CMS for Distributed Content & Distribution vs. Contentful

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CMS for Distributed Content & Distribution
Score 0.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Skywriter Systems Inc. is a SaaS company that provides an application for working with distributed content. Skywriter enables companies to use content from anywhere and provide trusted distribution of any kind of content at scale. The problem is that most businesses today have to both gather and publish a continuous stream of highly distributed content. Content is both sourced and delivered across numerous platforms: internal networks, social media, web pages, various clouds, and…N/A
Contentful
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
Contentful is a cloud based CMS solution that provides the ability to manage content across multiple platforms.The editing interface allows for managing content interactively and provides developers the ability to deliver the content with the programming language and template framework of their choice.
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Pricing
CMS for Distributed Content & DistributionContentful
Editions & Modules
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Lite
$300
per month
Community
Free
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CMS for Distributed Content & DistributionContentful
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup Fee$10,000 per installationOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
CMS for Distributed Content & DistributionContentful
Features
CMS for Distributed Content & DistributionContentful
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
CMS for Distributed Content & Distribution
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Ratings
Contentful
7.3
8 Ratings
12% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.38 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
CMS for Distributed Content & Distribution
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Ratings
Contentful
8.0
9 Ratings
3% above category average
API00 Ratings8.38 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings7.76 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
CMS for Distributed Content & Distribution
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Ratings
Contentful
7.7
10 Ratings
1% below category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
CMS for Distributed Content & Distribution
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Ratings
Contentful
8.0
9 Ratings
8% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
CMS for Distributed Content & DistributionContentful
Likelihood to Recommend
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(0 ratings)
8.3
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
CMS for Distributed Content & DistributionContentful
Likelihood to Recommend
Skywriter Systems
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Contentful
Contentful is well suited for folks who want a simple, clean, easy-to-use interface for a JAVASCRIPT website. If you do not want a javascript website you should look [elsewhere].
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Pros
Skywriter Systems
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Contentful
  • Clean, modern interface (not clunky and outdated, like WordPress)
  • High degree of flexibility (I can structure data any way my clients need)
  • Enables headless frontend (i.e. I can build any frontend I want without having to change my CMS)
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Cons
Skywriter Systems
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Contentful
  • The new Contentful "branches" feature looked promising (it appears to mirror a git-like repository) but it requires the CLI, which isn't necessarily practical for teams that aren't current CLI users. It would be nice if the management of this feature were available via the UI (without that it causes more confusion than anything).
  • The Contentful data modeling method makes for a bit of an awkward SDK developer experience in some strongly typed languages like Java. Most things that you might need can be accomplished, but it feels like the experience could be smoother.
  • It would be nice if there were a way to migrate data between spaces (e.g. from your staging space to production).
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Alternatives Considered
Skywriter Systems
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Contentful
Easy to use and much more organized as a single platform versus multi. The layout is clean and easy to read and we don’t have to worry about certain users safe guarding data or content then losing it when they leave the company. It’s a one stop shop for imagery
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Return on Investment
Skywriter Systems
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Contentful
  • There was no negative impact as such.
  • Positive impact is increase in sales.
  • More work is delivered due to reusability and other features within a time and less manual effort.
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ScreenShots

CMS for Distributed Content & Distribution Screenshots

Screenshot of The main Skywriter control panelScreenshot of All of the published documents in one placeScreenshot of All of your social media posts in one place

Contentful Screenshots

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