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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

    RWS Tridion Sites

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ARWS Tridion Sites provides web content management capabilities, connecting people, processes, and information across teams, brands, and markets, to deliver impactful online experiences globally. RWS Tridion Sites' DPX platform enables the use of either traditional or headless publishing. It includes advanced features such as automated personalization, multilingual capabilities and Semantic AI. The BluePrinting® technology at the core of RWS Tridion Sites simplifies reuse and…N/A
    Pricing
    Acoustic ContentRWS Tridion Sites
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Acoustic ContentRWS Tridion Sites
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Acoustic ContentRWS Tridion Sites
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acoustic Content and RWS Tridion Sites
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    RWS Tridion Sites
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Role-based user permissions8.43 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Acoustic Content and RWS Tridion Sites
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    RWS Tridion Sites
    9.1
    8 Ratings
    15% above category average
    API8.33 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.43 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Acoustic Content and RWS Tridion Sites
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    RWS Tridion Sites
    8.5
    8 Ratings
    8% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor7.43 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.33 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Admin section8.33 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Page templates8.33 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Library of website themes9.03 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design9.03 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.43 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Form generator9.43 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Acoustic Content and RWS Tridion Sites
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    RWS Tridion Sites
    7.6
    8 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Content taxonomy8.33 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    SEO support8.43 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Bulk management8.93 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions9.43 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Community / comment management8.93 Ratings3.03 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Acoustic ContentRWS Tridion Sites
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    9.9
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acoustic ContentRWS Tridion Sites
    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.
    Incentivized
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    RWS Group
    Love the product and I really like how we use it for public sites. The only negative aspect is that it is just hard to find Tridion devs that understand the tool, grasp .net, react, and understand the blueprint, etc.
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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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    RWS Group
    • Makes it easy to spin up a new site quickly
    • Allows for numerous users to work on the same site without conflicting with each other's changes
    • Allows you to unpublish changes or revert to old versions if you make a mistake
    • Allows you to time publishing actions (for example, you can set it to happen overnight)
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    RWS Group
    • Tridion is complicated in enough ways that it makes it difficult to train new users. Therefore, we have to limit the number of people with access to the system since we have not yet implemented Workflow.
    • When something goes wrong (items fail to publish, or there is unexpected behavior with components), there is little explanation provided that would point us in the right direction to troubleshoot. As a result, content Authors and Editors have to frequently ask for IT assistance.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Acoustic
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    RWS Group
    I am giving this a semi-high rating because we have already got Tridion up and running and we are still in the process of moving the sites over to Tridion. It is unlikely we will be moving things to a new CMS AGAIN in the near future as the cost to get Tridion was high.
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    Usability
    Acoustic
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    RWS Group
    The editor user interface is very user friendly and in-site editing makes simple updates fast and easy. The extensibility of Tridion is a big plus and the ability to add our own options into the default Tridion interface helps us integrate with external systems. Finally, the user permissions and security system helps us deploy it within our large organization.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Acoustic
    Added benefit
    Incentivized
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    RWS Group
    It is a nuclear missile compared to the other handguns and knives on the market today. But it also requires nuclear technicians and expertise that a handgun doesn't require. Do you need to decimate your competition and you have the investment capabilities necessary to put a nuclear missile into the sky? Then definitely do it. Especially if you need a very good multi-lingual blueprint provider like Tridion.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    RWS Group
    • SDL is a very complex system. Creating custom components by external vendors turned out to be expensive.
    • The learning curve is very slow, so training takes a lot of time and cost.
    • The revamped corporate site looks clean, modern, and is mobile-friendly.
    Incentivized
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