Optimizely Content Management System for Page and Block Development and Management
November 19, 2024

Optimizely Content Management System for Page and Block Development and Management

Michael Gribbins | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Optimizely Content Cloud

Overall Satisfaction with Optimizely Content Management System

We use the Optimizely Content Management System to author and maintain our externally facing public website. This allows us to develop versatile web pages for both public and private (signed in) user consumption. Additionally, it allows us to make quick changes as needed and create new pages based on previously developed content.

Pros

  • Page and Block development and management
  • Fast changes to the site without having to do full deployments
  • Managing assets for use on pages and blocks

Cons

  • Export of authored pages and blocks from to and front different environments
  • Tracking usage of globally author content (like block usage on pages)
  • Bulk changes to sets of pages or blocks that have the same underlying structure
  • Easy to create custom pages based on sub-content
  • Easy and fast to make changes
  • Good set of plugins to interact with third party providers
We use the Optimizely Content Management System for authoring the site in conjunction with the CMP/Welcome dam for image and file asset management, as well as the Commerce platform to provide online shopping for customers
It can take a bit to learn about each system get everything wired up, but over all the systems plays very well together.
The initial stand up of a site is very fast. However, building the site out take time and diligence. You definitely want to have vision in mind to execute on. If you use the CMS out of the box and can rely on it for most of your workflows it will be very beneficial. If you need to start incorporating other internal systems and workflows, it is very doable, but starts to add complexity as you inherit any issues from those other systems
Once you get used to using CMS it is very versatile and provides a lot of flexibility.

Do you think Optimizely Content Management System delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Optimizely Content Management System's feature set?

Yes

Did Optimizely Content Management System live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Optimizely Content Management System go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Optimizely Content Management System again?

Yes

Optimizely Content Management System is great for simplistic to mid level complexity websites. If you need a site stood up quickly that you can iterate on changes for it is great. However, if you have a complex website that is trying to do very specific things or show a lot of content on pages, it can get hard to manage without good diligence by site authors.

Optimizely Content Management System Feature Ratings

7.6
WYSIWYG editor
7
Code quality / cleanliness
8
Admin section
9
Page templates
7
Library of website themes
5
Mobile optimization / responsive design
8
Publishing workflow
10
Form generator
7
8.2
Content taxonomy
10
SEO support
7
Bulk management
4
Availability / breadth of extensions
10
Community / comment management
10
8.5
API
9
Internationalization / multi-language
8
10.0
Role-based user permissions
10
CMS programming language or framework ()
Not Rated

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