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Magnolia

Overview

What is Magnolia?

Founded in 1997 with a vision to create the first truly open content management system, Magnolia is presented as a fast way to launch digital experiences. With a mission to help clients move fast and stay flexible and boasting users…

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Recent Reviews

Magnolia CMS

10 out of 10
March 30, 2024
Incentivized
Magnolia is our front end CMS serving the content for our B2B website serving 24 countries and 18 different languages. The Magnolia CMS …
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Personalisation is key

7 out of 10
October 16, 2023
About 3 years ago we looked at updating our CMS solution to something that was more adaptable and allow us to be more personalised with …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Page templates (73)
    8.9
    89%
  • Role-based user permissions (70)
    8.0
    80%
  • Admin section (71)
    8.0
    80%
  • Publishing workflow (74)
    7.5
    75%

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Pricing

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What is Magnolia?

Founded in 1997 with a vision to create the first truly open content management system, Magnolia is presented as a fast way to launch digital experiences. With a mission to help clients move fast and stay flexible and boasting users among brands like Atlassian and The New York Times, Magnolia…

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

8
Avg 8.0

Platform & Infrastructure

Features related to platform-wide settings and structure, such as permissions, languages, integrations, customizations, etc.

8
Avg 7.7

Web Content Creation

Features that support the creation of website content.

8
Avg 7.6

Web Content Management

Features for managing website content

7.5
Avg 7.3
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Product Details

What is Magnolia?

Founded in 1997 with a vision to create the first truly open content management system, Magnolia is presented as a fast way to launch digital experiences. With a mission to help clients move fast and stay flexible and boasting users among brands like Atlassian and The New York Times, Magnolia DXP supports industries ranging from automotive to telecommunications, offering enterprise features and headless agility to help them stay ahead.

From humble beginnings in Basel, Magnolia's footprint is now global with offices on five continents and more than 200 certified Magnolia Partners strategically located around the world.

Magnolia Features

Web Content Creation Features

  • Supported: WYSIWYG editor
  • Supported: Code quality / cleanliness
  • Supported: Content versioning
  • Supported: Admin section
  • Supported: Page templates
  • Supported: Mobile optimization / responsive design
  • Supported: Publishing workflow
  • Supported: Form generator
  • Supported: Content scheduling

Web Content Management Features

  • Supported: Internal content search
  • Supported: Content taxonomy
  • Supported: SEO support
  • Supported: Browser compatibility
  • Supported: Bulk management
  • Supported: Page caching
  • Supported: Availability / breadth of extensions
  • Supported: Built-in e-commerce / shopping cart
  • Supported: E-commerce / shopping cart extension
  • Supported: Community / comment management
  • Supported: Import / export
  • Supported: Website analytics

Platform & Infrastructure Features

  • Supported: API
  • Supported: Internationalization / multi-language

Security Features

  • Supported: Role-based user permissions
  • Supported: User-level audit trail
  • Supported: Version history
  • Supported: Simple roll-back capabilities

CMS programming language or framework Features

  • Supported: Java

Magnolia Screenshots

Screenshot of the customer experience: Brings together content and audiovisual digital assets to form more compelling digital experiences.Screenshot of the Magnolia App Launcher, used to switch between workspaces and manage pagesScreenshot of Magnolia's native analytics integration framework, used to take advantage of data directly in the authoring UI, coupled to content.Screenshot of global search that brings relevant content, no matter where it resides.Screenshot of customizing the ecommerce experience.

Magnolia Videos

The strengths of Magnolia in 100 seconds.
How to manage content in Magnolia more efficiently
Magnolia headless with no limits
Introducing the Magnolia Visual SPA Editor
Magnolia - Built for speed

Magnolia Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationMobile Web
Supported CountriesGlobal

Frequently Asked Questions

Reviewers rate Page templates highest, with a score of 8.9.

The most common users of Magnolia are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

Magnolia Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)10%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)57%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)33%
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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Magnolia is our designated Content Management System for all internet and extranet facing websites.
  • Creating & Managing Web-Content
  • Flexibility for custom requirements
  • Developer friendliness
  • Suitable for enterprise use
  • Usability for editors should be improved
  • Java module developement is only suitable for experienced developers
  • Ease of deployment into third party Cloud infrastructure
Magnolia is very well suited for enterprise grade Content Management and digital experience portals.
It is not suited for casual users, small company or private websites.
Web Content Creation (7)
80%
8.0
WYSIWYG editor
70%
7.0
Code quality / cleanliness
60%
6.0
Admin section
90%
9.0
Page templates
100%
10.0
Mobile optimization / responsive design
100%
10.0
Publishing workflow
70%
7.0
Form generator
70%
7.0
Web Content Management (5)
82%
8.2
Content taxonomy
90%
9.0
SEO support
80%
8.0
Bulk management
60%
6.0
Availability / breadth of extensions
80%
8.0
Community / comment management
100%
10.0
Platform & Infrastructure (2)
80%
8.0
API
80%
8.0
Internationalization / multi-language
80%
8.0
Security (1)
90%
9.0
Role-based user permissions
90%
9.0
CMS programming language or framework
N/A
N/A
  • Since we are using Magnolia DX Core with multi-site support we have improved our time to market for new websites tenfold
Usability is ok and is currently being improved. However, compared to the newest state of the art CMS, it is lacking. Page editing experience needs to be improved.
Magnolia works like a charm. The JCR structure is probably not the most efficient but perfectly suitable for our needs
For us, Magnolia is the best option for our needs. FirstSpirit by eSpirit is missing on the list. We are moving away from FirstSpirit as it feels outdated. Wix has better usability, but is not suitable for enterprise. WordPress I would only recommend for private projects. Umbraco feels very outdated.
100
Editors for different lines of business
25
Developers, product owners, test managers, business designers, devops engineers
  • Web Content Management
  • Headless rendering of website content
Magnolia is set as our strategic Content management system
Yes
A proprietary system and FirstSpirit by eSpirit
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Prior Experience with the Product
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