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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Experience Manager

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Experience Manager is a combined web content management system and digital asset management system. The combined applications of Adobe Experience Manager Sites and Adobe Experience Manager Assets is offered by the vendor as an end-to-end solution for managing and delivering marketing content.N/A

    RWS Tridion Sites

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ARWS Tridion Sites provides web content management capabilities, connecting people, processes, and information across teams, brands, and markets, to deliver impactful online experiences globally. RWS Tridion Sites' DPX platform enables the use of either traditional or headless publishing. It includes advanced features such as automated personalization, multilingual capabilities and Semantic AI. The BluePrinting® technology at the core of RWS Tridion Sites simplifies reuse and…N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe Experience ManagerRWS Tridion Sites
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Experience ManagerRWS Tridion Sites
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Experience ManagerRWS Tridion Sites
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    RWS Group
    Chose RWS Tridion Sites
    Adobe CQ is SDL Tridion main competitor. Sitecore is designed for smaller companys. Adobe CQ is all java and thus has limitations. Sitecore is also all .net and has limitations. Both use a dynamic model and everything is compiled at runtime. SDL Tridion can be published in a …
    Chose RWS Tridion Sites
    Adobe does a great job in managing sites. Its user interface for authors is intuitive and leaps and bounds better than SDL Tridions new 2013 UI. The ease of install and management makes Adobe CQ a much better product. However, Adobe CQ (AEM) has limitations. It cannot scale as …
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    126 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    99 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    129 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    85 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Adobe Experience ManagerRWS Tridion Sites
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Adobe Experience Manager and RWS Tridion Sites
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    8.4
    38 Ratings
    2% above category average
    RWS Tridion Sites
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Role-based user permissions8.438 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Adobe Experience Manager and RWS Tridion Sites
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    8.0
    33 Ratings
    4% below category average
    RWS Tridion Sites
    9.1
    8 Ratings
    18% above category average
    API7.829 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.129 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Adobe Experience Manager and RWS Tridion Sites
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    7.5
    38 Ratings
    2% below category average
    RWS Tridion Sites
    8.5
    8 Ratings
    10% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor7.433 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness6.734 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Admin section7.034 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Page templates7.637 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.326 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.835 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.135 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Form generator7.629 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Adobe Experience Manager and RWS Tridion Sites
    Feature
    Adobe Experience Manager
    7.3
    37 Ratings
    1% above category average
    RWS Tridion Sites
    7.6
    8 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Content taxonomy7.731 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    SEO support7.133 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Bulk management7.236 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.534 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Community / comment management7.130 Ratings3.03 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Adobe Experience ManagerRWS Tridion Sites
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (85 ratings)
    9.9
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    6.3
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (50 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe Experience ManagerRWS Tridion Sites
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    I'll answer the second one because I mean, the first one I don't have an issue with. The second scenario is we oftentimes have the need to spin off very small campaign style sites or sites that generate leads but are unbranded and that sort of thing. So that's hard to do in AEM because you have to then create another organization within AEM to do that. And we're talking about sites that are maybe five to 10 pages in size. So we've been investigating Edge, but then that's a different workflow, so we'd have to train people on that. So it would be nice if there was something within the AEM structure that could allow you to do something very similar to Edge, where you make some small micro sites that are not necessarily branded, that you could still host within the platform and not have to retrain everybody on a completely different platform.
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    RWS Group
    No answers on this topic
    Pros
    Adobe
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    RWS Group
    • Makes it easy to spin up a new site quickly
    • Allows for numerous users to work on the same site without conflicting with each other's changes
    • Allows you to unpublish changes or revert to old versions if you make a mistake
    • Allows you to time publishing actions (for example, you can set it to happen overnight)
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    Cons
    Adobe
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    RWS Group
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    We had and still have a fantastic experience using Adobe CQ. Lots of flexibility, great integration with other Adobe products we already use and a powerful technology make it a great fit for our corporate environment. Also as the community grows, it makes it easier to network with other developers and users to get new ideas on how to continue to get the best out of the software.
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    RWS Group
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Adobe
    It depends if it is from an administrator point of view or from a business content author point of view. I think from business author point of view the solution is good and with the GEN AI capabilities coming it is doing better and better, however from an administration point of view there are still a lot of improvements to ease the maintenance of user access management and as well as the integration configuration aspect.
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    RWS Group
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
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    RWS Group
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    Performance
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    RWS Group
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
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    RWS Group
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    Depending on your individual needs, It is really quite simple to create an authoring experience for a website that looks really good. I have been part of many implementations and many teams and have seen many projects that were super successful and others that were not implemented well. AEM has room for a lot of flexibility in the implementation process compared to other CMS like SharePoint
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    RWS Group
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
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    RWS Group
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    RWS Group
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    Professional Services
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    RWS Group
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    RWS Group
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Experience Manager Screenshots

    Screenshot of AEM Forms - Creates an adaptive formScreenshot of AEM Forms - themes libraryScreenshot of AEM Forms - where to create a templateScreenshot of AEM Forms - the interactive communications editorScreenshot of Adobe Experience Manager Sites - document-based authoring enables marketers to create and publish content with familiar tools.Screenshot of Adobe Experience Manager Sites - Universal Editor, an advanced visual editor, empowers marketers to edit and publish content.