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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Optimizely Content Management System

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AOptimizely Content Management System (CMS) is purpose-built for marketers, and fully composable for developers. The CMS supports the end-to-end content lifecycle, helping users to deliver on-brand, high-impact digital experiences that 'wow' audiences.N/A

    Oracle Marketing

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AOracle CX Marketing (formerly Oracle Marketing Cloud) is a solution designed to enable marketers to plan and execute automated marketing campaigns via email, display search, video advertising, and mobile while delivering a personalized customer experience for their prospects.

    $2,000

    per month

    Pricing
    Optimizely Content Management SystemOracle Marketing
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Optimizely Content Management SystemOracle Marketing
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredOptional
    Additional Details—CX Marketing pricing is a function of usage.
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    Community Pulse
    Optimizely Content Management SystemOracle Marketing
    Considered Both Products
    Optimizely
    No answer on this topic
    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    170 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    144 Answers
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    164 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    104 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    120 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    Optimizely Content Management SystemOracle Marketing
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Optimizely Content Management System and Oracle Marketing
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    8.4
    169 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Oracle Marketing
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.4169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Optimizely Content Management System and Oracle Marketing
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    7.8
    166 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Oracle Marketing
    9.5
    120 Ratings
    22% above category average
    API7.8159 Ratings9.0105 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language7.8127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings10.089 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings9.0109 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings10.088 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings9.048 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings10.037 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Optimizely Content Management System and Oracle Marketing
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    7.7
    194 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Oracle Marketing
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor7.6178 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness7.9166 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section8.0178 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates8.0172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.497 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.9176 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.1172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator6.4131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Optimizely Content Management System and Oracle Marketing
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    7.5
    180 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Oracle Marketing
    -
    Ratings
    Content taxonomy7.9165 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support7.1164 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management6.9137 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.5142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management8.0117 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Optimizely Content Management System and Oracle Marketing
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Marketing
    9.3
    133 Ratings
    18% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings10.0117 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings9.0120 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings9.0116 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.0124 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings10.0118 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings10.0113 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings10.0127 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings9.0126 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.0108 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Optimizely Content Management System and Oracle Marketing
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Marketing
    8.5
    118 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings10.0110 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings8.0104 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings8.0109 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings8.089 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Optimizely Content Management System and Oracle Marketing
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Marketing
    9.5
    109 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings9.094 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings10.099 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Optimizely Content Management System and Oracle Marketing
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Marketing
    9.5
    72 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings10.070 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings9.066 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Optimizely Content Management System and Oracle Marketing
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Management System
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Marketing
    8.3
    123 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.0122 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.0120 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings8.0113 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Optimizely Content Management SystemOracle Marketing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (223 ratings)
    7.0
    (246 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (34 ratings)
    10.0
    (92 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (92 ratings)
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.9
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.6
    (11 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (120 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Optimizely Content Management SystemOracle Marketing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Optimizely
    If you want to build a website quickly there are plenty of ways to do so with some great examples and plenty of support both from the company and in the forums. if you want to build a more complex structure you can but be ready to spend the time to build exactly what you need as a solid foundation goes a massive way before building out content and making those choices early and sticking with them helps
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    Oracle
    A duration of one and a half years is enough for us to
    recognize the capabilities of a tool and in my opinion, this one is just a
    great tool to manage marketing campaigns of even massive-sized firms. Its
    marketing automation tool and its way of managing campaign and the way it
    executes digital initiatives is enough to get an inkling of its abilities.
    Less favorable for the people who want to have something at
    a cheap price and are more dependent on the reports as its reports have nothing
    much in detail.
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    Pros
    Optimizely
    • I think the user interface for content admins is very good and very competitive. And compared to other providers, the technology that CMS in particular has. So the way it integrated the net ecosystem is very well because it follows the MBC pattern. So basically it just allows really simple implementations for what would normally be complex components on any other sort of vendor that's out there.
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    Oracle
    • We can look for the behavior of our clients on our website and mobile application using the analytics it provides.
    • It is highly customizable.
    • It presents data in a form that is easily understandable and reports are highly beneficial for us.
    • Analytics in the form of graphs.
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    Cons
    Optimizely
    • Magento did have some nice tools for creating product groups or carousels for promotion. Opti seems to be lacking in that.
    • A blog - maybe this is available and we don't have it installed, but a searchable blog would be very appreciated.
    • Structured Data/MicroData - maybe it's our install, but this seems to be missing
    • Meta data: we have access to limited types and need to make a request from IT, it would be nice to be able to access more to adjust for SEO needs.
    • When in a folder on the BLOCKS tab, it would be wonderful to hit the MEDIA tab and stay in that same folder.
    • I have some less technical people that will make folders with spaces - which Opti handles, but it would be great if it wouldn't accept a space or gave an error message not to use them.
    • I think I know why the extra code is added to urls and image links, but it causes issues when taking things from our testing site to the live site. For example, I need to copy the Navigation from Inspect Element on testing to put it in production. I have learned to work around it, but it's not my favorite.
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    Oracle
    • Integration options outside of auto-syncs. I am currently having an issue trying to find an adapter to use with Eloqua to API into our data warehouse but keep the functionality on the Eloqua side.
    • To provide more transparency and visual details of the syncs (integrations of outside data) from any other system that is feeding Eloqua, like what is being updated or changed, better explanations of errors, drill down to newly created records.
    • Custom Objects - Need to have a way to create CDOs outside of just form submissions and uploading of lists, like if you needed to import a file nightly to feed that CDO data but automate the import and make sure it maps to a contact record.
    • Import of data from a file on SFTP - There is no way to filter or create logic to control what is being fed into Eloqua. Currently, that manipulation has to be done by the IT side first. Less flexibility.
    • Better auditing capabilities within the canvas. meaning, sometimes if something is changed or not working the problem may not necessarily show up in immediately, the pattern could take a while to present itself. For example, the feeders into the program. If there is a problem, I don't know that maybe contacts are not entering the program until we do reporting that month and realize there was a lull of contacts going through. Then we have a whole month of missed records or other potential data issues. When you get do large and your Eloqua machine is very robust, the harder it is to see everything
    • Be able to add more than 250 custom contact records. That definitely inhibits my organization in how we need to use that record.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Optimizely
    Since I work on the implementation side of things, and do not directly own licensing for Ektron CMS, I have to base this rating off of how I think it will be received or presented to customers looking to start a new site deployment. I try to remain CMS agnostic, though my specialty is with the .NET and Microsoft stack. Because of the experience I have working with Ektron, I tend to be more forgiving with the shortcomings as I am familiar with how to work around them or past them from experience. Being familiar with the community available also helps, as you become familiar with the best approaches to find solutions to your issues. Each product has it's ups and downs and all of them are only going to be as good as the company or development team implementing them can make them. This is EXTREMELY important to remember when choosing a CMS, as it can make or break your expensive investment.
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    Oracle
    We have been able to automate so many marketing processes with Eloqua over the past 5 years that the only direction would be to adopt the latest and greatest features Eloqua adds. The alternative would be to go back to the marketing stone-age and start over again. And we would rather move forward with increased automation and efficiency.
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    Usability
    Optimizely
    From our editors perspective they find the CMS system easy and to clear to use. Our developers find it very easy to design on and appreciate the level of service support available. It's also always evolving and getting better every year. We find this investment reassuring and encourages us to try keep pace and see how we can continue to push the envelope and continue to improve all aspect of our websites and online touch points.
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    Oracle
    Personally, I find it quite easy to use. But for those members of our team who have little or no testing experience, it's been a bit more difficult. There's also training required for development teams in order to have your campaigns coded and set up in the most efficient way. Our developers have been able to do basic and intermediate tests with no difficulty, and they find the interface itself quite intuitive... it's just the extremely complex tests that require a bit more understanding.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Optimizely
    Unplanned outages or errors are fairly rare in our instance. And when there are issues, they're usually fixed fairly quickly
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    Oracle
    No one has experienced any problems with availablity.
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    Performance
    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    There are occasional complaints about slowness to refresh a screen or build a report. However, this is as much a factor of network access speeds as the system itself, since often the complaints occur when someone is accessing on a wireless network.
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    Support Rating
    Optimizely
    I attended multiple trainings/tutorials early in the process. The vendor-supplied content about Optimizely was engaging for users/attendees (I often analyze training content, compliance programs, governance plans), which helps our OCM people by having good "word of mouth" about the product long before a rollout ever happens. I actually when the user-focused portion of the Optimizely Academy twice in 2022 to ensure I had a grasp on operability and to be able to support the training and OCM efforts
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    Oracle
    We found that we often were telling support people how the system worked. Because we were on E9 that created a lot of support issues as well since few people on the support team seemed to know how E9 worked. That was mostly okay except when we had major system issues (like SSO preventing us from logging in after an update), it became really hard to get answers that weren't vague. It was always the issues that had the highest visibility within the organization (like with Sales) that seemed to take forever to resolve and didn't have a clear escalation path. When Oracle switched Eloqua over to the Oracle support portal it just got worse
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    In-Person Training
    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    They offer very basic classes which are required for master certification.

    After having been through it, I would not consider anyone with a master certification any more qualified, unlike Salesforce.com certification which is a more difficult thing to acquire. For example, one of the classes towards certification was around social media. I would have expected examples of how to incorporate into campaigns in the product, with a demo and hands-on test. Instead, it was a powerpoint slideshow that went on way too long and covered really basic stuff like “what is Facebook, what is Twitter”
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    Online Training
    Optimizely
    Ektron is one of the best solution for .Net platform. Over the years have improved the performance issues that the previous versions had. My only complain is right now you can't do Page builder pages if you choose to have a MVC architecture
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    Oracle
    Ok, so, this sounds like it could be horrible because it was all remote, but we loved it... the Adobe training environment was easy to use, and the trainers were engaging. It was simple to switch back and forth between the meeting and the hands-on exercises in their training instances. We took the fundamentals training early in our implementation-- before the consultants came onsite-- and I know this made a big difference in our implementation, because we were able to ask informed questions throughout
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    Implementation Rating
    Optimizely
    I was not fully involved.
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    Oracle
    I give it a 10 because the only issue we had was a result of not following the guidance we were given. Maxymiser provided a customized implementation guide for each site where we were adding the code. On our site implementations when we followed that guide to the letter, it was extremely fast and easy and has worked very well.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Optimizely
    Optimizely Content Management System is much more feature rich, and less complex that the other CMS platforms we have used. Optimizely Content Management System is more intuitive in how the content is structured and how easy it is to pull blocks of content to create the layout of a page.
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    Oracle
    It was quite complex to generate segments with Adobe
    analytics and I wasn’t personally satisfied with the overall performance of
    Adobe Analytics and wasn’t enough flexible in any way. So we decided to switch
    to something else better than Adobe Analytics and is available in the market at
    a cheap rate and we ended up doing our research for the most suitable tool at
    Oracle Infinity and we don’t regret our decision.
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    Scalability
    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Eloqua is definitely good for larger companies that have 100,000+ contacts and complex marketing workflows and data. Personalization is fairly robust with Eloqua for larger campaigns with smart content and features. Scaling across channels is also seamless - as the platform has great options for non-email channels like SMS, Direct Mail, Chat, etc.
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    Return on Investment
    Optimizely
    • Flexibility with design that allows us to work towards our mission of 'Tennis Opened Up'
    • Speed of deploying content, meaning users can really on us for the most up-to-date content on tennis in Britain
    • Ability to have different logged-in areas for different user groups, allowing us to create more bespoke and personalised experiences
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    Oracle
    • We are able to use it to help our clients scale through testing
    • We have been able to measure the impact of our events and sales events so we can determine which events to continue in the future and determine future investment
    • Launch a new brand out of Eloqua and measure awareness
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Optimizely Content Management System Screenshots

    Screenshot of Content delivery: Developers can use modern GraphQL and REST APIs to query content from any source and send it to any channel or device.Screenshot of User roles and permissionsScreenshot of (SaaS CMS): Visual Builder: Add an image: Optimizely Visual Builder offers a range of editing features designed to make content creation and layout building intuitive and accessible to both technical and non-technical users. A drag-and-drop system is used to add, move, and rearrange elements within the layout, for quick and flexible content organization.Screenshot of (SaaS CMS): Visual Builder: Create an experience: Create an Experience functionality in Optimizely Visual Builder offers a code-free way to build and manage captivating digital experiences. It offers pre-built content blocks or elements (like text, images, buttons, forms, etc.) that can be positioned on the page layout as desired. Visual Builder offers extensive options to customize the appearance and behavior of these elements. Users can modify colors, fonts, sizes, animations, and even add interactive features providing flexibility in arranging content, accommodating various design needs and responsiveness across different screen sizes.Screenshot of (SaaS CMS): Visual Builder: Publish: The Visual Builder displays changes in real-time as they are made. This includes side-by-side previews for different devices like desktops, tablets, and mobiles. Before publishing, the Interactive Preview mode can be used to test elements like forms, buttons, and other interactive components to ensure they work as expected on the live site. Changes can then be published directly from the Visual Builder interface, making them instantly available to site visitors.Screenshot of the central location to manage assets, editing and publishing content.

    Oracle Marketing Screenshots

    Screenshot of Marketing intelligence gives everyone insights into marketing campaign impact on qualified sales leads, pipeline, and ROI.Screenshot of Oracle Eloqua's industry-leading marketing automation helps you create and execute brilliant B2B campaigns to drive engagement across each stage of the customer experience, from the simplest to the most sophisticated buying cycles.Screenshot of Oracle Responsys makes it easy for B2C marketing teams to produce sophisticated cross-channel customer experiences that deliver value at the time of need to each individual based on their interests, preferences, and shopping habits.Screenshot of Oracle Maxymiser’s advanced website testing and personalization solutions help marketers make data-driven decisions on websites and mobile apps; create seamless, connected customer experiences; and deliver higher marketing ROI.Screenshot of Oracle Infinity helps you optimize a customer’s real-time digital journey. The system brings in online behavioral data, applies intelligence to that data, and dynamically surfaces recommended actions you could take to enhance the digital customer experience—at the exact right moment.Screenshot of Oracle CX Audience provides a solution for large-scale audience segmentation, data management, and analytics as part of Oracle’s comprehensive cloud platform. Input simple or complex omnichannel data into CX Audience and get segmentation and analytics to help optimize marketing performance.