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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Plone

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APlone is a free and open source content management system built on top of the Zope application server. Plone can be used for any kind of website, including blogs, internet sites, webshops, and internal websites.N/A

    Qualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASoftware to surface customer friction and guide frontline teams in the moment to better serve clients. Designed to improve processes, products, and digital properties, as well as increase customer lifetime value. The flagship Qualtrics Frontline Digital CX is a customer journey management solution, used to design, visualize, and orchestrate digital experiences that are optimized for the metrics that matter most to a business.N/A
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    Pricing Offerings
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    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
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    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Plone and Qualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines
    Feature
    Plone
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Qualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines
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    Role-based user permissions10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Plone and Qualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines
    Feature
    Plone
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Qualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines
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    API10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Plone and Qualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines
    Feature
    Plone
    9.4
    6 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Qualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines
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    WYSIWYG editor10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Plone and Qualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines
    Feature
    Plone
    9.4
    5 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Qualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines
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    Content taxonomy10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    PloneQualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PloneQualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Plone
    The larger your organization, the more appropriate Plone will be. This is not to say that Plone is a worse choice for small websites, only that the minimum investment for a Plone site is certainly higher than for other platforms. If you already use Plone for your site and are looking for a redesign or an overhaul, I would only advise switching to a different platform such as WordPress or Drupal if your organization is downsizing. For any other situation, Plone is the natural choice for your growth.
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    Qualtrics
    I give CX Social a 9 out of 10 because while it has its cons as any software or solution does. It is an overall unique and efficient Marketing and Social Media Management solution. They have a very fast improving rate so are practically receiving new features and is a very good tool for large companies with lots of social accounts to manage.
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    Pros
    Plone
    • Plone is a folder-based system, organising content in a similar way desktop-users are doing for the last two decades. No need to teach non-tech customers some relational-database like paradigm for content management.
    • Plone is secure. It is the most secure CMS you can get your hands on.
    • Plone is flexible, and makes fast development easy.
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    Qualtrics
    • CX Social is great for small scale social media management. The reporting and analytics platform is really impressive tapping it to some key metrics and making it relatable to specific campaigns.
    • The data that Engagor shows about the performance of the users and team is incredibly precise and accurate.
    • They also have an extremely good vendor for service support.
    • It has a unique ability to combine customer engagement, social media monioring and analytics features for customer service and marketing.
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    Cons
    Plone
    • Not everything is configurable or editable by Plone, and when you need to adjust or add custom pieces in, you need to deal with Zope. Zope has an ugly, confusing and difficult UI and structure as a backend.
    • Using 3rd party products is difficult to do - there are a few different ways to get them installed, all of which take a bit of luck to get right.
    • Building custom products for Plone is not fun. You've got to deal with an archaic framework to tie in that is not well documented (there is documentation about many things, but not great documentation and there are a lot of holes in the documentation).
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    Qualtrics
    • While customer support is good, I have seen better. But no big issue, as the analytics is excellent and it gets the job done.
    • CX Social is a great tool but is also an expensive tool, so unless you are a huge agency with lots of accounts, I believe the fee will not be justified.
    • Needs more detailed Response Time per user in Engagor and The interface could use more personalized settings: certain people and groups usually use the same filters and tags.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Plone
    We have critical systems running on Plone so will need it in the future.
    Free to use since its Open source, so we don't have to worry about licence costs.
    We know how to use and develop Plone and it has no limits.
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    Qualtrics
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    Usability
    Plone
    Compared to the amount of Plone sites, users and customizations we have in our organization, the amount of support requests and training needed is really small.
    The new user interface in Plone 6 is even better, it is super fast, has lots of different blocks for enhancing the page, has flexible layout system and is easy to extend with more features.
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    Qualtrics
    Because this is very good for Customer XM to collect and analyze cusotmer feedback and the improvement area
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Plone
    Our Plone sites are very robust. We have critical systems on Plone and we have been running sites on Plone for over 20 years with very little unexpected downtime.
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    Qualtrics
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Plone
    Plone is very intensive in its operations, and if not configured well it can be slow. However it is designed and built with speed in mind and with proper use of coding, templates and caching can perform extremely well under high loads. It is capable of scaling to very high load availability environments with no specific coding requirements.
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    Qualtrics
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Plone
    There are not too many Plone companies in the world. But the ones who are, are high level professionals
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    Qualtrics
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Plone
    I have been participating Plone training and the trainers have always been professional. Materials were good and the instructions clear
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    Qualtrics
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Plone
    Well organized, professional training with good materials and instructions
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    Qualtrics
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Plone
    Drupal: Plone is cheaper, so with Drupal is more complex to reach the required ROI. However, Drupal has a lower learning curve WordPress: For our necessities it has a more expensive learning curve than plone. Joomla, is easier to use. However, it have some issues on security and web content where Plone is much better
    Incentivized
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    Qualtrics
    Powerfull AI driven text, Strong reporting capabilities, there are multiple feddback channel
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Plone
    Plone has no limits. We have massive sites and can run them just fine
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    Qualtrics
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Plone
    • The impact Plone has had at the University of Oshkosh is as follows: this software allows student workers to learn about IT departments and CMS's in a user-friendly way. It gives many students great jobs that look great on their resumes.
    • Since there are great training manuals for Plone, there is increased employee efficient in the workplace. Training doesn't take long, and if there's ever a question, the Plone manual is a great tool to refer to.
    • If an employee using Plone quits, its easy to find someone to replace them with quick training and great resources.
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    Qualtrics
    • CX Social has enabled me to increase my client list by 5 percent as opposed to last year. My existing clients are so satisfied with their social accounts and monthly reports that they are eager to send consistently profitable referrals which my company has turned in to a 5 percent margin increase in profits.
    • I have no bad reports about this Marketing tool. While it does has its cons as stated earlier. It is yet a very dependable and effective solution that delivers as aspected.
    • It has been the most dependable Marketing and Social Media Management tools I have ever used.
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