LightCMS (discontinued) vs. UENI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LightCMS (discontinued)
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
LightCMS, from NetSuite, was a cloud-based content management system for building websites and eCommerce storefronts. It is designed to be used by individuals, non-profits, and small to medium-sized businesses. The product has been discontinued.N/A
UENI
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Small business owners don’t have much time to build their online presence, don’t have much money to spend on digital advertising, and don’t want to navigate the complexity of what it means to be online today. So UENI presents a solution built specifically for them. Unlike DIY website builders or digital agencies, UENI delivers a fully built website and listings on what they present as trusted, high traffic platforms. The service includes a fully built website customized to the…
$12.99
per month
Pricing
LightCMS (discontinued)UENI
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
UENI Launch Plan
$12.99
per month
UENI Plus Plan
$59
per month
UENI Reputation Plan
$99
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LightCMS (discontinued)UENI
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
LightCMS (discontinued)UENI
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
LightCMS (discontinued)UENI
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
LightCMS (discontinued)
8.0
1 Ratings
1% below category average
UENI
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
LightCMS (discontinued)
9.1
1 Ratings
18% above category average
UENI
8.0
7 Ratings
5% above category average
WYSIWYG editor10.01 Ratings8.56 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes10.01 Ratings7.46 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design10.01 Ratings8.27 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
LightCMS (discontinued)
7.3
1 Ratings
1% below category average
UENI
7.2
5 Ratings
2% below category average
Content taxonomy4.01 Ratings7.25 Ratings
SEO support7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
LightCMS (discontinued)
-
Ratings
UENI
8.1
4 Ratings
7% above category average
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
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User Ratings
LightCMS (discontinued)UENI
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
LightCMS (discontinued)UENI
Likelihood to Recommend
NetSuite
LightCMS is perfect for 90% of websites out there. It has all the basic modules like calendars, photo galleries, news/blog, or forms building built in. Small businesses to mid-sized businesses are perfect for LightCMS. We use other solutions when the requierments for the website include a lot of third party integrations or custom modules. As a hosted CMS it has the same limitations as others with server-side development.
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UENI
This company suited me at the time due to running out of time to get a site up. UENI was able to add a good-looking site quickly. No extra hosting charges. Shame they miss out on standard features like many other sites offer. It has given me an online presence, which I was after. This looks good and is easy to edit.
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Pros
NetSuite
  • LightCMS provides all the major functionality 90% of sites need. It keeps out of its own way by making these solutions intuitive and simple and not trying to solve every problem for everyone which would over-complicate the tool-set.
  • This is the easiest to use CMS we have ever seen. I tell my client's that if they can make a Facebook post, they can manage their website, and it's true. Their UI is so easy and keeps getting easier to use. Untrained users get it in minutes and are able to manage their sites without our help.
  • LightCMS's code is simple and light-weight. Sites are fast and the CMS doesnt get in the way of performance.
  • You can do almost anything you want (except server-side programming) with LightCMS. So, we can create any design we want and it works great with Light CMS's tokens and editable regions concept (which is also simple to implement.)
  • Constantly upgraded and fixed, the product is 1000x better after 10 years of working with it, but is still simple and not bloated.
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UENI
  • Money-back Guarantee if you're not completely satisfied
  • Deliver a website in 3 days
  • Easy to convey your needs via their form
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Cons
NetSuite
  • While keeping it simple is LightCMS's thing, some of the elements/modules could use deeper options or control for advanced users.
  • Some content, such as calendars, cannot have data exported/imported easily.
  • Support was amazing 10 years ago. We openly talked about how awesome they were... it isn't as good as it once was, but is still way above almost every support of other CMS systems we have used.
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UENI
  • Some aspects of the website could do with improving, however, we have fed this back to them and have passed it on to their development team, to look at implementing them in the next update they do.
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Alternatives Considered
NetSuite
We have looked at hundrends of CMS's and LightCMS is a perfect entry-level system for most of our small to mid sized clients. LightCMS's feature set is less complex than almost every other system and the actual interface is miles ahead of most other CMS systems. It's simply thought out better. It lacks sensibility and an API as well as other advanced features many more expensive or more DIY systems have, but the simplicity makes up for it.
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UENI
UENI overshadows Wix by far. Considering how helpful, cost effective, and fast UENI is to make the websites as per my requirements, in comparison to Wix where you have to first purchase a subscription then either learn to make it yourself, which wouldn't be as user friendly, or pay someone extra to have it made rather than the one-time payment to UENI.
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Return on Investment
NetSuite
  • While I always think the price could be cheaper, LightCMS is incredibly inexpensive if you consider the costs of hosting, support, and upgrading is all included.
  • As part of their partner program, we are able to control client accounts from our master account, making moving between clients easier and supporting them faster which ultimately makes our labor costs better.
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UENI
  • Will promote professionalism of my brand
  • Otherwise not enough time to assess
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ScreenShots

UENI Screenshots

Screenshot of the home screen of the UENI Editor alongside the inter-editor HelpDeskScreenshot of a section of the jewellery products available on this UENI websiteScreenshot of the website header for a shipping company built with UENIScreenshot of editing one of the content blocks using the UENI EditorScreenshot of the mobile-friendly shopping cart & checkout functions, shown here on desktop