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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Workfront

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Workfront, acquired by Adobe in late 2020, is a web-based project-management tool. It is designed for both IT and marketing teams, but can be implemented for any kind of project. Workfront offers all the features standard to project management platforms, as well as resource allocation, automation, and agile workflow.N/A

    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AOptimizely Content Marketing Platform brings teams together in a single, AI-powered workspace to share plans, collaborate on assets and execute campaigns.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    I feel the other products have an easier user interface and ability to quickly build and manage projects.
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    Optimizely
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    125 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    91 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    122 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    56 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    69 Answers
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    Features
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Adobe Workfront and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    7.3
    421 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.5421 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management7.3379 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.5331 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.0372 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.5377 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.0400 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology6.9271 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.2279 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management7.3378 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.2323 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access5.7312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.7299 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.3300 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.1258 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Adobe Workfront and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    6.3
    240 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates6.6133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing6.0115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting6.7230 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software5.9103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Adobe Workfront and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    3.6
    48 Ratings
    74% below category average
    Ideation00 Ratings3.635 Ratings
    Approval workflows00 Ratings4.145 Ratings
    Content collaboration00 Ratings4.944 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings3.040 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production00 Ratings2.525 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Adobe Workfront and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    3.6
    43 Ratings
    74% below category average
    Content hub00 Ratings3.336 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs00 Ratings3.628 Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings4.337 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings4.231 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings3.532 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Adobe Workfront and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    3.0
    37 Ratings
    84% below category average
    Audience profiling and targeting00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings1.830 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings1.834 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings1.729 Ratings
    Competitive analytics00 Ratings1.619 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (474 ratings)
    3.6
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.6
    (63 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (19 ratings)
    3.2
    (47 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe WorkfrontOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Since I work remotely from my laptop, when I am finished with work, I enter my hours and submit my time at the end of the week. It's quick, it's easy, and it helps me keep a record of how many hours of vacation and sick time I have used. But when I am on the go, it is a hassle to record my time on my phone because of the lack of responsive design.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    A 7 only because I think there's question marks around customization. However, I've seen very similar tools in the past where stakeholders have been skeptical, but as you get to know it and use it, you'll find actually you realize those benefits. I just think Optimizely could help its stakeholders and clients see those benefits early on versus later on. However, that's not to say it's not possible, so a 7 at this stage, but I think it's got potential in future. If you are a marketing firm who wants a centralized system for managing workflows and campaigns, it's great. It does that. However, there are better competitors fill in some of the gaps better than optimized leaders does. It could do better. I think for me, visually when I see, when I create a workflow or a campaign, I can see all the tasks associated with it and I've seen the way that our parent company uses it. It's just a list of all the tasks you see in one view. I think visually it needs improving. However, the purpose that it serves fundamentally, it's got potential, if that makes sense. It's going in the right direction, but I think competitors are doing some of it better than Optimizely is. I think they, like I was saying earlier, if they really want to realize the benefits of the product visually there needs to be some improvement. And then the controls element that I mentioned earlier as well, hopefully that answers both of your questions.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Fosters communication between team members.
    • Serves as a virtual "to do list" for me personally - I can track where I am with projects and what there is left to do, and when it's completed.
    • Sharing documents between team members that can be updated.
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    Optimizely
    • The CMP really is useful for us not only to manage the processes behind how we create content that we serve in different platforms like websites, landing pages, emails, social media, but it also help us as a team that is scattered around the globe to be able to be connected all the time to be able to see what we're working on, to be able to share assets as well. We are not reinventing the wheel to be able to show to other people within the organization what is happening at any given point. We use it not only for assets now, but we use it also for things like planning our webinars, planning our face-to-face events, so it truly is the heart of our marketing organization within the business.
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • The product itself is very complicated and difficult to be stood up
    • Sharing and proofing workflows require multiple steps and layers
    • It may just be my organization, but the build feels a bit clunky and difficult to navigate, which deters many teams from using the tool effectively
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    • One thing that could be improved is some of the promotions that happen in platform. For example, there's a Opal AI little bubble at the bottom right of the corner, which you can't move across the screen. So if you're trying to change the status of a step or you're trying to update a description within a step, that can be a bit challenging and as it seems to be quite an easy fix.
    • I would love to see a capability in terms of having visual representation that we can share out with stakeholders that don't necessarily need access to CMP. But for that level of detail, we don't want it to go too granular, but we do want to be able to share in a quick and visual manner some of the activities that are happening so we can keep everybody in the loop without having to create different variations via different tools.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    Workfront is sometimes a bit clunky to use, but overall it works well for our teams when it comes to project management and collaboration across multiple, involved teams. It also has flexibility that allows us to adapt it to diverse use cases, some of which aren't necessarily always the first things that one would think of using workfront for.
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    Optimizely
    The tool is over-engineered and overly complicated. It makes my job much harder and not easier. There's much simpler tools for a lot less money
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    Usability
    Adobe
    Workfront is overly complex, but it is functional as a tool to keep track of projects. It is a shame that sometimes it takes a lot of clicks to find anything. Workfront is slowly modernizing its interface but at the same time, hides certain information away thus making the experience feels worse.
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    Optimizely
    The editorial calendar is the one I check multiple times every day. It gives me a clear picture of what's in progress, what's due, and where things can be moving faster. And, there's no need to open a separate doc or ask anyone for a status update.
    Also, the workflows are another super useful thing. Being able to assign specific reviewers to specific steps and know that nothing moves forward until they've acted has eliminated many repetitive processes.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    I have found that Adobe Workfront is a reliable resource, because in the post 6 years of using it, rarely has it been unavailable to our team. I think I could count on one hand the number of times the site has been down over my time using it with my team.
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    Optimizely
    I have not experienced any prolonged outages. From time to time there will be errors but nothing that significantly slows down production
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    Performance
    Adobe
    I think overall, Adobe Workfront performs well. There have been some times when it doesn't load or run as quickly as our team would like. This is frustrating when it is such a crucial tool that our team utilizes on a daily basis. It can show our workflow when it lags.
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    Optimizely
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform's performance is generally good. Nothing that has impacted production. Page load speed doesn't typically lag longer than a few seconds. Reports take some time but not any longer than we're used to with other platforms. We have not experienced lag when integrating with other platforms
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    I know that this particular company has it's own Adobe Workfront employee that builds out things they need from the software, and meets with them regularly to troubleshoot. I'm not part of this process, but it's refreshing to see Adobe provide this level of customer service to people, and they're expedient.
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    Optimizely
    The NewsCred team is very responsive and helpful with any technical issues.
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
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    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Adobe
    The training is very easy to use and you can simply choose the topics included in the course(s) that are most important to your training needs. After each training course, you are tested on what you have learned. If you need a refresher course, they provide Course Catalogs as well as instructor-led courses & workshops.
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    Optimizely
    Training was clear and concise. It was intuitive and helped me understand how to navigate the platform. Options to dive in on each action or skip to learn about areas of regular use. Resource links available to when I had additional questions or needed more training in a specific area. Overall, the training allowed me to use the platform without interruption
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    Most people learn as you go, a lot of this stuff requires trial and error throughout so my suggestion is to provide as much information in the upfront and keep it as simple as possible. You can add other tools and features as you go but everyone should have the basics down so no bad habits can start to develop. Be persistent with everyone, and don't be afraid to correct and talk through steps again so everyone is on the same page
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    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Much increased functionality and templating aspects. While I liked JIRA's setup, the Workfront is so much more flexible. The moving away from Jira i was able to show the possibilities of what a full pm software could accommodate and how it all connected in. Also, the pluses of connectivity with the Adobe suite for our creative teams were excellent. From providing updates within other programs, it allowed a much more fluid working process and instant communication.
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    Optimizely
    We haven't yet explored the CMS or other products within the suite but we see the potential to move all of our tools to Optimizely One. I see this really helping us gain clarity in the end to end content lifecycle, and help us use our resources and bandwidth more strategically
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    As I stated earlier, I didn't have to pay for Workfront myself- I'm a user under a large organization. I know it's not cheap to implement, I don't know how the price scales for a small-business, but I do like the product enough that I'm going to look into it in the future for my own company.
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    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Adobe
    Our organization has thousands of users that use Workfront and it seems to hold up very well. I have not encountered any issues using it and I think it makes it very easy for multiple people to be involved in a project and keep things organized and clear for everyone involved.
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    Optimizely
    Optimizely is generally a reliable platform for A/B testing and digital experience management. It's helpful for it's stability, flexibility, and comprehensive features, which is helpful when managing an enterprise website
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Increased efficiency in threaded updates to Outlook emails - no time wasted looking for things in email vs Workfront - they automatically are in both places.
    • Time tracking allows us to average out how much time tasks & deliverable types take, allowing better long-term forecasting.
    • Planning has given us a system of record for campaigns, allowing us to easily find historic plans and/or view calendar views of upcoming ones.
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    Optimizely
    • The program has allowed us to meet our content goals more easily (e.g.: we publish X articles per month and track where each article is at).
    • It's helped us improve the accuracy of our information. We have SEO, content strategists, and legal teams involved in the workflow now because it's easy to manage.
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Workfront Screenshots

    Screenshot of Tasks in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Work Requests in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Review Functionality in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Adobe Workfront Planning

    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Optimizely Opal: Opal, Optimizely's AI, is an extension of the marketing workforce. From building comprehensive campaign and content briefs and suggesting how to best execute a campaign, to creating on-brand content for any channel and providing suggestions for ongoing optimization, Opal's capabilities and AI agents make "doing more with less" a reality.Screenshot of Marketing Work Requests: Dynamic intake forms, automatic routing, and integrated workflows ensure that requested work gets completed, fast.Screenshot of Library (Digital Asset Management): With Optimizely Content Marketing Platform's DAM, users can automate the management of brand-approved assets, all within the same platform where content creation, collaboration and publishing take place.Screenshot of The Editor, with Embedded AI: Content is created for multiple channels with the help of Opal, Optimizely's native AI.Screenshot of Calendar: This provides visibility into planned and scheduled content and campaigns with the ability to save and share views.