Magnolia vs. Nuxeo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Magnolia
Score 8.3 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Founded in 1997 with a vision to create the first truly open content management system, Magnolia is presented as a fast way to launch digital experiences. With a mission to help clients move fast and stay flexible and boasting users among brands like Atlassian and The New York Times, Magnolia DXP supports industries ranging from automotive to telecommunications, offering enterprise features and headless agility to help them stay ahead. From humble beginnings in Basel, Magnolia's…N/A
Nuxeo
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
The Hyland Nuxeo Platform is a cloud-native, cloud-first, scalable solution which utilizes automation technologies to improve efficiencies, increase accuracy, and provide its capabilities. With it’s low-code technology, organizations can implement Hyland’s Nuxeo Platform with customizable features that allow organizations to develop a creative workflow. Employees can then create, tag, organize, and share dynamic content, including rich media and 3D digital assets and their metadata to be used in…N/A
Pricing
MagnoliaNuxeo
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MagnoliaNuxeo
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Features
MagnoliaNuxeo
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Magnolia
8.1
66 Ratings
1% above category average
Nuxeo
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.166 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Magnolia
8.0
64 Ratings
4% above category average
Nuxeo
-
Ratings
API8.457 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language7.557 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Magnolia
8.0
70 Ratings
5% above category average
Nuxeo
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG editor8.561 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.461 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section7.966 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates8.968 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design8.559 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow7.569 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator7.056 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Magnolia
7.5
65 Ratings
2% above category average
Nuxeo
-
Ratings
Content taxonomy7.560 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support7.159 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management7.954 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.058 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management7.148 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Content Management
Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Magnolia
-
Ratings
Nuxeo
8.0
23 Ratings
3% below category average
Content capture & imaging00 Ratings8.220 Ratings
File sync, storage & archiving00 Ratings8.123 Ratings
Document management00 Ratings8.221 Ratings
Records management00 Ratings8.120 Ratings
Content search & retrieval00 Ratings8.122 Ratings
Enterprise content collaboration00 Ratings7.818 Ratings
Content publishing & creation00 Ratings8.022 Ratings
Security, risk management & information governance00 Ratings7.419 Ratings
Contract lifecycle management00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
Automated workflows00 Ratings8.223 Ratings
Artificial intelligence00 Ratings7.317 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
Integration00 Ratings8.720 Ratings
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User Ratings
MagnoliaNuxeo
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(74 ratings)
7.5
(23 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.1
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(69 ratings)
6.7
(12 ratings)
Performance
8.5
(68 ratings)
7.5
(12 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(3 ratings)
6.6
(11 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(12 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
MagnoliaNuxeo
Likelihood to Recommend
Magnolia
Magnolia is very well suited to scenarios where there are multiple end points for content eg. apps, remote devices, websites etc. and with multiple users. Magnolia is very good at working with different "shapes" of content so it's not necessarily all about HTML content for the web which tends to be the default for a number of other products of this nature. This means that it's more logical for people to work with structured data and easier for the applications to sort and manage that content when they receive it.
This works really well when you have multiple team members (often in multiple locations). We've had clients who've had people in twelve European locations with sixteen languages and they can share skills and resources between them but still manage their own content.
Magnolia is less appropriate for SMEs who have fewer digital assets and content. It's not to say that it can't be done but it's more that the budget would not necessarily fit.
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Hyland Software
Nuxeo works very well for us as a Digital Media Asset Management tool. I understand given its flexibility, it has also been used for managing insurance claims. It seems to be well suited for uses where some customization is required, yet there is a desire to leverage best practices, reusable code components.
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Pros
Magnolia
  • Use of YAML to define content models with code.
  • Versatility of defining actions for custom handlers.
  • Reloading classes when code is modified in a local dev environment is nice. While it doesn't seem to work when changes extend beyond the method body (i.e., adding methods), it remediates the pain of long startup times.
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Hyland Software
  • The platform has Lots of option to protect assets, review and share with the required people.
  • It provides a seamless transition from SharePoint which is extremely useful for our business as we have tons of data stored on SharePoint.
  • It is a powerful tool, especially for searching - since the indexing is super fast unlike other platforms.
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Cons
Magnolia
  • As a developer the learning curve is long, you can start developing relatively quickly but getting to know the platform in depth takes time.
  • Having a history of modifications not only at the page level but also at the Content Apps level would be very useful.
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Hyland Software
  • Public documentation - it has some + public forums, but we felt more is needed
  • Back-end management - the web UI is fancy, but it sometimes translates to some tough to understand implementations
  • Starting sequence of on-premise installations - Java gibberish in the logs; sifting is required to identify real issues from acceptable ones
  • No built-in monitoring and performance alerting
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Likelihood to Renew
Magnolia
We have invested a lot of time and energy into tailoring a solution that works for the company.
We think the new features in v6.2 will help us get to the next level
We also don't have the resources to rebuild a website platform from scratch even if we wanted to
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Hyland Software
No answers on this topic
Usability
Magnolia
There are a ton of small things that could make this CMS great Off the top of my head... 1) Better navigation between a component and its corresponding node in the jcr ( devs often have to flip between a page and a spot in the jcr even though there could be a button to take you from a page/component in the pages app to its location in the JCR) 2) Why does a content editor need to open the page to edit the page properties? They could just as easily edit the dialog from the tree view if they have many pages to touch, and it would save them time by not having to render the page.
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Hyland Software
Nuxeo provides a
WebUI that they are always improving based on customer feedback. The interface is designed with flexibility in
mind - this means that it must be customized to the business's use case before
it can achieve its maximum usability.

The Nuxeo Studio
interface provides developers and administrators the building blocks to achieve
much of this customization - they just need to put the building blocks together
in ways that best meet the end users' needs.
The API and SDKs allow for more advanced customization.
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Performance
Magnolia
I gave [it] 7/10 only because of the loading time of pages. Otherwise, I think it deserves an 8. Normally this is not an issue per [se] but considering the rating matrix and as I have been asked to honestly write about it. Yes, the page loading times could be improved.
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Hyland Software
This is something that we have struggled with a bit. We push the boundaries of Nuxeo in this area, both with the number of assets and the size of assets. We have a lot of large, long videos, and we are continually tuning performance in this area.
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Support Rating
Magnolia
You always get an answer based on your SLA. But you always get a solution. That's the successfactor in this case. To often i was frustrated about people in a company without even a clue what there product is about or how to solve a problem. Magnolia's Support Team does a very good job and try to help you in most of the cases
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Hyland Software
Nuxeo support is very willing to help whenever there is an issue. We have a weekly touchbase with someone from the Nuxeo team that we discuss any development issues with, and there is an open line of communication between our team and the Nuxeo team. They have been supporting us phenomenally, every step of the way.
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In-Person Training
Magnolia
No answers on this topic
Hyland Software
I attended instructor-led trainings at a couple of points when I was first beginning to serve as project manager on Nuxeo projects. The first one that I attended was meant for business users and decision-makers. The second one was meant for system administrators. The first one provided a great introduction, through demos, of how Nuxeo could be adapted to very different business use cases. The second one, like many instructor-led trainings, was meant for users of a variety of skill levels, and so it could be a bit slow at times for students with a stronger technical background, but the instructor was able to include more advanced components as well.
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Online Training
Magnolia
No answers on this topic
Hyland Software
Nuxeo University provides an ideal starting point for developers and system administrators who are new to the Nuxeo platform. So, in terms of online training for developers and administrators, the learning paths are definitely available. In terms of training for end users: keep in mind that Nuxeo is a foundation with building blocks - what you do with those building blocks is up to you and depends on your business's specific use cases. For this reason, end-user training is largely up to you because it will need to depend on how you've built and configured the system. That said, I've seen the companies that I've worked with configure the system based largely on end-user input, and so it has fit very closely with what those users wanted to do and how they wanted to do it. In cases where elements of the UI weren't fitting quite right with what users naturally wanted to do, based on their process flows, we've often found it easy enough to adapt the UI to the users, rather than using training to adapt the users to the UI.
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Implementation Rating
Magnolia
No answers on this topic
Hyland Software
The technical support team of the Nuxeo was always on the go to help us. Being an IT technician, I haven't faced any such issue, but the problem was that it took much longer than anticipated. Otherwise, we didn't need to get other implementation partners to help us in its implementation.
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Alternatives Considered
Magnolia
Prior to using Magnolia as an enterprise CMS solution, different teams leveraged different website platforms including WordPress, Weebly, and others. While these other platforms may be slightly more user friendly to the content editor, they don't offer nearly the same amount of customization and digital best practices out of the box that are customizable by web development teams like Magnolia does. The other solutions may work better for a quicker/simpler web implementation without technical resources but don't have the depth and breadth of capability and functionality that Magnolia has and fall flat.
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Hyland Software
It is built on open-source technologies. A very small footprint is required to run it. It can be run in a cloud and utilize the power of cloud services, unlike other competitors.
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Return on Investment
Magnolia
  • Magnolia has brought about positive impacts. For instance, we need not outsource web design and marketing services because thanks to this software, we can handle most work inhouse
  • The software is affordable with no compromises on capabilities and therefore it is gives us value for money.
  • The templates makes the whole process easy
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Hyland Software
  • Excellent management of curriculum content so we know where, when, and how it is used.
  • Reuse of content is a big use case and Nuxeo manages content, so we can do it.
  • Roles are very flexible and allow us to actively manage users, contractors, and administrators.
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ScreenShots

Magnolia Screenshots

Screenshot of the customer experience: Brings together content and audiovisual digital assets to form more compelling digital experiences.Screenshot of the Magnolia App Launcher, used to switch between workspaces and manage pagesScreenshot of Magnolia's native analytics integration framework, used to take advantage of data directly in the authoring UI, coupled to content.Screenshot of global search that brings relevant content, no matter where it resides.Screenshot of customizing the ecommerce experience.

Nuxeo Screenshots

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