Item: Magnolia
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Proximus is using Magnolia CMS for 3 different projects. I am working on all of them. Coordination with businesses and informing them that sometimes their ideas are not feasible.

Pros and Cons

Update content quickly
Introduction of the new site
Template engine (FreeMarker easy to use)
Split content into workspaces

Publishing
Move content from one environment to another

Return on Investment

Magnolia 6 is really good.
Magnolia 6, [however, in our experience], is not tested properly from their side and we have found bugs.
Magnolia provides a lot of templating functions.

Usability

I [have used] Magnolia for 4 years and it is easy to use it.

Performance

As per my understanding and knowledge, there are other CMS platforms faster than Magnolia. The filter chain has an impact [on] page load.

Alternatives Considered

Proximus was using Magnolia when I started working.

Key Insights

Do you think Magnolia delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Magnolia's feature set?

Yes

Did Magnolia live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Magnolia go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Magnolia again?

Yes

Other Software Used

IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse

Likelihood to Recommend

Content can be published in a few minutes. Website workspace is the most important and the communication between other workspaces is easy. In the worst case, publishing may fail due to locked nodes.

Magnolia is a Really Nice CMS.

Overall Satisfaction with Magnolia