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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

    Strapi

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AStrapi is an open-source software platform that helps developers to easily build, deploy, and manage APIs.N/A
    Pricing
    Percussion CMSStrapi
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Percussion CMSStrapi
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Percussion CMSStrapi
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Percussion CMS and Strapi
    Feature
    Percussion CMS
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    93% below category average
    Strapi
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Role-based user permissions3.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Percussion CMS and Strapi
    Feature
    Percussion CMS
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    89% below category average
    Strapi
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor6.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section2.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Page templates1.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Publishing workflow5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Percussion CMS and Strapi
    Feature
    Percussion CMS
    1.6
    1 Ratings
    130% below category average
    Strapi
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Content taxonomy1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support1.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Bulk management3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions1.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management2.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Percussion CMS and Strapi
    Feature
    Percussion CMS
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    155% below category average
    Strapi
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Internationalization / multi-language1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Percussion CMSStrapi
    Small Businesses
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Percussion CMSStrapi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Percussion CMSStrapi
    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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    Strapi
    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.
    Incentivized
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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..
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    Strapi
    • 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.
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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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    Strapi
    • Tutorial videos.
    • Use typescript for it's backend.
    • Detailed explanation of commands available.
    • More clear docs for releasing.
    Incentivized
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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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    Strapi
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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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    Strapi
    • Easy to setup.
    • Customize the ui.
    • Increased productivity.
    • Get prebuilt auth apis.
    • Customize the backend and add new apis.
    Incentivized
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