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Contentful vs MadCap Software

Contentful
27 Ratings
MadCap Software
11 Ratings

Contentful

27 Ratings
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Score 8.1 out of 100

Based on 27 reviews and ratings

MadCap Software

11 Ratings
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Score 7.4 out of 100

Based on 11 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

    Security

    9.0

    Contentful

    90%

    MadCap Software

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Contentful ranks higher in 1/1 features
    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%

    MadCap Software

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Contentful ranks higher in 2/2 features
    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%

    MadCap Software

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Contentful ranks higher in 8/8 features
    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%

    MadCap Software

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Contentful ranks higher in 5/5 features
    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

    Likelihood to Recommend

    8.0

    Contentful

    80%
    7 Ratings
    6.7

    MadCap Software

    67%
    4 Ratings

    Usability

    Contentful

    N/A
    0 Ratings
    3.0

    MadCap Software

    30%
    1 Rating

    Likelihood to Recommend

    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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    Jennifer Garcia | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Jennifer Garcia
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    MadCap Software

    MadCap Flare has its problems, but it serves our team well as an authoring software. This would not be the case if we needed to regularly collaborate on articles, as Flare is prone to conflict issues when another person dares to breathe near an open topic. When working individually, though, it's fine. I'd love to see improvements to design, performance, and stability, but Flare remains one of the best softwares on the market for our needs as an authoring team. MadCap Central is well-suited to internal reviewing when every member is comfortable with Flare (the errors it tends to introduce set aside). SMEs, though, tend to find it hard to use. It's cluttered, some styles don't render, and it just seems like a failed attempt to reproduce Google Docs. I'd love to see improvements there, to help get our SMEs to want to use Central.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Verified User
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    Pros

    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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    Andrew Folts | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Andrew Folts
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    MadCap Software

    • Snippets, variables, and conditioning are all good
    • Once you set it up, updating Help websites is easy.

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    Cameron Michael Rhoads | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Cameron Michael Rhoads
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    Cons

    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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    Eric Mason | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Eric Mason
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    MadCap Software

    • The software is often quite buggy, and certain bugs seem to date back nearly a decade and still persist.
    • Customizing shortcuts is often an ordeal.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Verified User
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    Pricing Details

    Contentful

    General

    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level set up fee?
    Optional

    Starting Price

    $0

    Contentful Editions & Modules

    Edition
    CommunityFree
    Team489/month
    EnterpriseCustom
    1. none
    Additional Pricing Details
    —

    MadCap Software

    General

    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    —
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level set up fee?
    No

    Starting Price

    $167 per month

    MadCap Software Editions & Modules

    Edition
    MadCap Flare$1,9991
    MadCap Central$1,5001
    MadCap AMS$2,9991
    1. per year
    Additional Pricing Details
    Includes a 12-month Platinum-level Maintenance Plan.

    Usability

    Contentful

    No score
    No answers yet
    No answers on this topic

    MadCap Software

    MadCap Software 3.0
    Based on 1 answer
    MadCap Flare is in desperate need of an overall redesign. It relies heavily on dozens and dozens of tiny buttons that contain dozens of nested features. Clicking the wrong button can cause your software to freeze and crash. Building targets can be an absolute mystery, as far as all the files involved. It also has a tendency to freeze and crash. There's typically a huge learning curve for new hires who've never used it--nothing is intuitive.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Alternatives Considered

    Contentful

    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 | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Nathan Richardson
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    MadCap Software

    I wish Google Docs would work for our purposes, but it doesn't have a lot of the technical writing features we need. Using Google Docs would make reviewing and edits much much quicker, but we need MadCap to house all our documents for our Help website.

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    Cameron Michael Rhoads | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Cameron Michael Rhoads
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    Return on Investment

    Contentful

    • 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 | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Nathaly Sierra
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    MadCap Software

    • Saves time by offering a way to sync documents with other teammates.
    • Often requires time to troubleshoot random errors or bugs that pop up with seemingly no cause.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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