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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Percolate, now part of Seismic

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Percolate was a content marketing platform designed to help large brands create content and manage marketing campaigns. The product's capabilities have been integrated into the Seismic platform's digital marketing capabilities, and Percolate is no longer available for sale standalone.N/A
    Pricing
    Optimizely Content Marketing PlatformPercolate, now part of Seismic
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    Pricing Offerings
    Optimizely Content Marketing PlatformPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
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    Community Pulse
    Optimizely Content Marketing PlatformPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Considered Both Products
    Optimizely
    Chose Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    NewsCred overall is easier to use and establish workflows. The platform is more customizable and organized.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
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    Features
    Optimizely Content Marketing PlatformPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Optimizely Content Marketing Platform and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    3.6
    48 Ratings
    74% below category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Ideation3.535 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Approval workflows4.145 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Content collaboration4.944 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Content calendar3.040 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production2.525 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Optimizely Content Marketing Platform and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    3.6
    43 Ratings
    74% below category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Content hub3.336 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs3.528 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content distribution4.337 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Content promotion4.231 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Content automation3.532 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Optimizely Content Marketing Platform and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    3.0
    37 Ratings
    84% below category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    7.3
    13 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Audience profiling and targeting8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting1.830 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Content performance analytics1.834 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard1.729 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Competitive analytics1.619 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Optimizely Content Marketing PlatformPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.6
    (52 ratings)
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    3.2
    (47 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Optimizely Content Marketing PlatformPercolate, now part of Seismic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Very useful for the management, planning, and programming of all social networks, as well as marketing campaigns. One of the best tools to make life easier for community managers and automate daily tasks such as content publishing. It is my favorite for managing my clients' networks.
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    Pros
    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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    • Create social content from briefing all the way through to the approval process.
    • Social planner for managing topics and content streams across multiple channels.
    • Robust API and integrations.
    • Image library (with cost-free access/rights to stock photo libraries).
    • Frequent updates to the platform.
    • Built-in community management.
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    Cons
    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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    • A lot of the features in Percolate are very well built, but only provide the bare minimum as features go. Its editorial calendar for example lacks export/import features and its multimedia repository only supports images. In many ways, Percolate is trying very hard to be too much at the same time.
    • At the moment, Percolate lacks user level management. We can add users who need to be moderated before posting, but it is for example not possible to add users just for one specific function (like the multimedia database).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Percolate is a great tool for us, because we need the approval process workflows. The training was great when we first signed on, and the interface is very user friendly. We have trained our interns to use it as well with no issues. It makes keeping up with our content calendar a breeze and we can easily see what posts have been approved and which ones are still pending at a quick glance
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    Usability
    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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    Easy to set up approval flows, but not always necessary to follow all the requires steps
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    Reliability and Availability
    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
    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
    Optimizely
    The NewsCred team is very responsive and helpful with any technical issues.
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    Online Training
    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
    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
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    Rarely has a company shown this much support during implementation. This almost got to the point where it was too much hand holding. Sometimes, social teams just want the keys to the car so they can drive it themselves instead of waiting on someone to drive along with them...
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Percolate and Falcon have many similarities and provide many of the same features, however Percolate felt a bit more robust than Falcon, although it does come with a higher price tag to match. Both platforms are excellent for content approval workflows, content scheduling, and community management. Percolate offers additional features such as an Asset Management Library and a section for creative briefs and collaboration with internal teams.
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    Scalability
    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
    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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    • Percolate has made it much easier to communicate between teams and has provided a return on investment in that area in particular.
    • Percolate also helps save time because you are able to schedule social media posts across channels easily.
    • It has also been an easy way to work with remote team members, which is very helpful.
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    ScreenShots

    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.

    Percolate, now part of Seismic Screenshots

    Screenshot of Percolate's integrated marketing calendarScreenshot of Percolate's integrated marketing calendar