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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

    Wufoo

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AWufoo is a web application for creating online forms. The tool automatically builds the database, backend and scripts needed making it easy to collect and understand data. Wufoo was acquired by SurveyMonkey in 2011.

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    Pricing
    MagnoliaWufoo
    Editions & Modules
    DX Core
    $3500
    per month
    DX Cloud
    $6000
    per month
    Free
    $0
    Starter
    $14.08
    per month
    Professional
    $29.08
    per month
    Advanced
    $74.08
    per month
    Ultimate
    $183.25
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MagnoliaWufoo
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MagnoliaWufoo
    Considered Both Products
    Magnolia
    No answer on this topic
    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    No answer on this topic
    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
    MagnoliaWufoo
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Magnolia and Wufoo
    Feature
    Magnolia
    8.1
    69 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Wufoo
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Magnolia and Wufoo
    Feature
    Magnolia
    8.1
    68 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Wufoo
    -
    Ratings
    API8.561 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language7.761 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Magnolia and Wufoo
    Feature
    Magnolia
    8.0
    74 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Wufoo
    -
    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 Wufoo
    Feature
    Magnolia
    7.5
    69 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Wufoo
    -
    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
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Magnolia and Wufoo
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    Wufoo
    7.5
    34 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Survey templates00 Ratings8.028 Ratings
    Themes00 Ratings4.531 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding00 Ratings10.033 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Magnolia and Wufoo
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    Wufoo
    7.7
    32 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Changes to live survey00 Ratings7.527 Ratings
    Question design help00 Ratings7.028 Ratings
    Multiple question types00 Ratings8.532 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Magnolia and Wufoo
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    Wufoo
    8.0
    30 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Survey logic flexibility00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Magnolia and Wufoo
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    Wufoo
    8.9
    34 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Response tracking00 Ratings9.030 Ratings
    Data export00 Ratings9.532 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.022 Ratings
    Analytics00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Magnolia and Wufoo
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    Wufoo
    8.0
    27 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Access controls00 Ratings8.027 Ratings
    Compliance00 Ratings8.023 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Magnolia and Wufoo
    Feature
    Magnolia
    -
    Ratings
    Wufoo
    7.5
    18 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Vendor-offered crowdsourcing00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Respondent restrictions00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MagnoliaWufoo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (78 ratings)
    8.2
    (65 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (32 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (68 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (67 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MagnoliaWufoo
    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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    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    Wufoo is well suited when someone needs to gather data from visitors. It's not so well suited when you need to have people send files over 25MB in size. That's the limit and it's pretty low. We use it for resumes and MS Word files, so the size is okay for us, but might not be the case for other needs.
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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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    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    • Flexible, multiple entry forms: Wufoo allows users to create forms with multiple options or formats (radio, single choice, checkbox, text, paragraph text)
    • Conditional forms: Need to ask a question that only applies to a specific group? Then Wufoo is for you - it allows you to create conditional logic that allows you to reserve specific paths for specific entrants.
    • Integrations: Wufoo integrates with EVERYTHING via Zapier. You can sync it to Google sheets, email ESPs / CRMs, payment gateways... All kinds of applications for this software with its flexible uses & integrations, including embeddable HTML or direct integration to your website.
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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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    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    • I think the monthly submissions should increase. As of now, you get 100 submissions per month. That's not a whole lot.
    • I would like it if the Submissions that are emailed out would come in HTML format instead of text format. Sometimes it can be a little confusing.
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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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    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    I only give it this mid-range rating because, since the 2014 Super Bowl is history, our company will be closing in a couple months. I hope in my next employment opportunity that I will be able to use Wufoo again. I will probably use it to a limited extent in my personal life to communicate with friends and contacts in a unique manner. I am also working on a Certificate in Web Development and I definitely use Wufoo as embedded forms in websites I build.
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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.
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    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    Wufoo's usability from the user to the client is simple. The forms are simple to construct and they are easy for our clients to fill out. I have yet to really hit something that is difficult to do and even when I do get a little stumped their excellent support team helps me through it.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Magnolia
    No answers on this topic
    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    From all the time I've been using it (around 10 years) I've never seen an outage or application error.
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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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    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    Every time I try to use a different Form Builder - I constantly go back to Wufoo, especially compared to WordPress Plugin Form Builders. The biggest reason is the reliability of the form notifications getting sent and delivered are better than form builder that rely on the Wordpress Mail Send Feature. The only feature that I have found over the last 3 years that Wufoo is missing is the ability to customize the layout of the notification emails. But that is minor in the grand scope of its reliability.
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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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    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    I will be completely honest - I have never needed to contact any specific support for Wufoo. This is because we've never had any problems with Wufoo that I'm aware of! It has proved to be a reliable and easy to use product, and therefore, we have not needed to reach out for any kind of support or assistance. I suppose this would speak to the exceptional quality of the product!
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    Online Training
    Magnolia
    No answers on this topic
    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    Good imbedded videos that visually demonstrate how to create an element within the form.
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    Implementation Rating
    Magnolia
    No answers on this topic
    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    Implementing Wufoo was a seamless process. It was an instantaneous transition from the old pdf forms and webforms we were using to the easier to understand Wufoo forms. Employees learned it with ease and the clients response was instantaneously positive. Adding Wufoo to your workflow is not only easy it is necessary.
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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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    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    In terms of building reports, Wufoo is very similar to Google Forms. Both have the capability to edit live forms and immediately share them. Wufoo offers a few more features than Google Forms does as well. Overall, our department has looked at both options and continues to use Wufoo because of the data management and ease of building forms.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Magnolia
    No answers on this topic
    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    I didn't help purchase this product.
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    Scalability
    Magnolia
    No answers on this topic
    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    I think it can be integrated with different software but not sure about its scalability.
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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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    SurveyMonkey, Inc
    • Wufoo has had a positive impact on our marketing department by allowing us to create and deploy forms on our websites and landing pages with significantly increased efficiency and speed.
    • Wufoo has also had a huge impact in reducing our reliance on IT support to build and deploy forms to our websites.
    • Wufoo has also empowered our marketing team to be able to try and solve our business problems through tons of integrations between Wufoo and other 3rd party systems (such as Salesforce and Zapier).
    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