Contentful vs CoreMedia

What users are saying about

Score 8.1 out of 10

Based on 27 reviews and ratings

Score 6 out of 10

Based on 10 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

Security

9.0

Contentful

90%

CoreMedia

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Contentful ranks higher in 1/1 features

Role-based user permissions

9.0

90%

5 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Platform & Infrastructure

7.7

Contentful

77%

CoreMedia

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Contentful ranks higher in 2/2 features

API

7.0

70%

5 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Internationalization / multi-language

8.5

85%

3 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Web Content Creation

7.2

Contentful

72%

CoreMedia

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Contentful ranks higher in 8/8 features

WYSIWYG editor

7.3

73%

4 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Code quality / cleanliness

9.0

90%

4 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Admin section

8.0

80%

6 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Page templates

7.6

76%

4 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Library of website themes

7.5

75%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Mobile optimization / responsive design

7.2

72%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Publishing workflow

4.0

40%

6 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Form generator

7.0

70%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Web Content Management

6.9

Contentful

69%

CoreMedia

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Contentful ranks higher in 5/5 features

Content taxonomy

6.0

60%

5 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

SEO support

8.1

81%

4 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Bulk management

7.5

75%

2 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Availability / breadth of extensions

4.1

41%

4 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Community / comment management

9.0

90%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

Contentful is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend

Contentful

80%

7 Ratings

6.0

CoreMedia

60%

7 Ratings

Contentful

N/A

0 Ratings

5.6

CoreMedia

56%

5 Ratings

Contentful

N/A

0 Ratings

8.0

CoreMedia

80%

2 Ratings

Pros

Clean, modern interface (not clunky and outdated, like WordPress)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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Andrew Folts

Digital Strategist

Sherpa Design Co.Design, 1-10 employees

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Allows many staff members to contribute content to various portions of our website, and allows our Electronic-Communications staff to delegate tasks to these various staff (diffusing the work-load).
CoreMedia allows for easy creation of different types of content (like teasers, articles, download objects, links, etc). Permission levels can be set, so only certain staff can upload content such as photos, videos, or audio files.
The CoreMedia workflow process is easy to understand and follow. Once a staff member has submitted content for publishing to the web, they can then see who it's been assigned to for review, and at what time. You're able to leave detailed notes and stay abreast of where the workflow is at any given time.

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Verified User

Contributor in Social Media

Higher Education Company, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

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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Eric Mason

Lead Developer

SaaSquatchMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Early learning within the company was slow.
We elected a customized version of CoreMedia - which in the end may not have been the best decision.

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Nicola Farman

Online Marketing Manager

Springer NaturePublishing, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Starting Price

Contentful Editions & Modules

Edition

Community	Free
Team	489/month
Enterprise	Custom

none

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Starting Price

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CoreMedia Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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CoreMedia 5.6

Based on 5 answers

CoreMedia continues to refine and deliver new features. They also explore new technologies and trends, like social media integration. The platform is solid and growing. We are also slightly locked into using CoreMedia. Migrating such a large amount of content to another system would likely not be feasible or prudent.

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Brett Harris

Lead Software Engineer

Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc.Health, Wellness and Fitness, 501-1000 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

CoreMedia 8.0

Based on 2 answers

Set aside more time than you think you need to migrate content. That is the hard part. Implementing the technology is easy.

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Brett Harris

Lead Software Engineer

Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc.Health, Wellness and Fitness, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Contentful offers a great deal of features for a relatively low price. This is what ended up persuading us to purchase it. We also gathered that this was one of the more well-rated products out there, which was encouraging. It definitely stacks up well against its competitors.

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Nathan Richardson

SEO Specialist

BambooHRComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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While CoreMedia has a better workflow, django CMS has a much easier user interface, wysiwyg editor, and is superior on every other level. Django CMS is easier to teach and support, easier to manage and develop, and provides much more flexibility in the development and design areas.

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Sara Halperin

Web Specialist

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)Non-Profit Organization Management, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive: faster changes and new associates can easily navigate without prior training/knowledge of CMS to make content updates
Negative: Our website manager/provider can keep certain abilities (like changing specific images) so they can charge a fee for making the change

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Nathaly Sierra

Marketing Coordinator for FirstService Realty NYC

FirstService Residential New YorkReal Estate, 10,001+ employees

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Increased employee proficiency compared to nothing at all. I really don't have anything else to compare it to though.
Reports from Core do not help/.

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Verified User

Employee in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 11-50 employees

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CoreMedia

Contentful

CoreMedia

Role-based user permissions

Contentful

CoreMedia

API

Internationalization / multi-language

Contentful

CoreMedia

WYSIWYG editor

Code quality / cleanliness

Admin section

Page templates

Library of website themes

Mobile optimization / responsive design

Publishing workflow

Form generator

Contentful

CoreMedia

Content taxonomy

SEO support

Bulk management

Availability / breadth of extensions

Community / comment management

Contentful

CoreMedia

Contentful

CoreMedia

Contentful

CoreMedia

Likelihood to Recommend

Contentful

CoreMedia

Pros

Contentful

CoreMedia

Cons

Contentful

CoreMedia

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Contentful Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

CoreMedia Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

Likelihood to Renew

Contentful

CoreMedia

Implementation Rating

Contentful

CoreMedia

Alternatives Considered

Contentful

CoreMedia

Return on Investment

Contentful

CoreMedia

Screenshots

Contentful

CoreMedia

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