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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acquia Digital Experience Platform

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Acquia Digital Experience Platform is an "Open DXP" with its two core pillars being content and data. Built on top of one of the largest open-source content management systems, Drupal, it aims to provide the flexibility and interoperability a modern organization needs. With its customer data platform, it allows organizations to understand who their customers are and deliver personalized experiences. Acquia's DXP offers variety of other tools including digital asset management,…N/A

    Adobe Audience Manager

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Audience Manager is a data management platform (DMP) that is integrated into the Adobe Marketing Cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformAdobe Audience Manager
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformAdobe Audience Manager
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformAdobe Audience Manager
    Considered Both Products
    Acquia
    No answer on this topic
    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    74 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    64 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    48 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformAdobe Audience Manager
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and Adobe Audience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    8.0
    49 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Adobe Audience Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and Adobe Audience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    7.7
    41 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Adobe Audience Manager
    -
    Ratings
    API7.839 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language7.632 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and Adobe Audience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    7.9
    43 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Adobe Audience Manager
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor7.331 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.134 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section7.942 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes8.226 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.828 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow7.934 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator7.924 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and Adobe Audience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    7.0
    35 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Adobe Audience Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Content taxonomy7.728 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support6.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management6.931 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.432 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management7.226 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Collection
    Comparison of Data Collection features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and Adobe Audience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Audience Manager
    8.6
    16 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Collection of first-party data00 Ratings8.116 Ratings
    Collection of third-party data00 Ratings8.116 Ratings
    Access to Third-party Data Providers00 Ratings9.616 Ratings
    Data Classification
    Comparison of Data Classification features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and Adobe Audience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Audience Manager
    7.3
    16 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Audience taxonomy00 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Tag Management00 Ratings6.215 Ratings
    Data Analysis Dashboard00 Ratings7.816 Ratings
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and Adobe Audience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Audience Manager
    8.9
    16 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Data Transfer00 Ratings8.916 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings8.815 Ratings
    DMP Analytics
    Comparison of DMP Analytics features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and Adobe Audience Manager
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Audience Manager
    6.8
    16 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Campaign Analytics00 Ratings5.516 Ratings
    Audience Analytics00 Ratings8.116 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformAdobe Audience Manager
    Small Businesses
    Yext
    Score6.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Lotame
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Progress Sitefinity
    Score8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformAdobe Audience Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (93 ratings)
    8.1
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.8
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.3
    (73 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformAdobe Audience Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acquia
    It made it super easy to upgrade 300+ Drupal sites to the latest major version in 12 weeks, end to end. It is easy to deploy legal changes and updates to components at scale. Turnkey service to deploy new environments and to clone sites. There are no ecosystem lock-in principles for Customer service/success services and professional services for new approaches.
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    Adobe
    If you are already using multiple other pieces of the Adobe Experience Cloud stack, adobe audience manager is an easy choice. It allows for quick and easy data activation for your first and potentially brokered 2nd party data. However this product will likely be absorbed into the adobe experience platform (AEP) soon. In the end I would wait to see where adobe is truly headed with this product before investing heavily without additional heavy adobe investments.
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    Pros
    Acquia
    • It's fast, no lag time
    • Exceptionally good support. When there's a problem, you reach out to your account manager who either fixes the issue or gets you to the right person. We've had no downtime.
    • Platform is very accessible to those who know how to manage the back end software.
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    Adobe
    • We are able to generate reports that provide valuable insights into potential customer behavior, allowing us to better focus our marketing efforts.
    • By allowing us to understand who are key audiences are and how they overlap with other brands and products, AAM allows us to get a fuller picture of how we should target our audience.
    • Reporting in AAM is wonderful in that it is easy to understand and exportable. The use of graphics and updates make it easier to share insights with various team members--even those with minimum experience in marketing and analytics.
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    Cons
    Acquia
    • Support responds pretty quickly to critical tickets, but they can be slow to respond on non-urgent items. Some of what we experienced may have been related to a newer ticketing system recently implemented.
    • Standard support covers business days/hours but only critical support is available outside those times. We typically schedule our website updates for the weekend or "off" hours when only critical support is available.
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    Adobe
    • Biggest challenge we faced is teaching the use of it to our employees how to use it. The UI Should be easy and to understand for all fields.
    • The AdWords integration is not easy to do.
    • UI is sometimes slow and doesn't load Analyticals for more than 24 hours.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Acquia
    We're moving away from Drupal as a platform. Drupal 8 and 9 were simply too overburdened and difficult to maintain compared to other offerings. PHP seems like a dying language so we are currently in the process of migrating all of our Drupal 7 functionality and custom modules to a Python/Django/Wagtail platform. This doesn't mean Acquia isn't a great service, they are professional and top-knotch, but the only way we'd say with them is if I didn't complete the migration.
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    Adobe
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    Usability
    Acquia
    It's a great user interface. It's always being updated and I've never noticed a bad update that increased the complexity or reduced
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    Adobe
    Overall usability is great, as are most of Adobe's software. Maybe a UI refresh could make it a bit easier to do advanced functions or reporting but, overall, it works very well. This is something you take for granted with Adobe solutions because when you try another vendor you realize how bad it can be.
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    Support Rating
    Acquia
    Every time we have had an issue, Acquia support has responded promptly and worked with us as a team to solve the problem. The Acquia support team is global and we have literally had interactions with all of their support offices, yet the experience has been the same - top notch
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    Adobe
    AAM has good support, but the support is not as available, due to waiting time and queue. The instructions presented are available, but it navigation is not easy between pages. However, instructions are usually direct and straightforward, but any underlying thoughts or questions won’t be easily answered without support from their service.
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    Implementation Rating
    Acquia
    It was implemented when I got there. I don't know how it was prior.
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    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Acquia
    We chose Acquia for a much better UI that gave non-analytical marketers and easy to use tool where they could create their own reports. The campaign side of things also had an easier to use UI as well, that made the targeting of audiences much easier.
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    Adobe
    I personally like the Adobe Audience Manager interface and it's easier to use for beginners. It also has some features that Google does not, nor do its other competitors. It is worth the money and time spent, overall. I feel like it gives a bigger and more in-depth picture to our company's audience than other programs.
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    Scalability
    Acquia
    The DXP tools can handle millions of requests and can scale automatically to fit your needs. We have clients that use only part of the DXP tools and have a small usage, but even in these cases they see great value in using tools like personalization and CDP.
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    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Acquia
    • Acquia has helped us to stabilize and optimize our website performance, lowering page load times and dramatically decreasing the frequency of issues experienced by end-users.
    • Acquia SOLR search provided a much-improved search experience on our website.
    • Acquia's PCI-compliant hosting has helped us to remain compliant and cyber-secure.
    • We are working to implement Acquia Site Studio and Acquia Personalization now and expect those to improve our operation agility and ability to drive more relevant experiences to our various website visitors.
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    Adobe
    • Overall a Positive Return for Business who go All in on the Adobe Stack
    • Solid work for brokering and anonymously sharing data between first and second parties
    • The death of TRUE 3rd party data has lessened the effectiveness of all DMPs
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