Contentful vs. TemplateToaster

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Contentful
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
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.
$489
TemplateToaster
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
TemplateToaster is website template and theme generating software. It is developed by AcrossSoft, a software development company in New York, NY. The software is a desktop based application and generates templates or themes for content management systems such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, and Prestashop.
$49
Annually
Pricing
ContentfulTemplateToaster
Editions & Modules
Team
489/month
Community
Free
Enterprise
Custom
Standard Edition
$49
Annually
Professional Edition
$149
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ContentfulTemplateToaster
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAfter one year, some concession is given on the specific edition.
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Features
ContentfulTemplateToaster
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.0
9 Ratings
0% below category average
TemplateToaster
9.1
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Role-based user permissions8.09 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.1
10 Ratings
5% above category average
TemplateToaster
9.5
2 Ratings
21% above category average
API8.79 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language7.57 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.0
11 Ratings
5% above category average
TemplateToaster
9.3
2 Ratings
20% above category average
WYSIWYG editor7.34 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness9.07 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Admin section8.79 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Page templates7.64 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Library of website themes7.52 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design8.26 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.510 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Form generator7.01 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.3
10 Ratings
12% above category average
TemplateToaster
9.3
2 Ratings
24% above category average
Content taxonomy8.59 Ratings9.11 Ratings
SEO support7.78 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Bulk management7.76 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.77 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Community / comment management9.01 Ratings9.11 Ratings
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User Ratings
ContentfulTemplateToaster
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(11 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
ContentfulTemplateToaster
Likelihood to Recommend
Contentful
Well suited for our needs of multiple images for auto auctions from a variety of sellers. Pointing them to one platform is easier than attempting to use a variety of platforms as we were doing before (email, slack, Dropbox and Google Drive would randomly be used by a variety of employees )
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AcrossSoft
TemplateToaster has the best features which include: BOOTSTRAP 3 support, W3C compliance, all devices and all browsers compatibility, clean and concise code generation, and extensive designing options. A big pack of sample templates comes free with software installation, and all the designing options have been provided as per the latest web design trends. Templates made in TemplateToaster make clients say, “wow, it’s amazing”. TemplateToaster is a designing tool as well as a development tool. In short words, it provides a GUI for designing templates, after the accomplishment of designing, the template can be exported into a fully-fledged web template, which is ready to use as a website design.
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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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AcrossSoft
  • Advanced designing features and using these advanced features very easily e.g. Bootstrap 3 support that makes flawless responsive templates.
  • Encapsulated all the major designing trends with respect to particular CMS.
  • Optimized code is produced for every theme/template as such the coding standards are perfectly followed by this software.
  • All WordPress themes made with this software pass the Theme Check test.
  • Because of W3C compliance it ensures consistency of websites over the web.
  • HTML5 and CSS3 also ensure better look of designs on small screens.
  • Apart from making web templates, one can make full fledged websites too. TemplateToaster allows making static websites with YouTube video inclusion. It has inbuilt FTP, so that user can easily move its website to the server.
  • An amazing and exclusive feature it provides is the option to draw custom widget/module/ block area.
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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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AcrossSoft
  • It is not available for MAC operating system.
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Alternatives Considered
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 are less likely to go astray. We also have our own in-house programmatic template solution for managing content, but this was a previous pain point when we needed to get the dev team to do a deploy for every content change.
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AcrossSoft
No, I never used any other similar software, its completely a new experience
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Return on Investment
Contentful
  • Positive - new hires are able to get onboarded quicker with us using Contentful
  • Positive - we can customize the journey of what modules/material the user sees after a course/video/article
  • Positive - it's been an overall game changer when hiring external candidates who need extensive training
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AcrossSoft
  • TemplateToaster returns full value of money.
  • It helps in finishing my projects ahead of time, hence I can finish more projects in less time. In other words, it helps in increasing my efficiency, which brings monetary benefits to me.
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ScreenShots

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TemplateToaster Screenshots

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