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    Acoustic Content

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AAcoustic Content (formerly Watson Content Hub) gives business owners the power to create, robust and consistent brand experiences using cloud-based, cognitive content management capabilities. Marketing and merchandising professionals can quickly select content to create relevant offers delivered across multiple channels, such as mobile, web-based or email. Acoustic is an independent spun off from IBM Watson Marketing in 2019.N/A

    Progress Sitefinity

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AProgress Sitefinity is a content management and customer analytics platform. It supports content management, tailored marketing, multi-channel management, and ecommerce sites.N/A
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    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Progress Software
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    Sitefinity is more robust than WordPress. It is much less expensive than either Oracle or IBM. It has a broad range of functional capabilities and it is very reliable. It is not a leader in security, but this was not our top priority. Its A/B testing is not as extensive as …
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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
    Acoustic ContentProgress Sitefinity
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acoustic Content and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.1
    163 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Role-based user permissions8.43 Ratings8.1163 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Acoustic Content and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.1
    144 Ratings
    1% above category average
    API8.33 Ratings8.1137 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.43 Ratings8.1106 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Acoustic Content and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.0
    170 Ratings
    12% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor7.43 Ratings8.1160 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.33 Ratings8.0151 Ratings
    Admin section8.33 Ratings8.0168 Ratings
    Page templates8.33 Ratings8.1164 Ratings
    Library of website themes9.03 Ratings8.0104 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design9.03 Ratings8.0155 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.43 Ratings8.1152 Ratings
    Form generator9.43 Ratings8.0140 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Acoustic Content and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.0
    164 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Content taxonomy8.33 Ratings8.1157 Ratings
    SEO support8.43 Ratings8.1151 Ratings
    Bulk management8.93 Ratings8.0122 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions9.43 Ratings8.0130 Ratings
    Community / comment management8.93 Ratings8.0121 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Acoustic ContentProgress Sitefinity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    7.1
    (171 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    7.2
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    4.6
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acoustic ContentProgress Sitefinity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acoustic
    We can organize all our content easily by uploading content files and other digital assets. CMS smart AI generates metadata by tagging them automatically which helps us to sort our content into different categories. CMS content modeling feature helps us to visualize our content structure, assemble them in an intelligent manner and reuse the content whenever we want to for different purposes.
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    Progress Software
    Progress Sitefinity remains a little heavyweight for sites that require basic text content, or a limited number of pages. However, its flexibility (including the range of different content types if supports) make it a good choice for any organization requiring advanced content management capabilities at an affordable price.
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    Pros
    Acoustic
    • Creating separate pages is easy and straightforward and only requires basic basic knowledge to get started
    • Advanced API calls can be easily built.
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    Progress Software
    • 'Low-code structured content' (dynamic content types) is one of Sitefinity's most powerful features that allows you to structure content according to business needs, while at the same time dampening editorial freedom to ensure accessibility, meta enhancement, SEO and API consumption can be achieved.
    • Sitefinity's content provider model allows us to flexibly (by means of admin interface) easily aggregate or separate content sharing within a multi-site instance.
    • This proofs particularly powerful in emerging situations where there suddenly is a demand for content sharing across countries or regions.
    • Adaptability at its core.
    • While there's never a perfect fit for everything, it allows for easy code customization and extension being a .NET application at heart. Giving it a corporate edge over other custom solutions, whether it is on the development side or deployment side (on premise, IaaS or Azure DevOps Paas). And it has enabled us to put the system to use in its core feature - which is to manage content, where on other occasions we were able to take full advantage of its features such as A/B testing and personalization.
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    Cons
    Acoustic
    • The organization of the application is poor and some elements could be more easily accessible not buried in menus.
    • There is little to no community around the application and what does exist is out of date.
    • Does not work well with our IBM applications as well as you would expect, which seems a common issue with IBM products.
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    Progress Software
    • Diagram or illustrate more use cases for server setups, and managing of upgrades.
    • I'd like to see the ability to synchronize from one server to multiple others at once.
    • Implementation assistance as part of the purchase rather than farming out to 3rd party, although they did answer every question we asked in order to determine our best architecture setup.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Acoustic
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    Progress Software
    Pricing makes this a no brainer. Not the best CMS, but with work arounds and some fumbling around we are able to make it do what we want it to do
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    Usability
    Acoustic
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    Progress Software
    Very big fan of this CMS, as it allows scalability, performance, and everything else. The support is great whenever we need it. As a marketer, the digital/marketing side of things is very easy to use and we've seen strong results from an SEO and marketing perspective. I can't speak to the developer/creative side too much, but in talking with these teams, they do recommend the tool as well.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Acoustic
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    Progress Software
    Has been solid for us on availability
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    Performance
    Acoustic
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    Progress Software
    A bit sluggish sometimes as the compiler works.
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    Support Rating
    Acoustic
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    Progress Software
    Support can be pretty good, even though, depending on the level of licensing, it can take longer to hear back from their team. They do have a phone option, which works well. Overall, they are knowledgeable, and helpful when needed. At times, support is able to access the system directly and troubleshoot critical items when needed.
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    Implementation Rating
    Acoustic
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    Progress Software
    N/A - I was not part of the implementation team. We have had this internally for over 5 years. Based on my experience, ensure that you have documentation on the initial implementation and subsequent upgrades. I would also recommend to have all the documentation on how and why the system was implemented the way it was
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    Alternatives Considered
    Acoustic
    Added benefit
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    Progress Software
    It is hands down just easier for our customers to use. The interface and the page builder experience is much better than what we have used in the past and has many enterprise features even in the lower price-point
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    Scalability
    Acoustic
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    Progress Software
    Seems pretty scalable.
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    Return on Investment
    Acoustic
    • With the AI based content organizer in place, we can focus more on the content creation.
    • Acoustic Content makes sure your content is safe and secure with its Content Delivery Networks and we can easily pull out the right content into our channels with the help of its REST APIs.
    • With their rich Digital Asset Management capabilities, we can find most suitable images to go with your content
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    Progress Software
    • Sitefinity has reduced the amount of time it takes to edit and publish content, which has enabled us to get information out more quickly.
    • Sitefinity allowed us to establish a consistent and modern brand identity and apply it across multiple websites.
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    ScreenShots

    Acoustic Content Screenshots

    Screenshot of Cognitive TaggingScreenshot of Flexible, Easy EditingScreenshot of Automatic renditions createdScreenshot of Card-based Asset Library

    Progress Sitefinity Screenshots

    Screenshot of Engage your audience with thoughtful, relevant content. Your marketing team can create and manage content faster and easier than ever before with inline drag-and-drop editing, requiring no help from your web team.Screenshot of Create a truly global solution that provides consistent experiences and unmatched performance across brands, regions and languages. Reduce maintenance and hosting infrastructure by managing multiple websites from a single platform. Reduce time to market and deploy changes faster with content and code synchronization between websites and environments.Screenshot of Increase revenue with a personalized, connected experience between your website and online store. Easily manage your product catalogs, price lists, shopping cart and checkout process. Connect to cloud services for accurate real-time tax and shipping rates. Integrate with your ERP and other business systems to improve and automate inventory management, order fulfillment and customer support throughout the product lifecycle.Screenshot of Increase conversions and generate more leads with 1:1 conversations with your customers. Create, preview and deliver personalized experiences at a massive scale with amazingly easy to use tools. Analyze and optimize the experience with the help of contextual analytics and A/B testing solutions.Screenshot of Analyze cross-channel data to get a detailed view of content and campaign performance. Gather data on visitors and build persona segments and track their behavior on your site. Get ML-driven recommendations for the next best update to introduce into your journey.