Contentful vs. Square Online

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Contentful
Score 6.2 out of 10
N/A
Contentful 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.
$300
per month
Square Online
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Square Online (formerly Weebly) is a basic content management system with blogging and eCommerce features. It can be utilized for building standard websites or specialized webpages for online stores.
$13
per month
Pricing
ContentfulSquare Online
Editions & Modules
Lite
$300
per month
Community
Free
Enterprise
Custom
Personal
$13
per month
Professional
$16
per month
Performance
$29
per month
Free
Free
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ContentfulSquare Online
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing decreases when paid annually: Personal - $10/Month Professional - $12/Month Performance - $26/Month
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Community Pulse
ContentfulSquare Online
Features
ContentfulSquare Online
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
7.3
Ratings
10% below category average
Square Online
5.4
Ratings
40% below category average
Role-based user permissions7.30 Ratings5.40 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.0
Ratings
5% above category average
Square Online
6.4
Ratings
17% below category average
API8.30 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language7.70 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
7.7
Ratings
0% below category average
Square Online
7.5
Ratings
3% below category average
WYSIWYG editor7.30 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.50 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Admin section8.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Page templates7.60 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Library of website themes7.50 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design7.70 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Form generator7.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Contentful
8.0
Ratings
8% above category average
Square Online
6.8
Ratings
8% below category average
Content taxonomy8.00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
SEO support7.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Bulk management7.70 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.50 Ratings5.70 Ratings
Community / comment management9.00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
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User Ratings
ContentfulSquare Online
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(0 ratings)
7.5
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ContentfulSquare Online
Likelihood to Recommend
Coming from WordPress, Contentful feels like content management as it should be. There's no clutter to get rid of, you can simply start building from scratch, and the end product is perfectly tailored to your or your clients needs.
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Weebly is a great platform if you need a brochure-ware website. It's got some great features and you can't beat how easy it is to use. On the downside, the blog and e-commerce functionality is limited. Although there are several fairly easy to use platforms out there, I use it for many of my clients that are just starting out or need one they can eventually manage and update themselves as their businesses evolve -- which is especially true in the beginning or at the startup of a business. However, it can also scale, since you can create almost any number of pages and add content like audio and video. Additional functionality may be added through embeds.
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Pros
  • Contentful provides organized, flexible data models with support for a variety of data types and content editors (e.g. WYSIWYGs, form fields, raw text areas).
  • Contentful has great built-in versioning features with history and draft states so it's easy to make updates and revert when needed.
  • Contentful has an intuitive user interface and good support for multiple spaces (which can be helpful for companies that need separate projects for dev/staging/production).
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  • Weebly makes it easy for users who are not very tech savvy to create a site that looks professional and well thought out.
  • Weebly provides users with a variety of templates for creating new pages quickly and efficiently.
  • The software allows users to make updates to their site and pages quickly and changes are published immediately.
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Cons
  • Preview of changes prior to publishing
  • The ability to use a spell check plug-in when working on content (it doesn't work well with Grammarly)
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  • Plugins leave a lot to be desired. Not a ton of custom options and many require additional subscriptions.
  • SEO options are also pretty elementary - if SEO if a focus for you, avoid Weebly
  • Overall templates are pretty boring compared to something you could create on WordPress
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Likelihood to Renew
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Weebly is consistently adding features that line up with our needs. The ease of use makes it the perfect program for us since we have users of multiple age brackets and knowledge of web design. We love that we can give users access to only the pages they are affiliated with
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Usability
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Very easy to use and intuitive to design after all of our business needs. From the website and POS system to how we represent ourselves internally and to our customers... Square is second-to-none in helping our business and others in our same boat become the kind of businesses we want to be when it comes to our inventory and sales of these kinds of products.
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Alternatives Considered
Contentful was affordable and much simpler than the Java based systems and preferred over a PHP solution
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Overall, Weebly is a fantastic app to integrate into the classroom or school setting. I usually give students an option when designing web pages/websites and Weebly is often the choice. However, when it comes to pure blogging and older students learning how to track their digital footprint, I usually lean toward having them use WordPress. But Weebly is simpler with less time needed to get started as opposed to WordPress. Students need to understand simple HTML, embedding other tools/apps, and the basics of web design without the coding/HTML background and Weebly helps support this.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • Weebly has saved us a lot of time with site maintenance - if we need to make a change, it's easy to get in and out without spending a lot of time trying to code.
  • Weebly is cost effective, and right now we're getting just about everything we need from the tool so we're saving money (compared to other products).
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