CommonSpot vs. HubSpot Content Hub

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CommonSpot
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
CommonSpot is a Web platform that includes a content management system, an application development framework, marketing solutions, and social media features from PaperThin, Inc, a privately held, MA-based company. PaperThin's customers span multiple industries, including: government, healthcare, higher education, and association/non-profit sectors.N/A
HubSpot Content Hub
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Hubspot Content Hub is used to take control of content assets. The unified platform is used to manage, update, and distribute content from a central location, ensuring everyone has access to the most up-to-date and relevant materials.
$20
per month per seat
Pricing
CommonSpotHubSpot Content Hub
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$20
per month per seat
Content Hub Professional
$500
per month 3 seats included, $50 for each additional seat
Content Hub Enterprise
$1500
per month 5 seats included, $75 for each additional seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CommonSpotHubSpot Content Hub
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAnnual commitment required. A discount is offered for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
CommonSpotHubSpot Content Hub
Features
CommonSpotHubSpot Content Hub
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
CommonSpot
7.0
Ratings
14% below category average
HubSpot Content Hub
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
CommonSpot
6.3
Ratings
20% below category average
HubSpot Content Hub
-
Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section6.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator4.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
CommonSpot
7.7
Ratings
5% above category average
HubSpot Content Hub
-
Ratings
Content taxonomy7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
CommonSpotHubSpot Content Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CommonSpotHubSpot Content Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
I do actually think CommonSpot is pretty well suited when the organization that you work for requires very specific parameters on site design. It was very clear what could be used and what could not in the design of individual department pages. The other thing I think CommonSpot is best suited for is website content management done by people with little or no website content management experience. It's very intuitive and easy to use and thus, easy to train people on.
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HubSpot CMS HUB is a great fit for $1 Million+ orgs looking to take the next step in their online marketing and presence. If you need a more streamlined approach to your website, with more purposeful tools to convert online visitors, HubSpot CMS HUB is definitely at the top of the list. The only scenario where HubSpot CMS HUB would not work well is for e-commerce sites looking to sell directly on their main site. HubSpot does not cater to e-commerce and would be a poor fit for online stores selling their products
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Pros
  • I think CommonSpot's greatest strength is its ease of use. It's relatively intuitive in it's usage, so it therefore makes it easy to train new people to use it.
  • Within my usage of it, our options were limited, which again added to it's ease of use.
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  • Search engine optimization is a major strength of this software as it helps content writers in creating effective content.
  • It is fully equipped with marketing tools.
  • We give much importance to reporting features and HubSpot CMS Hub reports are very useful.
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Cons
  • Commonspot needs to improve on its authoring feature. It is impossible to author on more than one page at a time . (One must always click on "View work on all changes") before switching between pages otherwise, the changes will not be saved.
  • CommonSpot does not support sharing the definition of any custom element or any template layouts. Therefore, one must recreate these in each site.
  • In Commonspot, a user who has to manage content in multiple sites will have to log in to each site to see and act on any actions.
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  • Although you can integrate it with Google Analytics, there is still a significant difference between what each tells you about [a] number of visitors to a given page, etc.
  • There's a lot to the program and it's not always intuitive where to go for a feature. Though the help center and academy are good and usually have the answers, having to look things up isn't.
  • It's expensive.
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Likelihood to Renew
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I don't think we justify the amount of usage we have of CMS Hub professional. We might discontinue it to save some bucks. But if we ever need an extensive solution, we'll come back to it, as we already other products of Hubspot (Sales Hub, Reporting, Automations)
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Usability
I had no previous background in content management, and found it very easy to use. If I could figure it out, I am pretty certain that just about anyone else could as well.
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HubSpot CMS Hub provides small, medium and even large companies with the basic requirements to launch their marketing business, but to provide an all-in-1 solution will take some more time and creativity to avoid the necessity of working with competitors to complete the package.
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Reliability and Availability
No answers on this topic
As of now we didn't face any application errors and unplanned outages.
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Performance
No answers on this topic
Yes the pages load fastly and this tool is pretty good in integration with other tools like zapier, calendly and so on.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
They are always there to help in any way possible. Our account manager works out any situations we may encounter during business hours
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Online Training
No answers on this topic
Pretty easy and resources available at fingertips.
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Implementation Rating
No answers on this topic
Yes, recreation of landing pages, forms and email templates.
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Alternatives Considered
Commonspot works in tandem with Zendesk very well to accomplish tasks an an efficient manner.
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it is a much much simpler tool to use, the pick up and go nature of the software lends well to a busy team. with minimal training almost everyone can figure out the software just playing around with it. and if you want to learn more complex parts of the system there is the academy to help
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
Because it aligns with our goals and streamlined all the hubspot at one place.
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Return on Investment
  • Better customer service
  • Improved accountability as it regards tracking the tasks assigned to which employee
  • Improved accountability led to increased employee efficiency
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  • When I was using it I couldn't see the direct return on investment since I was only seeing web development.
  • Practicality when creating articles and content
  • Efficiency when creating landing pages, basically content and interactions, but no return on investment in money.
  • Cuando lo estuve usando no pude ver el retorno de inversión directa ya que solo veía desarrollo web
  • Practicidad al momento de crear artículos y contenido
  • Eficiencia al momento de crear landings, basicamente contenido e interacciones pero no retorno de inversion en dinero
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