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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Compendium (discontinued)

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AFormerly Oracle Content Marketing of the Oracle Marketing Cloud, Compendium was a content marketing solution to create and distribute compelling content across multiple channels to a targeted audience. Users could plan, produce, and deliver content across multiple personas and channels throughout the customer life cycle. Oracle acquired the product in 2013. A legacy product, Compendium is now end of sale.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
    Pricing
    Compendium (discontinued)Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    32 Answers
    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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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
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    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Compendium (discontinued) and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    7.2
    6 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    7.1
    37 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Ideation6.36 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Approval workflows9.16 Ratings7.334 Ratings
    Content collaboration7.66 Ratings8.133 Ratings
    Content calendar7.56 Ratings6.130 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production5.54 Ratings6.017 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Compendium (discontinued) and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    6.6
    6 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    6.7
    33 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Content hub6.56 Ratings7.326 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content6.14 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs7.15 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Content distribution7.25 Ratings8.227 Ratings
    Content promotion6.14 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Content automation6.75 Ratings7.822 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Compendium (discontinued) and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Compendium (discontinued)
    6.6
    6 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    7.5
    27 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Audience profiling and targeting6.15 Ratings8.23 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting6.14 Ratings6.620 Ratings
    Content performance analytics8.26 Ratings6.924 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard6.45 Ratings7.120 Ratings
    Competitive analytics6.35 Ratings8.612 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Compendium (discontinued)Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.3
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (38 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (33 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
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    Oracle is great for a very basic blog. The look of ours was designed and built on the back end/code side, so I'm not sure if there are a lot of clean, modern templates like you see in a lot of blogs today to choose from or not. It has been great having a number of authors who can write content directly in the platform and then submit it to our content managers for scheduling and publishing. I think the biggest issue people may have with it is the look of the interface. It needs an update.
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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
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    • Permission levels are also nice so a random user cannot just post without a certain level of access.
    • I also like being able to update the code if necessary.
    • It's easy for users to access and write, and there's a nice workflow to review any content before it gets published.
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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
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    • Templates are a good thing, but hard to set up and require a lot of work. (Other Oracle tools are more user-friendly when it comes to template design.)
    • While they did a good job updating the interface, I still believe more work can be done to make it more user-friendly.
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Easy to use, and supporting several permutations, the CM suite is an excellent solution for a mid to large size business. It's meant to be used by a team, and the functionality can work across websites and landing pages. There's also the high benefit of translation management, providing support for localized products.
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    Optimizely
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    Usability
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    It has never been down since we have used this software.
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    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
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    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
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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
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    To be perfectly honest, every one of my concerns and problems has been handled by the support team in a very timely manner. If they could not fix my issue they assured me it be addressed in future updates.
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    Optimizely
    The NewsCred team is very responsive and helpful with any technical issues.
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    Online Training
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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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    Implementation Rating
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    Don't forget about customer service once you have a closed the sale with a customer. Oracle seemed to not care about our needs/timeline after we gave them our Purchase Order
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    While OCM was a lot more money, they were able to prove to us that they are a much better solution to use and worth the extra cost. The reporting, capabilities along with the analytics that was easy to download was a big discussion factor for us.
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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
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    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
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    • Everyone had their own plan and executed them without taking into consideration the impact of another ongoing project. Compendium has created communication between teams that were not communicating before.
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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

    Compendium (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Content marketers can see every aspect of their content production process at a glance, which is essential for a successful content marketing strategy.Screenshot of Leveraging Oracle Content Marketing’s Business Units feature results in improved marketing alignment by empowering marketing leaders to view one unified content calendar, content repository, and analytics dashboard across the entire organization. Corporate executives can drill down on content creation, distribution, and impact for individual business units in order to make necessary changes to drive success at the divisional level.

    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.