Arc XP vs. WordPress VIP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Arc XP
Score 9.7 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
WordPress VIP
Score 7.6 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Wordpress VIP, from a team at Automattic, is enterprise WordPress hosting with customer or digital experience features for enterprises.N/A
Pricing
Arc XPWordPress VIP
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Arc XPWordPress VIP
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Arc XPWordPress VIP
Features
Arc XPWordPress VIP
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Arc XP
9.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
WordPress VIP
7.3
2 Ratings
12% below category average
Role-based user permissions9.01 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Arc XP
9.5
1 Ratings
14% above category average
WordPress VIP
7.3
2 Ratings
6% below category average
API10.01 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language9.01 Ratings5.52 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Arc XP
9.2
1 Ratings
22% above category average
WordPress VIP
8.2
2 Ratings
5% above category average
WYSIWYG editor10.01 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness10.01 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Admin section8.01 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design10.01 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.01 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Arc XP
10.0
1 Ratings
37% above category average
WordPress VIP
8.0
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Content taxonomy10.01 Ratings7.31 Ratings
SEO support10.01 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Digital Experience Platform
Comparison of Digital Experience Platform features of Product A and Product B
Arc XP
9.1
1 Ratings
1% above category average
WordPress VIP
-
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 XPWordPress VIP
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.8
(22 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(21 ratings)
User Testimonials
Arc XPWordPress VIP
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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Automattic
WordPress VIP really changed the game when it comes to WordPress CMS and Content Management. A one-stop shop for all our client's business needs. We are focusing on Content Management instead of technicalities. The big advantage is the security features covering all recent vulnerabilities that any WordPress developer/user wastes lots of precious time fixing/updating. Performance-wise, WordPress VIP is definitely up there. We’ve been doing lots of optimization work over the last few years. Every client wants to score 100. With WordPress VIP we decreased the time spent on optimization significantly and now feel confident with taking more performance optimisation work than we did before. Lastly, maybe the most important for every business is the support quality. WordPress VIP runs a superb support team with phenomenal knowledge and expertise. Quick to respond and solves issues here and now. It is definitely recommended.
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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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Automattic
  • Keeps us informed of upcoming releases/patches associated with the Wordpress Platform.
  • Introduces us to products/companies/Wordpress plugins as necessary when new business needs arise.
  • Amy and Allie are excellent at managing the relationship; speaking with them on our monthly calls is a pleasure.
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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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Automattic
  • Too many different dashboard formats
  • Everything should have the same look and feel.
  • The admin portal looks different than the user content portal
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Likelihood to Renew
WP Company LLC (The Washington Post)
No answers on this topic
Automattic
It's true enterprise ready hosting framework providing unparalleled hosting infrastructure for WordPress. Where an organisation has high load needs, but with stability and scale VIP delivers. It provides complete peace of mind that the hosting, security and scalability are taken care of and organisations can focus on developing out their website strategies
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Usability
WP Company LLC (The Washington Post)
No answers on this topic
Automattic
There is documentation for everything you might need.
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Support Rating
WP Company LLC (The Washington Post)
No answers on this topic
Automattic
The people who work for WordPress VIP clearly are passionate about representing the organisation. Therefore when support is required, they do go above and beyond what you may expect in terms of overall support. They take security very seriously, and due to the nature of VIP, it's rarely a concern for the end-user, if at all.
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Alternatives Considered
WP Company LLC (The Washington Post)
No answers on this topic
Automattic
Our team manages 4 different brands' websites and before WordPress VIP we were using multiple different hosts including DreamHost and AWS. These were convoluted and didn't offer the enterprise features for our organization that WP VIP was capable of. We also considered Pantheon, but they were not Wordpress-centric enough for the direction we were going.
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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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Automattic
  • Working as a WordPress VIP gold partner has helped our business grow from 12 staff to 28 staff in 2 years. They have brought many projects to the table that are always the right ones for us and they really understand our goals as a business.
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