A good value in a CMS platform with broad functional capabilities
Updated December 27, 2019

A good value in a CMS platform with broad functional capabilities

Michael Dell'Arciprete | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Progress Sitefinity

Progress Sitefinity is being used by our marketing team as a site content management system. We use it to create new content and to upload images. It allows our marketing team to engage with our online audience and to remain current/accurate in our messaging. It is managed by our team webmaster, but it is used by many members on our team to create and duplicate landing pages. It also allows us to create messaging at various touchpoints. This is especially useful when urgent messages need to be communicated.
  • Landing pages that include metadata, UTM tracking, and vanity URLs. These landing pages are easy to create and can be duplicated in a very short team.
  • Site content management - It is easy to add text content and to upload new images.
  • Messaging - We often need to create urgent messages related to a storm warning. This allows us to create message units or widgets that alert our policyholders.
  • Landing pages are easy to duplicate but could be easier to customize.
  • Reporting is limited. If reporting could be automatically tied to Google Analytics that would be a plus.
  • An SEO optimization tool that looked for errors and suggested improvement would be very helpful.
  • The recent upgrade has cut our costs related to other tools.
  • There are no added costs with Sitefinity it is easy to use internally.
  • Sitefinity's progress consulting division was helpful in our requested code customization. This was not required by when completed it made updates easier and required fewer people.
Sitefinity is more robust than WordPress. It is much less expensive than either Oracle or IBM. It has a broad range of functional capabilities and it is very reliable. It is not a leader in security, but this was not our top priority. Its A/B testing is not as extensive as IBM but it provided what was required.
Sitefinity is very cost-effective and support is good. After the 12.0 update, we were able to eliminate use of tools like Unbounce and Optimizely. Having one content management system with broad functionality is very valuable. Sitefinity does many things well like A/B testing, landing page development, and messaging. It is not the best for customization, but it is improving. The one area that would help is more training. Very few webmaster candidates had familiarity with Sitefinity.

Progress Sitefinity Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG editor
7
Code quality / cleanliness
8
Admin section
8
Page templates
6
Library of website themes
5
Mobile optimization / responsive design
5
Publishing workflow
5
Content taxonomy
9
SEO support
5
Bulk management
7
Availability / breadth of extensions
6
Community / comment management
9
API
6
Role-based user permissions
8