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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Percussion CMS

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/APercussion Software's content management system is used by higher education, government agencies, and business organizations - SMB to Enterprise. Marketers use Percussion CMS to create, publish, and share multi-channel content.N/A

    Siteglide

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASiteglide is a content management software offering from the company of the same name headquartered in Aldermaston.N/A
    Pricing
    Percussion CMSSiteglide
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Percussion CMSSiteglide
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Percussion CMSSiteglide
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Percussion CMS and Siteglide
    Feature
    Percussion CMS
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    93% below category average
    Siteglide
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Role-based user permissions3.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Percussion CMS and Siteglide
    Feature
    Percussion CMS
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    89% below category average
    Siteglide
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor6.01 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness3.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Admin section2.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Page templates1.01 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Publishing workflow5.01 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Form generator1.01 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Percussion CMS and Siteglide
    Feature
    Percussion CMS
    1.6
    1 Ratings
    130% below category average
    Siteglide
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Content taxonomy1.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    SEO support1.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Bulk management3.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions1.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Community / comment management2.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Percussion CMS and Siteglide
    Feature
    Percussion CMS
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    155% below category average
    Siteglide
    5.9
    2 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Internationalization / multi-language1.01 Ratings2.71 Ratings
    API00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Percussion CMSSiteglide
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Percussion CMSSiteglide
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Percussion Software
    Best suited for large organizations where everyone knows how to deal with Java in an increasingly Java unfriendly world. Said organization should be willing to pay a huge price for a piece of dinosaur technology
    Incentivized
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    Siteglide
    As already mentioned, migrating websites from Adobe Business Catalyst, or any other platform is a strength. Using the Siteglide CLI, websites can be migrated as a static site to Siteglide, thus greatly reducing the amount of work necessary for the migration. Also, as long as developers are acquainted with HTML, CSS, Liquid, and Javascript, building sites with Siteglide can be done rapidly using their Siteglide Studio site builder. One of the additional strengths of Siteglide is Webapps. These can be easily used to provide the display and manipulation of dynamic data. The site can be designed so that users can change information without knowing anything about the underlying code. It allows a form-driven way to update site pages.
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    Pros
    Percussion Software
    • Separate CMS environment publishes to remote server environment - great for security
    • Highly scalable
    • Full scale workflow allows for custom routing, approving, etc..
    Incentivized
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    Siteglide
    • Webapps
    • Members Zones
    • Data access
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Percussion Software
    • One word: JAVA! We don't live in the 1990's anymore! An AJAX/DHTML environment seems a long time coming.
    • Horrible end-user experience, learning curve. Our end users' inability to easily use the archaic, Java-based interface, means they send the web developer their content requests. This creates a huge bottleneck and completely defeats the purpose of a CMS.
    • Image mangement and integration with content is aweful and time consuming. An image processing tool called ImedImage was developed for Percussion at one point, and left completely stagnant with very little support.
    • Implementation is extremely complicated, given the complexity of the system. Sure, scalability is a good thing, but there is very little out-of-the box function. Don't expect to implement a site as quickly as with other CMS platforms.
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    Siteglide
    • Some features are still under development
    • Billing plans occasionally cost more than competition, mainly because of the way Platform OS works
    • "Drag and Drop" website building and maintenance could be improved in order to compete with other site-builders. Less reliance on knowing HTML, CSS, Liquid, Javascript, etc. would be a good direction to go in the future.
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    Usability
    Percussion Software
    No answers on this topic
    Siteglide
    There could be an improvement for "non-programmers" and drag and drop editing. However, Siteglide's target market of website development agencies is well served and a great fit. Sites can be migrated from other platforms quickly and easily. New responsive websites can be developed quickly using Siteglide Studio and then robust functionality can be built out quickly and reliably. There is a wide range of features included in Siteglide and more features and upgrades are being rapidly added. The environment is built on a stable and performance-oriented platform. This allows agencies to provide excellent service on a worldwide basis.
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    Support Rating
    Percussion Software
    No answers on this topic
    Siteglide
    Very responsive and a great system in place to facilitate communication.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Percussion Software
    No contest. I can't wait to get off of Percussion CMS.
    Incentivized
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    Siteglide
    Siteglide knocks the socks off Duda in terms functionality, it's eCommerce isn't a match for Shopify (yet) but it's got a lot more flexibility and functionality than Shopify which comes up short if businesses want to do more than sell products...and versus WordPress, well, it's just much more professional and doesn't fall on its arse.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Percussion Software
    • We are locked into Percussion CMS simply due to the expense and complexity of migrating to another solution (and the lack of time and budget to do so). I long for the day when I am no longer required to support Percussion CMS, to say the least.
    Incentivized
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    Siteglide
    • It allows us to seel complicated sites to customers with lower budgets
    • It's quick to migrate sites to
    • It's cost effective
    Incentivized
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