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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Contentful

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AContentful is a cloud based CMS solution that provides the ability to manage content across multiple platforms.The editing interface allows for managing content interactively and provides developers the ability to deliver the content with the programming language and template framework of their choice.

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    Pricing
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)Contentful
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Lite
    $300
    per month
    Community
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)Contentful
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Features
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)Contentful
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Amaxus CMS (discontinued) and Contentful
    Feature
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Contentful
    7.3
    8 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Role-based user permissions9.01 Ratings7.38 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Amaxus CMS (discontinued) and Contentful
    Feature
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Contentful
    7.7
    10 Ratings
    0% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor5.01 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness6.01 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Admin section6.01 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Page templates10.01 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Library of website themes8.01 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design10.01 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.01 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Form generator6.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Amaxus CMS (discontinued) and Contentful
    Feature
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Contentful
    8.0
    9 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Content taxonomy7.01 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions10.01 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Community / comment management5.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Amaxus CMS (discontinued) and Contentful
    Feature
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Contentful
    8.0
    9 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Internationalization / multi-language6.01 Ratings7.76 Ratings
    API00 Ratings8.38 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)Contentful
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amaxus CMS (discontinued)Contentful
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Contentful
    Contentful is well suited for folks who want a simple, clean, easy-to-use interface for a JAVASCRIPT website. If you do not want a javascript website you should look [elsewhere].
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • 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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    Contentful
    • Clean, modern interface (not clunky and outdated, like WordPress)
    • High degree of flexibility (I can structure data any way my clients need)
    • Enables headless frontend (i.e. I can build any frontend I want without having to change my CMS)
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    Cons
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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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    Contentful
    • The new Contentful "branches" feature looked promising (it appears to mirror a git-like repository) but it requires the CLI, which isn't necessarily practical for teams that aren't current CLI users. It would be nice if the management of this feature were available via the UI (without that it causes more confusion than anything).
    • The Contentful data modeling method makes for a bit of an awkward SDK developer experience in some strongly typed languages like Java. Most things that you might need can be accomplished, but it feels like the experience could be smoother.
    • It would be nice if there were a way to migrate data between spaces (e.g. from your staging space to production).
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Contentful
    Easy to use and much more organized as a single platform versus multi. The layout is clean and easy to read and we don’t have to worry about certain users safe guarding data or content then losing it when they leave the company. It’s a one stop shop for imagery
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • 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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    Contentful
    • There was no negative impact as such.
    • Positive impact is increase in sales.
    • More work is delivered due to reusability and other features within a time and less manual effort.
    Incentivized
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