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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

    OrangeHRM

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/AThe OrangeHRM platform is a cloud-based HR platform with features for employee management, PTO/leave, recruitment and time tracking. It is available free and open-source, or commercially with advanced features for employee training and career development.N/A
    Pricing
    MagnoliaOrangeHRM
    Editions & Modules
    DX Core
    $3500
    per month
    DX Cloud
    $6000
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MagnoliaOrangeHRM
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MagnoliaOrangeHRM
    Considered Both Products
    Magnolia
    No answer on this topic
    OrangeHRM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    58 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    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
    MagnoliaOrangeHRM
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    8.1
    69 Ratings
    2% below category average
    OrangeHRM
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    8.1
    68 Ratings
    4% above category average
    OrangeHRM
    -
    Ratings
    API8.561 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language7.761 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    8.0
    74 Ratings
    2% above category average
    OrangeHRM
    -
    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 OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    7.5
    69 Ratings
    0% below category average
    OrangeHRM
    -
    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
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    OrangeHRM
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    OrangeHRM
    9.9
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    OrangeHRM
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    OrangeHRM
    9.2
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    OrangeHRM
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    OrangeHRM
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Report builder00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    OrangeHRM
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    OrangeHRM
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    OrangeHRM
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    OrangeHRM
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Magnolia and OrangeHRM
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    OrangeHRM
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    MagnoliaOrangeHRM
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    Score7 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MagnoliaOrangeHRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (78 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 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
    MagnoliaOrangeHRM
    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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    OrangeHRM
    According to me, OrangeHRM is best suited for small to medium-sized organizations for [the] management of their employee's records and attendance/leave management. Also, [the] applicant tracking system is [a] very useful feature of this application. OrangeHRM needs to add more features in order to cater requirements of a large-scale organization. Payroll management, learning management, and grievance handling features should be added or improved.
    Incentivized
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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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    OrangeHRM
    • Payment process
    • Attendance management
    • Personal information management
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    OrangeHRM
    • Payroll management can be added
    • Learning management system needs to be improved
    • Grievance handling feature should be added
    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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    OrangeHRM
    No answers on this topic
    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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    OrangeHRM
    No answers on this topic
    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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    OrangeHRM
    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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    OrangeHRM
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    OrangeHRM
    Bamboo HR is not as advance as OrangeHRM. Its more like self explanatory. Its very easy to use aswell.
    Incentivized
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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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    OrangeHRM
    • It has made HR department work [more] efficient
    • It has helped in creating paperless environment
    • Tracking and reporting for effective decision making
    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