Contentstack vs. HubSpot CMS Hub

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Contentstack
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Contentstack headquartered in San Francisco offers an API-first headless CMS. From desktops to smart phones, from kiosks to smart watches, from billboards to jumbotrons, from dashboards to VR headsets – content is delivered with the push of a button and optimized for every screen, device and channel.N/A
HubSpot CMS Hub
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
HubSpot's CMS Hub aims to enable developers to build using flexible themes and content structures, marketers to edit and create pages on their own, and to present customers with a personalized, secure experience.
$20
per month per seat
Pricing
ContentstackHubSpot CMS Hub
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Starter
$20
per month per seat
Professional
$500
per month
Enterprise
$1,500
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ContentstackHubSpot CMS Hub
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details—A discount is offered for annual subscriptions.
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Community Pulse
ContentstackHubSpot CMS Hub
Features
ContentstackHubSpot CMS Hub
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Contentstack
7.6
11 Ratings
7% below category average
HubSpot CMS Hub
8.3
13 Ratings
1% above category average
Role-based user permissions7.611 Ratings8.313 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Contentstack
7.9
10 Ratings
3% above category average
HubSpot CMS Hub
7.2
12 Ratings
7% below category average
API8.29 Ratings7.012 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language7.78 Ratings7.49 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Contentstack
8.2
12 Ratings
5% above category average
HubSpot CMS Hub
7.1
13 Ratings
9% below category average
WYSIWYG editor8.12 Ratings6.611 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness10.01 Ratings7.013 Ratings
Admin section7.712 Ratings8.113 Ratings
Page templates7.48 Ratings6.413 Ratings
Library of website themes10.01 Ratings6.613 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design6.79 Ratings6.411 Ratings
Publishing workflow7.410 Ratings7.712 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings7.712 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Contentstack
6.5
12 Ratings
13% below category average
HubSpot CMS Hub
7.2
13 Ratings
3% below category average
Content taxonomy7.410 Ratings7.612 Ratings
SEO support6.710 Ratings7.013 Ratings
Bulk management6.29 Ratings7.013 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions6.48 Ratings7.412 Ratings
Community / comment management5.86 Ratings7.112 Ratings
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User Ratings
ContentstackHubSpot CMS Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(12 ratings)
8.3
(15 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(9 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ContentstackHubSpot CMS Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
Contentstack
Contentstack has flexible functionality which opens up a lot of possibilities for businesses with proactive web development teams to create their own website builder app to compete with 3rd party agencies. This is especially useful in a large enterprise where non-technical teams often turn to expensive outside agencies which cost more in the long run than an up-front investment into an in-house application.
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HubSpot
If you want all your marketing activities to be in one place, where your CRM and customer data exist, go for Hubspot's entire suite, which could include CMS, depending on your needs. If you have to create a company blog, marketing landing pages for events or lead generation, or send decently designed newsletters, Hubspot does the job well. Any company that has grown to enterprise level or has fragmented marketing should probably not use Hubspot CMS because of the fragmented activities that might occur. Hubspot's reporting can also break. Also, if you want your designed pages to be very creative with many animations, Hubspot CMS is probably not the way to go. But for anyone who is still finding their footing, go for it.
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Pros
Contentstack
  • Enables us to build and architect content through the use of their easy to use software and user interface.
  • Customer service has been by far the most reliable and responsive in any vendor i've dealt with.
  • Listens to feedback and builds features and technical improvements that helps customers usability and experience.
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HubSpot
  • Search engine optimization is a major strength of this software as it helps content writers in creating effective content.
  • It is fully equipped with marketing tools.
  • We give much importance to reporting features and HubSpot CMS Hub reports are very useful.
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Cons
Contentstack
  • In my opinion it's not very intuitive. I've found its difficult to understand how to best structure entries, especially if they are related
  • In my experience, entries can get difficult to understand if weren't the creator. It would be helpful to have some meta data around the entry itself and the fields within them in my opinion.
  • Integration with an A/B testing platform would be nice.
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HubSpot
  • Although you can integrate it with Google Analytics, there is still a significant difference between what each tells you about [a] number of visitors to a given page, etc.
  • There's a lot to the program and it's not always intuitive where to go for a feature. Though the help center and academy are good and usually have the answers, having to look things up isn't.
  • It's expensive.
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Likelihood to Renew
Contentstack
No answers on this topic
HubSpot
This is the best CMS tools available in the market with the affordable rate which is beneficial for startups.
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Usability
Contentstack
No answers on this topic
HubSpot
HubSpot CMS HUB is well-rounded and brings a robust list of capabilities while maintaining an ease-of-use that beginners can engage. HubSpot is by far the best at doing this among the half-dozen or so CMS platforms I've used in my 20+ years experience. It turns glorified business card websites into purposeful marketing machines that become a key part of a marketing strategy rather than a complicated and frustrating mess.
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Reliability and Availability
Contentstack
No answers on this topic
HubSpot
As of now we didn't face any application errors and unplanned outages.
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Performance
Contentstack
No answers on this topic
HubSpot
Yes the pages load fastly and this tool is pretty good in integration with other tools like zapier, calendly and so on.
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Support Rating
Contentstack
They have an in-app chat with their support team, who is always quick to respond and provide helpful answers. I've never walked away from an interaction without my issue being solved quickly and easily. They're also very communicative over email and are sure to follow up after any changes are made to ensure we're seeing the desired result. They are always very professional and easy to work with.
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HubSpot
They are always there to help in any way possible. Our account manager works out any situations we may encounter during business hours
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Online Training
Contentstack
No answers on this topic
HubSpot
Pretty easy and resources available at fingertips.
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Implementation Rating
Contentstack
No answers on this topic
HubSpot
Yes, recreation of landing pages, forms and email templates.
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Alternatives Considered
Contentstack
Contentstack has better international hosting support then Contentful and we found the presales and sales support people were MUCH more responsive than Contentful. The Sitecore sales process was very very slow and overly complex. We felt Sitecore had many features that were not valuable and the cost to benefit ratio was much lower compared to ContentStack
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HubSpot
We have about 10 seats that were needed. Wanted a sales platform that had good status and reputation. HubSpot was the best choice for me given Salesforce not being the best in the past. Price was appealing and our team liked the overlay. Other options do not provide the same ability with data
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Scalability
Contentstack
No answers on this topic
HubSpot
Because it aligns with our goals and streamlined all the hubspot at one place.
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Return on Investment
Contentstack
  • Saved significant amounts of money that would previously been spent on 3rd party agencies to build websites
  • Empowered Comms teams to create and edit the design and content of their own websites on demand rather than relying on the Dev team
  • Allowed the Development team to concentrate on building functionality rather than websites, so we can focus on improvement rather than BAU work.
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HubSpot
  • Hubspot was where we hosted our landing pages for our first couple of events, so anything that we got out of it was partly because of it. So, the event itself was successful. but shipping faster is where Hubspot came in handy so that we could focus on other marketing activities. We have easily had 1500+ attendees just because we were able to ship our pages faster.
  • Our newsletter ran on Hubspot CMS for the longest time, and it had an open rate of >28%, which was pretty great.
  • Our time to take our webpages live or design monthly newsletter was easily cut 70% just because of existing templates that we could just duplicate and change content.
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