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Acoustic Content vs. Amaxus CMS (discontinued)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acoustic Content

    Score1.2 out of 10
    N/AAcoustic Content (formerly Watson Content Hub) gives business owners the power to create, robust and consistent brand experiences using cloud-based, cognitive content management capabilities. Marketing and merchandising professionals can quickly select content to create relevant offers delivered across multiple channels, such as mobile, web-based or email. Acoustic is an independent spun off from IBM Watson Marketing in 2019.N/A

    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)

    Score3 out of 10
    N/AAmaxus was a commercial PHP-based content management system from Box UK, an agile software developer and consulting company. It provided an enterprise-level web content management system used by large brand and agencies. It is known for a focus on usability. The product has been discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    Acoustic ContentAmaxus CMS (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Acoustic ContentAmaxus CMS (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Acoustic ContentAmaxus CMS (discontinued)
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acoustic Content and Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Role-based user permissions8.43 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Acoustic Content and Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    API8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.43 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Acoustic Content and Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    4% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor7.43 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.33 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Admin section8.33 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Page templates8.33 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Library of website themes9.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design9.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.43 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Form generator9.43 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Acoustic Content and Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Content taxonomy8.33 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    SEO support8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions9.43 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management8.93 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Acoustic ContentAmaxus CMS (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acoustic ContentAmaxus CMS (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acoustic
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Amaxus is well suited as a development platform and content management system for companies who have a dedicated, experienced development team because it has such complex functionality. It is not well suited for companies whose main content updater will be a person with limited development experience, because it is so hard to learn and understand how to use.
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    Pros
    Acoustic
    • Creating separate pages is easy and straightforward and only requires basic basic knowledge to get started
    • Advanced API calls can be easily built.
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    • There is a lot of flexibility and power with what you can do.
    • The client has a lot of power to make changes on their own without needing a development team.
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    Cons
    Acoustic
    • The organization of the application is poor and some elements could be more easily accessible not buried in menus.
    • There is little to no community around the application and what does exist is out of date.
    • Does not work well with our IBM applications as well as you would expect, which seems a common issue with IBM products.
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    • There is a huge learning curve for developers. All our new website builds were going beyond the timeline because of the learning curve.
    • It is very complex and teaching our clients how to use it required several training sessions.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Acoustic
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    Discontinued Products
    I have used an in-house CMS which was very simple and only allowed the user to update very basic templated content, and I have used Sitecore, which is sort of like a middle-of-the-road. Sitecore is great because it allows for the user to have a lot of control over templates and updating content, but it's not so complex that it is very difficult and time-consuming to learn how to use, like Amaxus.
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    Return on Investment
    Acoustic
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    • It has a negative impact because it put us back on our timelines.
    • It had a negative impact because our customers didn't like the learning curve to use it.
    • It had a negative impact because it caused so much stress among our team to learn it.
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