Contentful vs. Overdrive

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Contentful
Score 7.6 out of 10
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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.
$300
per month
Overdrive
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Overdrive is designed for organisations using G Suite in both business and education. It makes workspaces and sites, transforming Drive and other G Suite content into web pages automatically. Overdrive can be used to build custom sites of any shape and size, with no need to upload and publish documents or content in the conventional, saving time and effort. For sites which require large amounts of enterprise data or content, Overdrive helps…N/A
Pricing
ContentfulOverdrive
Editions & Modules
Lite
$300
per month
Community
Free
Enterprise
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ContentfulOverdrive
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEducation and Nonprofit discount available.
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Community Pulse
ContentfulOverdrive
Considered Both Products
Contentful
Chose Contentful
I used DatoCMS and in a nutshell, Contentful is more mature in terms of tooling and documentation.
Chose Contentful
Better, easier, mostly cheaper.
Chose Contentful
Webflow is stronger in terms of being a WYSIWYG platform. Contentful however is easier for us to integrate with our many other services that need to be orchestrated by a single application, which we accomplish by creating and referencing Contentful components and entries. …
Chose 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.
Chose Contentful
Contentful was affordable and much simpler than the Java based systems and preferred over a PHP solution
Chose Contentful
In the past we've used WordPress to manage documentation content. Wordpress was more flexible than Contentful but also prone to inconsistencies and we ended having a lot of hacks to accomplish various Wordpress tricks. With Contentful there's less ambiguity so content producers …
Chose 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.
Chose Contentful
Very similar to WordPress, but has more organizational properties than square space.
Chose Contentful
For custom solutions, Contentful blows every other CMS I've used out of the water. Unlike WordPress, there's no clutter to wade through, and you can simply build the infrastructure you need. It's more secure by far, and works seamlessly with modern frontend technologies, like …
Chose Contentful
Contentful was the most user-friendly platform that everyone in our company could understand. It doesn't have the integrations that Wordpress does, but it was easier for everyone in our organization to use. We've also seen good ranking and traffic from the pages created in …
Chose Contentful
Contentful is easy and fast and cheap. I went from zero experience to loading data out of my contentful space in about an hour or more. The cost is very reasonable and compared to options like CloudCMS are a fraction of the cost. The benefit is that with a lower cost entry …
Overdrive
Chose Overdrive
We can turn google drive into a website easily & provide the best customization for the websites.
Features
ContentfulOverdrive
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.5
Ratings
3% above category average
Overdrive
10.0
Ratings
20% above category average
Role-based user permissions8.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
9.5
Ratings
20% above category average
Overdrive
10.0
Ratings
25% above category average
API9.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language9.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
7.8
Ratings
0% below category average
Overdrive
7.4
Ratings
5% below category average
WYSIWYG editor7.30 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section9.30 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Page templates7.60 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Library of website themes7.50 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design4.50 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Publishing workflow9.30 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Form generator7.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
9.4
Ratings
23% above category average
Overdrive
8.0
Ratings
7% above category average
Content taxonomy10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
SEO support10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Bulk management9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ContentfulOverdrive
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
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8.0
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Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
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User Testimonials
ContentfulOverdrive
Likelihood to Recommend
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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We use Overdrive for customer websites to access all our G Suite.
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Pros
  • 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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  • G drive integration
  • Mobile access's
  • Security
  • Can design templets
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Cons
  • 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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Usability
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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Alternatives Considered
For custom solutions, Contentful blows every other CMS I've used out of the water. Unlike WordPress, there's no clutter to wade through, and you can simply build the infrastructure you need. It's more secure by far, and works seamlessly with modern frontend technologies, like GatsbyJS. In contrast to website builders like Squarespace and Wix, Contentful gives developers (like myself) free range to create high-quality, unique, scalable frontends that aren't limited by preexisting design and layout structures.
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We can turn google drive into a website easily & provide the best customization for the websites.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • Cost efficient
  • Security
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ScreenShots

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Overdrive Screenshots

Screenshot of Create great-looking and powerful sites using Google Drive and other G Suite content.Screenshot of Bring your site to life by embedding Google Maps, Calendars, Sheets, Photos, YouTube videos and more.Screenshot of Use Page Builder to create pages by simply dragging and dropping content tiles.Screenshot of Use Template Designer to customize your site.Screenshot of Just a few of the many Overdrive uses.