ManageWP vs. Percussion CMS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ManageWP
Score 10.0 out of 10
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ManageWP is a WordPress management console that allows users to manage multiple WordPress sites with ease.N/A
Percussion CMS
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Percussion Software's content management system is used by higher education, government agencies, and business organizations - SMB to Enterprise. Marketers use Percussion CMS to create, publish, and share multi-channel content.N/A
Pricing
ManageWPPercussion CMS
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ManageWPPercussion CMS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsStarting is easy and free. Premium upgrades are there for those that need more. If you want to free up your time and let ManageWP do the heavy lifting - we are there for you with a number of automations (safe updates, automated backups, scheduled security and performance checks, etc.), site migration tools, website templates and more. Special bundles were built for agencies and companies creating affordable discounts for customers with large number of websites.
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Community Pulse
ManageWPPercussion CMS
Considered Both Products
ManageWP
Chose ManageWP
ManageWP is the only website management product that we have used.
Chose ManageWP
I'm not sure there are other free options in this space. I haven't heard of any.
Chose ManageWP
Jetpack is going to be a contender in the future, however, at this point in time they are missing some features that ManageWP includes and does very well. These include automatic backups and a robust migration module. Though the UI in Jetpack is a little cleaner and prettier, …
Chose ManageWP
ManageWP is definitely the best in class product for WordPress website management. There are other tools such as InfiniteWP that do similar things, but don't have as complete an offering. Other options like WPEngine are also for hosting and we are not interested in that …
Chose ManageWP
Prior to ManageWP, we utilized InfiniteWP, a free (with paid extensions), self-hosted alternative. We found the interface to be unwieldy, and the paid extension pricing to be a bit confusing. The headache of maintaining the software and server infrastructure to run the …
Percussion CMS
Chose Percussion CMS
No contest. I can't wait to get off of Percussion CMS.
Features
ManageWPPercussion CMS
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
ManageWP
9.5
Ratings
16% above category average
Percussion CMS
3.0
Ratings
92% below category average
Role-based user permissions9.50 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
ManageWP
10.0
Ratings
27% above category average
Percussion CMS
1.0
Ratings
153% below category average
API10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language10.00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
ManageWP
8.2
Ratings
6% above category average
Percussion CMS
3.0
Ratings
88% below category average
WYSIWYG editor8.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.00 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Admin section9.80 Ratings2.00 Ratings
Page templates8.00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Library of website themes9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow7.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
ManageWP
7.0
Ratings
5% below category average
Percussion CMS
1.6
Ratings
128% below category average
SEO support8.00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Bulk management10.00 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions3.00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Community / comment management7.00 Ratings2.00 Ratings
Content taxonomy00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
ManageWPPercussion CMS
Small Businesses
Divi
Divi
Score 10.0 out of 10
ManageWP
ManageWP
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
ManageWPPercussion CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(0 ratings)
2.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ManageWPPercussion CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited to anyone that has a Wordpress website, whether it be an individual or a company managing multiple clients sites, its an easy way to manage, maintain and keep your website running smoothly and secure.
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Best suited for large organizations where everyone knows how to deal with Java in an increasingly Java unfriendly world. Said organization should be willing to pay a huge price for a piece of dinosaur technology
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Pros
  • ManageWP consolidates important WordPress site management services into on dashboard.
  • ManageWP makes backing up, cloning, and restoring websites so easy.
  • ManageWP provides a simple, easy to use interface.
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  • Separate CMS environment publishes to remote server environment - great for security
  • Highly scalable
  • Full scale workflow allows for custom routing, approving, etc..
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Cons
  • The reports could be prettier, more templates in order to avoid having to customize for each client so heavily.
  • It would be nice to see if recommended plugin updates are actually production and not beta versions.
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  • One word: JAVA! We don't live in the 1990's anymore! An AJAX/DHTML environment seems a long time coming.
  • Horrible end-user experience, learning curve. Our end users' inability to easily use the archaic, Java-based interface, means they send the web developer their content requests. This creates a huge bottleneck and completely defeats the purpose of a CMS.
  • Image mangement and integration with content is aweful and time consuming. An image processing tool called ImedImage was developed for Percussion at one point, and left completely stagnant with very little support.
  • Implementation is extremely complicated, given the complexity of the system. Sure, scalability is a good thing, but there is very little out-of-the box function. Don't expect to implement a site as quickly as with other CMS platforms.
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Usability
It's very straightforward for basic use, but less you dig in more for advanced use. Seems like it would be approachable to the average person.
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Alternatives Considered
ManageWP is definitely the best in class product for WordPress website management. There are other tools such as InfiniteWP that do similar things, but don't have as complete an offering. Other options like WPEngine are also for hosting and we are not interested in that element. I think that ManageWP is the best tool out there for what it does.
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No contest. I can't wait to get off of Percussion CMS.
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Return on Investment
  • Reduced update times - allows me to check for updates on all our sites once a week without spending countless time logging in and updating each one manually.
  • Free backups - allows me to have redundant backups just in case other systems fail, without any effort.
  • Free platform - many of the provided features are free, making it very useful for companies who want to keep costs low.
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  • We are locked into Percussion CMS simply due to the expense and complexity of migrating to another solution (and the lack of time and budget to do so). I long for the day when I am no longer required to support Percussion CMS, to say the least.
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ScreenShots

ManageWP Screenshots

Screenshot of ManageWP Overview page with Action centerScreenshot of ManageWP Websites page - landing page for website managementScreenshot of ManageWP Add-ons/Price breakdown pageScreenshot of ManageWP Security check with vulnerabilities detected on a number of websites