Contentful vs. GatherContent

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Contentful
Score 7.5 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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GatherContent
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
GatherContent headquartered in London offers their content operations, collaboration and governance platform for enterprises.N/A
Pricing
ContentfulGatherContent
Editions & Modules
Lite
$300
per month
Community
Free
Enterprise
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ContentfulGatherContent
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ContentfulGatherContent
Features
ContentfulGatherContent
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.5
10 Ratings
3% above category average
GatherContent
9.0
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Role-based user permissions8.510 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
9.5
12 Ratings
21% above category average
GatherContent
7.5
1 Ratings
3% below category average
API9.311 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language9.79 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
7.8
13 Ratings
0% above category average
GatherContent
8.4
1 Ratings
8% above category average
WYSIWYG editor7.34 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness9.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section9.311 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Page templates7.64 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Library of website themes7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design4.57 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Publishing workflow9.312 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Form generator7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
9.4
12 Ratings
23% above category average
GatherContent
8.7
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Content taxonomy10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support10.09 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Bulk management9.08 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
ContentfulGatherContent
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(13 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ContentfulGatherContent
Likelihood to Recommend
Contentful
It's a great all rounder for content projects. It's easy in the basics and powerful in the complex, data heavy scenarios. Extending the platform is straightforward and the SDK gives you everything you need. If you have many many varying content types , it gets expensive and perhaps not the best choice .
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GatherContent
We create and manage content for various client's websites. The customizable workflows, assignments and user roles help us keep everyone accountable to deadlines. It is transparent, collaborative, and more efficient for all.
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Pros
Contentful
  • Flexible. This CMS can be easily extended and provide access to dynamic content
  • Simple. The WYSWG is very easy to work with and identifying pages and content in the system is fairly easy
  • Clean Interface. The interface is clean and uncluttered keeping focus on the content and not other factors.
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GatherContent
  • Easy to navigate interface.
  • Customizable workflow.
  • Set up project templates for recurring projects.
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Cons
Contentful
  • Contentful uses "references" to allow you to build very modular content. If I have a "slider" content type, I can create a "slide" content type which references a "button" content type, and so forth. This works well, but I occasionally wish there was a better solution for one-off content, like a settings page. Currently, this is done for creating an entire content type called "settings" with a single entry. Not a big deal, but not ideal, either.
  • There are a few quirks with GatsbyJS integration, etc, but these issues are being fixed and improved upon very quickly.
  • A minor gripe, but Contentful does not have a way to organize fields within an entry. Entries with many fields are somewhat tiresome to scroll through.
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GatherContent
  • Getting emails for every single change is really annoying.
  • It seems pretty easy, but I suggest you take time to train anyone who will be working on it.
  • API integrations could be better as it doesn't work 100% of the time.
  • Layouts created are static and you can not move the order.
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Usability
Contentful
It is a very easy to use and configure application. I find that it is on the user to manage the content after the models have been created, yet I still do not encounter issues finding or creating new components for our site. It is easy to set up and easy to navigate.
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GatherContent
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Alternatives Considered
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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GatherContent
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Contentful
  • Contentful has saved us valuable development time that was previously spent doing deploys for minor content updates.
  • Contentful has helped us maintain consistent documentation, reducing time needed to review for consistency.
  • Can't say we've really experienced any negative ROI impacts from using Contentful, but we've run into some limitations in adding too many content models and the next pricing tier is substantially more expensive.
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GatherContent
  • Accountability to deadlines and roles.
  • Less emails and less multiple documents.
  • Large scale content management for new websites.
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