Amaxus CMS (discontinued) vs. Terminalfour Digital Engagement and Web Development Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
Score 3.0 out of 10
N/A
Amaxus was a commercial PHP-based content management system from Box UK, an agile software developer and consulting company. It provided an enterprise-level web content management system used by large brand and agencies. It is known for a focus on usability. The product has been discontinued.N/A
Terminalfour Digital Engagement and Web Development Platform
Score 7.8 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
TerminalFour Site Manager is the principal product from the global software company of the same name, a content management system available for local-hosting or cloud-based, primarily targeted at educational institutions, government and international bodies, but also retail and financial services organizations.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$15,000 organisation per year
Additional Details—Generally the initial cost is between $15,000 to $100,000 with ongoing support and hosting subsequent years.
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
9.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Terminalfour Digital Engagement and Web Development Platform
8.5
2 Ratings
5% above category average
Role-based user permissions9.01 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
7.4
1 Ratings
3% below category average
Terminalfour Digital Engagement and Web Development Platform
7.0
2 Ratings
9% below category average
WYSIWYG editor5.01 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness6.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Admin section6.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Page templates10.01 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Library of website themes8.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design10.01 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Form generator6.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
7.3
1 Ratings
1% below category average
Terminalfour Digital Engagement and Web Development Platform
6.7
2 Ratings
9% below category average
Content taxonomy7.01 Ratings7.42 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions10.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Community / comment management5.01 Ratings7.92 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
6.0
1 Ratings
23% below category average
Terminalfour Digital Engagement and Web Development Platform
5.0
1 Ratings
41% below category average
Internationalization / multi-language6.01 Ratings4.01 Ratings
API00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)Terminalfour Digital Engagement and Web Development Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
3.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)Terminalfour Digital Engagement and Web Development Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Amaxus is well suited as a development platform and content management system for companies who have a dedicated, experienced development team because it has such complex functionality. It is not well suited for companies whose main content updater will be a person with limited development experience, because it is so hard to learn and understand how to use.
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Terminalfour
It's an extremely flexible solution. It can be a nightmare to work with if not properly planned out or fantastic if well thought out. If you have a team and an application owner with a plan it's a great option.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • There is a lot of flexibility and power with what you can do.
  • The client has a lot of power to make changes on their own without needing a development team.
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Terminalfour
  • Ease of use
  • Nice interface
  • Web-based site manager
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • There is a huge learning curve for developers. All our new website builds were going beyond the timeline because of the learning curve.
  • It is very complex and teaching our clients how to use it required several training sessions.
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Terminalfour
  • It can be a bit buggy with media library management.
  • The html editor can act pretty wonky sometimes with the html it translates things into.
  • The navigation builder tool is pretty confusing.
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
I have used an in-house CMS which was very simple and only allowed the user to update very basic templated content, and I have used Sitecore, which is sort of like a middle-of-the-road. Sitecore is great because it allows for the user to have a lot of control over templates and updating content, but it's not so complex that it is very difficult and time-consuming to learn how to use, like Amaxus.
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Terminalfour
I was not part of the decision process, but I was very happy with the choice to use TerminalFour.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • It has a negative impact because it put us back on our timelines.
  • It had a negative impact because our customers didn't like the learning curve to use it.
  • It had a negative impact because it caused so much stress among our team to learn it.
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Terminalfour
  • Increased employee efficiency.
  • Happier internal customers because changes are much easier than they used to be and we can often empower them to make their own changes to their websites.
  • For our application owner it's become a huge project that consumes all of his time. Not ideal but it's working for now. Knowledge sharing the more intricate pieces can be really difficult.
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ScreenShots

Terminalfour Digital Engagement and Web Development Platform Screenshots

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