Easy to start and great for beginners, experts will be frustrated by point and click nature
June 30, 2015

Easy to start and great for beginners, experts will be frustrated by point and click nature

Curtis Travers, MPH | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Standard Installed

Overall Satisfaction with Cascade Server

My department uses Cascade Server as the main software to create webpages, following our institutions guidelines. In fact, Cascade Server is available to our entire organization. It allows any individual, study, or department to create their own website without much need for interventions from our IT department. The ability for any individual to create their webpage themselves is a big cost and time saver.
  • Easy to learn
  • Simple controls
  • Point and click functionality
  • Ability to use more advanced options
  • Cumbersome file layout
  • Certain instruction manuals can be difficult to find
  • Lots of clicking to get simple things done.
  • Needs to be more streamlined
  • Publishing files seems redundant often
  • Improved connection with research participants
  • Allows ability to share files in a user friendly secure webpage
  • Customization to make your teams webpage your own and reflect the goals of your group
Cascade Server is well suited for large institutions to release the burden on an IT department and website development groups. It allows the individual within your organization to create and manage their own website with very little oversight from web development teams. If you have basic computer skills and understand file hierarchy, then you can use this program to create your own website.

Cascade CMS Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG editor
8
Code quality / cleanliness
5
Admin section
7
Page templates
10
Library of website themes
Not Rated
Mobile optimization / responsive design
9
Publishing workflow
7
Form generator
Not Rated
Content taxonomy
6
SEO support
Not Rated
Bulk management
Not Rated
Availability / breadth of extensions
5
Community / comment management
Not Rated
API
Not Rated
Internationalization / multi-language
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
6