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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Optimizely Content Management System

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AOptimizely Content Management System (CMS) is purpose-built for marketers, and fully composable for developers. The CMS supports the end-to-end content lifecycle, helping users to deliver on-brand, high-impact digital experiences that 'wow' audiences.N/A

    Salesforce CMS

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Marketing Cloud Personalization (formerly Salesforce CMS) is a hybrid CMS allowing users to author content once and deliver it anywhere, in or out of Salesforce. Users create content, define content access, and define channels so they can share content and limit access to appropriate contributors. For an experience built with Salesforce, users can choose from two of the company's “what-you-see-is-what-you-get” (WYSIWYG) tools: Experience Builder and Commerce Page Designer. If the user…N/A
    Pricing
    Optimizely Content Management SystemSalesforce CMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Optimizely Content Management SystemSalesforce CMS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Optimizely Content Management SystemSalesforce CMS
    Considered Both Products
    Optimizely
    Chose Optimizely Content Management System
    Much better
    Incentivized
    Chose Optimizely Content Management System
    It's comparable to the ones that I mentioned in most ways. I selected this product because it was the easiest and most affordable. Easiest in terms of we already were on the Optimizely platform, so to go to another would be lots of work time and money. So it was truly the least …
    Incentivized
    Chose Optimizely Content Management System
    Much better content management.
    Incentivized
    Chose Optimizely Content Management System
    It is much more intuitive and easily customizable.
    Incentivized
    Chose Optimizely Content Management System
    We chose Optimizely CMS for its proposed ROI, it's extensibility, and it's quality developer/integrator community. With a good integrator, there is very little you can't do with this platform.

    I was at an agency that used Sitecore, which is one of Optimizely's main competitors …
    Incentivized
    Chose Optimizely Content Management System
    Among all the CMS products that I've tested, Episerver had a stronger coupling with an e-commerce product (Episerver Commerce), and that was the main reason we went with it. Besides that, the main reasons why I wouldn't go with each, would be mainly:

    Joomla:
    Incentivized
    Chose Optimizely Content Management System
    Umbraco is quite close to my heart. I've done lots of CMS implementations in Umbraco, done a little bit of Sitecore, done some WordPress. Well, it's a more refined commercial product that's more mature. So Umbraco for example, that's an open source free content management …
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    Salesforce
    Chose Salesforce CMS
    This fits into the mold with the other Salesforce services. Once you get used to the suite and the nuances of each platform, things become easy. Just read any documentation first, as jumping in will only get you so far, and the more connections with the other apps, the more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Salesforce CMS
    Integration between the two is easy and superb
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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
    Optimizely Content Management SystemSalesforce CMS
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Optimizely Content Management System and Salesforce CMS
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    8.4
    152 Ratings
    Salesforce CMS
    10.0
    25 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.4152 Ratings10.025 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Optimizely Content Management System and Salesforce CMS
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    8.0
    150 Ratings
    Salesforce CMS
    10.0
    24 Ratings
    API8.1145 Ratings10.024 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language7.8112 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Optimizely Content Management System and Salesforce CMS
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    7.9
    175 Ratings
    Salesforce CMS
    10.0
    21 Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor7.8161 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.3150 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Admin section8.2161 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Page templates8.4154 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.587 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design8.0157 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.2154 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Form generator6.9117 Ratings10.017 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Optimizely Content Management System and Salesforce CMS
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    7.6
    164 Ratings
    Salesforce CMS
    10.0
    21 Ratings
    Content taxonomy8.2149 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    SEO support7.2149 Ratings10.017 Ratings
    Bulk management7.1123 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.5130 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Community / comment management8.0108 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Optimizely Content Management SystemSalesforce CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (201 ratings)
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (33 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (67 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)