Alfresco vs. WordPress VIP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alfresco
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
The Alfresco platform, from Hyland, delivers comprehensive cloud-native content services. It is used to intelligently activate processes and content to accelerate the flow of business.N/A
WordPress VIP
Score 7.5 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Wordpress VIP, from a team at Automattic, is enterprise WordPress hosting with customer or digital experience features for enterprises.N/A
Pricing
AlfrescoWordPress VIP
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlfrescoWordPress VIP
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AlfrescoWordPress VIP
Features
AlfrescoWordPress VIP
Enterprise Content Management
Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Alfresco
8.2
7 Ratings
2% above category average
WordPress VIP
-
Ratings
Content capture & imaging9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
File sync, storage & archiving9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Document management9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Records management8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Content search & retrieval10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise content collaboration7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Content publishing & creation7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, risk management & information governance9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract lifecycle management8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated workflows8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Artificial intelligence6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Alfresco
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
7.3
2 Ratings
12% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Alfresco
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
7.3
2 Ratings
6% below category average
API00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Alfresco
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
8.2
2 Ratings
5% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Alfresco
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
8.0
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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User Ratings
AlfrescoWordPress VIP
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(18 ratings)
7.7
(22 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(9 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(2 ratings)
8.2
(21 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AlfrescoWordPress VIP
Likelihood to Recommend
Hyland
Easy integration with the external APIs Workflows can be invoked via REST call Wonderful swagger documentation for process REST APIs REST, MULE, CAMEL, Google Drive, and Box features are available with Alfresco Process Services The micro-service version deployment should be well documented and needs improvement
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Automattic
WordPress VIP really changed the game when it comes to WordPress CMS and Content Management. A one-stop shop for all our client's business needs. We are focusing on Content Management instead of technicalities. The big advantage is the security features covering all recent vulnerabilities that any WordPress developer/user wastes lots of precious time fixing/updating. Performance-wise, WordPress VIP is definitely up there. We’ve been doing lots of optimization work over the last few years. Every client wants to score 100. With WordPress VIP we decreased the time spent on optimization significantly and now feel confident with taking more performance optimisation work than we did before. Lastly, maybe the most important for every business is the support quality. WordPress VIP runs a superb support team with phenomenal knowledge and expertise. Quick to respond and solves issues here and now. It is definitely recommended.
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Pros
Hyland
  • Basic workflows are easy enough for casual users to set up and utilize.
  • Cloud sync capability provides a great way to share documents with third parties and to use as a backup system for critical documents.
  • Alfresco mobile app makes it easy for those on the road to access, approve and share documents.
  • Folder rules are easy to set up and make assignment of metadata easier to automate.
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Automattic
  • Keeps us informed of upcoming releases/patches associated with the Wordpress Platform.
  • Introduces us to products/companies/Wordpress plugins as necessary when new business needs arise.
  • Amy and Allie are excellent at managing the relationship; speaking with them on our monthly calls is a pleasure.
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Cons
Hyland
  • Alfresco Process Services and Alfresco Application Development Framework integration makes for best functionality/application of ECM.
  • Use case alignment - Marketing content and documentation of specific business requirements and user stories being available as reference material/documentation.
  • Integration with multiple silos for content.
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Automattic
  • Too many different dashboard formats
  • Everything should have the same look and feel.
  • The admin portal looks different than the user content portal
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Likelihood to Renew
Hyland
As per the current market and the line of products that are available for content and document management system, Alfresco is a very good option compared to other systems in terms of features and cost. Plus the community support is great. Also since the product is open source, it can be extended or understood in a better way.
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Automattic
It's true enterprise ready hosting framework providing unparalleled hosting infrastructure for WordPress. Where an organisation has high load needs, but with stability and scale VIP delivers. It provides complete peace of mind that the hosting, security and scalability are taken care of and organisations can focus on developing out their website strategies
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Usability
Hyland
The UI is very intuitive, most of our users figure out how to use the platform by themselves, so there's not much training needed.
You can upload files by using the web drag and drop, WebDAV, FTP, and more.
Most of the platform already works as-is so you can just deploy it using Docker and it's mostly ready to go.
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Automattic
There is documentation for everything you might need.
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Support Rating
Hyland
I am not big fan of Alfresco Content Services' support; it works on its own speed and sometimes it becomes challenging to achieve business needs. However, I appreciate regular delivery of security patches and updates
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Automattic
The people who work for WordPress VIP clearly are passionate about representing the organisation. Therefore when support is required, they do go above and beyond what you may expect in terms of overall support. They take security very seriously, and due to the nature of VIP, it's rarely a concern for the end-user, if at all.
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Implementation Rating
Hyland
Process was relatively smooth and overall, downtime minimal. MSI was very responsive to our needs and made the transition easier than it otherwise might have been.
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Automattic
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Alternatives Considered
Hyland
All software has some pros and some cons. Alfresco has some good pluses, and suits our environment very well. It fit perfectly in the place that we are working on. That is why we decided to go with this software. Overall, the kind of content management that needs to be done in an organization is what would determine which software to use.
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Automattic
Our team manages 4 different brands' websites and before WordPress VIP we were using multiple different hosts including DreamHost and AWS. These were convoluted and didn't offer the enterprise features for our organization that WP VIP was capable of. We also considered Pantheon, but they were not Wordpress-centric enough for the direction we were going.
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Return on Investment
Hyland
  • Instant document lookup - No paper files to mail which saves in all areas of postage, truck delivery, physical storage warehouse space, printing, etc
  • No longer losing important documents - Previously with paper files things would go missing and those could be costly reports/assessments.
  • Ability to secure documents and provide access to only those who should be allowed to see that content
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Automattic
  • Working as a WordPress VIP gold partner has helped our business grow from 12 staff to 28 staff in 2 years. They have brought many projects to the table that are always the right ones for us and they really understand our goals as a business.
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