Acquia Digital Experience Platform vs. Squiz Digital Experience Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Acquia Digital Experience Platform
Score 8.1 out of 10
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The 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
Squiz Digital Experience Platform
Score 5.2 out of 10
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The Squiz Digital Experience Platform is a solution suite to build digital services and define a customer experience. Its core, Squiz Matrix, is is a web content management system that combines CMS, search, web analytics, and other tools.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Acquia Digital Experience PlatformSquiz Digital Experience Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
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Features
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Security
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Acquia Digital Experience Platform
8.3
44 Ratings
11% above category average
Squiz Digital Experience Platform
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Role-based user permissions8.344 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Acquia Digital Experience Platform
7.5
36 Ratings
0% below category average
Squiz Digital Experience Platform
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API7.434 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language7.527 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Acquia Digital Experience Platform
7.6
38 Ratings
7% above category average
Squiz Digital Experience Platform
-
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WYSIWYG editor7.826 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness7.229 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section7.937 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates7.625 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes7.122 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design7.623 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.129 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator7.720 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Acquia Digital Experience Platform
7.7
30 Ratings
17% above category average
Squiz Digital Experience Platform
-
Ratings
Content taxonomy8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support7.624 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management7.426 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions7.827 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management7.921 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Acquia Digital Experience PlatformSquiz Digital Experience Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(88 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.7
(11 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.5
(69 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Acquia Digital Experience PlatformSquiz Digital Experience Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Acquia
If you are looking for a tool that can help you uncover customer segments and then market to said customers and report on the outcome of the campaign in a single tool, the CDP can do all of that. The reporting capabilities help you to answer questions in a very fast manner. No relying on IT to create queries, etc. All the data is in the marketers hands.
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Squiz
Working with a large amount of web content where there is a need to focus on related content.
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Pros
Acquia
  • Acquia keeps the site up and available. I don't think we've had a second of downtime caused by Acquia.
  • Their administration UI makes it pretty easy to manage the websites at a high level. Check stats, change key configuration values, backup code and databases, manage SSL, create support tickets and manage development teams (users).
  • Their support team can do performance reviews of your website and give you tips for improving performance.
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Squiz
  • Speed and efficiency
  • Roles and content control
  • Related content
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Cons
Acquia
  • the support portal can be hit and miss. sometimes there are very helpful people who get back to you in a timely manner, but more often there's a lot of lag time for the ticket to get picked up and in between responses, which can also be less than helpful.
  • it seems like the different departments within acquia (support, management, build teams) don't communicate with each other.
  • because features are so dense and granular, sometimes the workflow or how they are connected can be really complex to access.
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Squiz
  • User Interface was good but heavy, with Java powering the backbone I recall finding this somewhat troublesome at the time.
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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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Squiz
I don't work with Squiz any more so it's difficult to say, that said, the site is still running on the same CMS so obviously it's still considered a great platform
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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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Squiz
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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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Squiz
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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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Squiz
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Alternatives Considered
Acquia
Acquia Personalization integrates well with Drupal CMS and is more straightforward to implement than Salesforce Marketing Cloud Interaction Studio (Personalization). WordPress as a CMS hosted on WP Engine is useful, but much more limited than Drupal CMS hosted on Acquia WordPress VIP was less robust than Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Acquia.
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Squiz
Easier to work with
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Scalability
Acquia
The customization options available in Site Studio are extensive and user-friendly, which makes it easy for business users to make layout and content changes without requiring the help of developers. For instance, users can modify the website's layout, color scheme, and typography using a drag-and-drop interface. They can also add or remove components, such as images, videos, and forms, with ease. The ability to make these changes without relying on developers means that businesses can make updates to their websites quickly and efficiently. This can be particularly useful for businesses that need to respond rapidly to changing market conditions or customer demands. By using Site Studio, businesses can ensure that their websites remain up-to-date and relevant, which can help to attract and retain customers over time.
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Squiz
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Return on Investment
Acquia
  • When our site first launched, we had some negative experiences with throughput on our site. Eventually, this was resolved, but it took a lot of work with Acquia engineers.
  • Acquia Digital Experience Platform has helped us with a few situations where our in-house tech expertise needed the advice to solve a problem, even though this wasn't really within the purview of their support contract with us.
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Squiz
  • Having a single powerful CMS platform that would integrate a number of organisations that had recently merged - Squiz was a big part of bringing our web architecture together gracefully.
  • Increased employee efficiency
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ScreenShots

Squiz Digital Experience Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of all the capabilities to drive digital experiences, available from one platform.Screenshot of reusable components with a “design once, reuse anywhere” approach that are used to build pages. Users can optimize for higher user engagement or conversion with built-in A/B testing.Screenshot of tailored content sent to different segments of the audience, used to maximize user engagement.Screenshot of a library of pre-built components to implement design systems and reuse content across sites.Screenshot of accessibility metrics used to understand how well a site conforms to WCAG standards and how the compliance of the site can be improved.Screenshot of the Search Dashboard, used to set up and manage search, results and reporting. Users can curate and tune search results to serve users relevant content and drive specific actions on sites.