Acquia DAM (Widen) vs. Drupal

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Acquia DAM (Widen)
Score 8.4 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Acquia DAM (Widen) helps brands manage and distribute assets across teams, tools, and channels. A configurable metadata schema provides business-specific search and workflow capabilities. Plus, AI-powered auto tagging makes assets instantly findable. Content can be synced across systems using the API or pre-built integrations with over 50 tools, from creative suites to project management. Product-based companies can use Acquia DAM to build a unique 360º view of their product content. It…N/A
Drupal
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Drupal is a free, open-source content management system written in PHP that competes primarily with Joomla and Plone. The standard release of Drupal, known as Drupal core, contains basic features such as account and menu management, RSS feeds, page layout customization, and system administration.N/A
Pricing
Acquia DAM (Widen)Drupal
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Acquia DAM (Widen)Drupal
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsGuided or full-service implementation options and annual subscriptions based on capabilities required. Workgroup and unlimited user options available. Storage with Amazon Web Services. Professional services available for strategy consulting, change management, administration services, design services, and managed integrations.
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Community Pulse
Acquia DAM (Widen)Drupal
Considered Both Products
Acquia DAM (Widen)
Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
The breaking away from the Folder structure was a great selling point for Acquia DAM (Widen), and really is a great structural breakdown for us due to how many things we have that would fit in multiple folders instead of work within the category and metadata structure that we …
Chose Acquia DAM (Widen)
Acquia DAM (Widen) is the only DAM I have used.
Drupal

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Acquia DAM (Widen)Drupal
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Acquia DAM (Widen)
7.6
60 Ratings
16% above category average
Drupal
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Ratings
Dashboards7.757 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports7.552 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports7.341 Ratings00 Ratings
Data exportability7.942 Ratings00 Ratings
Content analytics7.644 Ratings00 Ratings
DAM Features
Comparison of DAM Features features of Product A and Product B
Acquia DAM (Widen)
8.1
79 Ratings
2% above category average
Drupal
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Ratings
Uploading assets8.578 Ratings00 Ratings
Downloading assets8.479 Ratings00 Ratings
Categories8.276 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset storage9.278 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset sharing8.978 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset search8.079 Ratings00 Ratings
Tagging system8.075 Ratings00 Ratings
Content editing7.463 Ratings00 Ratings
Embed codes8.353 Ratings00 Ratings
Metadata8.869 Ratings00 Ratings
Collections7.872 Ratings00 Ratings
User access8.074 Ratings00 Ratings
DAM Integrations7.855 Ratings00 Ratings
DAM API7.340 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow automations7.339 Ratings00 Ratings
Related asset discovery7.847 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Acquia DAM (Widen)
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Ratings
Drupal
10.0
65 Ratings
22% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.065 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Acquia DAM (Widen)
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Ratings
Drupal
9.5
62 Ratings
21% above category average
API00 Ratings9.158 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings10.053 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Acquia DAM (Widen)
-
Ratings
Drupal
9.4
68 Ratings
21% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.161 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings9.166 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings9.568 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings9.567 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings8.658 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings10.063 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings9.167 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings10.063 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Acquia DAM (Widen)
-
Ratings
Drupal
9.5
67 Ratings
26% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings10.063 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings10.062 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings10.059 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.661 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings9.161 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Acquia DAM (Widen)Drupal
Small Businesses
Adobe Bridge
Adobe Bridge
Score 8.8 out of 10
Divi
Divi
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
MediaValet
MediaValet
Score 9.8 out of 10
Image Relay
Image Relay
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
MediaValet
MediaValet
Score 9.8 out of 10
Tridion
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Acquia DAM (Widen)Drupal
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(183 ratings)
10.0
(77 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.6
(10 ratings)
8.2
(18 ratings)
Usability
7.2
(9 ratings)
10.0
(9 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.7
(3 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
8.9
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(174 ratings)
5.0
(4 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
6.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.4
(3 ratings)
5.1
(4 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.3
(1 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Acquia DAM (Widen)Drupal
Likelihood to Recommend
Acquia
Widen is a great digital asset manager internally. I loved the framework that the platform has. However, we created a main portal to share with our external partners so we could control what was private and what was public. The portal framework was not as user-friendly and we tried too much to make it like a website when it was meant to be a DAM. The main reason we switched providers is that we wanted to have the option to have a consistent framework internally and externally that was more user-friendly with better search capabilities.
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Drupal.org
Well, I'm definitely biased, I've been working with Drupal for 12+ years, and I can say it's appropriate for any size/scale of a project, whether it's a small catalog website or a huge corporation. If I want to dial it down to a specific use case, Drupal is best what most customers/clients that have high-security standards, and need to have extensive editorial experience and control over their website's architecture. Due to its core design, Drupal can connect with each part of its own and any external third-party resources quite easily. For a less-suited scenario, I might say that if you don't have enough budget to get proper work done, sometimes just using WordPress with a pre-designed theme might sound better to you, but if you have the budget and the time, always go with Drupal
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Pros
Acquia
  • They offer valuable guidance and educational resources to Administrators
  • Their I.T. support is knowledgeable and responsive. And friendly!
  • They build community among Acquia DAM (Widen) Admins
  • They aren't as salesy and pushy as many of the other DAM Vendors that we considered. I don't feel like they are constantly trying to upsell me or take advantage. I hope this continues to be the case with the acquisition by Acquia.
  • They're just plain nice people to work with.
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Drupal.org
  • Content Types... these are amazing. Whereas a more simplistic CMS like Wordpress will basically allow you to make posts and build pages, Drupal 8 gives you the ability to define different types of content that behave differently, and are served up differently in different areas of the website.
  • Extensibility... it scales, ohhhh does it scale. They've really figured out server-side caching, and it makes all the difference. Once a page has been cached, it's available instantly to all users worldwide; and when coupled with AWS, global redundancy and localization mean that no matter where you're accessing the site, it always loads fast and crisp.
  • Workflows... you have the ability to define very specific roles and/or user-based editorial workflows, allowing for as many touchpoints and reviews between content creation and publication as you'll require.
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Cons
Acquia
  • Improvements in the cropping and editing features within Acquia DAM are essential to ease the workload for our graphic designers. The current functionality falls short in providing the necessary tools and precision required for efficient asset manipulation, not helping with that time management at all.
  • Enhancing the onboarding experience, we propose creating more video tutorials for Acquia DAM. These visual guides, covering topics from account setup to collaboration features, offer dynamic, step-by-step learning.
  • To improve the onboarding experience, we recommend expanding introductory tools and templates in Acquia DAM. Introducing more user-friendly features and providing a variety of templates will empower new users to navigate the platform with ease, fostering quicker proficiency and enhancing overall usability.
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Drupal.org
  • Security and new release notifications are a hassle as they happen too often
  • Allowing them to write PHP modules is a big advantage, but sometimes integrating them is a small challenge due to the version the developer is working on.
  • Steep learning curve, but worth it
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Likelihood to Renew
Acquia
Acquia DAM (Widen) is changing its pricing model and at this point, we are unsure whether it is a good thing for us or not. While we consider this a robust tool, we will take our time to evaluate the competitors.
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Drupal.org
The time and money invested into this platform were too great to discontinue it at this point. I'm sure it will be in use for a while. We have also spent time training many employees how to use it. All of these things add up to quite an investment in the product. Lastly, it basically fulfills what we need our intranet site to do.
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Usability
Acquia
We used to have to respond to any email questions from our library users about how to find assets. With Acquia DAM (Widen), the system is similar to online shopping, workable with keywords for those who like to search that way, or with filters for those who like to browse.
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Drupal.org
It's a great CMS platform and there are a ton of plugins to add some serious functionality, but the security updates are too complex to implement and considering the complexity of the platform, security updates are a must. I don't want my site breached because they make it too difficult to keep it up to date.
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Reliability and Availability
Acquia
Never had an issue where I was unable to access Widen.
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Drupal.org
Drupal itself does not tend to have bugs that cause sporadic outages. When deployed on a well-configured LAMP stack, deployment and maintenance problems are minimal, and in general no exotic tuning or configuration is required. For highest uptime, putting a caching proxy like Varnish in front of Drupal (or a CDN that supports dynamic applications).
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Performance
Acquia
There have been a couple of rare instance where after I uploaded an asset, I was unable to rename it, or after uploading it it took a while before it actually appeared and can be viewed in the DAM.
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Drupal.org
Drupal page loads can be slow, as a great many database calls may be required to generate a page. It is highly recommended to use caching systems, both built-in and external to lessen such database loads and improve performance. I haven't had any problems with behind-the-scenes integrations with external systems.
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Support Rating
Acquia
It's very seldom that I have to reach out for support, but when I have, there are quick solutions and follow-ups to make sure the system is working how it should be. My customer support team is also great at reaching out on a regular basis to keep me up to speed on emerging features I may be able to leverage to improve my experience.
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Drupal.org
As noted earlier, the support of the community can be rather variable, with some modules attracting more attraction and action in their issue queues, but overall, the development community for Drupal is second to none. It probably the single greatest aspect of being involved in this open-source project.
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In-Person Training
Acquia
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Drupal.org
I was part of the team that conducted the training. Our training was fine, but we could have been better informed on Drupal before we started providing it. If we did not have answers to tough questions, we had more technical staff we could consult with. We did provide hands-on practice time for the learners, which I would always recommend. That is where the best learning occurred.
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Online Training
Acquia
The training was very thorough. The recordings for all our traning sessions were provided to us so that we could go back and review. Our trainer was always available for follow up questions. Our trainer shared a spreadsheet with us as a checklist for all things that needed to be done to ensure proper import and setup of our assets and DAM.
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Drupal.org
The on-line training was not as ideal as the face-to-face training. It was done remotely and only allowed for the trainers to present information to the learners and demonstrate the platform online. There was not a good way to allow for the learners to practice, ask questions and have them answered all in the same session.
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Implementation Rating
Acquia
It was a lot of work! But worth the effort to get our assets cleaned up and organized. Enough time and personnel need to be allotted for any implementation, but we had some advantage in having our assets in a previous DAM with attached metadata in XML, and our users were prepared with knowledge of our existing DAM at that time. Though old habits present their own issues, a company that is starting from scratch with no DAM has to think farther ahead about how it will organize and collect assets. Far more pre-planning with stakeholders would be needed for a company starting an implementation from scratch.
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Drupal.org
Plan ahead as much you can. You really need to know how to build what you want with the modules available to you, or that you might need to code yourself, in order to make the best use of Drupal. I recommend you analyze the most technically difficult workflows and other aspects of your implementation, and try building some test versions of those first. Get feedback from stakeholders early and often, because you can easily find yourself in a situation where your implementation does 90% of what you want, but, due to something you didn't plan for, foresee, or know about, there's no feasible way to get past the last 10%
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Alternatives Considered
Acquia
Compared to Google Drive, the DAM platform stands out as a significantly advanced solution, offering additional features that elevate the user experience and functionality. While Google Drive excels in basic file storage and sharing, the DAM platform goes beyond these fundamentals, providing enhanced capabilities that cater to diverse needs.
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Drupal.org
Drupal is community-backed making it more accessible and growing at a faster rate than Sitefinity which is a proprietary product built on .NET. Drupal is PHP-based using some but not all Symphony codebase. Updates for Drupal are frequent and so are feature adds.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Acquia
Can not give an accurate rating.
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Drupal.org
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Scalability
Acquia
No answers on this topic
Drupal.org
Drupal is well known to be scalable, although it requires solid knowledge of MySQL best practices, caching mechanisms, and other server-level best practices. I have never personally dealt with an especially large site, so I can speak well to the issues associated with Drupal scaling.
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Return on Investment
Acquia
  • The central area for all images and videos is excellent. It has helped improve brand visuals and reduced requests on creative teams.
  • Due to our small user base (50), many features are not fully used by our business, the small user base is mainly down to costs and budgets set at the start of the year which is a shame as the benefits would be great but the step in costs is too great to transition effectively.
  • Uploading photoshoots can be tricky due to restrictions on upload and edit counts.
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Drupal.org
  • Drupal has allowed us to build up a library of code and base sites we can reuse to save time which has increased our efficiency and thus had a positive financial impact.
  • Drupal has allowed us to take on projects we otherwise would not have been able to, having a further impact.
  • Drupal has allowed us to build great solutions for our clients which give them an excellent ROI.
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ScreenShots

Acquia DAM (Widen) Screenshots

Screenshot of Dashboard can be customized to provide users with a springboard to popular assets, collections, and portals.Screenshot of Custom-branded portals to share curated collections of assets and microsites.Screenshot of Asset performance tracking including downloads, embedded asset views, and shares.Screenshot of Custom analytics dashboards to display system reports for all usage data.Screenshot of Any asset type can be searched, downloaded, shared, and embedded.