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    Ceros Studio

    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Ceros Studio is a content marketing software platform that enables designers and marketers to create interactive web content, without the need for coding or developers.

    $36,000

    per year

    Compendium (discontinued)

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AFormerly Oracle Content Marketing of the Oracle Marketing Cloud, Compendium was a content marketing solution to create and distribute compelling content across multiple channels to a targeted audience. Users could plan, produce, and deliver content across multiple personas and channels throughout the customer life cycle. Oracle acquired the product in 2013. A legacy product, Compendium is now end of sale.N/A
    Pricing
    Ceros StudioCompendium (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Annual Subscription
    36,000
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ceros StudioCompendium (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Ceros StudioCompendium (discontinued)
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Ceros Studio and Compendium (discontinued)
    Feature
    Ceros Studio
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Compendium (discontinued)
    7.2
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Ideation10.03 Ratings6.36 Ratings
    Approval workflows4.03 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Content collaboration9.04 Ratings7.66 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production9.01 Ratings5.54 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings7.56 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Ceros Studio and Compendium (discontinued)
    Feature
    Ceros Studio
    5.7
    4 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Compendium (discontinued)
    6.6
    6 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Content hub9.03 Ratings6.56 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content3.03 Ratings6.14 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs8.04 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Content distribution4.03 Ratings7.25 Ratings
    Content promotion8.03 Ratings6.14 Ratings
    Content automation2.02 Ratings6.75 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Ceros Studio and Compendium (discontinued)
    Feature
    Ceros Studio
    3.7
    4 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Compendium (discontinued)
    6.6
    6 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Audience profiling and targeting1.02 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting1.04 Ratings6.14 Ratings
    Content performance analytics5.03 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard2.03 Ratings6.45 Ratings
    Competitive analytics9.72 Ratings6.35 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Ceros StudioCompendium (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    6.3
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Ceros StudioCompendium (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ceros
    Ceros is fantastic for companies who can afford it. It's not ideal for startups who don't have the budget for it. If your company or agency is interested in creating interactive content, but you don't have the skill sets in-house to develop or code them properly, Ceros is for you
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Oracle is great for a very basic blog. The look of ours was designed and built on the back end/code side, so I'm not sure if there are a lot of clean, modern templates like you see in a lot of blogs today to choose from or not. It has been great having a number of authors who can write content directly in the platform and then submit it to our content managers for scheduling and publishing. I think the biggest issue people may have with it is the look of the interface. It needs an update.
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    Pros
    Ceros
    • Easy to use and adopt user interface. If you know basic Photoshop, you can use this.
    • Encouraging roadmap - the product has gotten better every year. The company obviously listens to client feedback.
    • Smart, dedicated client team - always checking in, comes with new ideas, generally nice people. We always love our meetings with them!
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    Discontinued Products
    • Permission levels are also nice so a random user cannot just post without a certain level of access.
    • I also like being able to update the code if necessary.
    • It's easy for users to access and write, and there's a nice workflow to review any content before it gets published.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Ceros
    • A direct to consumer model
    • Price point is high, but understandably
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    Discontinued Products
    • Templates are a good thing, but hard to set up and require a lot of work. (Other Oracle tools are more user-friendly when it comes to template design.)
    • While they did a good job updating the interface, I still believe more work can be done to make it more user-friendly.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Ceros
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Easy to use, and supporting several permutations, the CM suite is an excellent solution for a mid to large size business. It's meant to be used by a team, and the functionality can work across websites and landing pages. There's also the high benefit of translation management, providing support for localized products.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Ceros
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    It has never been down since we have used this software.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Ceros
    Our CSMs have always been 100% and their support team typically responds within an hour or two. Their design/build team also worked with us on perfecting several experiences and are always mindful of how a project is going. One of their designers didn't really understand one of our requests and the project took more rounds of revisions than in previous projects, but they rectified the issue and the project came out well in the end. That outcome probably only happened in the time it did due to our CSM consistently checking in and getting feedback throughout the project - unfortunately, not something that happens enough with all our partners.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    To be perfectly honest, every one of my concerns and problems has been handled by the support team in a very timely manner. If they could not fix my issue they assured me it be addressed in future updates.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Ceros
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Don't forget about customer service once you have a closed the sale with a customer. Oracle seemed to not care about our needs/timeline after we gave them our Purchase Order
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ceros
    Ceros takes what would be difficult to accomplish in the Adobe suite of products and makes it easy. When it comes to user experience, user interface and customization options, Ceros is a much better alternative than Adobe. However, Adobe is the trusted name and some may be more comfortable with Adobe products
    Incentivized
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    While OCM was a lot more money, they were able to prove to us that they are a much better solution to use and worth the extra cost. The reporting, capabilities along with the analytics that was easy to download was a big discussion factor for us.
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    Return on Investment
    Ceros
    • Increased win rate during presentations.
    • Elevated content appearance.
    • Engaged audience more.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Everyone had their own plan and executed them without taking into consideration the impact of another ongoing project. Compendium has created communication between teams that were not communicating before.
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    ScreenShots

    Compendium (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Content marketers can see every aspect of their content production process at a glance, which is essential for a successful content marketing strategy.Screenshot of Leveraging Oracle Content Marketing’s Business Units feature results in improved marketing alignment by empowering marketing leaders to view one unified content calendar, content repository, and analytics dashboard across the entire organization. Corporate executives can drill down on content creation, distribution, and impact for individual business units in order to make necessary changes to drive success at the divisional level.