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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Progress Sitefinity

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AProgress Sitefinity is a content management and customer analytics platform. It supports content management, tailored marketing, multi-channel management, and ecommerce sites.N/A

    Squiz Digital Experience Platform

    Score5.2 out of 10
    N/ASquiz DXP is a platform for creating websites, personalized journeys, and optimized experiences. It includes tools marketers can use – from content management, AI search, and conversational AI to personalization, forms, and integrations – to build and optimize intelligent sites.N/A
    Pricing
    Progress SitefinitySquiz Digital Experience Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Progress SitefinitySquiz Digital Experience Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Progress SitefinitySquiz Digital Experience Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Progress Software
    Chose Progress Sitefinity
    We evaluated a range of other platforms before selecting Progress Sitefinity. While many other platforms had a powerful range of features, Progress Sitefinity provided to be a comparable product at a price far more suited to our budget. Above all else, its ease of use gained …
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    Squiz
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Progress SitefinitySquiz Digital Experience Platform
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Progress Sitefinity and Squiz Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.1
    163 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Squiz Digital Experience Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.1163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Progress Sitefinity and Squiz Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.1
    144 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Squiz Digital Experience Platform
    -
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    API8.1137 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.1106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Progress Sitefinity and Squiz Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.0
    170 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Squiz Digital Experience Platform
    -
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    WYSIWYG editor8.1160 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.0151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section8.0168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates8.1164 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes8.0104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design8.0155 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.1152 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator8.0140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Progress Sitefinity and Squiz Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    Progress Sitefinity
    8.0
    164 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Squiz Digital Experience Platform
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    Content taxonomy8.1157 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support8.1151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management8.0122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions8.0130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management8.0121 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Progress SitefinitySquiz Digital Experience Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (171 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.2
    (7 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Progress SitefinitySquiz Digital Experience Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Progress Software
    Progress Sitefinity remains a little heavyweight for sites that require basic text content, or a limited number of pages. However, its flexibility (including the range of different content types if supports) make it a good choice for any organization requiring advanced content management capabilities at an affordable price.
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    Squiz
    Working with a large amount of web content where there is a need to focus on related content.
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    Pros
    Progress Software
    • 'Low-code structured content' (dynamic content types) is one of Sitefinity's most powerful features that allows you to structure content according to business needs, while at the same time dampening editorial freedom to ensure accessibility, meta enhancement, SEO and API consumption can be achieved.
    • Sitefinity's content provider model allows us to flexibly (by means of admin interface) easily aggregate or separate content sharing within a multi-site instance.
    • This proofs particularly powerful in emerging situations where there suddenly is a demand for content sharing across countries or regions.
    • Adaptability at its core.
    • While there's never a perfect fit for everything, it allows for easy code customization and extension being a .NET application at heart. Giving it a corporate edge over other custom solutions, whether it is on the development side or deployment side (on premise, IaaS or Azure DevOps Paas). And it has enabled us to put the system to use in its core feature - which is to manage content, where on other occasions we were able to take full advantage of its features such as A/B testing and personalization.
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    Squiz
    • Speed and efficiency
    • Roles and content control
    • Related content
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    Cons
    Progress Software
    • Diagram or illustrate more use cases for server setups, and managing of upgrades.
    • I'd like to see the ability to synchronize from one server to multiple others at once.
    • Implementation assistance as part of the purchase rather than farming out to 3rd party, although they did answer every question we asked in order to determine our best architecture setup.
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    Squiz
    • User Interface was good but heavy, with Java powering the backbone I recall finding this somewhat troublesome at the time.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Progress Software
    Pricing makes this a no brainer. Not the best CMS, but with work arounds and some fumbling around we are able to make it do what we want it to do
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    Squiz
    I don't work with Squiz any more so it's difficult to say, that said, the site is still running on the same CMS so obviously it's still considered a great platform
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    Usability
    Progress Software
    Very big fan of this CMS, as it allows scalability, performance, and everything else. The support is great whenever we need it. As a marketer, the digital/marketing side of things is very easy to use and we've seen strong results from an SEO and marketing perspective. I can't speak to the developer/creative side too much, but in talking with these teams, they do recommend the tool as well.
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    Squiz
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    Reliability and Availability
    Progress Software
    Has been solid for us on availability
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    Squiz
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Progress Software
    A bit sluggish sometimes as the compiler works.
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    Squiz
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Progress Software
    Support can be pretty good, even though, depending on the level of licensing, it can take longer to hear back from their team. They do have a phone option, which works well. Overall, they are knowledgeable, and helpful when needed. At times, support is able to access the system directly and troubleshoot critical items when needed.
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    Squiz
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Progress Software
    N/A - I was not part of the implementation team. We have had this internally for over 5 years. Based on my experience, ensure that you have documentation on the initial implementation and subsequent upgrades. I would also recommend to have all the documentation on how and why the system was implemented the way it was
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    Squiz
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    Alternatives Considered
    Progress Software
    It is hands down just easier for our customers to use. The interface and the page builder experience is much better than what we have used in the past and has many enterprise features even in the lower price-point
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    Squiz
    Easier to work with
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    Scalability
    Progress Software
    Seems pretty scalable.
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    Squiz
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Progress Software
    • Sitefinity has reduced the amount of time it takes to edit and publish content, which has enabled us to get information out more quickly.
    • Sitefinity allowed us to establish a consistent and modern brand identity and apply it across multiple websites.
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    Squiz
    • Having a single powerful CMS platform that would integrate a number of organisations that had recently merged - Squiz was a big part of bringing our web architecture together gracefully.
    • Increased employee efficiency
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    ScreenShots

    Progress Sitefinity Screenshots

    Screenshot of Engage your audience with thoughtful, relevant content. Your marketing team can create and manage content faster and easier than ever before with inline drag-and-drop editing, requiring no help from your web team.Screenshot of Create a truly global solution that provides consistent experiences and unmatched performance across brands, regions and languages. Reduce maintenance and hosting infrastructure by managing multiple websites from a single platform. Reduce time to market and deploy changes faster with content and code synchronization between websites and environments.Screenshot of Increase revenue with a personalized, connected experience between your website and online store. Easily manage your product catalogs, price lists, shopping cart and checkout process. Connect to cloud services for accurate real-time tax and shipping rates. Integrate with your ERP and other business systems to improve and automate inventory management, order fulfillment and customer support throughout the product lifecycle.Screenshot of Increase conversions and generate more leads with 1:1 conversations with your customers. Create, preview and deliver personalized experiences at a massive scale with amazingly easy to use tools. Analyze and optimize the experience with the help of contextual analytics and A/B testing solutions.Screenshot of Analyze cross-channel data to get a detailed view of content and campaign performance. Gather data on visitors and build persona segments and track their behavior on your site. Get ML-driven recommendations for the next best update to introduce into your journey.

    Squiz Digital Experience Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Squiz’s visual page builder. Non-technical users can use pre-built components to spin up a page in minutes. Edit visually on the page and generate variants for A/B testing.Screenshot of the Personalization capability in Squiz’s visual page builder. Maximize user engagement by delivering tailored content to different segments of your audience.Screenshot of a library of pre-built components to implement design systems and reuse content across sites.Screenshot of Squiz’s content auditing tools that help you assess and prepare your content for AI-readiness.Screenshot of an example of a conversational search experience powered by Squiz Funnelback Search.Screenshot of Squiz’s drag-and-drop form builder.