Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub) vs WordPress

Likelihood to Recommend

It is appropriate for building custom pages/apps that call specific programs and content without giving direct access to those programs. We have yet to come across a proposed use case where it was inappropriate to use.

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Ben Williams

Automation Developer (RPA and OCR Datacap)

Admiral Group plcFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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If you want to create a simple website, quite cheaply, and you don't have much technical knowledge, then Wordpress is a good place to start because there are so many tutorials you can follow to help you along the way. And you will need guidance the first time!It's also incredibly flexible so it becomes even more appropriate when creating sites like eCommerce or membership sites, or other more complicated developments. The code is "open source" so if you want a customized experienced web developer can edit the actual code running the site and create literally any type of experience or interaction that is needed.

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James Crook ☛ Business Coach for Massage Therapists ☚

Lead Business Coach for Massage Therapists

Massage ChampionsE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

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Role-based user permissions

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

WordPress

API

Internationalization / multi-language

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

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WYSIWYG editor

Code quality / cleanliness

Admin section

Page templates

Library of website themes

Mobile optimization / responsive design

Publishing workflow

Form generator

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

WordPress

Content taxonomy

SEO support

Bulk management

Availability / breadth of extensions

Community / comment management

Pros

It has a wide variety of built-in API calls.
Building unique pages is simple and straightforward and requires only basic fundamental knowledge to get started.
More advanced API calls can be developed simply.

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Ben Williams

Automation Developer (RPA and OCR Datacap)

Admiral Group plcFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Flexibility - WordPress is open source software that can be used and shared by anyone. It is easy to distribute to many different teams or contributors.
Cost - the basic version of WordPress is free (you just have to pay for a domain and web hosting).
Plugins - because WordPress is so popular, there are tons of customizable plugins available that make managing your website very easy.
Support - again, because of the popularity and usage, there is a wealth of info, tutorials, and a dedicated community available to help with needs.
Easy drag and drop functionality - WordPress has different types of website build editors that allow for very easy drag and drop functionality, and easy customization in a user-friendly interface.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Marketing

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

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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Ben Williams

Automation Developer (RPA and OCR Datacap)

Admiral Group plcFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Security. I have had several instances in working with WordPress over the years where security has been compromised. In all situations, it was related to unpatched installs but brings light to the fact that the system cannot be left alone. Regular maintenance is a must.
Sketchy third-party plug-ins. With 50,000+ plug-ins available, this isn't the Apple-curated App Store and some of the plug-ins can be questionable in both their quality and data collection habits. You should always be careful of where you download your plug-ins from. And ALWAYS keep them up-to-date (see point #1).
The amount of change can be somewhat of a workload to keep up with. Although it is not difficult and often 'one-click' in nature, it is not a set-it-and-forget-it type of platform.

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Mitchel Laman

Founder

ITemetryRetail, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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WordPress 8.8

Based on 38 answers

My rating is based on the knowledge I have of the community that WordPress has had built around it for years now. It's as solid as it comes when you talk about community involvement and expansion. There's no other CMS out there that can match-up with it, hands down.

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Mathew Riexinger

VP of Online Marketing

mriexinger@gmail.comMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Usability

No score

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WordPress 8.3

Based on 18 answers

The quality of WordPress and ease of use is not comparable to other platforms. It's ideal that WordPress can be managed from any computer and mobile device since it's browser-based. Often with new software, I find there to be a significant steep learning curve; however, with WordPress it's relatively intuitive and there's plenty of available tutorials.

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Tory Robinson

Digital Marketing Manager

Orasi SoftwareComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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WordPress 9.5

Based on 3 answers

Anyone can visit WordPress.org and download a fully functional copy of WordPress free of charge. Additionally, WordPress is offered to users as open-source software, which means that anyone can customize the code to create new applications and make these available to other WordPress users.

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Martin Aranovitch

Founder, WPTrainMe.com - WordPress Training Plugin

WPTrainMe.comE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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Performance

No score

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WordPress 8.6

Based on 2 answers

Mostly, any performance issues have to do with using too many plugins and these can sometimes slow down the overall performance of your site. It is very tempting to start adding lots of plugins to your WordPress site, however, as there are thousands of great plugins to choose from and so many of them help you do amazing things on your site.If you begin to notice performance issues with your WordPress site (e.g. pages being slow to load), there are ways to optimize the performance of your site, but this requires learning the process. WordPress users can learn how to optimize their WordPress sites by downloading the WPTrainMe WordPress training plugin (WPTrainMe.com) and going through the detailed step-by-step WordPress optimization tutorials.

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Martin Aranovitch

Founder, WPTrainMe.com - WordPress Training Plugin

WPTrainMe.comE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

No score

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WordPress 8.3

Based on 16 answers

There are forums for WordPress along with the Subreddit. I understand that this is an open-source product so they don't have a company supported helpline (which isn't feasible). It is a bit of a pain trying to Google the right solution for getting help from other experts. However, the support is pretty adequate as there are plenty of resources out there.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

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WordPress 7.0

Based on 1 answer

Varies by the person providing training. High marks as it's incredibly easy to find experienced individuals in your community to provide training on any aspect of WordPress from content marketing, SEO, plugin development, theme design, etc. Less than 10 though as the training is community based and expectations for a session you find may fall short.

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Verified User

Consultant in Marketing

Internet Company, 1-10 employees

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Online Training

No score

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WordPress 10.0

Based on 1 answer

It is very easy to find online resources to learn how to do just about anything with WordPress.

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Lori Berkowitz

Web Developer

BeeDragon Web ServicesInternet, 1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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WordPress 9.0

Based on 12 answers

WordPress is not a great solution if you have:1) A larger site with performance / availability requirements.2) Multiple types of content you want to share - each with its own underlying data structure.3) Multiple sites you need to manage.For very small sites where these needs are not paramount, WordPress is a decent solution

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I haven't had experience outside of the IBM applications but can confirm that compared to other content tools provided by IBM, this is one of the more complete packages.

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Ben Williams

Automation Developer (RPA and OCR Datacap)

Admiral Group plcFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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WordPress has a larger market share and it is friendly and widely used. Across organizations, it shows ease of use, ability to integrate, multiple paths for creating sites, designs, and much more. For volunteer based organizations, WordPress is ideal and provides a path to train stakeholders to empower business functions. Overall, it has been the favorite when compared to other platforms.

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Music Company, 11-50 employees

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Scalability

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No answers yet

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WordPress 10.0

Based on 1 answer

WordPress is completely scalable. You can get started immediately with a very simple "out-of-the box" WordPress installation and then add whatever functionality you need as and when you need it, and continue expanding. Often we will create various WordPress sites on the same domain to handle different aspects of our strategy (e.g. one site for the sales pages, product information and/or a marketing blog, another for delivering products securely through a private membership site, and another for running an affiliate program or other application), and then ties all of these sites together using a common theme and links on each of the site's menus.Additionally, WordPress offers a multisite function that allows organizations and institutions to manage networks of sites managed by separate individual site owners, but centrally administered by the parent organization. You can also expand WordPress into a social networking or community site, forums, etc.The same scalability applies to web design. You can start with a simple design and then scale things up to display sites with amazing visual features, including animations and video effects, sliding images and animated product image galleries, elements that appear and fade from visitor browsers, etc.The scaling possibilities of WordPress are truly endless.

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Martin Aranovitch

Founder, WPTrainMe.com - WordPress Training Plugin

WPTrainMe.comE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Freed up user time to call a variety of applications quicker.
Allowed developer an easier tool to integrate other applications for end users.
Allowed us to have a single method of application implementation and usage that is easier to debug, saving time.

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Ben Williams

Automation Developer (RPA and OCR Datacap)

Admiral Group plcFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Many functionality of WordPress is free and is enough for a large number of sites
Implementing additional functionality through plugins/themes is usually more cost effective vs. implementing in-house using custom code
WordPress cuts down significantly on maintenance time as it is supported for a very long time by its developer community. (Very old versions of WP are still supported via updates)

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Shion Song

Art Director & Web Developer

shion.caMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

WordPress

Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

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Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

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Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

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Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

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Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

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Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

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Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

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Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

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Acoustic Content (formerly IBM Watson Content Hub)

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Likelihood to Recommend