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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Magnolia

    Score8.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Founded in Switzerland in 1997, Magnolia is a CMS used to build composable digital experiences. Magnolia helps create fully integrated customer experiences and speeds up digital delivery of content. Magnolia boasts 480 enterprise customers, thousands of Community Edition deployments, and more than 200 certified Magnolia Partners around the world. They further state that their enterprise customers include Sanofi, Generali, the Atlassian, The New York Times, Harley Davidson, and Union…

    $3,500

    per month

    Pricing
    Adobe Experience ManagerMagnolia
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    DX Core
    $3500
    per month
    DX Cloud
    $6000
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Experience ManagerMagnolia
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Experience ManagerMagnolia
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Experience Manager
    Because it is sponsored by Gartner
    Incentivized
    Magnolia
    Chose Magnolia
    Magnolia DXP offers similar or more capability compared to the other platform, while much easier to implement. For example, Adobe Experience Manager tend to be more monolithic in nature, heavier footprint compared to Magnolia. Hence when implementing a DXP, it is much faster to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Magnolia
    I need to specific and say I've had experiences of these platform from previous roles, they were not considered by Good Things Foundation.

    My experience is that Magnolia delivers the power of these high end platforms but is generally more accessible to get going and develop …
    Incentivized
    Chose Magnolia
    Of all the ones we looked at that met our requirements Magnolia was clearly the best value for money and had a solid background that you could trust and that could take care of you in case of problems.
    Incentivized
    Chose Magnolia
    One of the most important points that magnolia has over other products is the possibility of extending its functionalities. Being open-source, it is possible to inspect how everything is done and replicate it to change functionalities. In this way, many features that customers …
    Incentivized
    Chose Magnolia
    Good documentation and examples Online demos to mess with and test functionalities Easier to install Better knowledge about the product Ability to centralize content of the same type in apps Better performance in some scenarios Better usability: In the newest versions, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Magnolia
    Magnolia is a good competitor in the DXP scenario: Reduced costs License costs are contained, what brings customers the ability to develop their business with a minor impact Open source platform It helps customers to adapt the platform to some special needs DXP …
    Incentivized
    Chose Magnolia
    Magnolia is amazing and compared to the alternatives available, it is affordable and I find it more resourceful and a performer and hence the reason we have it our primary CMS solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose Magnolia
    It does not nearly do what AEM does, but the again, it is much easier to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Magnolia
    Magnolia is a java based CMS system and the features it comes with satisfied the needs of the project.
    Incentivized
    Chose Magnolia
    Magnolia is the most flexible, with the best ease of use in all cases. It just has the best of both worlds. It is significantly more than just a CMS. And you have a good foundation for building up your platform without losing possibilities to change parts in the future.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    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 Experience ManagerMagnolia
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Adobe Experience Manager and Magnolia
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    8.4
    38 Ratings
    Magnolia
    8.1
    70 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.438 Ratings8.170 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Adobe Experience Manager and Magnolia
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    8.0
    33 Ratings
    Magnolia
    8.1
    69 Ratings
    API7.829 Ratings8.562 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.129 Ratings7.762 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Adobe Experience Manager and Magnolia
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    7.5
    38 Ratings
    Magnolia
    8.0
    75 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor7.433 Ratings8.566 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness6.734 Ratings8.466 Ratings
    Admin section7.034 Ratings8.071 Ratings
    Page templates7.637 Ratings8.973 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.326 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.835 Ratings8.564 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.135 Ratings7.574 Ratings
    Form generator7.629 Ratings6.959 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Adobe Experience Manager and Magnolia
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    7.3
    37 Ratings
    Magnolia
    7.5
    70 Ratings
    Content taxonomy7.731 Ratings7.664 Ratings
    SEO support7.133 Ratings7.264 Ratings
    Bulk management7.236 Ratings7.658 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.534 Ratings7.963 Ratings
    Community / comment management7.130 Ratings6.952 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Adobe Experience ManagerMagnolia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (85 ratings)
    8.1
    (79 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (50 ratings)
    8.0
    (69 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.5
    (68 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (11 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)