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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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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    Percolate, now part of Seismic

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Percolate was a content marketing platform designed to help large brands create content and manage marketing campaigns. The product's capabilities have been integrated into the Seismic platform's digital marketing capabilities, and Percolate is no longer available for sale standalone.N/A
    Pricing
    ContentfulPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $300
    per month
    Community
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ContentfulPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
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    Community Pulse
    ContentfulPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Considered Both Products
    Contentful
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
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    Features
    ContentfulPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Contentful and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Contentful
    8.5
    10 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
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    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Contentful and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Contentful
    9.5
    12 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    -
    Ratings
    API9.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language9.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Contentful and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Contentful
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    -
    Ratings
    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 Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Contentful
    9.4
    12 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
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    Ratings
    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
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Contentful and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Contentful
    -
    Ratings
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Ideation00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Approval workflows00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Content collaboration00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Contentful and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Contentful
    -
    Ratings
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Content hub00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Contentful and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Contentful
    -
    Ratings
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    7.3
    13 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ContentfulPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Small Businesses
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Contently
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    PathFactory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ContentfulPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (13 ratings)
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ContentfulPercolate, now part of Seismic
    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 .
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Very useful for the management, planning, and programming of all social networks, as well as marketing campaigns. One of the best tools to make life easier for community managers and automate daily tasks such as content publishing. It is my favorite for managing my clients' networks.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Create social content from briefing all the way through to the approval process.
    • Social planner for managing topics and content streams across multiple channels.
    • Robust API and integrations.
    • Image library (with cost-free access/rights to stock photo libraries).
    • Frequent updates to the platform.
    • Built-in community management.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • A lot of the features in Percolate are very well built, but only provide the bare minimum as features go. Its editorial calendar for example lacks export/import features and its multimedia repository only supports images. In many ways, Percolate is trying very hard to be too much at the same time.
    • At the moment, Percolate lacks user level management. We can add users who need to be moderated before posting, but it is for example not possible to add users just for one specific function (like the multimedia database).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Contentful
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Percolate is a great tool for us, because we need the approval process workflows. The training was great when we first signed on, and the interface is very user friendly. We have trained our interns to use it as well with no issues. It makes keeping up with our content calendar a breeze and we can easily see what posts have been approved and which ones are still pending at a quick glance
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Easy to set up approval flows, but not always necessary to follow all the requires steps
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Contentful
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Rarely has a company shown this much support during implementation. This almost got to the point where it was too much hand holding. Sometimes, social teams just want the keys to the car so they can drive it themselves instead of waiting on someone to drive along with them...
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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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    Discontinued Products
    Percolate and Falcon have many similarities and provide many of the same features, however Percolate felt a bit more robust than Falcon, although it does come with a higher price tag to match. Both platforms are excellent for content approval workflows, content scheduling, and community management. Percolate offers additional features such as an Asset Management Library and a section for creative briefs and collaboration with internal teams.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Percolate has made it much easier to communicate between teams and has provided a return on investment in that area in particular.
    • Percolate also helps save time because you are able to schedule social media posts across channels easily.
    • It has also been an easy way to work with remote team members, which is very helpful.
    Incentivized
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