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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Magnolia

    Score9.9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Founded in Switzerland in 1997, Magnolia is a CMS used to build composable digital experiences. Magnolia helps create fully integrated customer experiences and speeds up digital delivery of content. Magnolia boasts 480 enterprise customers, thousands of Community Edition deployments, and more than 200 certified Magnolia Partners around the world. They further state that their enterprise customers include Sanofi, Generali, the Atlassian, The New York Times, Harley Davidson, and Union…

    $3,500

    per month

    Oracle Commerce

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AOracle Commerce is an ecommerce platform that helps B2C and B2B businesses connect customer and sales data from their CRM to their financial and operational data so they can offer personalized experiences to buyers across sales channels.N/A
    Pricing
    MagnoliaOracle Commerce
    Editions & Modules
    DX Core
    $3500
    per month
    DX Cloud
    $6000
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MagnoliaOracle Commerce
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MagnoliaOracle Commerce
    Considered Both Products
    Magnolia
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    58 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    58 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    MagnoliaOracle Commerce
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Magnolia and Oracle Commerce
    Feature
    Magnolia
    8.1
    69 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Oracle Commerce
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Magnolia and Oracle Commerce
    Feature
    Magnolia
    8.1
    68 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Oracle Commerce
    -
    Ratings
    API8.561 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language7.761 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Magnolia and Oracle Commerce
    Feature
    Magnolia
    8.0
    74 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Oracle Commerce
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    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor8.565 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.465 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section8.070 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates8.972 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design8.563 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow7.573 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator6.958 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Magnolia and Oracle Commerce
    Feature
    Magnolia
    7.5
    69 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Oracle Commerce
    -
    Ratings
    Content taxonomy7.663 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support7.263 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management7.657 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.962 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management6.951 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Magnolia and Oracle Commerce
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Commerce
    9.0
    18 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings9.118 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings9.118 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings8.417 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings8.416 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings9.116 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings9.118 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings9.818 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings8.515 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Magnolia and Oracle Commerce
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Commerce
    8.4
    18 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings8.416 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings8.518 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Magnolia and Oracle Commerce
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Commerce
    8.5
    17 Ratings
    2% above category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Magnolia and Oracle Commerce
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Commerce
    8.9
    18 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings9.218 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Magnolia and Oracle Commerce
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Commerce
    9.4
    16 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings9.116 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings9.116 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings9.915 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings9.916 Ratings
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MagnoliaOracle Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (78 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (68 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (67 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MagnoliaOracle Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Magnolia
    Magnolia is a very capable DXP, that provides client with lots of flexibility in composing its own stack. While the core of the platform is a content management system, the open architecture of Magnolia DXP allows it to connect to any platform, allowing client to extend the capabilities. One scenario would be a centralized content hub - where through a single platform, content authors can choose which channel to distribute what content. For example, long form content for consumers viewing on a laptop, short form content for those using a mobile browser. This allow the client to personalized the experience based on channels. Another scenarios would be leveraging on GenAI - using Magnolia's built-in connector to ChatGPT. If that is not the service that one desire, you can always connect to another AI service such as Google Gemini. With GenAI, connected, content author can use AI as co-pilot to help them scale up their content production.
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    Oracle
    Oracle CX Commerce (formerly Oracle Commerce Cloud) is very well suited for B2B commerce transactions. The wonderful thing about this software is its ability to regularly update on an automatic basis, and keep up with upgrades. Oracle CX Commerce provides my organization with greater flexibility and quick integration processes. I would recommend this to any organization trying to set up their own storefront.
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    Pros
    Magnolia
    • Speed of development - time to delivery from zero to MVP was excellent
    • Ease of use - the authoring experience is very easy to build and train
    • PAAS/SAAS - the managed service platform removed the traditional overhead of running in-house technologies, meaning we could focus on value add, with less time spent keeping the lights on.
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    Oracle
    • It uses an effective algorithm to provide users with product recommendations based on other products they’ve previously viewed.
    • It comes with a decent support platform, where Oracle is attentive and provides help diagnosing issues that may arise within the environment.
    • Oracle CX Commerce comes with a developer tool known as the DCU Tool, which is very helpful when it comes to pushing changes from environment to environment. The DCU Tool is also a good resource to use for source control.
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    Cons
    Magnolia
    • The documentation provides samples that are often out of context, and difficult to know where the provided example code should be implemented. More tutorials providing the full project or step-by-step instructions on how to implement subject material would help greatly. Baeldung is a resource I would consider the gold standard in how this is done in other spaces.
    • The use of JCR and Nodes makes object serialization/deserialization painful. Jackson compatibility or similar would be a welcome enhancement to the developer experience. Maybe leveraging code-gen from light modules to build model classes when possible could help accomplish this.
    • Modifying the home layout from light modules is frustrating. It seems that any configuration overrides made merge with the default rather than overwriting, which makes for a difficult combination of guess-and-check while referencing the documentation to see what should be in each row/column when making changes.
    • Including "mark all as read" or "delete all" in the notifications app would be a great quality of life improvement. It seems that by default, users have to individually select messages and operate them.
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    Oracle
    • Customer experience - Oracle CX is already a leader and I bet they'll make it even better surpassing all expectations.
    • They've [been] the best eCommerce model solution for any kind of business at least for book publishing and logistics management - thus can't complain here either.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    Oracle Commerce Cloud is definitely not my favorite platform to use, however our company has gotten very comfortable with the way our website operates using it so I do not see us switching to a different product any time soon. Over time, I’ve grown to have a love/hate relationship with this product, but as I learn more about what it offers I come to appreciate its functionality more
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Magnolia
    We've shown it to a number of users both clients and our own team and despite initial apprehensions, they "get it" very quickly. It's intuitive and friendly and quick to perform daily tasks. We once had a client tell us "Using Magnolia makes me smile" which says it all for us.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
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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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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Oracle
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    Alternatives Considered
    Magnolia
    I've used several CMSs like AEM and EpiServer, and comparatively, they all excel at different things. Magnolia is the best to develop for/against. Episerver has the best/most fluid UI in terms of content editing, and the overall admin experience AEM is just all around sucks.
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    Oracle
    The upgrade cycle of OCC and the subscription model ensure we are always on the latest and greatest version of the platform. The responsive design makes it easier for small departments to provide an optimum mobile experience. The stability of the platform is far superior to our on-prem solution.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • We were able to drive sales for one of our clients up by 50% over the course of a 6 month window by revamping their online web store with Oracle ATG.
    • Sharing data and communication improved greatly between legal/finance and marketing.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Magnolia Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Magnolia App Launcher, used to switch between workspaces and manage pagesScreenshot of the customer experience. This brings together content and audiovisual digital assets to form more compelling digital experiences.Screenshot of global search that brings relevant content, no matter where it resides.Screenshot of customizing the ecommerce experience.Screenshot of Magnolia Orchestratem where users can manage and track campaignsScreenshot of the WYSIWYG page editor