ButterCMS vs. Crownpeak CMS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ButterCMS
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
ButterCMS is a headless content management system and blog engine from the company of the same name in San Francisco. The vendor boasts users can integrate it easily into any new or existing web project in minutes.N/A
Crownpeak CMS
Score 7.2 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Crownpeak CMS is a composable, enterprise-ready content management system that empowers global teams to seamlessly orchestrate personalized digital experiences across all content channels. Marketing teams can create, manage, and monitor inclusive, accessible, and transactional experiences fast without compromising on functionality, security, or service.N/A
Pricing
ButterCMSCrownpeak CMS
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ButterCMSCrownpeak CMS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ButterCMSCrownpeak CMS
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
ButterCMSCrownpeak CMS
Hybrid CMS
Comparison of Hybrid CMS features of Product A and Product B
ButterCMS
6.3
1 Ratings
12% below category average
Crownpeak CMS
-
Ratings
Collaborative editing5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content templates7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
WYSIWYG editor7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content versioning6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Approval and authoring workflows5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content personalization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
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ButterCMS
-
Ratings
Crownpeak CMS
8.9
25 Ratings
10% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.925 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
ButterCMS
-
Ratings
Crownpeak CMS
8.0
22 Ratings
4% above category average
API00 Ratings7.819 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.120 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
ButterCMS
-
Ratings
Crownpeak CMS
8.1
27 Ratings
6% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings7.726 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.626 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings8.325 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings8.427 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.425 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.527 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings7.823 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
ButterCMS
-
Ratings
Crownpeak CMS
7.9
27 Ratings
7% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.725 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings8.524 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings8.122 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings7.321 Ratings
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User Ratings
ButterCMSCrownpeak CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(30 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(16 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(27 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(15 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
ButterCMSCrownpeak CMS
Likelihood to Recommend
ButterCMS
ButterCMS is suited if you are looking to have total headless cms and not cms that are like AEM or WordPress. Marketing multi engines and blogs are a few features to discover here. Do not enter this CMS in case you have no idea of headless cms. Having a little understanding would help.
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Crownpeak
Crownpeak DXM is a great solution if you are looking for a flexible platform that allows engineers to quickly develop while also making it easy for content authors to work especially in scenarios where you need multi-language support. It is also good for scenarios where you want a cloud-based solution and are looking for just one vendor to handle hosting and offer the CMS.
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Pros
ButterCMS
  • Ease of marketing
  • Engineering excellence
  • Much more access and development can be done
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Crownpeak
  • Build & manage digital experiences without dependency on your IT team
  • Built-in Digital Quality tool (DQM) tool allows you to check the quality of content and any accessibility issues and immediately flag any issues before publishing.
  • Build websites with the component-based technology and spend less effort in creating the best user experience for the end-user
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Cons
ButterCMS
  • Pricing could be checked
  • Maybe add an option to create sites using builders
  • Easily migrate existing sites
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Crownpeak
  • Crownpeak moved to a web browser admin tool in 2018, which has made the admin experience much better, but there are still a couple of features missing from the browser version that won't arrive until later in 2019.
  • Integration with 3rd party digital asset management tools would be great.
  • Smoother integration with source control would be nice.
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Likelihood to Renew
ButterCMS
No answers on this topic
Crownpeak
None of our Crownpeak clients are currently thinking about replatforming.
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Usability
ButterCMS
No answers on this topic
Crownpeak
Crownpeak DXM is a flexible easy to use CMS platform speaking to the most challenging localization scenarios. Crownpeak users have the freedom to integrate DXM platform with their existing technology at no cost. Moving from legacy systems to the Saas platform is painless and cost-effective. Extensive targeting and personalization options are something that users will benefit from.
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Reliability and Availability
ButterCMS
No answers on this topic
Crownpeak
We have never encountered any issues with the availability.
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Performance
ButterCMS
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Crownpeak
Pages load very fast on production (assuming you develop with basic SEO practices in place) due to Crownpeak's publishing architecture. The slide downside is that publishing can be a bit slow at times.
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Support Rating
ButterCMS
No answers on this topic
Crownpeak
Crownpeak DXM's service and support are outstanding. We have immediate access to both the tech support team and the software engineering team. We can get a support person on the phone whenever needed, and we can schedule impromptu training sessions at any time. Best support I have ever received from a platform provider in 20 years of software and application development.
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In-Person Training
ButterCMS
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Crownpeak
We received on-site training from Crownpeak, the trainer had touched upon every possible scenario and provided great insights about the product & ease of implementation.
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Online Training
ButterCMS
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Crownpeak
My team left training with a solid understanding of how to use the product and the developer training ended with a test to ensure the ability to properly develop was learned properly. Recently, Crownpeak has added a self-paced training option which makes it extremely flexible to on-board new developers.
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Implementation Rating
ButterCMS
No answers on this topic
Crownpeak
SaaS model is perfect for us to avoid slow and costly version updates to get access to new features and functions. Crownpeak is a true SaaS model, so we get all the good new stuff without the need to invest in effort, time or money. this frees our teams to focus on content creation and deployment, which is pretty fast because the DXM publishes straight to html through the headless model.
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Alternatives Considered
ButterCMS
ButterCMS has been here for a while and we at our company know and understand how important brand value can be hence our decision to go ahead with this product. Has been brilliant so far. Save time and handle maintenance measures also help hence this product. Others in this category were not much that we were aware of.
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Crownpeak
I was not at this team within my organization during the evaluation period of Crownpeak. However, my previous team used Sitecore. Crownpeak is a bit easier to use from a UI perspective and has more creative options within the tool. Sitecore's clunky UI also was a reason I found out later why we ended up using Crownpeak as our DXM.
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Scalability
ButterCMS
No answers on this topic
Crownpeak
In some recent projects we have delivered to our clients, we were able to roll out sites in shorter time period due the scalability of the Crownpeak's DXM solution.
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Return on Investment
ButterCMS
  • ROI has improved
  • Website load time is better
  • Seo scores have improved
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Crownpeak
  • I'm pretty sure it raises our back-end development costs by making the development process (of creating input forms and producing outputs from the content) more complicated and painful than it needs to be.
  • It helps lock our clients in to us because not a whole lot of agencies have Crownpeak expertise.
  • It helps our clients not have to deal with their own IT teams, which they tend to dislike working with.
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