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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cascade CMS

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ACascade CMS (formerly Cascade Server) by Hannon Hill is a content management system, with built-in tools to help users eliminate stale content, increase digital outreach, and promote end-user adoption and accountability. Cascade CMS is designed for decentralized web teams in most major industries, including higher education, government, healthcare, and technology. Included is Clive, an engagement and real-time personalization tool for collecting information and using it to craft personalized…N/A

    Leapsome

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ALeapsome is a platform for Performance Management & Employee Engagement. CEOs and HR / People Operations teams in companies such as Trivago, Babbel and Mercedes-Benz choose Leapsome to enhance their people management processes. With Leapsome, you develop employees across your organisation. Leapsome combines tools for Goals & OKRs Management, Performance Reviews and 360s, Employee Engagement Surveys, Instant Feedback & Praise, and 1-on-1 Meetings into one easy to use and customizable…

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    Pricing
    Cascade CMSLeapsome
    Editions & Modules
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    Modular
    $6
    per month
    Enterprise
    custom pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cascade CMSLeapsome
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Features
    Cascade CMSLeapsome
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Cascade CMS and Leapsome
    Feature
    Cascade CMS
    8.0
    19 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Leapsome
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Cascade CMS and Leapsome
    Feature
    Cascade CMS
    7.1
    13 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Leapsome
    -
    Ratings
    API7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language7.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Cascade CMS and Leapsome
    Feature
    Cascade CMS
    7.1
    19 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Leapsome
    -
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    WYSIWYG editor6.119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness6.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes5.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator6.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Cascade CMS and Leapsome
    Feature
    Cascade CMS
    6.9
    18 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Leapsome
    -
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    Content taxonomy8.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions6.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management4.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Cascade CMS and Leapsome
    Feature
    Cascade CMS
    -
    Ratings
    Leapsome
    6.2
    3 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings4.03 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Cascade CMS and Leapsome
    Feature
    Cascade CMS
    -
    Ratings
    Leapsome
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Plan weighting00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Manager note taking00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
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    Score7 out of 10
    15Five
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Reflektive
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    Reflektive
    Score9.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cascade CMSLeapsome
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (44 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Cascade CMSLeapsome
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hannon Hill
    Cascade Server is well suited with it's WYSIWYG editor being better than most editors that I have used in other systems. In context, editing makes adding content easy compared to the last CMS I used where you had to wing it and view the page outside of the CMS to see if it was correct. The ability mix HTML, CSS, and the Script of your choice anywhere and with ease.
    The scenarios were Cascade Server is less appropriate would be in the use of compilers or programs like Visual studio. You need to go out of Cascade Server and go to other environments to perform tasks and then copy the result to Cascade Server. You can write directly in Cascade Server, but it's easier to do in and editor that is specific to a function.
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    Leapsome
    It will be an apt tool where only performance management is the requirement of the company in case there is no such tool in place. Like for a startup where the tool is yet to implement, this can help in managing the performance management with ease and a simple interface. Within a large organization where the requirements are beyond performance management, this tool will fall short
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    Pros
    Hannon Hill
    • Cascade CMS makes no assumptions about your content. Templates control how the content gets displayed.
    • Workflows are intuitive and allow for one or more people to review content before it is published.
    • The published site is static (no database connection) which allows for faster page loads and reduced risk of attack.
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    Leapsome
    • Great tool for assessments & development Profile, awesome graphs and highly customizable
    • Internal surveys as one of the most used feature, use of visuals to represent data is very impressive
    • Integration with Slack keeps me updated so emails are not lost in the sea of unreads
    • A personalized "To Do" list helps me save time.
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    Cons
    Hannon Hill
    • Cascade CMS is not an out-of-the-box pre-built system that you can install, turn on and expect to be serving sites and pages on day one. It's not a blogging system like WordPress, or a drag-and-drop system like SquareSpace (both of which I've used for their own purposes). You need to have someone tasked with management and system administration – and if you implement the on-premise self-hosted version, you ought to have several people. We have the university's IT shop handling infrastructure (server hardware, containers, clustering, operating systems, load-balancing, DNS, database servers, NAS/SAN drives), our Web & Design team managing Cascade CMS (system settings, sites, templates, permissions) and managers coordinating each respective academic unit (A&S, business, education, law, marine science).
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    Leapsome
    • Sometimes it is hard to navigate
    • It is tough to see how visible your feedback is and who views it
    • It took some time to get to understand the software
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hannon Hill
    Changing systems would require too much effort. Our institution is using Cascade Server, WordPress and Drupal but we only serve 2200 students so we have 1 too many content management systems. Reflecting on current technical resources we would like to drop down to 2. This effort hasn't moved forward because of the extensive work required to migrate content and train users in a new system.
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    Leapsome
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Hannon Hill
    Cascade CMS is completely usable on mobile devices, we can train our content editors in a single 2-hour session, and we support 1,000 users with a very small team.
    There is a level of complexity for the system administrators, site managers and web programmers who implement templates and content types. But the complexity is neither arbitrary nor inconsistent – and once learned provides a powerful environment within which we can develop robust sites that are beautiful and powerful, yet easy for our content editors to manage.
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    Leapsome
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Hannon Hill
    Amazing customer service and VERY customizable.
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    Leapsome
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Hannon Hill
    Does a great job.
    Incentivized
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    Leapsome
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Hannon Hill
    They have always regarded any question or problem we encountered as very important. We have never felt that they ignore or downplay any issue and not once has anything been left unresolved. They also hold an annual conference where users are invited to attend and share their experiences and wisdom with the entire Cascade community. And with the care and support the provide, we all feel a part of that community.
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    Leapsome
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Hannon Hill
    Training was helpful.
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    Leapsome
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Hannon Hill
    Still needed that physical help
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    Leapsome
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Hannon Hill
    The key to any CMS implementation is PLAN, PLAN, PLAN. Proper planning with Cascade can increase your satisfaction exponentially once the site migration/creation is complete. When all is said and done, your implementation can make your site run like a Yugo or Maserati. Be smart and deliberate in your decisions. Drive the Maserati. It is already paid for.
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    Leapsome
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Hannon Hill
    We selected Cascade server seven years ago, and the CMS environment at the time was clearly different than it is today. We decided to go with a vendor solution rather than a free solution because the long term cost in hosting a free solution is not, in fact, free; we've found Cascade to have been an excellent choice for us.
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    Leapsome
    I didn’t select over workday since this was used in the previous organization. The major difference is that workday provides multiple functions which leapsome currently doesn’t have or have it and I am not aware of it may be. However, I still recommend Leapsome over workday since its simple interface is effective to users. It is a user friendly tool that can still produce multiple KPI and reports which are required for people management
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    Scalability
    Hannon Hill
    I used it only a few times.
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    Leapsome
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Hannon Hill
    • Initially, ROI was positive - because we completely redesigned the website when we implemented Cascade.
    • Over time, the inability to keep up with the latest interactive tools has reduced visitors time on site.
    • Also over time, the difficulty of use has led to less buy-in by backend users, leading to outdated pages, little timely information, and lower visitors.
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    Leapsome
    • Get to know the company pulse, we can't put a ROI there
    • Assessments are easier and documented
    • Feedbacks are a great way to see engagement between employees
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    Screenshot of Facilitate a culture of rapid development and learning through giving and receiving instant feedback and praise with anyone in the organisation.Screenshot of Allow employees to privately or publicly praise their co-workers for a job well done - on Leapsome or via Slack & Gmail. Studies show that this boosts engagement, learning and workplace relationships.Screenshot of Track and collaborate on goals at all levels to create alignment,
accountability and transparency across the organisation.Screenshot of Go beyond simple tracking by sharing feedback on goals or requesting feedback on them. Customize the visibility of each goal to share with the company, specific teams or individual colleagues.Screenshot of Our live dashboards give you an overview of your review at any time. In the background, smart reminders nudge participants to complete their reviews, while you can simply lay back and relax.Screenshot of Any review participant will see relevant goals, 1:1 notes, peer reviews and instant feedback notes in the context of the review. Leapsome helps managers avoid bias and write great reviews.