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    Brandfolder

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABrandfolder, from Smartsheet since the 2020 acquisition, supports brands' content and creative assets with adigital asset management software that helps organize, control, create, distribute and measure creative assets across hundreds of formats including 8K video, documents, images and 3D.N/A

    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AOptimizely Content Marketing Platform brings teams together in a single, AI-powered workspace to share plans, collaborate on assets and execute campaigns.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Considered Both Products
    Smartsheet
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    BrandfolderOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Brandfolder and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Brandfolder
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
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    Dashboards10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data exportability5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content analytics7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM Features
    Comparison of DAM Features features of Brandfolder and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Brandfolder
    7.9
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
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    Uploading assets7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Downloading assets9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Categories10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset storage10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset sharing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset search9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tagging system10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content editing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embed codes8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collections10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User access7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow automations5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Related asset discovery2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Brandfolder and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Brandfolder
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    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    7.1
    37 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Ideation00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Approval workflows00 Ratings7.334 Ratings
    Content collaboration00 Ratings8.133 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings6.130 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production00 Ratings6.017 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Brandfolder and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
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    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    6.7
    33 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Content hub00 Ratings7.326 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings8.227 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings7.822 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Brandfolder and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
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    -
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    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    7.5
    27 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Audience profiling and targeting00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings6.620 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings6.924 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings7.120 Ratings
    Competitive analytics00 Ratings8.612 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BrandfolderOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (38 ratings)
    Usability
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    6.4
    (33 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    BrandfolderOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
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    Smartsheet
    It is so well suited for a cloud based DAM. It's loads so fast, works well in every browser. With remote work now it is so easily for our team to upload, organize, share, and view analytics on our assets. The best feature is the templating system which allows your designers to take what they design in Adobe Indesign and denote which areas are editable and it keeps the formatting, style, and fonts to the end user. The only other options on the market would require the designer to rebuild the design on a separate platform like Canvas. I wish the platform did more to help with handling videos. It doesn't display the runtime on a video, the specs, or play captions inline with the video. I also wish it would do media pushing to social media platforms.
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    Optimizely
    A 7 only because I think there's question marks around customization. However, I've seen very similar tools in the past where stakeholders have been skeptical, but as you get to know it and use it, you'll find actually you realize those benefits. I just think Optimizely could help its stakeholders and clients see those benefits early on versus later on. However, that's not to say it's not possible, so a 7 at this stage, but I think it's got potential in future. If you are a marketing firm who wants a centralized system for managing workflows and campaigns, it's great. It does that. However, there are better competitors fill in some of the gaps better than optimized leaders does. It could do better. I think for me, visually when I see, when I create a workflow or a campaign, I can see all the tasks associated with it and I've seen the way that our parent company uses it. It's just a list of all the tasks you see in one view. I think visually it needs improving. However, the purpose that it serves fundamentally, it's got potential, if that makes sense. It's going in the right direction, but I think competitors are doing some of it better than Optimizely is. I think they, like I was saying earlier, if they really want to realize the benefits of the product visually there needs to be some improvement. And then the controls element that I mentioned earlier as well, hopefully that answers both of your questions.
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    Pros
    Smartsheet
    • Documents such as contact lists and cooperative programs
    • Featured listings, agents, and maps are just a few examples of creative advertising concepts
    • Provides organization
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    Optimizely
    • The CMP really is useful for us not only to manage the processes behind how we create content that we serve in different platforms like websites, landing pages, emails, social media, but it also help us as a team that is scattered around the globe to be able to be connected all the time to be able to see what we're working on, to be able to share assets as well. We are not reinventing the wheel to be able to show to other people within the organization what is happening at any given point. We use it not only for assets now, but we use it also for things like planning our webinars, planning our face-to-face events, so it truly is the heart of our marketing organization within the business.
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    Cons
    Smartsheet
    • If you have a large collection of images, like we do, and you go 2 or 3 pages deep and select an image, then close the image, the collection snaps back to page 1. It's pretty frustrating.
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    Optimizely
    • One thing that could be improved is some of the promotions that happen in platform. For example, there's a Opal AI little bubble at the bottom right of the corner, which you can't move across the screen. So if you're trying to change the status of a step or you're trying to update a description within a step, that can be a bit challenging and as it seems to be quite an easy fix.
    • I would love to see a capability in terms of having visual representation that we can share out with stakeholders that don't necessarily need access to CMP. But for that level of detail, we don't want it to go too granular, but we do want to be able to share in a quick and visual manner some of the activities that are happening so we can keep everybody in the loop without having to create different variations via different tools.
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    Usability
    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    As a Content Operations Manager, I find the customizable task views and calendar views to be most helpful in the Plan Module. This allows me to have visibility into each team's overdue tasks, and determine where my time is best allocated to help in content production. The Library is a easy to access and highly used function as well for sharing assets across teams
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    Reliability and Availability
    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    I have not experienced any prolonged outages. From time to time there will be errors but nothing that significantly slows down production
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    Performance
    Smartsheet
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    Optimizely
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform's performance is generally good. Nothing that has impacted production. Page load speed doesn't typically lag longer than a few seconds. Reports take some time but not any longer than we're used to with other platforms. We have not experienced lag when integrating with other platforms
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    Support Rating
    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    The NewsCred team is very responsive and helpful with any technical issues.
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    Online Training
    Smartsheet
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    Optimizely
    Training was clear and concise. It was intuitive and helped me understand how to navigate the platform. Options to dive in on each action or skip to learn about areas of regular use. Resource links available to when I had additional questions or needed more training in a specific area. Overall, the training allowed me to use the platform without interruption
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    Alternatives Considered
    Smartsheet
    Brandfolder has the best UI/UX for the end user and the administrator. The UI/UX is modern and not just a recreation of a folder system like old OS file systems. Brandfolder is so visual based and loads so quickly that makes it easy for users to find their assets quickly. The templating is totally unique when compared to other options on the market. The tagging system, duplicate detection, collections, and stacking files into an asset makes the platform efficient to manage and use
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    Optimizely
    Honestly, I'd rather use Smartsheet paired with a digital asset management tool. It’s more flexible, easier to navigate, and better suited for mid-size teams that need to move quickly without the overhead and complexity that comes with Optimizely. We currently have Optimizely because an investment has been made in the tool.
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    Scalability
    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    Optimizely is generally a reliable platform for A/B testing and digital experience management. It's helpful for it's stability, flexibility, and comprehensive features, which is helpful when managing an enterprise website
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    Return on Investment
    Smartsheet
    • Cut down on time doubling time on assets
    • It took a long time to set up and train.
    • It is very expensive.
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    Optimizely
    • The program has allowed us to meet our content goals more easily (e.g.: we publish X articles per month and track where each article is at).
    • It's helped us improve the accuracy of our information. We have SEO, content strategists, and legal teams involved in the workflow now because it's easy to manage.
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    ScreenShots

    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Opal, Optimizely's AI, which acts as an extension to the marketing workforce. Use cases include building comprehensive campaign and content briefs, suggesting how to best execute a campaign, creating on-brand content for any channel and providing suggestions for ongoing optimization.Screenshot of Marketing Work Request Prioritization. This streamlines and prioritizes marketing requests with dynamic intake forms, automatic routing, and integrated workflows to ensure that requested work gets completed.Screenshot of Digital Asset Management. With Optimizely Content Marketing Platform's integrated asset repository, marketers can upload, organize, and share assets within the same platform where content planning, creation, and collaboration take place.Screenshot of a Visual Calendar. Optimizely's Content Marketing Platform provides visibility into marketing activities - from content to events to campaigns - with flexibility to support changing timelines.Screenshot of the Calendar. This offers visibility into planned and scheduled content and campaigns with the ability to save and share views.