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Based on 16 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
Security

9.0
Contentful
90%
Sitecore Experience Platform
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%
Sitecore Experience Platform
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%
Sitecore Experience Platform
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%
Sitecore Experience Platform
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
- Sitecore Experience Platform is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

8.0
Contentful
80%
7 Ratings
9.0
Sitecore Experience Platform
90%
2 Ratings
Usability

Contentful
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
Sitecore Experience Platform
90%
1 Rating
Support Rating

Contentful
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
Sitecore Experience Platform
90%
1 Rating
Professional Services

Contentful
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
Sitecore Experience Platform
90%
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].
Web Marketing Manager
Lively, Inc.Financial Services, 51-200 employees
Sitecore Experience Platform
3 Scenarios where Sitecore Experience Platform is well suited: 1. Customized AI/ML Model development - Developing and deploying ML/AI models to automate tasks related to the process. e.g., image classification, sentiment analysis or text classification, etc.2. RPA & Chatbots - RPA scripts to automate simpler tasks and integrate with legacy systems (UI path, opensource RPA scripts). Implementation of chatbots training by human agents to respond to redundant queries 3. Data Enrichment - Structuring and enriching data using automated techniques in ML as well as human agent labeling

Verified User
Account Manager in Sales
Market Research Company, 1001-5000 employeesPros
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)
Digital Strategist
Sherpa Design Co.Design, 1-10 employees
Sitecore Experience Platform
- Sitecore has a decent supply of out of the box components and capabilities that can be fairly easily styled to meet business needs without much customization needed. This often helps speed to market.
- Sitecore has had the flexibility of offering on-premise hosting or cloud hosting to meet different needs of clients, though recently they have strongly pushed their cloud-based hosting. This is in alignment with the industry and very helpful for organizations that aren't looking to add another product to the portfolio of packages that their internal IT teams need to manage
- Sitecore has a capable UI for editing content. Though some competition may do better in this regard, Sitecore's editing interface is fully capable.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employeesCons
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).
Lead Developer
SaaSquatchMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Sitecore Experience Platform
- While the UI is capable, some other products in this space have a much more intuitive editing interface. Sitecore could do better in providing an easy to use editing UI.
- It would be nice to see a fully managed Sitecore instead of just cloud hosted
- The price falls more to the premium side of things. Making the value proposition a bit harder to justify

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employeesPricing 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
Community | Free |
---|---|
Team | 489/month |
Enterprise | Custom |
- none
Additional Pricing Details
—Sitecore Experience Platform
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Sitecore Experience Platform Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Usability
Contentful
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Sitecore Experience Platform
Sitecore Experience Platform 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Implemented for various projects such as:›Market and sales intelligence Competitor tracking Management moves Social media tracking Customized information sourcing. Use web-scraping and parsing for data harvesting where the search is keyword-based and, the content and data extractions are required from various websites•Implemented for diverse requirements:›Social media tracking›Image recognition›Pricing comparison›Competitor content mapping›e-Commerce products’ cataloging, etc.

Verified User
Account Manager in Sales
Market Research Company, 1001-5000 employeesSupport Rating
Contentful
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Sitecore Experience Platform
Sitecore Experience Platform 9.0
Based on 1 answer
1. Customized software development & maintenance. 2. Technology Consulting - Consulting-based services for technology solutions data engineering or cloud solutions. 3. Used for tapping into multiple data sources such as CRM and marketing automation systems and, creating automated data extracts with a high-end visual representation of data. 4. Implemented for scheduling an existing report to automatically refresh and be delivered to specific users at a specific regular interval.

Verified User
Account Manager in Sales
Market Research Company, 1001-5000 employeesAlternatives 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.
SEO Specialist
BambooHRComputer Software, 201-500 employees
Sitecore Experience Platform
All of these platforms have their pros and cons. Selecting the best fit is a matter aligning corporate need vs features provided. Have a .NET shop with an advanced marketing team looking to push UX forward and willing to pay a premium, then Sitecore may be the right fit. Have an organization centered around Java and only looking for basic CMS capabilities or looking for a budget-friendly option, then there may be better options beyond Sitecore.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employeesReturn 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
Marketing Coordinator for FirstService Realty NYC
FirstService Residential New YorkReal Estate, 10,001+ employees
Sitecore Experience Platform
- For mature marketing organizations, the analytics that Sitecore allows you to capture have been valuable in pushing forward marketing objectives and giving insight into how to tailor content for the best UX

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees