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Brightspot vs. Directus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Brightspot
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Brightspot (formerly Perfect Sense) is a content management system for businesses looking to distinguish themselves via digital transformation. The platform helps editors and developers to utilize publishing processes, customized workstreams and collaboration features. This helps users to deliver content to audiences without compromise.N/A
Directus
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Directus is an Open Data Platform for managing the content of any SQL database. It provides an API layer (REST & GraphQL) for developers and a no-code App for non-technical users. Written entirely in JavaScript, Directus is open-source, modular, and extensible, allowing it to be fully tailored to a project's needs. Directus dynamically generates custom API endpoints based on an SQL database's schema in real-time — something the vendor states they call "
$0
per Project
Pricing
BrightspotDirectus
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Directus Open-Source
$0
per Project
Directus On-Demand Cloud
$49
per Project
Directus Enterprise Cloud
$499
per Project
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BrightspotDirectus
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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Community Pulse
BrightspotDirectus
Considered Both Products
Brightspot
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Brightspot
Best example of ease of use and future flexibility
Directus

No answer on this topic

Features
BrightspotDirectus
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Brightspot
8.6
Ratings
5% above category average
Directus
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Brightspot
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Directus
-
Ratings
API8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Brightspot
7.7
Ratings
1% below category average
Directus
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG editor8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes5.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Brightspot
7.9
Ratings
5% above category average
Directus
-
Ratings
Content taxonomy8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
BrightspotDirectus
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BrightspotDirectus
Likelihood to Recommend
Suited for populating multi-site assets. It would be less appropriate for replacing a journal publishing system.
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Pros
  • Ease of use to users
  • Intuitive display
  • High traffic loads
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Cons
  • Personalization features (dependent on integration with a CDP)
Mark Stahura | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mark Stahura
Senior Product Owner
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Alternatives Considered
Better feature set at a better price
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Return on Investment
  • All positive, allowing the newsroom to react to events without engineering help
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Senior Product Owner
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ScreenShots

Brightspot Screenshots

Screenshot of An example of an article content typeScreenshot of An example of a composable moduleScreenshot of An example of a dashboard

Directus Screenshots

Screenshot of Collection Page — This is the main gateway to your content items, providing a highly configurable Layout for browsing and visualizing the items within a collection. The header of this page includes key action buttons for creating, deleting, and batch editing items.Screenshot of Item Detail Page — Most Collection Detail Layouts support navigating to individual item detail pages where you a presented with a customizable form for viewing/editing the item's content.Screenshot of File Library — This module aggregates all files within the project into one consolidated library. This page has the same features and configuration as Collection Detail.Screenshot of Settings > Role Permissions — Directus includes an extremely granular, filter-based permissions system for controlling access.Screenshot of In-App Docs — This module is an internal set of guides, concepts, and reference docs for your project's specific version of Directus. It also includes a dynamic API Reference that is dynamically tailored to your custom schema.