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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalOcean

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform from the company of the same name headquartered in New York. It is known for its support of managed Kubernetes clusters and “droplets” feature.

    $5

    Starting Price Per Month

    Ibexa DXP

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AIbexa, headquartered in Oslo, helps B2B companies to stay relevant and succeed by transforming traditional sales strategies into frictionless buying experiences, with their eponymous digial experience platform (DXP).

    $20,143.81

    per year

    Pricing
    DigitalOceanIbexa DXP
    Editions & Modules
    1GB-16GB
    $5.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    8GB-160GB
    $60.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Ibexa Content - Bronze
    € 15,000
    per year
    Ibexa Experience - Bronze
    € 23,000
    per year
    Ibexa Content - Silver
    €26,000
    per year
    Ibexa Commerce - Bronze
    € 30,000
    per year
    Ibexa Content - Gold
    €37,000
    per year
    Ibexa Experience - Silver
    €40,000
    per year
    Ibexa Content - Platinum
    €50,000
    per year
    Ibexa Commerce - Silver
    €52,000
    per year
    Ibexa Experience - Gold
    €57,000
    per year
    Ibexa Commerce - Gold
    €74,000
    per year
    Ibexa Experience - Platinum
    €77,000
    per year
    Ibexa Commerce - Platinum
    €100,000
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOceanIbexa DXP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    DigitalOceanIbexa DXP
    Considered Both Products
    DigitalOcean
    No answer on this topic
    Ibexa
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    DigitalOceanIbexa DXP
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of DigitalOcean and Ibexa DXP
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    9.2
    36 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Ibexa DXP
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.931 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.932 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.723 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates10.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images9.733 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support9.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls8.632 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation6.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of DigitalOcean and Ibexa DXP
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    -
    Ratings
    Ibexa DXP
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of DigitalOcean and Ibexa DXP
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    -
    Ratings
    Ibexa DXP
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    API00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of DigitalOcean and Ibexa DXP
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    -
    Ratings
    Ibexa DXP
    5.4
    1 Ratings
    27% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of DigitalOcean and Ibexa DXP
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    -
    Ratings
    Ibexa DXP
    5.6
    1 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    DigitalOceanIbexa DXP
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    Yext
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
    Progress Sitefinity
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DigitalOceanIbexa DXP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (36 ratings)
    8.1
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    8.4
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DigitalOceanIbexa DXP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean is perfect for hosting client websites, running marketing tools, and managing media storage with Spaces and CDN. The use of Droplets to quickly launch landing pages or WordPress sites for campaigns is a Godsend. It’s great for fast, cheap, and scalable solutions. But for complex microservices or projects needing strict compliance (like HIPAA), DigitalOcean may not always be the best fit, but that depends heavily on your project.
    Incentivized
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    Ibexa
    I always recommend Ibexa DXP to my fellows. The only scenario that I would not recommend it is if the site is either too small, too simple, or that they simply cannot afford to stand it up properly.
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    Pros
    DigitalOcean
    • DigitalOcean provides some of the best cost-to-value services available
    • The DigitalOcean cloud console is very intuitive and easy to navigate
    • DigitalOcean has great support for Docker and other dev ops tools like Terraform.
    • DigitalOcean iterates quickly and provides cutting edge features for organizations that want to keep up with the latest and greatest dev ops tooling
    • DigitalOcean has a great developer community and numerous support docs/tutorials
    Incentivized
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    Ibexa
    • Content Taxonomy: Content is managed in a tree. Though taxonomy vs folksonomy is a near-religious debate among professionals, clients seeing the system for the first time just seem to "get it" more often.
    • Content Flexibility: Common content types such as blog posts and articles are available out of the box. However, customizing these and creating new content types is very easy.
    • Developer Friendly: Developers need only a little PHP experience to get started. Of course being an expert doesn't hurt and opens the door for the development of custom modules.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    DigitalOcean
    • Some products/services available on other Cloud providers aren't available, but they seem to be catching up as they add new products like Managed SQL DBs.
    • While they have FreeBSD droplets (VMs), support for *BSD OSs is limited. I.e. the new monitoring agent only works on Linux.
    • There are no regions available on South America.
    • They don't seem to offer enterprise-level products, even basic ones as Windows Server, MS SQL Server, Oracle products, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Ibexa
    • Limited partners when you compare to other solutions (WordPress, Drupal, etc). It took us a while to find a solid, trusted developer.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    DigitalOcean
    I've been very happy with it for my purposes and I plan to continue to use DigitalOcean for the foreseeable future!
    Incentivized
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    Ibexa
    Very happy with current relationship and websites
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    DigitalOcean
    I honestly can't think of an easier way to set up and maintain your own server. Being able to set up a server in minutes and have fully control is awesome. The UX is incredibly intuitive for first-time users as well so there's no reason to be intimidated when it comes to giving DigitalOcean a shot.
    Incentivized
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    Ibexa
    It is quite easy to navigate through the backend and also, you can directly work in frontend view. Dynamic content can be created on the fly. Their Landing page features are awesome. You create a page by drag & drop.
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    Reliability and Availability
    DigitalOcean
    Have not found a single second of down time myself. Superior availability.
    Incentivized
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    Ibexa
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    DigitalOcean
    Very quick response and high performance, you have to fine tune configurations on your machines though.
    Incentivized
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    Ibexa
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    DigitalOcean
    They have always been fast, and the process has been straight-forward. I haven't had to use it enough to be frustrated with it, to be honest, and when I have an issue they fix it. As with all support, I wish it felt more human, but they are doing aces.
    Incentivized
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    Ibexa
    They are directly reachable and help you to deal with other services, e.g. if would like to set up a CDN for China or if you would like to integrate a tool like HubSpot. If there is anything you are missing, they help you to find a workaround until they can deliver such items - like local language versions.
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    Implementation Rating
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    Ibexa
    The partner selected makes a significant impact on the usability and experience
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean is an inexpensive product as compared to other products available in the market. The UI is easy and the beginner can also understand the UI with the step by step guide. It provides a lot of custom features and the user needs to pay only for what they are using. Amazon has a complex UI and is on the expensive side. DigitalOcean is simple to use and is easily manageable and the servers can easily be set up without additional cost and such.
    Incentivized
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    Ibexa
    eZ Publish isn't as large in community size and number of installations as other content management systems. However, it's just as capable and met our needs:
    • Developers, system administrators, and project manager can all speak the same language during the development and maintenance cycles of a site.
    • End-user training is very straight-forward.
    • Vendor support is available.
    • Client IT departments can access if need (developers/designers/sysadmins).
    • The community is there (forums) and there are solid contributions (extensions) from both the vendor and the community.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    Ibexa
    We’ve priced other enterprise products and found Ibexa DXP to be a bit more expensive. However, not enough to dissuade us from staying with the product.
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    Scalability
    DigitalOcean
    Great scalability, you can start with small plans and move up to premium features at a very good price.
    Incentivized
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    Ibexa
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    Ibexa
    The partner ecosystem is small. However, we've worked with two Ibexa partners over the last 10 years. They were very skilled. They were great companies. We've interviewed other Ibexa partners in North America. We found them all to be professional with solid resumes.
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    Return on Investment
    DigitalOcean
    • Positive - Elastic computer instances make it possible to pay for only for what you need.
    • Positive - Competitive pricing - some of the products that DigitalOcean offers are much cheaper than those offered by competitors.
    • Negative - Having to go to other cloud computing platforms for more specific, advanced services like Computer Vision optimized services, GPU cloud compute instances, etc...
    Incentivized
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    Ibexa
    • Common knowledge: By making eZ a core offering, developers, system administrators, and project managers were able to communicate with each other effectively.
    • Training: Due to its content taxonomy, end-user training often went well.
    • Support: In our case, we had Gold support from eZ Publish which saved time and helped with customizations.
    Incentivized
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