Amaxus 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.
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Squarespace
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Squarespace is a CMS platform that allows users to create a DIY blog, eCommerce store, and/or portfolio (visual art or music). Some Squarespace website and shop templates are industry or use case-specific, such as menu builders for restaurant sites.
$25
per month
Pricing
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
Squarespace
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$25
per month
Core
$36
per month
Plus
$56
per month
Advanced
$139
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
Squarespace
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.
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Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
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Features
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
Squarespace
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
9.0
Ratings
11% above category average
Squarespace
8.5
Ratings
5% above category average
Role-based user permissions
9.00 Ratings
8.50 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
7.4
Ratings
4% below category average
Squarespace
7.1
Ratings
8% below category average
WYSIWYG editor
5.00 Ratings
8.10 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness
6.00 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Admin section
6.00 Ratings
6.10 Ratings
Page templates
10.00 Ratings
7.00 Ratings
Library of website themes
8.00 Ratings
7.00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design
10.00 Ratings
7.30 Ratings
Publishing workflow
8.00 Ratings
6.20 Ratings
Form generator
6.00 Ratings
7.10 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Amaxus CMS (discontinued)
7.3
Ratings
1% below category average
Squarespace
7.0
Ratings
5% below category average
Content taxonomy
7.00 Ratings
6.70 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions
10.00 Ratings
5.70 Ratings
Community / comment management
5.00 Ratings
6.70 Ratings
SEO support
00 Ratings
7.90 Ratings
Bulk management
00 Ratings
8.00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
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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.
We've found Squarespace perfect for quick, well-designed websites that you can literally design and launch in a day. However, if you want to get more complex with your website, including custom backend integrations or code, Squarespace presents a bit more of a challenge when it comes to what they will allow you to modify on their platform (especially using third-party integration apps).
Squarespace is very easy to use, this is a super helpful thing as small business owners we have to wear many hats and being a full blown website developer doesn't need to be one of them.
Squarespace has quick and simple plugins.
Squarespace allows you to easily expand as you need to.
It's dead simple to use. There are no over complicated controls or tons of menus to screw things up. People with bad taste couldn't make an ugly website. While it may be frustrating for the pro designer to get exactly what they want, it prevents the uninitiated from making something ugly
Help is available directly from the back end and uses full sentence searching to find answers to questions others may have asked before. With a ton of articles and support questions documents, it is very likely that your question has been answered. If not each page has the ability to open a direct email to support. Each case has a number and can be followed. Responses are often quick and have links and directions clearly stated
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.
Squarespace if much less work than WordPress, plus hosting and security are not an issue. GoDaddy and Wix are okay, but nowhere near the flexibility or advanced feature set that you can get with Squarespace. Compared to the other products that I have used, Squarespace definitely offers more options, customization, advanced features and design options than others, for a great price.
I can see how squarespace can improve efficiency since it's so quick to build a site on there.
For those who don't want to hook up a bunch of different stuff to their website and make it work...they most likely have whatever plug in you need and you can add it. Worst case scenario, they have developers you can hire who can make what you need.
As your business grows you can add an online storefront to your site and make more money that way! Easy peasy!
They have an easy system for adding special SEO words/phrases so you don't have to learn SEO at all!
