Squiz Digital Experience Platform vs. WordPress VIP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Squiz Digital Experience Platform
Score 5.2 out of 10
N/A
Squiz DXP helps lean teams in service-led organizations take control of their online experience and brand. It is used to build, manage and connect digital experiences across websites, portals, apps. It unifies tech, data and content from any vendor, and makes it all work as one.N/A
WordPress VIP
Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Wordpress VIP, from a team at Automattic, is enterprise WordPress hosting with customer or digital experience features for enterprises.N/A
Pricing
Squiz Digital Experience PlatformWordPress VIP
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Squiz Digital Experience PlatformWordPress VIP
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Squiz Digital Experience PlatformWordPress VIP
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Squiz Digital Experience PlatformWordPress VIP
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Squiz Digital Experience Platform
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
7.6
2 Ratings
5% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Squiz Digital Experience Platform
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
7.6
2 Ratings
1% below category average
API00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Squiz Digital Experience Platform
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
8.3
2 Ratings
9% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Squiz Digital Experience Platform
-
Ratings
WordPress VIP
8.1
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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Squiz Digital Experience PlatformWordPress VIP
Small Businesses
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Score 7.2 out of 10
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Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Tridion
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
Image Relay
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Tridion
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
Tridion
Tridion
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Squiz Digital Experience PlatformWordPress VIP
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(19 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(19 ratings)
User Testimonials
Squiz Digital Experience PlatformWordPress VIP
Likelihood to Recommend
Squiz
Working with a large amount of web content where there is a need to focus on related content.
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Automattic
WordPress VIP really changed the game when it comes to WordPress CMS and Content Management. A one-stop shop for all our client's business needs. We are focusing on Content Management instead of technicalities. The big advantage is the security features covering all recent vulnerabilities that any WordPress developer/user wastes lots of precious time fixing/updating. Performance-wise, WordPress VIP is definitely up there. We’ve been doing lots of optimization work over the last few years. Every client wants to score 100. With WordPress VIP we decreased the time spent on optimization significantly and now feel confident with taking more performance optimisation work than we did before. Lastly, maybe the most important for every business is the support quality. WordPress VIP runs a superb support team with phenomenal knowledge and expertise. Quick to respond and solves issues here and now. It is definitely recommended.
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Pros
Squiz
  • Speed and efficiency
  • Roles and content control
  • Related content
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Automattic
  • Security - class leading security, ensuring sites are protected and operate hassle free
  • Scalability - provide patches and updates first before the market place
  • Reliability - up to 99.9% up time, with a fantastic track record
  • Performance - hitting the high notes for Core Web Vitals and ensuring WordPress is operating at its peak performance
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Cons
Squiz
  • User Interface was good but heavy, with Java powering the backbone I recall finding this somewhat troublesome at the time.
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Automattic
  • Too many different dashboard formats
  • Everything should have the same look and feel.
  • The admin portal looks different than the user content portal
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Likelihood to Renew
Squiz
I don't work with Squiz any more so it's difficult to say, that said, the site is still running on the same CMS so obviously it's still considered a great platform
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Automattic
It's true enterprise ready hosting framework providing unparalleled hosting infrastructure for WordPress. Where an organisation has high load needs, but with stability and scale VIP delivers. It provides complete peace of mind that the hosting, security and scalability are taken care of and organisations can focus on developing out their website strategies
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Usability
Squiz
No answers on this topic
Automattic
There is documentation for everything you might need.
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Support Rating
Squiz
No answers on this topic
Automattic
The people who work for WordPress VIP clearly are passionate about representing the organisation. Therefore when support is required, they do go above and beyond what you may expect in terms of overall support. They take security very seriously, and due to the nature of VIP, it's rarely a concern for the end-user, if at all.
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Alternatives Considered
Squiz
Easier to work with
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Automattic
Our team manages 4 different brands' websites and before WordPress VIP we were using multiple different hosts including DreamHost and AWS. These were convoluted and didn't offer the enterprise features for our organization that WP VIP was capable of. We also considered Pantheon, but they were not Wordpress-centric enough for the direction we were going.
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Return on Investment
Squiz
  • Having a single powerful CMS platform that would integrate a number of organisations that had recently merged - Squiz was a big part of bringing our web architecture together gracefully.
  • Increased employee efficiency
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Automattic
  • Working as a WordPress VIP gold partner has helped our business grow from 12 staff to 28 staff in 2 years. They have brought many projects to the table that are always the right ones for us and they really understand our goals as a business.
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ScreenShots

Squiz Digital Experience Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of all the capabilities to drive digital experiences, available from one platform.Screenshot of reusable components with a “design once, reuse anywhere” approach that are used to build pages. Users can optimize for higher user engagement or conversion with built-in A/B testing.Screenshot of tailored content sent to different segments of the audience, used to maximize user engagement.Screenshot of a library of pre-built components to implement design systems and reuse content across sites.Screenshot of accessibility metrics used to understand how well a site conforms to WCAG standards and how the compliance of the site can be improved.Screenshot of the Search Dashboard, used to set up and manage search, results and reporting. Users can curate and tune search results to serve users relevant content and drive specific actions on sites.