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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Socialtext (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASocial Text was a tool that focused on social learning and includes Twitter-like microblogging capabilities. The product competed with MindTouch,Confluence, Jive Team Collaboration and other collaboration platforms. It was acquired by PeopleFluent in 2012 and is no longer available as a separate product, though similar capabilities are supplied by the PeopleFluent platform.

    $1

    Starting Price Per Month

    Titan CMS

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Titan CMS is a web content management system (CMS) used to build public websites, intranets, extranets and portals. Powered by Northwoods, it leverages industry standard MVC for .NET Framework and provides a content management workstation interface to produce performance-driven websites.

    $9,500

    one-time fee

    Pricing
    Socialtext (discontinued)Titan CMS
    Editions & Modules
    Socialtext
    $1.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Base License
    $9,500
    one-time fee
    Professional License
    Contact Sales for Details
    one-time fee
    Corporate License
    Contact Sales for Details
    one-time fee
    Enterprise License
    Contact Sales for Details
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Socialtext (discontinued)Titan CMS
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$5,000
    Additional Details——
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    Features
    Socialtext (discontinued)Titan CMS
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Socialtext (discontinued) and Titan CMS
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Titan CMS
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Socialtext (discontinued) and Titan CMS
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.2
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Titan CMS
    -
    Ratings
    Chat7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Socialtext (discontinued) and Titan CMS
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Titan CMS
    3.0
    5 Ratings
    93% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings3.05 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Socialtext (discontinued) and Titan CMS
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Titan CMS
    4.0
    2 Ratings
    64% below category average
    API00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Socialtext (discontinued) and Titan CMS
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Titan CMS
    4.6
    5 Ratings
    52% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings3.04 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings2.05 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings2.03 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings3.05 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Socialtext (discontinued) and Titan CMS
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Titan CMS
    3.8
    5 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings1.05 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings4.04 Ratings
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    Socialtext (discontinued)Titan CMS
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    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)Titan CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Socialtext (discontinued)Titan CMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    We use Social Text as a platform to air our issues with different departments. We voice our concerns and suggestions so we can help find a solution to the problems we incur on a daily basis. We need to have social text as an app so we can communicate in real time not only during work hours.
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    Northwoods
    Titan CMS is a good full featured CMS if users are fairly tech savvy. It is under active development and has added significant features through the years.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Version history - Always keeps the edited versions and one can revert back any time
    • Creating and Editing an article is very easy and intutive
    • Sharing the articles with peers
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    Northwoods
    • Utilizing a Filter to determine what shows on a page saves countless hours of configuring content that should be displayed on a page - it's been a lifesaver how easy it is to set up too.
    • Smart Search takes the search box and makes it magical. Common misspellings and alternate names can still send a user to the proper page!
    • Data nodes and filters can also be configured to Find a Dealer, Doctor, Location etc. It puts the power into a users hands and makes is easy to use.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Search needs a ton of improvements. It was very slow a year ago
    • Search result quality was also not that good
    • I know they have improved their UI recently but when i used it last year it did not really have any design elements which could be used to make the articles look more presentable. It was important for us as we used it for external communication as well.
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    Northwoods
    • I would love to see a "View this Page" button after a page has been updated/published. Every time I publish a new page, I have to open a new browser window, navigate to a different tab, copy the page url "example/example/example" and paste it after "www.mywebsite.com" in order to preview the new page/content.
    • If Titan and WordPress were in a beauty competition, there is no way that Titan would win. Titan's dashboard, buttons, etc are dated and bland, and is in dire need of a refresh.
    • A drag and drop to upload feature would be very helpful.
    • Creating forms is very cumbersome and the pop-up window in which the form is created needs to be revamped. The font-size is much too small and it is not as customizable as it could be.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    We have a lot of info in Socialtext already. It would be hard to get all that info out and port it to a different system
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    Northwoods
    Titan CMS had a great support system and they helped make my experience go smooth. They offer courses to help people get acquainted, offer support over the phone and are more than willing to make your experience a great one. Once I was familiar with Titan I always found myself wanting to learn more and do more to improve upon the website. Titan makes CMS fun and exciting!
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Northwoods
    Everything we've needed to accomplish, Titan CMS has been able to accomplish. From multiple levels of user rights, document rights, tagging pages and documents to make filters do the work of content displayed on a page - it's all easy to set up too. Creating a content rich product detail page template and customizing a ecommerce cart to work for those using a dealer network - needing a request for quote, to go to dealers instead of a self checkout.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Northwoods
    I understand that our Web Development Team is very busy, however, sometimes there is a delay in response and a followup email is needed to determine the progress of the issue/question
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Northwoods
    It was customized to include screen shots of our site and how users can access the content that only pertains to them as well as advanced training sessions for admin duties and everything that goes along with it. Training is in small groups and can be private (your company only) if you like too.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Northwoods
    Talk to your project manager for Titan early on in development about minimalizing customizations. It seems obvious, but many times they do what you ask in the respect of "This is how we do it now, make that happen in Titan" vs. think of how Titan can deliver the same results within the confines of the base software. It's not a fault, just human nature.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    I frankly like Confluence better than socialtext because of the speed and the quality of search. They also have better design elements which can help make the articles pleasant to the eyes.
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    Northwoods
    Clients have access to the online and PDF documentation, also tips and how-tos for the most current versions of Titan CMS in the market. Check out our full documentation library! unlimited Dev/ QA/ Server install. Load balancing, and cluster support included. Upgrade options included free of cost along with unlimited CPUs per server.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • We get solutions to concerns much faster
    • We promote interactions with the other depts
    • We listen and have discussions
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    Northwoods
    • Positive ROI by allowing content contributors embedded within departments with the department domain knowledge to update the site directly. More efficient and less centralized spending.
    • Requirement for investment in training users of CMS cuts into ROI. Would recommend a two-step workflow where department content contributors enter information into CMS and then approval step is done by webmaster team to ensure content meets standard formatting guidelines. This workflow functionality exists in the Titan CMS.
    • Positive ROI experienced during projects such as moving to a responsive design because much of the content can migrate untouched. Also positive when updating graphics in template to give site new look.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Titan CMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Titan CMS Content Library, which is a central repository for resuable content that lets users save global and personal content blocks and access Titan CMS-delivered and theme-based templates to build pages.Screenshot of Titan CMS' admin interface, which includes a simple app ribbon, drag-and-drop design, file upload functionality, search capability, and a flat navigation tree to locate and manage both content, data, image, and files.