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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Titan CMS

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Titan CMS is a web content management system (CMS) used to build public websites, intranets, extranets and portals. Powered by Northwoods, it leverages industry standard MVC for .NET Framework and provides a content management workstation interface to produce performance-driven websites.

    $9,500

    one-time fee

    Pricing
    Acoustic ContentTitan CMS
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Base License
    $9,500
    one-time fee
    Professional License
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    one-time fee
    Corporate License
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    one-time fee
    Enterprise License
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    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Acoustic ContentTitan CMS
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$5,000
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    Features
    Acoustic ContentTitan CMS
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acoustic Content and Titan CMS
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Titan CMS
    3.0
    5 Ratings
    93% below category average
    Role-based user permissions8.43 Ratings3.05 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Acoustic Content and Titan CMS
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Titan CMS
    4.0
    2 Ratings
    64% below category average
    API8.33 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.43 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Acoustic Content and Titan CMS
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Titan CMS
    4.6
    5 Ratings
    52% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor7.43 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.33 Ratings3.04 Ratings
    Admin section8.33 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Page templates8.33 Ratings2.05 Ratings
    Library of website themes9.03 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design9.03 Ratings2.03 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.43 Ratings3.05 Ratings
    Form generator9.43 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Acoustic Content and Titan CMS
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Titan CMS
    3.8
    5 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Content taxonomy8.33 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    SEO support8.43 Ratings1.05 Ratings
    Bulk management8.93 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions9.43 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Community / comment management8.93 Ratings4.04 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Acoustic ContentTitan CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acoustic ContentTitan CMS
    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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    Northwoods
    Titan CMS is a good full featured CMS if users are fairly tech savvy. It is under active development and has added significant features through the years.
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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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    Northwoods
    • Utilizing a Filter to determine what shows on a page saves countless hours of configuring content that should be displayed on a page - it's been a lifesaver how easy it is to set up too.
    • Smart Search takes the search box and makes it magical. Common misspellings and alternate names can still send a user to the proper page!
    • Data nodes and filters can also be configured to Find a Dealer, Doctor, Location etc. It puts the power into a users hands and makes is easy to use.
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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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    Northwoods
    • I would love to see a "View this Page" button after a page has been updated/published. Every time I publish a new page, I have to open a new browser window, navigate to a different tab, copy the page url "example/example/example" and paste it after "www.mywebsite.com" in order to preview the new page/content.
    • If Titan and WordPress were in a beauty competition, there is no way that Titan would win. Titan's dashboard, buttons, etc are dated and bland, and is in dire need of a refresh.
    • A drag and drop to upload feature would be very helpful.
    • Creating forms is very cumbersome and the pop-up window in which the form is created needs to be revamped. The font-size is much too small and it is not as customizable as it could be.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Northwoods
    Titan CMS had a great support system and they helped make my experience go smooth. They offer courses to help people get acquainted, offer support over the phone and are more than willing to make your experience a great one. Once I was familiar with Titan I always found myself wanting to learn more and do more to improve upon the website. Titan makes CMS fun and exciting!
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    Usability
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Northwoods
    Everything we've needed to accomplish, Titan CMS has been able to accomplish. From multiple levels of user rights, document rights, tagging pages and documents to make filters do the work of content displayed on a page - it's all easy to set up too. Creating a content rich product detail page template and customizing a ecommerce cart to work for those using a dealer network - needing a request for quote, to go to dealers instead of a self checkout.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Northwoods
    I understand that our Web Development Team is very busy, however, sometimes there is a delay in response and a followup email is needed to determine the progress of the issue/question
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Northwoods
    It was customized to include screen shots of our site and how users can access the content that only pertains to them as well as advanced training sessions for admin duties and everything that goes along with it. Training is in small groups and can be private (your company only) if you like too.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Northwoods
    Talk to your project manager for Titan early on in development about minimalizing customizations. It seems obvious, but many times they do what you ask in the respect of "This is how we do it now, make that happen in Titan" vs. think of how Titan can deliver the same results within the confines of the base software. It's not a fault, just human nature.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Acoustic
    Added benefit
    Incentivized
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    Northwoods
    Clients have access to the online and PDF documentation, also tips and how-tos for the most current versions of Titan CMS in the market. Check out our full documentation library! unlimited Dev/ QA/ Server install. Load balancing, and cluster support included. Upgrade options included free of cost along with unlimited CPUs per server.
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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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    Northwoods
    • Positive ROI by allowing content contributors embedded within departments with the department domain knowledge to update the site directly. More efficient and less centralized spending.
    • Requirement for investment in training users of CMS cuts into ROI. Would recommend a two-step workflow where department content contributors enter information into CMS and then approval step is done by webmaster team to ensure content meets standard formatting guidelines. This workflow functionality exists in the Titan CMS.
    • Positive ROI experienced during projects such as moving to a responsive design because much of the content can migrate untouched. Also positive when updating graphics in template to give site new look.
    Incentivized
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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

    Titan CMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Titan CMS Content Library, which is a central repository for resuable content that lets users save global and personal content blocks and access Titan CMS-delivered and theme-based templates to build pages.Screenshot of Titan CMS' admin interface, which includes a simple app ribbon, drag-and-drop design, file upload functionality, search capability, and a flat navigation tree to locate and manage both content, data, image, and files.