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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Contentstack

    Score8.4 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

    Progress Sitefinity

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AProgress Sitefinity is a content management and customer analytics platform. It supports content management, tailored marketing, multi-channel management, and ecommerce sites.N/A
    Pricing
    ContentstackProgress Sitefinity
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ContentstackProgress Sitefinity
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ContentstackProgress Sitefinity
    Considered Both Products
    Contentstack
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    Progress Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ContentstackProgress Sitefinity
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Contentstack and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Contentstack
    7.4
    11 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.1
    163 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Role-based user permissions7.411 Ratings8.1163 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Contentstack and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Contentstack
    7.5
    10 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.1
    144 Ratings
    1% above category average
    API8.19 Ratings8.1137 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language6.98 Ratings8.1106 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Contentstack and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Contentstack
    8.1
    12 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.0
    170 Ratings
    12% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor8.12 Ratings8.1160 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness10.01 Ratings8.0151 Ratings
    Admin section7.712 Ratings8.0168 Ratings
    Page templates7.78 Ratings8.1164 Ratings
    Library of website themes10.01 Ratings8.0104 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design6.69 Ratings8.0155 Ratings
    Publishing workflow6.810 Ratings8.1152 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings8.0140 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Contentstack and Progress Sitefinity
    Feature
    Contentstack
    6.4
    12 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.0
    164 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Content taxonomy7.210 Ratings8.1157 Ratings
    SEO support6.410 Ratings8.1151 Ratings
    Bulk management5.79 Ratings8.0122 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions6.58 Ratings8.0130 Ratings
    Community / comment management6.16 Ratings8.0121 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ContentstackProgress Sitefinity
    Small Businesses
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Yext
    Score6.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    Yext
    Score6.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ContentstackProgress Sitefinity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (12 ratings)
    7.1
    (171 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.6
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ContentstackProgress Sitefinity
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Progress Software
    Progress Sitefinity remains a little heavyweight for sites that require basic text content, or a limited number of pages. However, its flexibility (including the range of different content types if supports) make it a good choice for any organization requiring advanced content management capabilities at an affordable price.
    Incentivized
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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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    Progress Software
    • 'Low-code structured content' (dynamic content types) is one of Sitefinity's most powerful features that allows you to structure content according to business needs, while at the same time dampening editorial freedom to ensure accessibility, meta enhancement, SEO and API consumption can be achieved.
    • Sitefinity's content provider model allows us to flexibly (by means of admin interface) easily aggregate or separate content sharing within a multi-site instance.
    • This proofs particularly powerful in emerging situations where there suddenly is a demand for content sharing across countries or regions.
    • Adaptability at its core.
    • While there's never a perfect fit for everything, it allows for easy code customization and extension being a .NET application at heart. Giving it a corporate edge over other custom solutions, whether it is on the development side or deployment side (on premise, IaaS or Azure DevOps Paas). And it has enabled us to put the system to use in its core feature - which is to manage content, where on other occasions we were able to take full advantage of its features such as A/B testing and personalization.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Progress Software
    • Diagram or illustrate more use cases for server setups, and managing of upgrades.
    • I'd like to see the ability to synchronize from one server to multiple others at once.
    • Implementation assistance as part of the purchase rather than farming out to 3rd party, although they did answer every question we asked in order to determine our best architecture setup.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Contentstack
    No answers on this topic
    Progress Software
    Pricing makes this a no brainer. Not the best CMS, but with work arounds and some fumbling around we are able to make it do what we want it to do
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Contentstack
    No answers on this topic
    Progress Software
    Very big fan of this CMS, as it allows scalability, performance, and everything else. The support is great whenever we need it. As a marketer, the digital/marketing side of things is very easy to use and we've seen strong results from an SEO and marketing perspective. I can't speak to the developer/creative side too much, but in talking with these teams, they do recommend the tool as well.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Contentstack
    No answers on this topic
    Progress Software
    Has been solid for us on availability
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    Performance
    Contentstack
    No answers on this topic
    Progress Software
    A bit sluggish sometimes as the compiler works.
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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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    Progress Software
    Support can be pretty good, even though, depending on the level of licensing, it can take longer to hear back from their team. They do have a phone option, which works well. Overall, they are knowledgeable, and helpful when needed. At times, support is able to access the system directly and troubleshoot critical items when needed.
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    Implementation Rating
    Contentstack
    No answers on this topic
    Progress Software
    N/A - I was not part of the implementation team. We have had this internally for over 5 years. Based on my experience, ensure that you have documentation on the initial implementation and subsequent upgrades. I would also recommend to have all the documentation on how and why the system was implemented the way it was
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Progress Software
    It is hands down just easier for our customers to use. The interface and the page builder experience is much better than what we have used in the past and has many enterprise features even in the lower price-point
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Contentstack
    No answers on this topic
    Progress Software
    Seems pretty scalable.
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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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    Progress Software
    • Sitefinity has reduced the amount of time it takes to edit and publish content, which has enabled us to get information out more quickly.
    • Sitefinity allowed us to establish a consistent and modern brand identity and apply it across multiple websites.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Progress Sitefinity Screenshots

    Screenshot of Engage your audience with thoughtful, relevant content. Your marketing team can create and manage content faster and easier than ever before with inline drag-and-drop editing, requiring no help from your web team.Screenshot of Create a truly global solution that provides consistent experiences and unmatched performance across brands, regions and languages. Reduce maintenance and hosting infrastructure by managing multiple websites from a single platform. Reduce time to market and deploy changes faster with content and code synchronization between websites and environments.Screenshot of Increase revenue with a personalized, connected experience between your website and online store. Easily manage your product catalogs, price lists, shopping cart and checkout process. Connect to cloud services for accurate real-time tax and shipping rates. Integrate with your ERP and other business systems to improve and automate inventory management, order fulfillment and customer support throughout the product lifecycle.Screenshot of Increase conversions and generate more leads with 1:1 conversations with your customers. Create, preview and deliver personalized experiences at a massive scale with amazingly easy to use tools. Analyze and optimize the experience with the help of contextual analytics and A/B testing solutions.Screenshot of Analyze cross-channel data to get a detailed view of content and campaign performance. Gather data on visitors and build persona segments and track their behavior on your site. Get ML-driven recommendations for the next best update to introduce into your journey.