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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Experience Manager

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Experience Manager is a combined web content management system and digital asset management system. The combined applications of Adobe Experience Manager Sites and Adobe Experience Manager Assets is offered by the vendor as an end-to-end solution for managing and delivering marketing content.N/A

    Dotdigital

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ADotdigital is a customer engagement platform that helps digital marketers and developers deliver communications across the customer journey. It uses customer data to drive engagement, conversion, and loyalty for brands as they grow and scale. The platform connects first party data across systems to surface insights and automate predictive cross-channel messages.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe Experience ManagerDotdigital
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Experience ManagerDotdigital
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Experience ManagerDotdigital
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    126 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    99 Answers
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    129 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    85 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Adobe Experience ManagerDotdigital
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Adobe Experience Manager and Dotdigital
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    8.4
    38 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Dotdigital
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.438 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Adobe Experience Manager and Dotdigital
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    8.0
    33 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Dotdigital
    -
    Ratings
    API7.829 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Adobe Experience Manager and Dotdigital
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    7.5
    38 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Dotdigital
    -
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    WYSIWYG editor7.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness6.734 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section7.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates7.637 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.835 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator7.629 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Adobe Experience Manager and Dotdigital
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    7.3
    37 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Dotdigital
    -
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    Content taxonomy7.731 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support7.133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management7.236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.534 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management7.130 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Experience ManagerDotdigital
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (85 ratings)
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (50 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe Experience ManagerDotdigital
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    I'll answer the second one because I mean, the first one I don't have an issue with. The second scenario is we oftentimes have the need to spin off very small campaign style sites or sites that generate leads but are unbranded and that sort of thing. So that's hard to do in AEM because you have to then create another organization within AEM to do that. And we're talking about sites that are maybe five to 10 pages in size. So we've been investigating Edge, but then that's a different workflow, so we'd have to train people on that. So it would be nice if there was something within the AEM structure that could allow you to do something very similar to Edge, where you make some small micro sites that are not necessarily branded, that you could still host within the platform and not have to retrain everybody on a completely different platform.
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    DotDigital has a drag-and-drop email builder and many good templates. Using automation, I was able to send out emails with ease. During the onboarding process, you will also be able to speak with real people. We use it to create modern and engaging emails for customers, whether abandoned cart or post-purchase. It has excellent reporting modules, but it lacks a few fundamentals, which can be frustrating. As a whole, the partnership has been a success so far.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • It allows us to scale so that we can make a change on a global footer. And it applies to all of the different property websites. It allows us to set up components and compartmentalize things in a way. The big thing is that it's scalable. And then it also ties into Adobe Analytics and other Adobe products. So we are a complete Adobe shop. Every Adobe product that we can use, we use. I don't think we do it for marketing so much, but for doing target testing and analytics, data scientists are using the same product and so it all speaks.
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    • Email Campaigns are simple and easy to crease
    • We use the SMS to alert our customers to any technical issues
    • Good support from account managers
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Can sometimes be difficult to troubleshoot bugs/issues as they arise
    • Sometimes difficult to set up restrictions on how components can be designed to make sure they fit in with existing content
    • While the integration with Adobe target works fairly well, the process can be a bit opaque and hard to understand, making it difficult to troubleshoot when issues arise
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    • API limits: There is a hardcoded limit on how many API calls you can make per hour, and to raise it, you have to pay.
    • The API set is very limited in general.
    • The API set is very limited in general
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    We had and still have a fantastic experience using Adobe CQ. Lots of flexibility, great integration with other Adobe products we already use and a powerful technology make it a great fit for our corporate environment. Also as the community grows, it makes it easier to network with other developers and users to get new ideas on how to continue to get the best out of the software.
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Adobe
    It depends if it is from an administrator point of view or from a business content author point of view. I think from business author point of view the solution is good and with the GEN AI capabilities coming it is doing better and better, however from an administration point of view there are still a lot of improvements to ease the maintenance of user access management and as well as the integration configuration aspect.
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    DotDigital is not difficult to use, however, the user interface could use some optimization. There are certain elements that can be challenging to find, and the menus are not always intuitive. However, the tool makes up for that with easy to use features, like creating segments, and allowing many rules to specify these particular groups.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    Being part of Adobe Suite means you are already notified when the tool has any outages. However, I have never faced unplanned outages. Whenever you face any issue with the site, it is clearly stated if there were any planned outages and how quickly you will be back to normal. So, I will say that even the outages are planned and managed in a great way like their other services.
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Performance
    Adobe
    With respect to performance, Adobe experience manager is one of the best in the CMS space. We didn't observe frequent slowness on platform, however the systems which are accessing experience manager should be of good specifications without which slowness would be observed. Adobe experience manager works well in integration with other solutions, unless the destination application is designed to trigger frequent calls to AEM.
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    Adobe Experience Manager, in all its capacity, is a great alternative to any other CMS you are using. It helps in rapid development and makes life easier for maintaining the website for multi-language sites. Technical know-how is eliminated at content authoring. Better documentation in terms of live examples with videos would be appreciated.
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    Depending on your individual needs, It is really quite simple to create an authoring experience for a website that looks really good. I have been part of many implementations and many teams and have seen many projects that were super successful and others that were not implemented well. AEM has room for a lot of flexibility in the implementation process compared to other CMS like SharePoint
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Overall, I prefer AEM as an enterprise site management tool. It allows levels of access control and delegation, while leaving the server management and updates to a specialized team. I do miss the flexibility of being able to search and replace that I have in a WordPress site, and I miss the ability to have one file for redirects like I had in percussion
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    DotDigital's platform is simple to use for essential email marketing campaigns. Setting up Programs (action-driven automation) is simple. It gives you the ability to design stunning campaigns with a wide range of customizability. To better understand our customer base, it analyzes each email sent out. In every situation, the support team has been responsive and helpful.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    Instead of being directly involved in the tool purchase, I am involved in analysis or what we can use to maximize the tool. Small organizations may find it expensive. However, if the team or organization focuses more on your ROI or the features you will get, then it will definitely be worth it. Pricing is based on a number of factors, including team size or the use of the tool. The user can select the pricing option that best fits their needs based on the number of form submissions they make or the number of pages they wish to publish on their global/multisite sites.
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Adobe
    The professional services team within adobe is one of the best in terms of technical and solutioning knowledge. However, considering the billing charges of adobe professional services team, it is always recommended to involve them during platform initial setup or when a complex solution is to be built with platform customizations.
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • too soon to tell on increased conversion rates based on external marketing factors in play but having increased visibility into customer engagement trends will most likely lead to improvement of our conversion rates.
    • There have been productivity gains from the perspective of actually migrating all of our externally managed sites to the same in-house Adobe Experience Manager platform and then being able to utilize those universal components.
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    Dotdigital EMEA Limited
    • Maintenance costs due to integration limits.
    • API tiers (now formalized in the documentation) were discovered after the initial purchase, so there are more recurring costs.
    • In general, a raise of costs in the IT compartment, while it can benefit marketing.
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Experience Manager Screenshots

    Screenshot of AEM Forms - Creates an adaptive formScreenshot of AEM Forms - themes libraryScreenshot of AEM Forms - where to create a templateScreenshot of AEM Forms - the interactive communications editorScreenshot of Adobe Experience Manager Sites - document-based authoring enables marketers to create and publish content with familiar tools.Screenshot of Adobe Experience Manager Sites - Universal Editor, an advanced visual editor, empowers marketers to edit and publish content.