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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HCL Digital Experience

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AHCL Digital Experience is based on the former IBM Web Content Manager and IBM WebSphere Portal products, acquired by HCL Technologies from IBM in late 2018. The product allows the user to create, manage and deliver engaging omnichannel digital experiences to audiences with responsive content, targeted offers, seamlessly integrated applications and consistent branding across channels (web, mobile, and hybrid mobile/web applications and more).N/A

    HighLevel

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AHighLevel is an all-in-one white-label marketing platform for digital agencies boasting CRM, Email, 2-way SMS, Funnel Builder, web page / landing page designer or online calendar builder, etc., from the company of the same name in Eugene.

    $97

    per month

    Pricing
    HCL Digital ExperienceHighLevel
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $97
    per month
    Unlimited
    $297
    per month
    SaaS Pro
    $497
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HCL Digital ExperienceHighLevel
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Considered Both Products
    HCLSoftware
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    Key User Insights
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    HCL Digital ExperienceHighLevel
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of HCL Digital Experience and HighLevel
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    5.0
    5 Ratings
    47% below category average
    HighLevel
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    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of HCL Digital Experience and HighLevel
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    4.1
    5 Ratings
    64% below category average
    HighLevel
    5.4
    6 Ratings
    1% above category average
    API4.14 Ratings9.56 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language4.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings1.64 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings1.64 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings1.64 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of HCL Digital Experience and HighLevel
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    2.9
    5 Ratings
    84% below category average
    HighLevel
    -
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    WYSIWYG editor7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness3.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section3.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates1.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes1.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design4.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow1.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator3.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of HCL Digital Experience and HighLevel
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    1.9
    5 Ratings
    111% below category average
    HighLevel
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    Content taxonomy1.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support2.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management2.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions2.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management2.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of HCL Digital Experience and HighLevel
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    -
    Ratings
    HighLevel
    9.4
    6 Ratings
    25% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.96 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of HCL Digital Experience and HighLevel
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    -
    Ratings
    HighLevel
    9.7
    6 Ratings
    37% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution00 Ratings9.84 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of HCL Digital Experience and HighLevel
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    -
    Ratings
    HighLevel
    9.8
    6 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of HCL Digital Experience and HighLevel
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    -
    Ratings
    HighLevel
    9.4
    6 Ratings
    30% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of HCL Digital Experience and HighLevel
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    -
    Ratings
    HighLevel
    9.4
    6 Ratings
    30% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings8.76 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Yext
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Thryv
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Score8.9 out of 10
    LocaliQ
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Progress Sitefinity
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HCL Digital ExperienceHighLevel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    9.9
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.7
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    HCL Digital ExperienceHighLevel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HCLSoftware
    HCL DX does really well at managing and maintaining the site. It allows the business to basically maintain the site while IT spent time developing new and enhanced functions. The main issue I currently have with HCL DX is not directly with the product but it does play a role. It is difficult finding skilled resources to support HCL DX in my experience.
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    HighLevel
    HighLevel is great for so many types of businesses. Basically most business will be able to find value using HighLevel. It saves a lot of time playing with multiple software. It is more affordable being that everything you need is in the one place. So it allows you to focus on growing your business and not worrying about the technology and outgrowing your current technology setup. Companies from startups to global brands capitalise on HighLevel's features and functionality. The HighLevel community is also very helpful with hundreds of thousands of worldwide users it is easy to find support and help whenever you need it.
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    Pros
    HCLSoftware
    • With Version 8.5, IBM Web Content Manager introduced in place editing capabilities which allow authors to make content edits on sections of the page instead of going to the content itself. This feature allows authors to make changes in context of the page and preview changes within the actual look and feel of a live page.
    • Projects provide a collaborative atmosphere for the author community so that authors can interact and work as a team to manage inter-dependent content changes under one project and publish all changes at once, instead of working separately on individual content changes. This brings awareness across authors in an organization and easy knowledge share.
    • IBM Digital Data Connector is a cool feature that allows [users] to integrate external content sources onto the portal using IBM Web Content Manager presentation components. This allows UI/UX designers to present integrated external data in any manner they want, manage UI changes with an underlying approval process and leverage syndication to push changes live immediately.
    • IBM Web Content Manager offers a targeted content feature that allows business users to deliver personalized content to customers based on customer demographic information, browsing history and other transaction related information. Any rules created follow the publishing process thereby making it just a configurable item resulting in less turn around to turn on the feature on a website.
    • IBM Web Content Manager offers 'multi lingual solution' out of the box which allows content creation for almost all popular languages.
    • Syndication feature has improved a lot and it now provides a detailed views comprising of 'failed items', 'items that have syndicated successfully, 'items in queue'. Failed items view provides detailed and clear cut information of what resulted in failure helping IT to troubleshoot problems easily.
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    HighLevel
    • Evolves with the times
    • Incorporate user feedback and requests in feature and product development.
    • Very Customizable
    • Cost-effective
    • Wide ranging features
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    HCLSoftware
    • IBM Web Content Manager should provide some easily usable connectors through a GUI to connect to bring content from custom data sources including connecting to Salesforce and custom databases.
    • Should further optimize and enhance creation of rich and responsive content driven UIs on various digital channels.
    • Should further optimize and enhance content personalization features.
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    HighLevel
    • We encounter bugs from time to time
    • Considering it's all-in-one, individual features are not as powerful as counterparts that specialize in those services
    • Loads slowly at times
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    Likelihood to Renew
    HCLSoftware
    IBM products always moves forward to adapt to new requirements and technologies. I have used versions 6, 6.1, 7 and 8 of IBM WCM, and I know IBM is ready to revamp the tool based on emerging needs, and still provide the capabilities to migrate your old system to the newer versions.
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    HighLevel
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    HCLSoftware
    New versions has increased user experience facilitating usability.
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    HighLevel
    HighLevel is a great tool, and is a real "all rounder" that helps agencies keep costs down and profits high. It really does serve the majority of marketing agency needs, but it does fall down slightly on some specialist areas, where a dedicated CRM would be best for example. It can be a little tricky to use and buggy, which does cause some frustration sometimes.
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    Support Rating
    HCLSoftware
    We had some issues related with performing and the support was suitable and sucessful.
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    HighLevel
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    Implementation Rating
    HCLSoftware
    Implementation was successful due to Websphere application server used.
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    HighLevel
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    Alternatives Considered
    HCLSoftware
    Magento and Prestashop are E-commerce CMS platforms. They are used in a different scale of application than WCM.
    Concerning Joomla, it's a useful CMS forsmaller website. Once again this is an other scale of application than WCM Liveray can compete WCM 7 concerning the : ¤ specific development ¤ security ¤ responsive
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    HighLevel
    HighLevel competes with other funnel builders, automations providers and CRMs. HighLevel has a clear advantage in terms of value for money. It gives you a lot of bang for buck. We can get cheaper but you will not get all the same features and development speed as HighLevel. You can get a bit nicer page builders, email marketing tools etc but they will come at a lot more $$. So it really depends. You can spend some more $$ in HighLevel and get custom built css styling and make it look and feel the same as more $$ tools. So really you can't lose with HighLevel in the long run.
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    Return on Investment
    HCLSoftware
    • Negative: Very complex architecture for on-premise deployments (too many servers to installed)
    • Positive: Easy customization
    • Negative: Architecture limited to cloud solutions
    • WCM is an old product and needs an update
    • Blog, and community are not integrated in Digital Manager for discussion
    • Templates are not available to integrate basic services (FileNet, more complex BPM , e-commerce)
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    HighLevel
    • HighLevel has helped our business grow over the past two years by giving us a place to manage our client communication.
    Incentivized
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