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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Bridge

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Bridge is a creative digital asset manager that lets you preview, organize, edit, and publish multiple creative assets (including Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, and Dimension files) with thumbnails and rich previews. Edit metadata. Add keywords, labels, and ratings to assets. Organize assets using collections, and find assets using powerful filters and advanced metadata search features. Collaborate with Libraries and publish to Adobe Stock from Bridge.N/A

    Adobe Experience Manager

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Experience Manager is a combined web content management system and digital asset management system. The combined applications of Adobe Experience Manager Sites and Adobe Experience Manager Assets is offered by the vendor as an end-to-end solution for managing and delivering marketing content.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe BridgeAdobe Experience Manager
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe BridgeAdobe Experience Manager
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe BridgeAdobe Experience Manager
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    Adobe
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    180 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    145 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    184 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    113 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    125 Answers
    Features
    Adobe BridgeAdobe Experience Manager
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Adobe Bridge and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Adobe Bridge
    9.9
    3 Ratings
    33% above category average
    Adobe Experience Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data exportability9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM Features
    Comparison of DAM Features features of Adobe Bridge and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Adobe Bridge
    9.2
    3 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Adobe Experience Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Uploading assets10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Downloading assets10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Categories9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset storage9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset sharing8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset search8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tagging system9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content editing8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embed codes9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collections9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    User access9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM Integrations9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM API10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow automations9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Related asset discovery8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Adobe Bridge and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Adobe Bridge
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Experience Manager
    8.4
    38 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.438 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Adobe Bridge and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Adobe Bridge
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Experience Manager
    8.0
    33 Ratings
    0% above category average
    API00 Ratings7.829 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.129 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Adobe Bridge and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Adobe Bridge
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Experience Manager
    7.5
    38 Ratings
    6% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings7.433 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings6.734 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings7.034 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings7.637 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings7.326 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings7.835 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.135 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings7.629 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Adobe Bridge and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Adobe Bridge
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Experience Manager
    7.3
    37 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.731 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings7.133 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings7.236 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings7.534 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings7.130 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Adobe BridgeAdobe Experience Manager
    Small Businesses
    pCloud
    Score5.9 out of 10
    Yext
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cloudinary
    Score9 out of 10
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Score8 out of 10
    Progress Sitefinity
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe BridgeAdobe Experience Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    8.6
    (220 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.1
    (181 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (11 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe BridgeAdobe Experience Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    If you're working with tons of files and different types of files and you have to keep them sorted out and be able to tell the differences within the files...this is the best option for you. It will make your life so much easier being able to preview everything quickly while seeing the small details. I do know that some photographers are really happy with how Lightroom catalogs their images, but I think for anyone doing major compositing or video work, Bridge is hands down the way to go. It just saves you so much time and headaches.
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    Adobe
    I'll answer the second one because I mean, the first one I don't have an issue with. The second scenario is we oftentimes have the need to spin off very small campaign style sites or sites that generate leads but are unbranded and that sort of thing. So that's hard to do in AEM because you have to then create another organization within AEM to do that. And we're talking about sites that are maybe five to 10 pages in size. So we've been investigating Edge, but then that's a different workflow, so we'd have to train people on that. So it would be nice if there was something within the AEM structure that could allow you to do something very similar to Edge, where you make some small micro sites that are not necessarily branded, that you could still host within the platform and not have to retrain everybody on a completely different platform.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • User friendly.
    • Works well in combination with it's other adobe products.
    • Like that's it's included in the cost of Creative Cloud.
    Incentivized
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    Adobe
    • It allows us to scale so that we can make a change on a global footer. And it applies to all of the different property websites. It allows us to set up components and compartmentalize things in a way. The big thing is that it's scalable. And then it also ties into Adobe Analytics and other Adobe products. So we are a complete Adobe shop. Every Adobe product that we can use, we use. I don't think we do it for marketing so much, but for doing target testing and analytics, data scientists are using the same product and so it all speaks.
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • User interface could be more friendly--currently it has a very techy feel
    • Sometimes it’s a bit slow to load the program initially
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    Adobe
    • There are some glitches in permissions inheritance that require us to toggle a save on permissions in groups that inherit from a group that was recently updated.
    • Large packages require stopping the workflow launcher OSGi components or many workflows will slow down the server.
    • Locked pages are hard to find unless I use /siteadmin... I often hear that the CQ tools will go away, but if we lose that, some small things might be harder to do, like finding locked pages.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    We had and still have a fantastic experience using Adobe CQ. Lots of flexibility, great integration with other Adobe products we already use and a powerful technology make it a great fit for our corporate environment. Also as the community grows, it makes it easier to network with other developers and users to get new ideas on how to continue to get the best out of the software.
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    Usability
    Adobe
    Adobe Bridge is useful as a jumping off point for file organization within the CC environment. It is a little slow and clunky at times but is useful for preliminary photography selection development including contact sheets, file renaming, and the overall selection process.
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    Adobe
    Adobe Experience Manager overall is fairly easy to use and caters to a wide range of users when it comes to their technical abilities. It has the flexibility to enable UI/UX designers to pop in and easily design new content with drop in components. It also has sufficient capabilities for those who are more technically inclined and want to dig more into custom code or solutions
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    Being part of Adobe Suite means you are already notified when the tool has any outages. However, I have never faced unplanned outages. Whenever you face any issue with the site, it is clearly stated if there were any planned outages and how quickly you will be back to normal. So, I will say that even the outages are planned and managed in a great way like their other services.
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    Performance
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    With respect to performance, Adobe experience manager is one of the best in the CMS space. We didn't observe frequent slowness on platform, however the systems which are accessing experience manager should be of good specifications without which slowness would be observed. Adobe experience manager works well in integration with other solutions, unless the destination application is designed to trigger frequent calls to AEM.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    Adobe Experience Manager, in all its capacity, is a great alternative to any other CMS you are using. It helps in rapid development and makes life easier for maintaining the website for multi-language sites. Technical know-how is eliminated at content authoring. Better documentation in terms of live examples with videos would be appreciated.
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    Depending on your individual needs, It is really quite simple to create an authoring experience for a website that looks really good. I have been part of many implementations and many teams and have seen many projects that were super successful and others that were not implemented well. AEM has room for a lot of flexibility in the implementation process compared to other CMS like SharePoint
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Okay so I've actually tried to use Lightroom. Photoshop is its own beast and doesn't have the catalog that Bridge of Lightroom has. Lightroom is not as powerful with being able to check between images, finding files, etc. I wanted to love it, but Bridge won hands down with all the time it has saved me so I can get back to my children instead of complaining that it takes me so much time to narrow down images
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    Adobe
    SSO is one fits all, so we don't have to have a separate SSO for each application of Adobe The integration with Analytics works perfectly and bring directly value really quickly Target remains more complicated to set up, but can also bring a lot of value once integrated with the rest of the Adobe platform The fact that the solution is Cloud services is also a big advantage for maintenance
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    Instead of being directly involved in the tool purchase, I am involved in analysis or what we can use to maximize the tool. Small organizations may find it expensive. However, if the team or organization focuses more on your ROI or the features you will get, then it will definitely be worth it. Pricing is based on a number of factors, including team size or the use of the tool. The user can select the pricing option that best fits their needs based on the number of form submissions they make or the number of pages they wish to publish on their global/multisite sites.
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    Professional Services
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    The professional services team within adobe is one of the best in terms of technical and solutioning knowledge. However, considering the billing charges of adobe professional services team, it is always recommended to involve them during platform initial setup or when a complex solution is to be built with platform customizations.
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • it is one of the best ROI because it is essentially Free, coming as a bounus with Photoshop subscription.
    • It allows my staff to easily find images on any computer. sharing is easy.
    • it is fast familiar piece of software.
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    Adobe
    • too soon to tell on increased conversion rates based on external marketing factors in play but having increased visibility into customer engagement trends will most likely lead to improvement of our conversion rates.
    • There have been productivity gains from the perspective of actually migrating all of our externally managed sites to the same in-house Adobe Experience Manager platform and then being able to utilize those universal components.
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Experience Manager Screenshots

    Screenshot of AEM Forms - Creates an adaptive formScreenshot of AEM Forms - themes libraryScreenshot of AEM Forms - where to create a templateScreenshot of AEM Forms - the interactive communications editorScreenshot of Adobe Experience Manager Sites - document-based authoring enables marketers to create and publish content with familiar tools.Screenshot of Adobe Experience Manager Sites - Universal Editor, an advanced visual editor, empowers marketers to edit and publish content.