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Acoustic Content vs. Ghost

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Acoustic Content
Score 1.2 out of 10
N/A
Acoustic 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
Ghost
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Ghost is a CMS for new-media creators to publish, share, and grow a business around their content. Available open source and free (e.g. for blogging), it can also come with tools for business' content marketing.
$0
Pricing
Acoustic ContentGhost
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Ghost (community)
$0
Starter
$11
per month 1 staff user, 500 members
Creator
$31
per month 2 staff users, 1000 members
Team
$63
per month 5 staff users, 1000 members
Business
$249
per month unlimited staff users, 10,000 members
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Acoustic ContentGhost
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Acoustic ContentGhost
Features
Acoustic ContentGhost
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Acoustic Content
8.4
Ratings
4% above category average
Ghost
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Acoustic Content
8.4
Ratings
10% above category average
Ghost
-
Ratings
API8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Acoustic Content
8.6
Ratings
11% above category average
Ghost
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG editor7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Acoustic Content
8.8
Ratings
18% above category average
Ghost
-
Ratings
Content taxonomy8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
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Acoustic ContentGhost
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Acoustic ContentGhost
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Acoustic ContentGhost
Likelihood to Recommend
It is advisable to create custom designs that call for specific programs and content without giving direct access to those programs. We still have to meet the proposed use case where it should not be used.
Madusanka Balapitiya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Madusanka Balapitiya
Senior Executive ( IT & Administration )
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It is well suited for distributed writing and publishing with a subscription component
MB
Mike Blumenthal
Co-founder
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Pros
  • Ease of use of the tool
  • Fast results for sales from automated merchandising
  • Great insight into top performers
  • Good support
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • Creating a newsletter for web and email simultaneously
  • Allowing for paid subscriptions
  • Allowing content to be segmented by subscription type
MB
Mike Blumenthal
Co-founder
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Cons
  • Application is less user friendly as some of the commonly used functions even hidden inside menus.
  • Community support is very low as Acoustic Content is not widely used by many people.
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • They wysiwig editor is missing critical functions like superscript and subscript
  • The markdown complement has those features but it doesn’t integrate well with the wysiwig editor
  • Footnoting is hard to do
MB
Mike Blumenthal
Co-founder
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Alternatives Considered
Acoustic Content stands out mainly in 3 areas, Digital Asset Management system AI Based metatags More secure CDN and REST API to share content All these three features play a huge role in Acoustic Content CMS in terms of finding matching images for our content, categorize and sort our content automatically and finally secure way to publish our content.
Verified User
Anonymous
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It is simpler, headless, faster than WordPress. The core functionality is focused on subscription membership which is a bloated add on for WordPress.
The simplicity has a cost as WordPress, while complicated, offers more expansion opportunities.
MB
Mike Blumenthal
Co-founder
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Return on Investment
  • Freed up user time to call a variety of applications quicker.
  • Allowed developer an easier tool to integrate other applications for end users.
  • Allowed us to have a single method of application implementation and usage that is easier to debug, saving time.
Ben Williams | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ben Williams
Automation Developer (RPA and OCR Datacap)
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  • Our business is totally built around this product
  • It has allowed us to easily and quickly scale our free and (soon) our paywalled content
MB
Mike Blumenthal
Co-founder
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ScreenShots

Acoustic Content Screenshots

Screenshot of Cognitive TaggingScreenshot of Flexible, Easy EditingScreenshot of Automatic renditions createdScreenshot of Card-based Asset Library

Ghost Screenshots

Screenshot of the Ghost dashboardScreenshot of Ghost postsScreenshot of Ghost member managementScreenshot of Ghost member profile