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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

    Socialtext (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASocial Text was a tool that focused on social learning and includes Twitter-like microblogging capabilities. The product competed with MindTouch,Confluence, Jive Team Collaboration and other collaboration platforms. It was acquired by PeopleFluent in 2012 and is no longer available as a separate product, though similar capabilities are supplied by the PeopleFluent platform.

    $1

    Starting Price Per Month

    Pricing
    Ceros StudioSocialtext (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Annual Subscription
    36,000
    per year
    Socialtext
    $1.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ceros StudioSocialtext (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    Ceros StudioSocialtext (discontinued)
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Ceros Studio and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    Ceros Studio
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Ideation10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Approval workflows4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content collaboration9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Ceros Studio and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    Ceros Studio
    5.7
    4 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Content hub9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content distribution4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content promotion8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content automation2.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Ceros Studio and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    Ceros Studio
    3.7
    4 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Audience profiling and targeting1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content performance analytics5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard2.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analytics9.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Ceros Studio and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    Ceros Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Ceros Studio and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    Ceros Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.2
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Ceros StudioSocialtext (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Contently
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Score10 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PathFactory
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Ceros StudioSocialtext (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Ceros StudioSocialtext (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
    We use Social Text as a platform to air our issues with different departments. We voice our concerns and suggestions so we can help find a solution to the problems we incur on a daily basis. We need to have social text as an app so we can communicate in real time not only during work hours.
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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!
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Version history - Always keeps the edited versions and one can revert back any time
    • Creating and Editing an article is very easy and intutive
    • Sharing the articles with peers
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    Cons
    Ceros
    • A direct to consumer model
    • Price point is high, but understandably
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Search needs a ton of improvements. It was very slow a year ago
    • Search result quality was also not that good
    • I know they have improved their UI recently but when i used it last year it did not really have any design elements which could be used to make the articles look more presentable. It was important for us as we used it for external communication as well.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Ceros
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We have a lot of info in Socialtext already. It would be hard to get all that info out and port it to a different system
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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
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    I frankly like Confluence better than socialtext because of the speed and the quality of search. They also have better design elements which can help make the articles pleasant to the eyes.
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Ceros
    • Increased win rate during presentations.
    • Elevated content appearance.
    • Engaged audience more.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • We get solutions to concerns much faster
    • We promote interactions with the other depts
    • We listen and have discussions
    Read full review
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