Arc XP vs. Contentful

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Arc XP
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
Arc XP’s cloud-native tools help organizations create and distribute content, monetize websites and drive ecommerce, and deliver multichannel experiences. With a modular architecture built on AWS, Arc XP’s integrated ecosystem includes an agile content management system (CMS), a suite of digital subscription tools, a built-in DAM and video platform, and a hosted and managed low-code front-end experience platform. Built for flexibility, Arc XP’s agile CMS can be integrated into an existing…N/A
Contentful
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Contentful is a cloud based CMS solution that provides the ability to manage content across multiple platforms.The editing interface allows for managing content interactively and provides developers the ability to deliver the content with the programming language and template framework of their choice.
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Pricing
Arc XPContentful
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Lite
$300
per month
Community
Free
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Arc XPContentful
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Arc XPContentful
Features
Arc XPContentful
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Arc XP
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Contentful
8.5
10 Ratings
4% above category average
Role-based user permissions9.01 Ratings8.510 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Arc XP
9.5
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Contentful
9.5
12 Ratings
20% above category average
API10.01 Ratings9.311 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language9.01 Ratings9.79 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Arc XP
9.2
1 Ratings
25% above category average
Contentful
7.8
13 Ratings
0% below category average
WYSIWYG editor10.01 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness10.01 Ratings9.58 Ratings
Admin section8.01 Ratings9.311 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design10.01 Ratings4.57 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.01 Ratings9.312 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Arc XP
10.0
1 Ratings
39% above category average
Contentful
9.4
12 Ratings
23% above category average
Content taxonomy10.01 Ratings10.011 Ratings
SEO support10.01 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Digital Experience Platform
Comparison of Digital Experience Platform features of Product A and Product B
Arc XP
9.1
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Contentful
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Ratings
Cloud enablement10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content aggregation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content classification7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
DXP Third-Party Integrations10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-website management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Digital asset management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Editorial workflows and task management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Arc XPContentful
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(13 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Arc XPContentful
Likelihood to Recommend
WP Company LLC (The Washington Post)
Arc XP is the state-of-the-art cloud based CMS for news publishing. It's well suited for large to medium organizations that want a robust, secure and scalable platform. Depending on the use case, it may still require a development team to maintain and make changes to the sites the CMS powers.
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Contentful
It's a great all rounder for content projects. It's easy in the basics and powerful in the complex, data heavy scenarios. Extending the platform is straightforward and the SDK gives you everything you need. If you have many many varying content types , it gets expensive and perhaps not the best choice .
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Pros
WP Company LLC (The Washington Post)
  • Enables content creation and curation
  • Content distribution. Web and APIs
  • Easy to use development framework with good documentation and support
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Contentful
  • Flexible. This CMS can be easily extended and provide access to dynamic content
  • Simple. The WYSWG is very easy to work with and identifying pages and content in the system is fairly easy
  • Clean Interface. The interface is clean and uncluttered keeping focus on the content and not other factors.
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Cons
WP Company LLC (The Washington Post)
  • The CMS lacks a responsive design web interface or a good native app alternative.
  • It's heavily dependent on the AWS infrastructure and a disruption of the AWS service can cause serious problems
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Contentful
  • Contentful uses "references" to allow you to build very modular content. If I have a "slider" content type, I can create a "slide" content type which references a "button" content type, and so forth. This works well, but I occasionally wish there was a better solution for one-off content, like a settings page. Currently, this is done for creating an entire content type called "settings" with a single entry. Not a big deal, but not ideal, either.
  • There are a few quirks with GatsbyJS integration, etc, but these issues are being fixed and improved upon very quickly.
  • A minor gripe, but Contentful does not have a way to organize fields within an entry. Entries with many fields are somewhat tiresome to scroll through.
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Usability
WP Company LLC (The Washington Post)
No answers on this topic
Contentful
It is a very easy to use and configure application. I find that it is on the user to manage the content after the models have been created, yet I still do not encounter issues finding or creating new components for our site. It is easy to set up and easy to navigate.
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Alternatives Considered
WP Company LLC (The Washington Post)
No answers on this topic
Contentful
Easy to use and much more organized as a single platform versus multi. The layout is clean and easy to read and we don’t have to worry about certain users safe guarding data or content then losing it when they leave the company. It’s a one stop shop for imagery
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Return on Investment
WP Company LLC (The Washington Post)
  • After the implementation of the CMS, the development team started focusing more on developing new features for the site than maintaining the CMS and the infrastructure. 100% of the work is now focused on creating value to the customer.
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Contentful
  • Contentful has saved us valuable development time that was previously spent doing deploys for minor content updates.
  • Contentful has helped us maintain consistent documentation, reducing time needed to review for consistency.
  • Can't say we've really experienced any negative ROI impacts from using Contentful, but we've run into some limitations in adding too many content models and the next pricing tier is substantially more expensive.
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