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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

    Progress ShareFile

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AShareFile is a cloud-based file sharing and storage service built for business. The product was acquired by Citrix Systems in 2011, and is now offered by Progress Software.

    $54.45

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    FirstSpirt CMSProgress ShareFile
    Editions & Modules
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    Advanced
    $18.15
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Premium
    $28.59
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Industry Advantage
    $45.83
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Virtual Data Room
    $77.00
    per month per user (minimum 5 users)
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    Pricing Offerings
    FirstSpirt CMSProgress ShareFile
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    FirstSpirt CMSProgress ShareFile
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of FirstSpirt CMS and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.9
    25 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Progress ShareFile
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    Role-based user permissions8.925 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of FirstSpirt CMS and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.0
    22 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    API7.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of FirstSpirt CMS and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    8.1
    27 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    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 Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    7.9
    27 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
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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
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of FirstSpirt CMS and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    -
    Ratings
    Progress ShareFile
    9.0
    94 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings9.077 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.857 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings9.153 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings9.082 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings9.589 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings8.090 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.575 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of FirstSpirt CMS and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    -
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    Progress ShareFile
    9.4
    89 Ratings
    8% above category average
    User and role management00 Ratings9.484 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings9.490 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings9.571 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of FirstSpirt CMS and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    FirstSpirt CMS
    -
    Ratings
    Progress ShareFile
    8.8
    90 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Performance00 Ratings9.287 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings8.990 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings8.373 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FirstSpirt CMSProgress ShareFile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (30 ratings)
    8.8
    (119 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (16 ratings)
    8.6
    (33 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (27 ratings)
    1.0
    (14 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FirstSpirt CMSProgress ShareFile
    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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    Progress ShareFile
    When we have a particularly large ad or job printing file that would "clog up" the email process, using ShareFile is very helpful. It's also useful for particular photographers we work with to upload a batch of photos all at once. Where it doesn't work as well for us is when trying to get clients to make use of a login to access folders. We find them reluctant to take on the learning curve. It works best for us when we just send them a clickable download link, and at most just require a tracking name and email address.
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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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    Progress ShareFile
    • Secure File Storage and Sharing.
    • Workflows to get customer/affiliate responses to comments on documents.
    • I used to have the signature feature initially, but it was removed from the original plan, so I could only use it if I chose to select the higher plan price.
    • I love the upload notifications and reports on user activity.
    • The document storage versions are fantastic. I am the only user with Delete privileges, and I love that I can make those selections.
    • Integrations with Microsoft 365 - FANTASTIC - thank you.
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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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    Progress ShareFile
    • The web console is not the most user friendly site to use to get to, and send my files.
    • We have had users that have not liked the change in workflow to get files from Progress ShareFile when they were used to just clicking on files on an email.
    • That management of the tools are not the most user friendly. There have been some improvements but keeping up with certs and setting up new users can be more work than expected.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    None of our Crownpeak clients are currently thinking about replatforming.
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    Progress ShareFile
    It's a highly effective and secure storage system, has robust workarounds for serving the various equipment limits of our users, meets high security requirements of HIPAA standards, significantly reduces our needs for producing paper trails.
    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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    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is so easy to use I was able to download all of my projects files and have them set up to sync before my supervisor could even come over to explain the process to me. It is a neatly organized and intuitive software that allows even the less tech-savvy to become power users.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Rezolve Ai Limited
    We have never encountered any issues with the availability.
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    Progress ShareFile
    The software has never been down when I needed to use it.
    Incentivized
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    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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    Progress ShareFile
    Easy to use, easy to integrate with Outlook. I only gave it a 9 because I have found that sometimes it does not play nicely with Outlook and can slow it down. But, when that happens (not frequent), I restart Outlook and all is well again
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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.
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    Progress ShareFile
    Citrix was generally responsive and helpful in solving technical issues. Like any cloud based SaaS product there is a danger that it may go down. This was a rare occurrence over my three years of using the product. The more common issue we encountered was clients forgetting their login which was easily managed through a forgot password functionality.
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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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    Progress ShareFile
    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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    Progress ShareFile
    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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    Progress ShareFile
    Good documentation for the API. With a little help from RS tech staff, any competent programmer should be able to integrate RightSignature with an existing system in a week or three. That help is easy to get as well
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    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.
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    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is easier and does what you need. I have moved a few organizations from SharePoint to ShareFile. Just easier. You can setup different areas for different departments, setup their permissions and it is easy enough for them to do what they want in their zones. The mobile app works great as well. So you can all the features you really use from SP, but just easier to setup and use.
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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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    Progress ShareFile
    I am a one person office. I have no idea how this software would scale to a larger office.
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Progress ShareFile
    • All of our clients and consulting engineers find ShareFile easy to use, thus complementing our business.
    • Our staff also find ShareFile intuitive, accessible, and easy to use, making it an ideal, everyday indispensable desktop tool for everyone in our company.
    • ShareFile can be linked to our firm's primary website as a placed for private use. We haven't found need for this yet, but might in the future.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of the ShareFile dashboardScreenshot of ShareFile's Outlook PluginScreenshot of the Projects interfaceScreenshot of ShareFile's link sharing optionsScreenshot of ShareFile's e-signature