Optimizely CMS is a great DXP for the investment.
October 12, 2023
Optimizely CMS is a great DXP for the investment.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Software Version
Optimizely Content Cloud
Overall Satisfaction with Optimizely Content Management System
We are system integrators, previously integrating Ektron and Episerver, now Optimizely Content Cloud. We have done implementations for the California Employment Development Department and currently for the California Highway Patrol. The main issue we solve with these implementations is to empower organizations to quickly and effectively publish web content with an easy-to-use interface with workflows for content governance and compliance.
- Very effective content management interface, with drag-and-drop capabilities.
- Great ability to customize workflows to fit an organizations web content lifecycle.
- Effective mechanisms for multi-site implementations allow multiple sites to be hosted in a single solution.
- Integrations with personalization products at Optimizely (on the roadmap with Optimizely One).
- Greatly reduced time to publish web content.
- Reduction in manual processes to get content published (workflows within the system).
It was quick to implement. We are system integrators, and so working with new products can be challenging. Optimizely's documentation, specifically, was easy to read and developers on our team were able to quickly build solutions using the system. In addition, the code-first approach to building using Optimizely CMS was extremely effective and time-saving for developers. Lastly, the deployment architecture for Optimizely on-premise and PaaS deployment is simple and straightforward as compared to other enterprise WCMS solutions (like Sitecore).
Optimizely CMS is part of a more composable suite when it comes to DXPs. With that, some other systems like Sitecore Experience Platform are monoliths, which makes the development and maintenance of those products fairly complex (this includes system architecture). In our experience, Optimizely makes it simpler to implement solutions in a rapid manner and "tack on" additional products if needed as organizations grow and are able to leverage that functionality.
Do you think Optimizely Content Management System delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Optimizely Content Management System's feature set?
Yes
Did Optimizely Content Management System live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Optimizely Content Management System go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Optimizely Content Management System again?
Yes