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    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

    CommonSpot

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACommonSpot is a Web platform that includes a content management system, an application development framework, marketing solutions, and social media features from PaperThin, Inc, a privately held, MA-based company. PaperThin's customers span multiple industries, including: government, healthcare, higher education, and association/non-profit sectors.N/A
    Pricing
    Acoustic ContentCommonSpot
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Acoustic ContentCommonSpot
    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 ContentCommonSpot
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Acoustic Content and CommonSpot
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    CommonSpot
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Role-based user permissions8.43 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Acoustic Content and CommonSpot
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    CommonSpot
    -
    Ratings
    API8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Acoustic Content and CommonSpot
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    11% above category average
    CommonSpot
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    20% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor7.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.33 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Admin section8.33 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Page templates8.33 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Library of website themes9.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow9.43 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Form generator9.43 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Acoustic Content and CommonSpot
    Feature
    Acoustic Content
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    18% above category average
    CommonSpot
    7.7
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Content taxonomy8.33 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    SEO support8.43 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Bulk management8.93 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions9.43 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management8.93 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    Score6.7 out of 10
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    Score6.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Square Online
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Acoustic ContentCommonSpot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acoustic ContentCommonSpot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acoustic
    We can organize all our content easily by uploading content files and other digital assets. CMS smart AI generates metadata by tagging them automatically which helps us to sort our content into different categories. CMS content modeling feature helps us to visualize our content structure, assemble them in an intelligent manner and reuse the content whenever we want to for different purposes.
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    PaperThin, Inc
    Commonspot is well suited for web content management to be conducted by individuals with low-level web skills.
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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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    PaperThin, Inc
    • I think CommonSpot's greatest strength is its ease of use. It's relatively intuitive in it's usage, so it therefore makes it easy to train new people to use it.
    • Within my usage of it, our options were limited, which again added to it's ease of use.
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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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    PaperThin, Inc
    • Commonspot needs to improve on its authoring feature. It is impossible to author on more than one page at a time . (One must always click on "View work on all changes") before switching between pages otherwise, the changes will not be saved.
    • CommonSpot does not support sharing the definition of any custom element or any template layouts. Therefore, one must recreate these in each site.
    • In Commonspot, a user who has to manage content in multiple sites will have to log in to each site to see and act on any actions.
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    Usability
    Acoustic
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    PaperThin, Inc
    I had no previous background in content management, and found it very easy to use. If I could figure it out, I am pretty certain that just about anyone else could as well.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Acoustic
    Added benefit
    Incentivized
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    PaperThin, Inc
    Commonspot works in tandem with Zendesk very well to accomplish tasks an an efficient manner.
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    Return on Investment
    Acoustic
    • With the AI based content organizer in place, we can focus more on the content creation.
    • Acoustic Content makes sure your content is safe and secure with its Content Delivery Networks and we can easily pull out the right content into our channels with the help of its REST APIs.
    • With their rich Digital Asset Management capabilities, we can find most suitable images to go with your content
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    PaperThin, Inc
    • I was working in a religious institution and based upon our usage and audience, there was no ROI to speak of. Our usage was more for providing information than having any type of interaction. In that instance, it worked very well.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Cognitive TaggingScreenshot of Flexible, Easy EditingScreenshot of Automatic renditions createdScreenshot of Card-based Asset Library