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    FirstSpirt CMS

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    FirstSpirit CMS is an enterprise Content Management platform for creating, governing, and publishing digital content across websites, applications, and other delivery channels. It combines visual authoring, developer tooling, workflow controls, and content-delivery options for organizations managing multilingual and multisite digital estates.N/A

    Nitro PDF Pro

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ANitro PDF Pro is a document management platform that supports PDF creation, modification, conversion, organization, review, and protection across Windows, Mac, and iOS environments. Key Capabilities Document Authoring & Modification: Native editing capabilities for PDF creation and content updates. Format Conversion: Conversion between PDF and standard office document formats. Document Organization & Management: File organization and management…

    $7.50

    Billed every 3 years. This is a subscription product with a 3-year fee of $270.00 per license. per seat

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    FirstSpirt CMSNitro PDF Pro
    Editions & Modules
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    Nitro PDF Classic
    $7.5/month
    Billed every 3 years. This is a subscription product with a 3-year fee of $270.00 per license. per seat
    Nitro PDF Standard
    $15/month
    This is a subscription product with a yearly fee of $180.00 per license. per seat
    Nitro PDF Plus
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    Pricing Offerings
    FirstSpirt CMSNitro PDF Pro
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    FirstSpirt CMSNitro PDF Pro
    Considered Both Products
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    No answer on this topic
    Nitro Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    FirstSpirt CMSNitro PDF Pro
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of FirstSpirt CMS and Nitro PDF Pro
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.9
    25 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Nitro PDF Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.925 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of FirstSpirt CMS and Nitro PDF Pro
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.0
    22 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Nitro PDF Pro
    -
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    API7.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of FirstSpirt CMS and Nitro PDF Pro
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.1
    27 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Nitro PDF Pro
    -
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    WYSIWYG editor7.726 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness7.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section8.325 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates8.427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design8.425 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.527 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator7.823 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of FirstSpirt CMS and Nitro PDF Pro
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    7.9
    27 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Nitro PDF Pro
    -
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    Content taxonomy7.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support8.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management8.122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.321 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FirstSpirt CMSNitro PDF Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (30 ratings)
    9.3
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (16 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (27 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FirstSpirt CMSNitro PDF Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Crownpeak DXM is a great solution if you are looking for a flexible platform that allows engineers to quickly develop while also making it easy for content authors to work especially in scenarios where you need multi-language support. It is also good for scenarios where you want a cloud-based solution and are looking for just one vendor to handle hosting and offer the CMS.
    Incentivized
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    Nitro Inc
    I run a professional services business from home. I need to edit documents quickly and easily and with minimal subscriptions to minimize overheads. I love that Nitro is a one-off payment to get a license to the software, and you can simply upgrade to the latest version if that's what you want, but you're not obligated to. I've been using the same version of Nitro for 7-8 years now. Despite the fact the upgraded versions have a lot of great, nice-to-have features, the version I'm on still does the job.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    • Build & manage digital experiences without dependency on your IT team
    • Built-in Digital Quality tool (DQM) tool allows you to check the quality of content and any accessibility issues and immediately flag any issues before publishing.
    • Build websites with the component-based technology and spend less effort in creating the best user experience for the end-user
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    Nitro Inc
    • Ability to combine files SEAMLESSLY and order them around as necessary (so underrated)
    • Signing not only for yourself but for others. Helpful for those who have been granted the authority to sign for VPs and directors
    • Much easier to use than some other PDF viewing services
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    Cons
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    • Crownpeak moved to a web browser admin tool in 2018, which has made the admin experience much better, but there are still a couple of features missing from the browser version that won't arrive until later in 2019.
    • Integration with 3rd party digital asset management tools would be great.
    • Smoother integration with source control would be nice.
    Incentivized
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    Nitro Inc
    • Converting from PDF to Microsoft Word can be complicated at times. Some parts of a document such as tables are not converted properly.
    • Sometimes it appears to be easier to save MS Word documents to PDF rather than using NPS to convert. It can be a bit slow to convert at times.
    • In my view, it wasn't user friendly at the beginning.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    None of our Crownpeak clients are currently thinking about replatforming.
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    Nitro Inc
    We will definitely be renewing the Nitro Productivity Suite. Saves the company a lot of money for something we use everyday
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Crownpeak DXM is a flexible easy to use CMS platform speaking to the most challenging localization scenarios. Crownpeak users have the freedom to integrate DXM platform with their existing technology at no cost. Moving from legacy systems to the Saas platform is painless and cost-effective. Extensive targeting and personalization options are something that users will benefit from.
    Incentivized
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    Nitro Inc
    For the most part, the entire software is extremely easy to navigate and use. You won't need to follow tutorials or anything for the bulk of the core features, as it's all pretty seamlessly designed.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    We have never encountered any issues with the availability.
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    Nitro Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Pages load very fast on production (assuming you develop with basic SEO practices in place) due to Crownpeak's publishing architecture. The slide downside is that publishing can be a bit slow at times.
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    Nitro Inc
    It works as advertised.
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    Support Rating
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    Crownpeak DXM's service and support are outstanding. We have immediate access to both the tech support team and the software engineering team. We can get a support person on the phone whenever needed, and we can schedule impromptu training sessions at any time. Best support I have ever received from a platform provider in 20 years of software and application development.
    Incentivized
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    Nitro Inc
    Nitro checks all the boxes for what we need. It is fairly priced, it allows us to read and edit PDF documents, convert PDF to MS Word and convert MS Word to PDF. It allows us to combine multiple files and do all the post processing like adding page numbers and adding headers and footers
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    In-Person Training
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    We received on-site training from Crownpeak, the trainer had touched upon every possible scenario and provided great insights about the product & ease of implementation.
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    Nitro Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    My team left training with a solid understanding of how to use the product and the developer training ended with a test to ensure the ability to properly develop was learned properly. Recently, Crownpeak has added a self-paced training option which makes it extremely flexible to on-board new developers.
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    Nitro Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    SaaS model is perfect for us to avoid slow and costly version updates to get access to new features and functions. Crownpeak is a true SaaS model, so we get all the good new stuff without the need to invest in effort, time or money. this frees our teams to focus on content creation and deployment, which is pretty fast because the DXM publishes straight to html through the headless model.
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    Nitro Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    I was not at this team within my organization during the evaluation period of Crownpeak. However, my previous team used Sitecore. Crownpeak is a bit easier to use from a UI perspective and has more creative options within the tool. Sitecore's clunky UI also was a reason I found out later why we ended up using Crownpeak as our DXM.
    Incentivized
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    Nitro Inc
    Every 1-2 years will do a check on current PDF options to include trialing the software. Have tried Foxit and several that seem to have failed in the marketplace. Over the last 4 years, I have always stuck with Nitro. Unfortunately, we still need to keep Adobe Acrobat (free version) installed to view a small percentage of some PDFs we receive.
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    Scalability
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    In some recent projects we have delivered to our clients, we were able to roll out sites in shorter time period due the scalability of the Crownpeak's DXM solution.
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    Nitro Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    • I'm pretty sure it raises our back-end development costs by making the development process (of creating input forms and producing outputs from the content) more complicated and painful than it needs to be.
    • It helps lock our clients in to us because not a whole lot of agencies have Crownpeak expertise.
    • It helps our clients not have to deal with their own IT teams, which they tend to dislike working with.
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    Nitro Inc
    • ROI was very quick as the license costs were so low. We purchased 8 licenses versus the initial 2 we were planning on for Adobe.
    • More people were able to use the product than we initially thought due to low purchase costs.
    • We haven't had any further costs to own the product after the initial purchase. We would need to purchase new licenses if we wanted to upgrade.
    Incentivized
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    Nitro PDF Pro Screenshots

    Screenshot of Version 26 (Nitro's latest version) introduces a new dedicated home for every AI-powered capability, giving you everything you need in one place to analyze content in any language, extract critical data, and protect sensitive information.Screenshot of Data-clearing capabilities like Redact and Remove Metadata now live together in one place, so the tool you need is where you'd expect it.Screenshot of Keep every document, and everything inside it, safe with advanced security features such as password protection, encryption, permission controls, and audit trails.Screenshot of Work together securely with Nitro's built-in collaboration tools. Gather and manage feedback across teams and devices with comments, highlights, and markup tools.Screenshot of Update, restructure, and optimize any PDF into exactly the document you want, organized the way you need, without switching back to the original file.Screenshot of Create and convert PDFs to and from popular formats like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and image files while preserving layout and quality.