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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Contentstack

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AContentstack 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

    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AOptimizely Content Marketing Platform brings teams together in a single, AI-powered workspace to share plans, collaborate on assets and execute campaigns.N/A
    Pricing
    ContentstackOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ContentstackOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Community Pulse
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    Contentstack
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    Features
    ContentstackOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Contentstack and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Contentstack
    7.4
    11 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
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    Role-based user permissions7.411 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Contentstack and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Contentstack
    7.5
    10 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
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    API8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language6.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Contentstack and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Contentstack
    8.1
    12 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
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    WYSIWYG editor8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section7.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates7.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design6.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow6.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Contentstack and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Contentstack
    6.4
    12 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
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    Content taxonomy7.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support6.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management5.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions6.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management6.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Contentstack and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Contentstack
    -
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    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    3.5
    48 Ratings
    76% below category average
    Ideation00 Ratings3.335 Ratings
    Approval workflows00 Ratings3.945 Ratings
    Content collaboration00 Ratings4.844 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings2.840 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production00 Ratings2.525 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Contentstack and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Contentstack
    -
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    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    3.5
    43 Ratings
    76% below category average
    Content hub00 Ratings3.136 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs00 Ratings3.328 Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings4.137 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings4.131 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings3.332 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Contentstack and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Contentstack
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    3.0
    37 Ratings
    84% below category average
    Audience profiling and targeting00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings1.730 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings1.834 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings1.729 Ratings
    Competitive analytics00 Ratings1.519 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
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    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ContentstackOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (12 ratings)
    3.4
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.1
    (47 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ContentstackOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    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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    Optimizely
    A 7 only because I think there's question marks around customization. However, I've seen very similar tools in the past where stakeholders have been skeptical, but as you get to know it and use it, you'll find actually you realize those benefits. I just think Optimizely could help its stakeholders and clients see those benefits early on versus later on. However, that's not to say it's not possible, so a 7 at this stage, but I think it's got potential in future. If you are a marketing firm who wants a centralized system for managing workflows and campaigns, it's great. It does that. However, there are better competitors fill in some of the gaps better than optimized leaders does. It could do better. I think for me, visually when I see, when I create a workflow or a campaign, I can see all the tasks associated with it and I've seen the way that our parent company uses it. It's just a list of all the tasks you see in one view. I think visually it needs improving. However, the purpose that it serves fundamentally, it's got potential, if that makes sense. It's going in the right direction, but I think competitors are doing some of it better than Optimizely is. I think they, like I was saying earlier, if they really want to realize the benefits of the product visually there needs to be some improvement. And then the controls element that I mentioned earlier as well, hopefully that answers both of your questions.
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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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    Optimizely
    • The CMP really is useful for us not only to manage the processes behind how we create content that we serve in different platforms like websites, landing pages, emails, social media, but it also help us as a team that is scattered around the globe to be able to be connected all the time to be able to see what we're working on, to be able to share assets as well. We are not reinventing the wheel to be able to show to other people within the organization what is happening at any given point. We use it not only for assets now, but we use it also for things like planning our webinars, planning our face-to-face events, so it truly is the heart of our marketing organization within the business.
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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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    Optimizely
    • One thing that could be improved is some of the promotions that happen in platform. For example, there's a Opal AI little bubble at the bottom right of the corner, which you can't move across the screen. So if you're trying to change the status of a step or you're trying to update a description within a step, that can be a bit challenging and as it seems to be quite an easy fix.
    • I would love to see a capability in terms of having visual representation that we can share out with stakeholders that don't necessarily need access to CMP. But for that level of detail, we don't want it to go too granular, but we do want to be able to share in a quick and visual manner some of the activities that are happening so we can keep everybody in the loop without having to create different variations via different tools.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Contentstack
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    The tool is over-engineered and overly complicated. It makes my job much harder and not easier. There's much simpler tools for a lot less money
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    Usability
    Contentstack
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    Optimizely
    The editorial calendar is the one I check multiple times every day. It gives me a clear picture of what's in progress, what's due, and where things can be moving faster. And, there's no need to open a separate doc or ask anyone for a status update.
    Also, the workflows are another super useful thing. Being able to assign specific reviewers to specific steps and know that nothing moves forward until they've acted has eliminated many repetitive processes.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Contentstack
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    I have not experienced any prolonged outages. From time to time there will be errors but nothing that significantly slows down production
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    Performance
    Contentstack
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    Optimizely
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform's performance is generally good. Nothing that has impacted production. Page load speed doesn't typically lag longer than a few seconds. Reports take some time but not any longer than we're used to with other platforms. We have not experienced lag when integrating with other platforms
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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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    Optimizely
    The NewsCred team is very responsive and helpful with any technical issues.
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    Online Training
    Contentstack
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    Training was clear and concise. It was intuitive and helped me understand how to navigate the platform. Options to dive in on each action or skip to learn about areas of regular use. Resource links available to when I had additional questions or needed more training in a specific area. Overall, the training allowed me to use the platform without interruption
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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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    Optimizely
    We haven't yet explored the CMS or other products within the suite but we see the potential to move all of our tools to Optimizely One. I see this really helping us gain clarity in the end to end content lifecycle, and help us use our resources and bandwidth more strategically
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    Scalability
    Contentstack
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    Optimizely is generally a reliable platform for A/B testing and digital experience management. It's helpful for it's stability, flexibility, and comprehensive features, which is helpful when managing an enterprise website
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    • The program has allowed us to meet our content goals more easily (e.g.: we publish X articles per month and track where each article is at).
    • It's helped us improve the accuracy of our information. We have SEO, content strategists, and legal teams involved in the workflow now because it's easy to manage.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Optimizely Opal: Opal, Optimizely's AI, is an extension of the marketing workforce. From building comprehensive campaign and content briefs and suggesting how to best execute a campaign, to creating on-brand content for any channel and providing suggestions for ongoing optimization, Opal's capabilities and AI agents make "doing more with less" a reality.Screenshot of Marketing Work Requests: Dynamic intake forms, automatic routing, and integrated workflows ensure that requested work gets completed, fast.Screenshot of Library (Digital Asset Management): With Optimizely Content Marketing Platform's DAM, users can automate the management of brand-approved assets, all within the same platform where content creation, collaboration and publishing take place.Screenshot of The Editor, with Embedded AI: Content is created for multiple channels with the help of Opal, Optimizely's native AI.Screenshot of Calendar: This provides visibility into planned and scheduled content and campaigns with the ability to save and share views.