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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acquia Digital Experience Platform

    Score7.7 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

    FirstSpirt CMS

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    FirstSpirit CMS is an enterprise Content Management platform for creating, governing, and publishing digital content across websites, applications, and other delivery channels. It combines visual authoring, developer tooling, workflow controls, and content-delivery options for organizations managing multilingual and multisite digital estates.N/A

    Nconnect

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ANconnect (formerly OnSemble Intranet) is an mployee intranet that keeps everyone connected, a digital workplace to make employees feel valued. It is designed to keep remote teams engaged, and acts as the culture champion for the organization.N/A
    Pricing
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformFirstSpirt CMSNconnect
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformFirstSpirt CMSNconnect
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformFirstSpirt CMSNconnect
    Considered Multiple Products
    Acquia
    No answer on this topic
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Chose FirstSpirt CMS
    Crownpeak is the only true SAAS CMS on the market. All the others are either not/partially SAAS or providing it through other 3rd party vendors.
    Incentivized
    Chose FirstSpirt CMS
    Easier to procure all aspects of DX including hosting and rapidly implement Lower total cost of ownership Independence from internal IT
    Incentivized
    Ncontracts
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    74 Answers
    100%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    64 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
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    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
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    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
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    Features
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformFirstSpirt CMSNconnect
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and FirstSpirt CMS and Nconnect
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    8.0
    49 Ratings
    1% below category average
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.9
    25 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Nconnect
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    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.049 Ratings8.925 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and FirstSpirt CMS and Nconnect
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    7.7
    41 Ratings
    4% below category average
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.0
    22 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Nconnect
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    API7.839 Ratings7.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language7.632 Ratings8.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and FirstSpirt CMS and Nconnect
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    7.9
    43 Ratings
    11% above category average
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.1
    27 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Nconnect
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    WYSIWYG editor7.331 Ratings7.726 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.134 Ratings7.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section7.942 Ratings8.325 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates8.030 Ratings8.427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes8.226 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.828 Ratings8.425 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow7.934 Ratings8.527 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator7.924 Ratings7.823 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Acquia Digital Experience Platform and FirstSpirt CMS and Nconnect
    Feature
    Acquia Digital Experience Platform
    7.0
    35 Ratings
    5% above category average
    FirstSpirt CMS
    7.9
    27 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Nconnect
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    Content taxonomy7.728 Ratings7.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support6.029 Ratings8.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management6.931 Ratings8.122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.432 Ratings7.321 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management7.226 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformFirstSpirt CMSNconnect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (93 ratings)
    8.6
    (30 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (11 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (16 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.6
    (27 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    8.3
    (73 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Acquia Digital Experience PlatformFirstSpirt CMSNconnect
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Crownpeak DXM is a great solution if you are looking for a flexible platform that allows engineers to quickly develop while also making it easy for content authors to work especially in scenarios where you need multi-language support. It is also good for scenarios where you want a cloud-based solution and are looking for just one vendor to handle hosting and offer the CMS.
    Incentivized
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    Ncontracts
    OnSemble is solving a lot of problems that our organization had prior to its implementation:
    • We can track communication readership.
    • We can engage with our fellow teammates through chats and recognition.
    • We have a central location for all job-related links.
    • We are just now delving into adding departmental pages so folks can communicate within their teams.
    I'm not sure of a scenario where OnSemble wouldn't be appropriate - if you have a company that needs to centralize communication, documentation, and share ideas, it's an excellent choice.
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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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    Rezolve Ai Limited
    • Build & manage digital experiences without dependency on your IT team
    • Built-in Digital Quality tool (DQM) tool allows you to check the quality of content and any accessibility issues and immediately flag any issues before publishing.
    • Build websites with the component-based technology and spend less effort in creating the best user experience for the end-user
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    Ncontracts
    • powerful, yet simple to use, document management for sharing
    • custom help desk form creation/submission with targeted audience
    • integration friendly with document types (e.g., xls, pdf, doc, etc.)
    Incentivized
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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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    Rezolve Ai Limited
    • Crownpeak moved to a web browser admin tool in 2018, which has made the admin experience much better, but there are still a couple of features missing from the browser version that won't arrive until later in 2019.
    • Integration with 3rd party digital asset management tools would be great.
    • Smoother integration with source control would be nice.
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    Ncontracts
    • Permissions - granting permissions at different levels for users is tedious - would like to see permissions simplified.
    Incentivized
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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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    Rezolve Ai Limited
    None of our Crownpeak clients are currently thinking about replatforming.
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    Ncontracts
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
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    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Crownpeak DXM is a flexible easy to use CMS platform speaking to the most challenging localization scenarios. Crownpeak users have the freedom to integrate DXM platform with their existing technology at no cost. Moving from legacy systems to the Saas platform is painless and cost-effective. Extensive targeting and personalization options are something that users will benefit from.
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    Ncontracts
    As a user: it's pretty intuitive and the only thing holding a user back from getting everything out of it is a lack of curiosity. As an admin: it's not super intuitive. The training and the setup process are crucial to be able to use and maintain the portal, and we still sometimes have questions.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Acquia
    No answers on this topic
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    We have never encountered any issues with the availability.
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    Ncontracts
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Acquia
    No answers on this topic
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Pages load very fast on production (assuming you develop with basic SEO practices in place) due to Crownpeak's publishing architecture. The slide downside is that publishing can be a bit slow at times.
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    Ncontracts
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Crownpeak DXM's service and support are outstanding. We have immediate access to both the tech support team and the software engineering team. We can get a support person on the phone whenever needed, and we can schedule impromptu training sessions at any time. Best support I have ever received from a platform provider in 20 years of software and application development.
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    Ncontracts
    I have always been pleased with my experiences with OnSemble's Support team. First, they have a great library of articles to help me study and guide for many of my questions. But when I cannot quite comprehend, or I "run into the wall", I can be assured that I'll be contacted quickly with a pleasant voice to work through whatever my question/issue may be. Kudos to OnSemble Support!
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    In-Person Training
    Acquia
    No answers on this topic
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    We received on-site training from Crownpeak, the trainer had touched upon every possible scenario and provided great insights about the product & ease of implementation.
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    Ncontracts
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Acquia
    No answers on this topic
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    My team left training with a solid understanding of how to use the product and the developer training ended with a test to ensure the ability to properly develop was learned properly. Recently, Crownpeak has added a self-paced training option which makes it extremely flexible to on-board new developers.
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    Ncontracts
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Acquia
    It was implemented when I got there. I don't know how it was prior.
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    Rezolve Ai Limited
    SaaS model is perfect for us to avoid slow and costly version updates to get access to new features and functions. Crownpeak is a true SaaS model, so we get all the good new stuff without the need to invest in effort, time or money. this frees our teams to focus on content creation and deployment, which is pretty fast because the DXM publishes straight to html through the headless model.
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    Ncontracts
    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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    Rezolve Ai Limited
    I was not at this team within my organization during the evaluation period of Crownpeak. However, my previous team used Sitecore. Crownpeak is a bit easier to use from a UI perspective and has more creative options within the tool. Sitecore's clunky UI also was a reason I found out later why we ended up using Crownpeak as our DXM.
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    Ncontracts
    The software is easy to use, customizable, and intuitive to its users
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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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    Rezolve Ai Limited
    In some recent projects we have delivered to our clients, we were able to roll out sites in shorter time period due the scalability of the Crownpeak's DXM solution.
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    Ncontracts
    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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    Rezolve Ai Limited
    • I'm pretty sure it raises our back-end development costs by making the development process (of creating input forms and producing outputs from the content) more complicated and painful than it needs to be.
    • It helps lock our clients in to us because not a whole lot of agencies have Crownpeak expertise.
    • It helps our clients not have to deal with their own IT teams, which they tend to dislike working with.
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    Ncontracts
    • Streamlined documentation - positive impact.
    • Convenient calendar and access to timeclock - positive impact.
    • Hub for staff to gather everything they may need to successfully assist our members - positive impact.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Nconnect Screenshots

    Screenshot of OnSemble connects your entire workplace to the central hub of truth, builds your culture, and inspires employee engagement.Screenshot of Every HR manager knows getting new employees started off on the right foot is mission critical. That's why OnSemble leverages role-based permission management system to control access to your software, files, and your critical digital infrastructure.Screenshot of In-house or hosted, we cover your full stack security and IT requirements. OnSemble is fast, flexible, and scales with your organization so that you have time to focus on more pressing work.Screenshot of OnSemble has everything a marketing team needs to put their culture front and center. Your portal is the first place employees see when they boot up their PC in the morning – make it reflect your organization's values, your branding, and your charm.Screenshot of OnSemble connects your entire workplace to the central hub of truth, builds your culture, and inspires employee engagement.