Crownpeak CMS Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We implement the websites of our customers with Crownpeak DXM. Our clients move to Crownpeak DXM because with their existing CMS they are not able to manage the customer experience and their systems are not flexible and agile. We do a full implementation of their websites: UI/UX Design, Front End Development, Back End Development, SEO, Tagging, Content Migration, and Testing. For example, a recent client wanted to move their 7 different websites (all having 60+ locales) from AEM to Crownpeak DXM. The reason was that AEM is very costly, it takes a lot of time to implement a change, is difficult to maintain, is not flexible, is not agile and AEM resources on the market are expensive. Crownpeak on the other hand is very flexible, agile, less costly (compared to AEM), very secure, easy to maintain, and has a good performance overall.

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for clients who want to move to a flexible and easy to maintain CMS. Not well suited for small and medium enterprises.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have implemented Crownpeak DXM for our client's organizations. This includes the development of websites, campaign sites, etc. Crownpeak DXM allows us to design, develop, manage and publish content across multiple channels, and in multiple languages in a very rapid and agile manner. From an architecture standpoint, Crownpeak DMS supports headless and server-rendered architectures which are nice to have that flexibility. In either approach, Crownpeak DMS handles taking care of CMS security, applying patches, performing upgrades, etc. One business challenge that Crownpeak DXM is a great fit for is when organizations need a complementary CMS in order to handle quickly changing needs that might otherwise not be accomplished on their primary CMS.

Likelihood to Recommend

Crownpeak DXM is a great solution if you are looking for a flexible platform that allows engineers to quickly develop while also making it easy for content authors to work especially in scenarios where you need multi-language support. It is also good for scenarios where you want a cloud-based solution and are looking for just one vendor to handle hosting and offer the CMS.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My team within the larger organization uses Crownpeak to manage our entire digital website offering. In my specific use case, I use Crownpeak to build out and manage specific landing pages for the Enterprise marketing experience. The main business problem is to build out a space for those in the Enterprise space can come and learn about our product.

Likelihood to Recommend

If your site is not too complicated from a UX perspective i.e. simple landing pages with basic code, Crownpeak can be a very useful option. The downfall for when Crownpeak should not be used is for more complicated site experiences. Use cases where more complicated code is used with video, light tower experiences, and other complicated web HTML will lead to slow load times. The taxonomy issue with the organization is also a real issue.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Crownpeak DXM provides complex organizations and their non-IT business leaders with a scalable "turnkey" platform (decoupled CMS, hosting, CDN, etc..) that accelerates go-to-market launches of websites, extranets, digital products, and other content-intensive digital tools. The product addresses the following: GTM Speed [faster to deploy particularly when compared to monolithic, all integrated DX platforms] Commercial flexibility [affordable subscription price with the ability to purchase through AWS Marketplace and include hosting reduces project delay risks associated with having to procure from multiple vendors] Reduction in tech debt and IT risk [implementations and digital operations can be independent of core IT and specialized scarce resources] Business autonomy [Crownpeak often co-exists IT-intensive CMS platforms. Divisions in large orgs benefit from using Crownpeak as a complementary cloud-native solution that more easily responds to quickly changing market needs]

Likelihood to Recommend

Crownpeak DXM is a great headless option for large, complex organizations that need more bundled capabilities like hosting, as an example, under a flexible vendor umbrella.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Crownpeak offers the best in class suite of options as a CMS that connects our technology stack together. The ability to manage a website's front end with speed and agility is second to none. The Crownpeak team is also a wonderful group of people who have been easy to work with. I would highly recommend considering their platform.

Likelihood to Recommend

Crownpeak DXM is well suited for financial businesses that have a lot of content they need to manage and deploy, as well as for retailers who have a large catalog of products and content they need to merchandise. Crownpeak DXM may not make sense for smaller or growing brands that have a limited catalog of products and content.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We implemented Crownpeak DXM for our customers. Over the last many years, we have worked on different types of CMSs and have found that none of them are truly SaaS + allow for both server-rendered and pure decoupled builds. Crownpeak allows for both and without any worry about CMS security, patches, upgrades, etc. Crownpeak is very agile, customizable, and easy to implement. Above all, the Content Management experience is one of the best. With Crownpeak, moving content from one environment to another can be achieved at individual page level/asset levels and without any IT involvement/database syncs. Crownpeak allows the content manager to create new pages in a lower environment, as well as manage content and quickly move it through the review process. Once approved, they themselves can push the same page to higher environment/production without re-entering the same content in the new environment. Imagine the same with other CMSs where you would have needed to re-enter the same content again in the new environment. This becomes more practical when your site is already in production and marketing is active with new changes every other day. With Crownpeak, you don't re-do the same content changes again and again in different environments. At the same time, your developers (content writers) can simultaneously keep test content in lower environments without the worry of it spilling over to the higher environment. Speed of implementation, agility, and a great Content Management experience is what Crownpeak DXM stands for, in comparison to other CMSs.

Likelihood to Recommend

Crownpeak DXM is best suited for organizations that use both server-rendered and decoupled builds. It is also suited for organizations looking for a multi-site setup with sharable content across all sites and different domain names. You will not be able to make the most of the CMS if you are doing a one-off site with fewer pages and less frequent content changes.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are a Crownpeak DXM digital agency partner, and we use Crownpeak DXM by business units and across the whole organization. Example business unit implementations include Freddie Mac Single-Family and Prudential's Retirement business. Examples of whole enterprise or entire organization are Zoetis, Chubb, and S&P.

Likelihood to Recommend

Crownpeak DXM is well suited for regulated industries that care about security, privacy, and performance. Crownpeak DXM is well suited for organizations seeking to reduce internal IT costs associated with IT resource chargebacks and infrastructure. Crownpeak DXM is well suited for organizations looking to bring data and tools into content experiences.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Crownpeak DXM allows us to help our clients deliver digital experiences quickly and seamlessly. True SaaS model that takes away the worry of upgrades as the features and security will always be up to date. A great solution for multi-brand, multi-language organizations looking to publish a piece of content to various sites at once.

Likelihood to Recommend

Crownpeak DXM is well suited for organizations looking to personalize and publish content quickly, without relying heavily on IT.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a digital consulting agency, we provide technology development for a variety of pharma clients. We recommend and deploy Crownpeak DXM as an enterprise solution for efficient and effective content and asset management and website development. Our most current deployment is for an international bio technology firm. We have deployed Crownpeak as the content management solution across the entire enterprise and across all brands. The benefits include content and asset re-use, reduced maintenance and support costs, and measurably faster times to market.

Our last three deployments have have included multiple brands, within the same company. The ability to leverage the Component Library, adn re-use standardized componets, has been a huge advantage. In terms of speed to market and reduced cost of ownership.

Likelihood to Recommend

Crownpeak DXM is best for enterprise-wide, cross-department implementations.

Crownpeak DXM is less suitable for deployments of 3 or fewer websites.

Likelihood to Recommend

I would give Crownpeak DXM a 5.