AtomicWriter vs Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Likelihood to Recommend

AtomicWriter is especially suitable for blog writing and for this type of work. It also gives different formats and restructures it with a great view. I think that's it.

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Verified User

Executive in Marketing

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Episerver CMS provides a very well rounded system that will meet the needs of most businesses, in my experience. The biggest draw-back that I've seen with the underlying system is the response time in the back-end. Being on the digital experience cloud allows you to spread the load between services, but our experience has shown, even with a distributed network, the response time on the back-end can prove time-consuming and have delays in loading for content writers/editors. If there's a lot of hands-on, constantly, you will need to make sure the architecture has the response time your team needs.

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Sean Haddy

Senior .NET Application Developer

Jenson USARetail, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Ideation

Approval workflows

Content collaboration

Content calendar

Network for content licensing/production

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Content hub

Forms / Gated content

Embedded CTAs

Content distribution

Content automation

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Audience profiling and targeting

Closed-loop tracking and reporting

Content performance analytics

Campaign optimization dashboard

Competitive analytics

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Role-based user permissions

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

API

Internationalization / multi-language

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

WYSIWYG editor

Code quality / cleanliness

Admin section

Page templates

Library of website themes

Mobile optimization / responsive design

Publishing workflow

Form generator

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Content taxonomy

SEO support

Bulk management

Availability / breadth of extensions

Community / comment management

Pros

Makes my writing awesome.
Restructures it.
Gives me different writing formats.

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Verified User

Executive in Marketing

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Ektron CMS is reliable and performs well. Outages are extremely rare, and the site is fast.
The Ektron CMS content editor is easy to use, and updates can be made by non-technical people. The Ektron site synchronization process allows us to automatically publish updates every 30 minutes. This is very important to the resort's marketing efforts during the busy ski season.
This is straight from the marketing department: 'Ektron CMS is user friendly for non-technical people, and it allows us to be more effective in our marketing efforts.

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Joy Kilmer

Web Developer

Wintergreen ResortHospitality, 201-500 employees

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Cons

Nothing too bad.
Needs more features.
Should be less expensive.

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Verified User

Executive in Marketing

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Ektron's user interface could use a complete overhaul, beginning with the odd logical separation between "Library" items and "Content." From an end-user perspective these distinctions are completely irrelevant and only serve to confuse everyone.
The way Ektron reads html in the code editor is unfathomable. White space is dealt with in a completely unconventional and error prone way and the text editor often inserts immense amounts of unnecessary markup that often causes problems and bugs.
Ektron contains so many bugs its almost impossible to list them all. As the main editor of the website, my standard answer to any standard functionality requests is "no" because Ektron charges inordinate sums of money for those functions and even if we do custom manage our own solution, it would likely cause the entire system to crash.
Ektron is very very slow.
Ektron requires a seperate module for mobile/web-friendly websites. You can't just code it yourself. You have to buy their's.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud) 8.0

Based on 25 answers

Since I work on the implementation side of things, and do not directly own licensing for Ektron CMS, I have to base this rating off of how I think it will be received or presented to customers looking to start a new site deployment. I try to remain CMS agnostic, though my specialty is with the .NET and Microsoft stack. Because of the experience I have working with Ektron, I tend to be more forgiving with the shortcomings as I am familiar with how to work around them or past them from experience. Being familiar with the community available also helps, as you become familiar with the best approaches to find solutions to your issues. Each product has it's ups and downs and all of them are only going to be as good as the company or development team implementing them can make them. This is EXTREMELY important to remember when choosing a CMS, as it can make or break your expensive investment.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Professional Services

Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud) 6.5

Based on 5 answers

Usability principles have been a part of modern web application development for some time now. Ektron lags behind in this area. It's not that the back end is terrible, but to me it does not reflect commitment, expertise, and a systematic approach to usability in Ektron's development process. There are too many UI idiosyncrasies and inconsistencies for my liking.

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John Shea

Web Developer / Internet Programmer

Eastern Nazarene CollegeHigher Education, 201-500 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud) 9.2

Based on 8 answers

Unplanned outages or errors are fairly rare in our instance. And when there are issues, they're usually fixed fairly quickly

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud) 8.0

Based on 4 answers

Working with Ektron Support has always been a pleasure. They are quick to respond, extremely knowledgeable, and truly care about resolving your issue. I have never once been disappointed with their response.

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Jenn Murray

DHS Webmaster

Allegheny Department of Human ServicesInternet, 51-200 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud) 6.7

Based on 3 answers

Ektron is one of the best solution for .Net platform. Over the years have improved the performance issues that the previous versions had. My only complain is right now you can't do Page builder pages if you choose to have a MVC architecture

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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

No answers on this topic

I believe that EPiServer is here to stay; and, we routinely see them competing against other similar .NET technology platforms in this space (IE: Sitecore & Ektron). Experis has been following the Gartner Magic Quadrant and Forrester Wave reviews; and, EPiServer is well positioned to move into the "Leaders" quadrant in the near future (as of the 2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant, EPiServer was listed in the "Visionaries" quadrant).

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Jonathan Graham

Director, Global Content Solutions Practice

ExperisStaffing and Recruiting, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Nothing at all
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Verified User

Executive in Marketing

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Better efficiency and control over content. Faster creation of content specifically marketing campaign based landing pages. Easier implementation and tracking site visitor info and support for mobile has been easier to maintain.
Ektron has a wealth of features. implementing these requires in depth training and planning.

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Chris Chodnicki

Co-Founder, Exec. Dir. Strategic Partnerships & Alliances

R2integratedMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Rating Summary

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Likelihood to Recommend

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Feature Rating Comparison

Ideation

Approval workflows

Content collaboration

Content calendar

Network for content licensing/production

Content hub

Forms / Gated content

Embedded CTAs

Content distribution

Content automation

Audience profiling and targeting

Closed-loop tracking and reporting

Content performance analytics

Campaign optimization dashboard

Competitive analytics

Role-based user permissions

API

Internationalization / multi-language

WYSIWYG editor

Code quality / cleanliness

Admin section

Page templates

Library of website themes

Mobile optimization / responsive design

Publishing workflow

Form generator

Content taxonomy

SEO support

Bulk management

Availability / breadth of extensions

Community / comment management

Pros

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Cons

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Likelihood to Renew

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Usability

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Reliability and Availability

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Support Rating

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Online Training

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Alternatives Considered

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Return on Investment

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Screenshots

AtomicWriter

Optimizely Content Cloud (formerly Episerver Content Cloud)

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Rating Summary

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