Fantastic CMS, I'm sure I've not tested enough of its features
February 24, 2023

Fantastic CMS, I'm sure I've not tested enough of its features

Andrew Porritt | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Contentstack

We used Contentstack in a pretty vanilla CMS setup. The client needed to be able to update the text content for their website without the requirement for Dev resource.

Frankly, I wasn't involved with the actual setup of the, but regularly contributed to the management of the content and layout.
I found Contentstack relatively straightforward to work with, albeit the handling of image uploads / conversion could do with a little streamlining.
It needs to be stated that whilst Contentstack was rock solid in use, the implementation of a CMS was perhaps overkill for a relatively simple website - the client however we're happy with the results.

  • Easy to manage once implemented
  • Good tools for the handling / conversion / compression of images.
  • Intuitive layout tools
  • Fiddly setup
  • The image tools, whilst good, are less than intuitive
  • Easy to manage the site
  • Could hand control over to the content chaps
  • Simple tweaks to site and wording could be implemented with no dev hours
Content Author / Administrator

Do you think Contentstack delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Contentstack's feature set?

Yes

Did Contentstack live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Contentstack go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Contentstack again?

Yes

In the most recent project in which we used Contentstack, the client requested to host their text content via CMS so that their Content Editors could manage the text and layout without requirements for developer intervention.
Contentstack worked fine for this solution, however there is a worry that the solution was perhaps over engineered - as the site was relatively small and uncomplicated

Contentstack Feature Ratings

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