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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Meltwater

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AMeltwater Media Intelligence platform is a set of public relations software tools for media monitoring, social media monitoring, and collecting brand insights. The four areas of functionality are Monitor, Analyze, Distribute, and Engage. (Note that this product combines features from the vendor Meltwater's former Buzz, Press, and News products.)N/A

    OpenText Web CMS

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AOpenText Web CMS (TeamSite) accelerates and simplifies the end-to-end digital content and campaign lifecycle, from content creation and rich media management to omnichannel publication, optimization, automation, commerce, and community. According to the vendor, with TeamSite, users can: Capture diverse digital audiences with amazing brand experiences – Give customers and prospects consistent, high-quality brand experiences across devices and channels, and foster closer…N/A
    Pricing
    MeltwaterOpenText Web CMS
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    MeltwaterOpenText Web CMS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MeltwaterOpenText Web CMS
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    Meltwater
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    OpenText
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    63%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    62%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    69%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    MeltwaterOpenText Web CMS
    Security
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    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Web CMS
    8.6
    7 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Meltwater and OpenText Web CMS
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Web CMS
    7.9
    7 Ratings
    1% above category average
    API00 Ratings8.76 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Meltwater and OpenText Web CMS
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Web CMS
    8.0
    7 Ratings
    2% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings7.87 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.76 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings8.17 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings7.46 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.17 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Meltwater and OpenText Web CMS
    Feature
    Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Web CMS
    7.9
    7 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.97 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings8.27 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MeltwaterOpenText Web CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (73 ratings)
    7.4
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    6.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    MeltwaterOpenText Web CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Meltwater
    Meltwater is well-suited for agencies that have an engagement team who is looking to service a variety of client needs such as social media reporting, public relations outreach, and community management. If you're looking to have a platform serve just one need, you can still use Meltwater but will get more bang for your buck if you are needing a variety of tools.
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    OpenText
    OpenText TeamSite is well-suited to large, enterprise-wide implementations where customization, content governance, and dynamic content distribution is needed or prioritized. It is probably not ideal for smaller sites with simple architecture and few resources to manage custom implementation.
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    Pros
    Meltwater
    • Media research - you can search for relevant publications and journalists to add to your media list.
    • Earned media coverage - you can search for coverage of your brand and find news stories that also include data that may be useful (how many people did the story reach for example).
    • Building media lists - if you have no current existing list, you can build and export one in Excel for example.
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    OpenText
    • The drag and drop forms feature makes publishing simple and quick.
    • Preview of customer data before sending publications helps us to deliver personalized experiences.
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    Cons
    Meltwater
    • The dashboards are not user-friendly, customizable (color, font size, etc.), or worthy of presenting to a client. All of the insights from a dashboard get pulled from the platform and placed into a more client-friendly presentation.
    • Paywalls for certain publications connected to who-knows-what. DowJones racket limits media monitoring capabilities and results in manual searches for a growing number of publications.
    • TVeyes, the broadcast monitoring arm of the media monitoring capabilities, just needs TLC and to become more client-facing. Currently, the links produced to share clips look sketchy, and they have a relatively short shelf life.
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    OpenText
    • I have recommendation for improvements.
    • It is easy to work with all the features.
    • All necessary content management tools are included.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Meltwater
    Meltwater works well for our organization and has allowed us to meet our internal goals. We are always open to new products and services that may be able to provide similar or better features; however, our experience has been that many of Meltwater's competitors are not up to the task.
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Meltwater
    Once you get some basic training it's pretty easy to use. I would like to see training manuals, or instructional videos to help me explore features I'm not currently using.
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    OpenText
    Overall, it's a solid package with the potential to offer much functionality with appropriate resources applied. There are a few issues with the authoring interface that OpenText should address before its a top shelf authoring experience.
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    Support Rating
    Meltwater
    Our account rep at Meltwater went dark for a long time. Then, a couple of weeks ago, our new account manager reached out to set up a meeting. Apparently, they had a big shakeup in the company, and there were some personnel changes. Our new account rep was great in discussing the platform's capabilities that were available to us and even offered to schedule a follow-up meeting with his technical team to introduce our new social media team members to the platform and how it could help them with their jobs.
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    OpenText
    Our technical resources engage with OpenText TeamSite so I don't have direct experience. However, critical issues that we need help with seem to get the attention they deserve without issue. However, training and user resources for business owner roles are a bit lacking and some annoying issues with the authoring interface should be addressed sooner.
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    In-Person Training
    Meltwater
    Again, really in-depth and helpful for a program that is really easy to use.
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    OpenText
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    Online Training
    Meltwater
    Walked step by step through program. Very informative on a program that doesn't require much training.
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    OpenText
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    Implementation Rating
    Meltwater
    You are only allowed 15 users, so make sure you've identified who will have access to use the tool.
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    OpenText
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    Alternatives Considered
    Meltwater
    I was looking for a full-service option. I did some research. What really sold me was the presentation. They offered products that were helpful, and I wasn’t even aware of them. It is more expensive than the other products that are out there, but you get more. The other companies are good, but Meltwater Media Intelligence is more full service.
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    OpenText
    It offers more content editing features at a relatively low cost thus overall deployment is lower in cost. It has great customer support who are always there to support and answer to our needs thus making the process of deployment seamless at every stage and offering training for working with their product.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Meltwater
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    OpenText
    The annual contract should be clearer in terms of the breakdown of user license types (system admin, admin, regular user, etc).
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    Return on Investment
    Meltwater
    • As a PR firm, we rely on the media databases that [Meltwater Media Intelligence Platform] supplies to deliver the media exposure that they expect from us.
    • We utilize their tracking of media hits for our overall reporting to our clients.
    • Both of these are advantageous in helping us to not only keep our existing clients happy but also to gain new clients (and, in turn - revenue), as well.
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    OpenText
    • We integrated with google analytics, now we have the proper comprehension of our audience data reception and behaviors - we've greatly improved on personalized marketing.
    • Quick publication of content across the main digital channels.
    • We run our digital campaigns swiftly.
    • We've maintained our brand consistency for three years.
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