Adobe Experience Manager vs. Demandbase One

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Experience Manager
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Adobe 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
Demandbase One
Score 7.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Demandbase is presented as a pipeline AI platform used by GTM teams to automate growth. It creates a unified view of data, insights, actions, and outcomes, so B2B enterprises can align and execute their account-based GTM strategies.N/A
Pricing
Adobe Experience ManagerDemandbase One
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe Experience ManagerDemandbase One
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsThe Demandbase One for Sales and Marketing platform fee covers the essential software and services. In addition, there’s a flat fee per user.
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Community Pulse
Adobe Experience ManagerDemandbase One
Features
Adobe Experience ManagerDemandbase One
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Experience Manager
8.4
38 Ratings
3% above category average
Demandbase One
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.438 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Experience Manager
8.0
33 Ratings
1% below category average
Demandbase One
-
Ratings
API7.829 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language8.129 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Experience Manager
7.5
38 Ratings
4% above category average
Demandbase One
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG editor7.433 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness6.734 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section7.034 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates7.637 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes7.326 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design7.835 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.135 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator7.629 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Experience Manager
7.3
37 Ratings
8% above category average
Demandbase One
-
Ratings
Content taxonomy7.731 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support7.133 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management7.236 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions7.534 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management7.130 Ratings00 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Experience Manager
-
Ratings
Demandbase One
6.0
47 Ratings
24% below category average
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings6.439 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings6.543 Ratings
Syndicated content00 Ratings4.03 Ratings
Personalization00 Ratings6.240 Ratings
Engagement data tracking00 Ratings6.847 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Experience Manager
-
Ratings
Demandbase One
6.5
34 Ratings
18% below category average
Ad campaign creation00 Ratings6.832 Ratings
Display advertising00 Ratings7.232 Ratings
Contextual advertising00 Ratings6.525 Ratings
Social advertising00 Ratings5.826 Ratings
Ad reporting and analytics00 Ratings6.533 Ratings
Audience Segmentation & Targeting
Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Experience Manager
-
Ratings
Demandbase One
6.7
50 Ratings
13% below category average
Standard visitor segmentation00 Ratings7.049 Ratings
Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings6.846 Ratings
ABM sales intelligence00 Ratings6.548 Ratings
Intent Data
Comparison of Intent Data features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Experience Manager
-
Ratings
Demandbase One
6.6
51 Ratings
13% below category average
3rd party intent signals00 Ratings6.547 Ratings
Downstream intent signals00 Ratings6.646 Ratings
Account identification00 Ratings6.851 Ratings
ABM Integrations
Comparison of ABM Integrations features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Experience Manager
-
Ratings
Demandbase One
7.0
44 Ratings
11% below category average
Automated workflow & orchestration00 Ratings7.044 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe Experience ManagerDemandbase One
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(140 ratings)
6.2
(222 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(6 ratings)
4.9
(30 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(94 ratings)
6.6
(91 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(5 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(5 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(11 ratings)
10.0
(50 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.7
(2 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe Experience ManagerDemandbase One
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Demandbase
Demandbase One is well-suited for ABM Marketing, providing intent-based account details, account scoring methods, and understanding account intent. It also enables creating a list of accounts and individuals for retargeting based on specific filters. Easy to integrate with Salesforce, LinkedIn, Google Ads, and multiple other channels. Advertising through the Demandbase channel is more effective for advertisers who use retargeting with the intent list.
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Pros
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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Demandbase
  • The Demandbase UI is user-friendly, easy to navigate and super intuitive.
  • Ad Targeting and budgeting is very concise, the platform tells you how much reach and spend you can expect for each campaign.
  • Person-based ad targeting, they are one of the only platforms that offers this which is a game changer.
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Cons
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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Demandbase
  • Under the "highlighted" section there are only 6 accounts to see. It would be nice to have more than 6.
  • The engagement is rated in "minutes" while that's not really what is being scored. It's a little confusing as to how their engagement is scored.
  • It would be nice to be able to mute or hide of some contacts that we have already spoken to so that it opens space for other prospects.
  • Overall happy with the product
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Demandbase
Relatively inexpensive service for a decent current awareness service. They have added little in sales functionality in the past year as they focused on building a marketing version of the product. Except for the addition of broader European coverage last spring (thin Equifax records), the database was static over the past year.
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Usability
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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Demandbase
InsideView was extremely user-friendly. I was able to quickly understand how to efficiently use the software and get the most out of the service. I only had a short time to quickly learn how to use the functions offered by InsideView, and I felt confident within the first day of my understanding and ability to successfully use this tool.
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Reliability and Availability
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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Demandbase
Seems to always work.
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Performance
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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Demandbase
It's pretty fast.
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Support Rating
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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Demandbase
We had an intro session with a customer success rep and were given a rundown of the platform and it was absolutely perfect. The rep was able to show us advanced search options and shortcuts that cut our search time.
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In-Person Training
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Demandbase
She was fine, but we only had one session
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Online Training
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Demandbase
Seeing the demo during the sales cycle, not much training was needed due to this application being plug and play.
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Implementation Rating
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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Demandbase
We had to work with InsideView for some custom configurations example we have a custom field in Salesforce called ha location that needed let's say NJ to spell out New Jersey and make certain fields mandatory. They were easy to work with though.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Demandbase
We selected Demandbase based on their premium B2B DSP, their integrations with third party ad sites and our CRM and tech stack. Their intent signals and ability to integrate the data we have in Demandbase to GCP through their DataStream product to build our own models and leverage in our own dashboards has been extremely beneficial
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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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Demandbase
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
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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Demandbase
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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Demandbase
  • Save me time doing company research from an average of 25 mins to an average of 7 mins for large ICP accounts.
  • Save me time by integrating the contact research without jumping out of InsideView to do it in a separate app.
  • A morning 10 mins scan of the target company news feed gave me a high level view of the most important news that I need to know regarding my prospect accounts and their respective industries.
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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.

Demandbase One Screenshots

Screenshot of Demandbase's B2B DSP, used to optimize for B2B outcomes with Self-Serve and Managed options that allow for complete control over who, how, and where ad impressions are targeted and delivered to accounts.Screenshot of Demandbase One™'s account-based GTM command center, powering the revenue stack. Its AI-driven engine unifies first and third-party data, streamlines cross-channel execution, and connects all marketing tools with the same data, insights, and workflows.Screenshot of the sales intelligence interface. Account executives and SDRs/BDRs can be more timely and more relevant with sales intelligence, engagement insights, and accurate company and contact data.Screenshot of Screenshot of where AI can be used to find and prioritize accounts looking to buy products and solutions. The AI helps to identify accounts that fit an ideal customer profile (ICP) with a Qualification Score. It then displays which accounts are showing patterns of buying behavior with a Pipeline Predictive Score. And lastly, it displays accounts showing interest in products and competitors using intent data derived from more than 1 trillion B2B signals a month.Screenshot of