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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

    Umbraco CMS

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AUmbraco is an open-source .NET Core CMS with over 700,000 active installs worldwide and with more than 200,000 active community members. It was first released on February 16th, 2005, and is still to this day an open-source project backed by a commercial company. To ensure Umbraco is always running the latest technology, the company has aligned with Microsoft's .NET release schedule to always have the Umbraco CMS…

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    Pricing
    Acoustic ContentUmbraco CMS
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Umbraco Free
    $0
    Umbraco Starter
    $53
    per month
    Umbraco Standard
    $320
    per month
    Umbraco Professional
    $860
    per month
    Umbraco Cloud Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Acoustic ContentUmbraco CMS
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The Umbraco CMS and all of its core features are the same across all plans.
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    Features
    Acoustic ContentUmbraco CMS
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acoustic Content and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Umbraco CMS
    9.0
    12 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Role-based user permissions8.43 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Acoustic Content and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Umbraco CMS
    8.5
    11 Ratings
    9% above category average
    API8.33 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.43 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Acoustic Content and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Umbraco CMS
    8.0
    12 Ratings
    2% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor7.43 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.33 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Admin section8.33 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Page templates8.33 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Library of website themes9.03 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design9.03 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.43 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Form generator9.43 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Acoustic Content and Umbraco CMS
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Umbraco CMS
    7.2
    12 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Content taxonomy8.33 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    SEO support8.43 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Bulk management8.93 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions9.43 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Community / comment management8.93 Ratings6.011 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Acoustic ContentUmbraco CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    6.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acoustic ContentUmbraco 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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    Umbraco
    Umbraco CMS is the perfect tool for a company that is looking to keep their website updated. The simple to use tools and templates means updating and creating new pages is easy. The WYSIWYG editor is a nice feature, however, for accessibility, there should be some more guidance on what is suitable to be used on the CMS.
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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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    Umbraco
    • Quick to learn. For most if cases, developer needs to know Razor coding.
    • Doesn't require back-end programming.
    • Has build in users management (developers, content managers) and members management consoles (users of the site).
    • Clear admin tool (especially in version 7)
    • Fast.
    • Creating code from scratch, so it is easier to create clean code.
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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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    Umbraco
    • Speed for older sites - Umbraco content can load slowly if you have thousands of pages of content. Of course, this would not be a problem for simpler websites
    • Complexity - since the product is free out-of-the-box, it will take technical expertise to get Umbraco setup properly
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    Usability
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Umbraco
    Umbraco CMS effectively addresses enterprise content management needs. It's quite mature .NET based CMS, standing out as a leader among its competitors. Websites built with Umbraco are blazing fast. Extensive customization capabilities, and user-friendly content publishing interface makes it an ideal choice for businesses looking for a mature CMS solution.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Umbraco
    Occasionally, errors will appear in the admin that make it impossible to work without developer support.
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    Performance
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Umbraco
    Working in the admin panel (adding / reviewing / editing content) is very slow. The public facing site speed is dependent on what the pages are doing and how well the code was written (whether it is optimized for speed).
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Umbraco
    Support for Umbraco-owned paid plugins is nonexistent.
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    Online Training
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Umbraco
    Online training is often based on older versions of the platform. So, you'll have to fill in the gaps on your own.
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    Implementation Rating
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Umbraco
    Spend the time to wireframe the content structure prior to diving in. This helps speed the process of implementation and it serves as documentation for end users.
    Incentivized
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    Acoustic
    Added benefit
    Incentivized
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    Umbraco
    Umbraco's templating is far superior than WordPress, Drupal and Joomla, but it's update process is WAY behind those platforms. The release schedule of Umbraco is way to often and most releases are to fix something missed in the previous release and not an improvement or new feature of the CMS
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    Scalability
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Umbraco
    Without significant development, the product does not scale well.
    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
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    Umbraco
    • Has helped us to create more engaging pages that push people to complete the online forms
    • We have seen more people buy from us since we launched our new look website
    • We can easily update the content without waiting for the development team to make changes
    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

    Umbraco CMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of Umbraco 8 backoffice UIScreenshot of Umbraco 8 side by side multilingual editingScreenshot of Umbraco 8 Content AppsScreenshot of Umbraco Cloud project overviewScreenshot of Umbraco Cloud environment overview