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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    WordPress VIP

    Score7.5 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
    Titan CMSWordPress VIP
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Titan CMSWordPress VIP
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$5,000No setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Titan CMSWordPress VIP
    Considered Both Products
    Northwoods
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    Automattic
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    Titan CMSWordPress VIP
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Titan CMS and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Titan CMS
    3.0
    5 Ratings
    93% below category average
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Role-based user permissions3.05 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Titan CMS and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Titan CMS
    4.0
    2 Ratings
    64% below category average
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    API4.02 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language4.02 Ratings5.52 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Titan CMS and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Titan CMS
    4.6
    5 Ratings
    52% below category average
    WordPress VIP
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor8.04 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness3.04 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Admin section6.04 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Page templates2.05 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Library of website themes8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design2.03 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Publishing workflow3.05 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Form generator5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Titan CMS and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    Titan CMS
    3.8
    5 Ratings
    66% below category average
    WordPress VIP
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Content taxonomy5.05 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    SEO support1.05 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Bulk management8.05 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions1.04 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Community / comment management4.04 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Titan CMSWordPress VIP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.2
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (21 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Titan CMSWordPress VIP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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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
    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.
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    Automattic
    • Keeps us informed of upcoming releases/patches associated with the Wordpress Platform.
    • Introduces us to products/companies/Wordpress plugins as necessary when new business needs arise.
    • Amy and Allie are excellent at managing the relationship; speaking with them on our monthly calls is a pleasure.
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    Cons
    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.
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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
    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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    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
    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.
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    Automattic
    There is documentation for everything you might need.
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    Support Rating
    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
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    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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    In-Person Training
    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.
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    Automattic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    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.
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    Automattic
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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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
    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.
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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

    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.