There's no clutter to get rid of, you can simply start building from scratch, and the end product is perfectly tailored to your or your clients needs.
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OpenText TeamSite is well-suited to large, enterprise-wide implementations where customization, content governance, and dynamic content distribution is needed or prioritized. It is probably not ideal for smaller sites with simple architecture and few resources to manage custom implementation.
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Pros
  • Contentful provides organized, flexible data models with support for a variety of data types and content editors (e.g. WYSIWYGs, form fields, raw text areas).
  • Contentful has great built-in versioning features with history and draft states so it's easy to make updates and revert when needed.
  • Contentful has an intuitive user interface and good support for multiple spaces (which can be helpful for companies that need separate projects for dev/staging/production).
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  • Offering compelling experiences to customers, which help in improving satisfaction
  • Information is delivered across multiple channels
  • Testing relevant result sets to improve the rate of website conversion
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Cons
  • Preview of changes prior to publishing
  • The ability to use a spell check plug-in when working on content (it doesn't work well with Grammarly)
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  • I have recommendation for improvements.
  • It is easy to work with all the features.
  • All necessary content management tools are included.
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Usability
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Overall, it's a solid package with the potential to offer much functionality with appropriate resources applied. There are a few issues with the authoring interface that OpenText should address before its a top shelf authoring experience.
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Support Rating
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Our technical resources engage with OpenText TeamSite so I don't have direct experience. However, critical issues that we need help with seem to get the attention they deserve without issue. However, training and user resources for business owner roles are a bit lacking and some annoying issues with the authoring interface should be addressed sooner.
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Alternatives Considered
Contentful was affordable and much simpler than the Java based systems and preferred over a PHP solution
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It offers more content editing features at a relatively low cost thus overall deployment is lower in cost. It has great customer support who are always there to support and answer to our needs thus making the process of deployment seamless at every stage and offering training for working with their product.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • We integrated with google analytics, now we have the proper comprehension of our audience data reception and behaviors - we've greatly improved on personalized marketing.
  • Quick publication of content across the main digital channels.
  • We run our digital campaigns swiftly.
  • We've maintained our brand consistency for three years.
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