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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Customer Journey Analytics

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAdobe's Customer Journey Analytics is a service built on Adobe Experience Platform that lets the user join all data from every channel into a single interface for real-time, omnichannel analysis and visualization, allowing users to make better decisions with a holistic view of the business and the context behind every customer action.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 Customer Journey AnalyticsAdobe Experience Manager
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Customer Journey AnalyticsAdobe Experience Manager
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Customer Journey AnalyticsAdobe Experience Manager
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
    More derived Fields options and AI capabilities and flexibility in adjusting components in Dataview.
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    Chose Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
    Adobe Customer Journey Analytics we can only compare with Adobe Analytics because all adobe products are serving different purpose. Moreover as I can see Adobe Analytics is also seperate then Adobe Customer Journey Analytics because if I have only website and app then I'll …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
    There’s no comparison. Customer Journey Analytics is light years ahead of something like Google Analytics
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
    Both very good tools
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    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Experience Manager
    In terms of usability for building sites, Adobe Experience Manager is probably the most difficult, least intuitive tool I've used. However, it does allow for easier multi-site management vs other platforms.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Experience Manager
    Adobe Experience Manager is above the rest. Best in business
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Experience Manager
    AEM's integration capabilities, SaaS choice and AI/ML roadmap
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    79 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    180 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    145 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    76 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    184 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    43 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    113 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    77%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    125 Answers
    Features
    Adobe Customer Journey AnalyticsAdobe Experience Manager
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Adobe Customer Journey Analytics and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
    -
    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 Customer Journey Analytics and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
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    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 Customer Journey Analytics and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
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    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 Customer Journey Analytics and Adobe Experience Manager
    Feature
    Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
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    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 Customer Journey AnalyticsAdobe Experience Manager
    Small Businesses
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    Yext
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Customer Journey AnalyticsAdobe Experience Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (82 ratings)
    8.6
    (220 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (82 ratings)
    8.1
    (181 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (74 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    7.2
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe Customer Journey AnalyticsAdobe Experience Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    It is well-suited when we are running a digital campaign, we are able to take the standard campaign metrics (impressions, CTR, etc.) and break them out by specific brands, device type, campaign variation, etc. It allows us to break down into the granular specifics of where we should iterate the campaign and make improvements/adjustments.
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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
    • Customer journey analytics can be used to analyse data from a range of data sources and the data can be visualised, filtered etc. by users.
    • It also allows users to handle custom data to handle their specific needs and the data can be catered as per users need its like your own customised platform.
    • The best part is the integration users can connect this to various other platforms with one ID. This helps the user with easier usage and less hassle as everything is kind off a click away.
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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
    • When you come from the Google Analytics environment, where the dashboards are out of the box and built for you, it is a shock to go to a system where you have to build your own. This is especially true, if you are in an enterprise organization that has rolled out Adobe Customer Journey Analytics across all domains, but has not provided support to build dashboards.
    • It would be great to have more out of the box dashboards or templates provided to all users. Not sure if this is too complex for an enterprise use case.
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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
    It's the most customizable and flexible analytics tool I've used. While the tool can be slow and clunky at times, the value it provides far outweighs those issues. Being able to bring offline data and merge with web data to combine in one place is where clients need to be get the most success out of their data
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    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
    The overall user interface is very easy to understand and navigate. The overall platform is highly intuitive and provides seamless integration across web, mobile, and other channels. The overall implementation is seamless, resulting in a faster time to market. The platform is built for marketers and folks with low-code experience.
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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
    For the most part, CJA is available. There are instances where the product is experiencing an outage but I haven't found this to be super frequent to the point where it really impedes my work
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    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
    Adobe Customer Journey Analytics does really well running reports. As data or date ranges get bigger, it sometimes has issues running. When there are a lot of freeform tables used, it takes a long time for data to load. There are time where Adobe Customer Journey Analytics is down during work hours, which makes it hard to do work in the workspace.
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    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
    Good enough tools and offline support. We had a model of "hypercare" that was mostly good, sometimes not good. But that was more personality/people based, rather than established processes. Overall the support was timely and effective
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    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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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    Should be staged differently. It should be Do online stuff, get basic skills/qual. Then do "homework" type tasking, then come to class with an instructor. We got the traditional "start from 0, then step 1, then step 2..." training. This usually saps energy/focus. All training should be like a lab/practice session. If someone needs information or basic knowledge ... put it in a elearning, FAQ, job aid, or resource page.
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    Adobe
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    Should have more of this for the 101-level stuff. No one needs a Zoom class covering the basics. I need a "guide on the side" when I'm learning new stuff. I want support while I practice.
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    Adobe
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    Get trained up early, get your people in it and using/testing it.
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    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
    Adobe Customer Journey Analytics has additional features beyond the basic analysis workspace that allow for omni channel reporting, greater integrations with data from other sources, and being able to make changes to your data retroactively to reduce the impact of tracking issues. It also has a B2B edition with added functionalities for companies that have B2B.
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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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    Scalability
    Adobe
    You have the ability to create 'user groups' with different levels of access in CJA. We helped set this up for a large organiztion where they had marketers, executives, devs and analysts all having different levels of access to use CJA but with the appropriate guardrails in place for each user group. It worked out really well for their organization.
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    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Adobe
    Good offline/non-human resources (guides, FAQs, vids) Great support from people
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    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
    • As a consultant specializing in implementation, this has been very good for my business objectives.
    • My clients have found it very useful, as long as they receive training and support on how to use it. I have worked at organizations where it is not properly utilized because people are "afraid" to learn it.
    • It has delivered key insights for organizations, leading to improvements in their site design and conversion funnel.
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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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    Adobe Experience Manager Screenshots

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