Adobe Experience Manager vs DNN Platform

Adobe Experience Manager

It is very well suited for large websites and clients with multiple properties where some data is shared. I would not recommend it for smaller websites as the overheard would be too much for small clients and basic websites.

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Mike Plant

Team Lead

Search DiscoveryInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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DNN Platform

Well suited to large enterprise website or web application developments. Less well suited to smaller site which would be better catered for by something like Wordpress.

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Account Manager in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Adobe Experience Manager

8.1

DNN Platform

10.0

Role-based user permissions

8.1

10.0

Adobe Experience Manager

7.7

DNN Platform

10.0

API

7.5

9.9

Internationalization / multi-language

7.9

10.0

Adobe Experience Manager

7.1

DNN Platform

6.7

WYSIWYG editor

8.3

7.8

Code quality / cleanliness

6.9

7.3

Admin section

7.2

7.0

Page templates

6.9

7.4

Library of website themes

5.8

2.0

Mobile optimization / responsive design

8.0

9.0

Publishing workflow

7.8

7.4

Form generator

6.0

6.2

Adobe Experience Manager

6.3

DNN Platform

7.7

Content taxonomy

7.2

7.8

SEO support

6.9

7.2

Bulk management

5.4

6.8

Availability / breadth of extensions

6.5

8.8

Community / comment management

5.3

8.0

Pros

It's a drag and drop kind of platform, so building pages is very easy and you don't need coding abilities.
The ability to copy existing blocks and section from other pages is excellent! Instead of creating content from scratch, you can actually copy the section you want from an existing page, and paste it in your new page and update the content. This saves a lot of time!
The block/brick system is very clean and the results look very good!
You can easily embed videos from Youtube only by adding the Youtube ID. Very easy!

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Vanessa Suarez

Web Optimization Strategist

Charles River Interactive, Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Very easy to use CMS - Ease of use is paramount with CMS products to minimise on support calls. Also the template structure of pages ensures that content editors cannot inadvertently corrupt the layout of the page.
Powerful application framework - The existence of APIs for all functionality within the CMS provides limitless scope in terms of developing bespoke applications which sit within the CMS.
Commercially supported option available - For larger clients, the comfort factor of having a direct line to the developers of the application is a big selling point.

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Verified User

Account Manager in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Cost. AEM is expensive.
Touch UI not as intuitive as classic UI.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Documentation of the APIs is sometimes quite sparse with varying levels of details provided depending on the function.
The liquid content feature stores content in the DNN cloud rather than on the application server. Convincing a client that the content isn't on their own servers (when trying to sell this feature) can be a challenge.

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Account Manager in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Adobe Experience Manager9.0

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If I had the choice to renew, I would. Adobe CQ is one of the better CMS's I've been able to use. It's well organized, fast and easy to use. Although it is a little high in price, the fact that it does a good job justifies the decision to renew

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Cassie Lyn Dusute

UX Developer

Cengage LearningInsurance, 5001-10,000 employees

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Usability

Adobe Experience Manager10.0

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I personally feel that AEM is very intuitive to use from an authoring standpoint. The entire CMS was engineered around the author. Everything about AEM is geared to helping authors generate and maintain content. There are ways that tool tips can be customized so that any individual could simply hover over and be guided step by step on how to author web content

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Vagner Polund

Software developer

Axis41Computer Software, 51-200 employees

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Support

Adobe Experience Manager9.0

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Its so far the best Content Management System, available in market.

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Verified User

Project Manager in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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Implementation

Adobe Experience Manager8.7

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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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Software developer

Axis41Computer Software, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Have used a handful of other content management systems, all of which tend to be either proprietary or freeware -- and the latter presents a security issue. Adobe Experience Manager is easily the most feature-rich content management system I have used, but more features sometimes comes with inconveniences -- taking longer to load when accessing remotely (times out on slow Internet connections), slower taxonomy tagging, etc. It is also the most well-supported system I have used; Adobe is more responsive than most if glitches happen or in response to changes in Google practices for SEO, etc

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Courtney E. Howard

Editor in Chief & Conference Director - Intelligent Aerospace; Executive Editor - Military & Aerospace Electronics

PennWellPublishing, 501-1000 employees

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We chose DNN primarily because we were looking for an open source, scalable .NET based platform. This business decision was made 8 years ago and we have used it for every web development since. To date, no product provides such diversity of functionality and robustness against these requirements.

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Account Manager in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive: Can quickly create and launch marketing campaigns.
Negative: Can be expensive to develop custom AEM experiences.

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Verified User

Employee in Marketing

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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A distinguishing factor between DNN and other CMS products is the focus on DNN as a marketing platform rather than website CMS. This has lead to clients being able to measure the success of online marketing campaigns far more effectively than would otherwise have been the case.

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Account Manager in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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