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    Contentful

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AContentful 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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    Image Relay

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AImage Relay Marketing Delivery keeps digital assets and product information in one place with the goal of supporting fast, seamless creation and delivery.N/A
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    ContentfulImage Relay
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $300
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    Community
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    Enterprise
    Custom
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    ContentfulImage Relay
    Security
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    Feature
    Contentful
    8.5
    10 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Image Relay
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    Role-based user permissions8.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Contentful and Image Relay
    Feature
    Contentful
    9.5
    12 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Image Relay
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    API9.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language9.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Contentful and Image Relay
    Feature
    Contentful
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Image Relay
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    WYSIWYG editor7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness9.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section9.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design4.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Contentful and Image Relay
    Feature
    Contentful
    9.4
    12 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Image Relay
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    Content taxonomy10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (13 ratings)
    8.0
    (28 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (28 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    7.9
    (28 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
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    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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    Image Relay
    Image Relay is intelligently designed for any marketer, especially if your products require a library of images and video and especially if you feel like your team could use some quality onboarding to make sure everything is set up right and to make sure your team is equipped to use the software effectively. Specifically speaking, since we have so many products and we're building a bigger direct relationship with customers, it was important that we have an easy way to store and access assets that can represent those products and resonate with potential customers. Image Relay also made it really easy to group assets for sharing with influencers and other marketing partners. Dropbox and Google Drive may have their place and their functionalities that set them apart, so it's important to not look at Image Relay like one of those older document services storage spaces — though those companies could learn a lot from how Image Relay helps marketers enrich their assets and store them smartly.
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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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    Image Relay
    • Enables us to organize a large number of files in an easy-to-use format
    • Keeps our files safe. Much of the work we do is private until our partners approve of our marketing going public so file security is critical to our operation.
    • Image Relay makes it easy for our team to track and access a wide range of files - especially photos and contracts.
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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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    Image Relay
    • The AI tagging terms are too generic to really be helpful to us.
    • When we did our initial upload the system couldn't pull in old dates, so everything has a date of the day it was uploaded. It will be a while before searching by "most recent" works properly.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Contentful
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    Image Relay
    I believe once all of our staff see how efficient Image Relay is in managing our digital assets, there will be no question that the cost vs. value will mandate continued use moving forward. It literally will pay for itself in saved staff time, I believe.
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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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    Image Relay
    Image Relay is very straightforward. The experience and interface mimic things were all used to using so it makes it very easy to learn and use. They didn't try to reinvent the wheel by making a fancy tool, they just made something that works and does exactly what you need it to do. They also have an awesome team that is quick to help and answer any questions along the way.
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    Support Rating
    Contentful
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    Image Relay
    Amazing. We are having a quick call once a week to be sure we are right on track. They answer all our questions right away and if they are missing something they will just find the answer and get back to us as fast as possible. There is no need to look elsewhere!
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    Implementation Rating
    Contentful
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    Image Relay
    The Image Relay team was very helpful in guiding us through the process. Excellent customer service and guidance.
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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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    Image Relay
    We were using our in-house storage NAS system and Backup on DVD and hard drive. The issue is that we lost a lot of data by it either crashing or becoming unreadable. And it's very difficult to organize and share data. To share data we were using WeTransfer, but the issue is that the link expired in 7 days.
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    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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    Image Relay
    • Image Relay has only offered positive impacts for me. The search function is great when used properly — our photographers can input tons of metadata that is later used to find certain teams or players within the website.
    • I don't mind having duplicates in the system as long as they are in places they need to be, but Image Relay does tell you when you've uploaded something multiple times which could be helpful to others.
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