Likelihood to Recommend Oracle WebCenter Sites is very well suited to presenting marketing content in all shapes and forms, including mobile, an in a corporate web site. Oracle WebCenter Sites can also manage small product catalogs easily. Important things to consider when selecting a CMS:
How important is the ease with which my business users update content? How often are updates made? How distributed are my business contributors? How important is preview in my organization's workflow and publishing process? Read full review 1. If a headless CMS is needed. 2. Need the cms UI to be clean. 3. There is a need for customization options in the UI and API as well. 4. Expertise in javascript and need cms with node js backend. 5. Want auth APIs pre-made. 6. Easy to customize the backend as well. 7. The user interface can be fully customizable.
Read full review Pros Easy-to-use content authoring and design tools for business users. Segmentation based on implicit (behavioral) or explicit (known user or characteristics) criteria or a combination of the two. Flexible rules engine for creation of customer segments and recommendations, enabling delivery of targeted content and campaigns. Read full review Free and open source. CMS UI is nice and clean. Customization options. Regular updates and bug fixes. Easy to find and understand docs. Blogs available to learn more. Plugin eco system. Read full review Cons Creating new content is not so easy Publishing is not trivial In my opinion documentation is weak I think there are cheaper solutions then WCS Read full review Tutorial videos. Use typescript for it's backend. Detailed explanation of commands available. More clear docs for releasing. Read full review Likelihood to Renew A valuable tool for enabling marketers and business users to easily create and manage contextually relevant social and interactive online experiences across multiple channels on a global scale to drive sales and loyalty. It also allows multi-site management (in fact Sites) using the assets and template developed, without having to re-implement again for each individual site.
Read full review Support Rating The WebCenter Sites Support team is extremely good and very responsive to client needs. They are quick to resolve Level 1 issues and when escalated to Level 2, the team makes every effort to keep the client informed.
Read full review Alternatives Considered There are lot of WCM products available in the market, some free and some licensed. But for a organisation using more Oracle products and on Java technology, WCS is the best in class, for intranet and internet needs. It has everything which is required for a web application. Also it can be well integrated with other platforms with Oracle Document Cloud/Oracle Content/Oracle Identity Manager and a lot more. Its a well integrated product. It can also be integrated with social media using a community plugin. It also comes with its own search and analytics tools. The templates are pure JSP and can be easily coded by Java developers using the development guide. Its based on Java, so writing custom applications and integrating is easy
Read full review Return on Investment It has alleviated some of the burden on our IT staff. It has allowed our Marketing department to be more hands-on with content changes, and they have more flexibility with the types of changes and how often they make them. Read full review Easy to setup. Customize the ui. Increased productivity. Get prebuilt auth apis. Customize the backend and add new apis. Read full review ScreenShots