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    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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    Pantheon

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/APantheon is a WebOps platform where marketers and developers collaborate to drive results. The vendor states that with Pantheon, site owners maximize their capacity to update website design and functionality, responding to market trends, catering to consumer behavior, and adding real value to the business's bottom line. Today, companies compete on the basis of digital experiences, and the best results emerge from an agile build-test-learn process. Whether it's publishing content,…

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    Pricing
    ContentfulPantheon
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    $300
    per month
    Community
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Basic
    $29
    per month
    Performance
    $114
    per month
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    ContentfulPantheon
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Community Pulse
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    Contentful
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    59 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    55 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    54 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    Features
    ContentfulPantheon
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Contentful and Pantheon
    Feature
    Contentful
    7.3
    8 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pantheon
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    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Contentful and Pantheon
    Feature
    Contentful
    8.0
    9 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pantheon
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    API8.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Contentful and Pantheon
    Feature
    Contentful
    7.7
    10 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Pantheon
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    WYSIWYG editor7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Contentful and Pantheon
    Feature
    Contentful
    8.0
    9 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pantheon
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    Content taxonomy8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score6.8 out of 10
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    Score7.4 out of 10
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    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ContentfulPantheon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (68 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.8
    (29 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    ContentfulPantheon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Pantheon
    Pantheon is excellent for medium-large websites that require high availability and a managed workflow. It would be inappropriate for small websites because of the cost or for situations where more control of the environment is appropriate. We find it useful because we rarely do anything outside of the Drupal application.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    Pantheon
    • Effective use of our codebase deployment and implementation.
    • The dashboard functionality and general stability and security are excellent.
    • The server is quite consistent, and if you need assistance from the support team, they are very quick to respond.
    • Automatic updates let me ensure that my customers have safe websites without increasing my own expense.
    • The team offers excellent assistance and help for chat.
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    Cons
    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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    Pantheon
    • Pricing structure has too large of a jump between Basic and Performance plans
    • Have run into issues with prescribed WP updates not working through dashboard and having to do manually.
    • Pantheon site dashboard occasionally is unavailable (the site is never affected though)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Contentful
    No answers on this topic
    Pantheon
    The environment is stable and we have not had any issues/downtime. The annual cost is reasonable.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Contentful
    No answers on this topic
    Pantheon
    Pantheon is an easy system, especially to the users with previous experience with other similar platform and the interface is clear enough to easily understand how things operates. On the Cloud deployment everything also works effectively and the technical team from Pantheon community are very helpful on providing the necessary assistant to their customers.
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    Support Rating
    Contentful
    No answers on this topic
    Pantheon
    Even tier 1 Pantheon chat and ticket support are knowledgeable, competent, and useful. They routinely understand and promptly resolve urgent, complex, and/or unusual issues that other hosts need to escalate to tier 2 or tier 3 support personnel. I honestly can't think of a truly negative or disappointing support experience in the years I've used Pantheon hosting for client websites.
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    Implementation Rating
    Contentful
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    Pantheon
    Once the environments were up and running, the implementation was easy to synchronize with latest data prior to switchover.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Pantheon
    Although it may seem a good fit for a company that needs extra control over the deployment process and development process, for a firm that is mainly concentrating on SEO, it would be an overkill. Pantheon provides that sweet automation that allows us to shed some weight on development and focus on our business activities.
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Pantheon
    • Pantheon allows ordinary sites to excel esp if there is consistent development going on behind the scenes.
    • Website management is super easy and the hosting fee gets paid off as you save on developer hours.
    • Expensive for those who are not consistently developing on the platform, there are other options out there at better price points.
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    Screenshot of Find out in seconds if your site is ready to launch. Use Launch Check to get recommendations and discover site issues fast with our report based on over 50 automated checks.Screenshot of Our Developer Dashboard has everything you need to build, launch, and run Drupal and WordPress sites. Interface via SFTP or Git, deploy and scale your sites, and access tools like backups and one-click core updates. Easily add team members and control access.