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Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) pros and cons

Vendor: Acquia
4.0 out of 5
 

Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) Pros review quotes

Adrian Campanelli - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Realmedia Network
Nov 6, 2024
One of the most valuable aspects is working with a recognized firm, which sometimes surpasses the commercial and marketing requirements for big customers.
Lisa Stephens - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Dean, SEAS Online at University at Buffalo (UB)
Nov 12, 2024
Every user is almost like a mini administrator, which spoke well to how they were connected globally.
Iyas Hamadet - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect / Technical Officer at SQLI
Nov 19, 2024
Content Hub provides a centralized way to manage content.
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SK
Software Associate at Wipro Limited
Dec 2, 2024
Acquia ensures we always have the latest releases available, which is a positive step forward in growth.
TS
Founder at a wholesaler/distributor with 51-200 employees
Mar 10, 2026
Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) has positively impacted my organization by improving speed to market, where opening up a new country allowed us to put the content together very rapidly, reducing the time from a good three months previously down to six to eight weeks.
reviewer2808222 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Mar 10, 2026
Building pages using Site Studio components was very easy, and using Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) for our website and project was really great.
Talish Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Drupal Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 11, 2026
After migrating to DXP, the results were dramatic, including a 70-plus percent increase in conversion rate and a 30-plus percent increase in online booking revenue.
Mark Aceves - PeerSpot reviewer
digital product owner
Mar 11, 2026
Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) offers the ability to provide a managed services cloud hosting environment for Drupal CMS, which is an open-source platform and can be a challenge to maintain independently due to the frequent updating and security patching required.
AA
Software Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 22, 2026
Because for every new site that I have to spin up, it uses the same governed components, it makes it faster, launches with zero brand drift, and editors never need a developer for day-to-day page building.
 

Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) Cons review quotes

Adrian Campanelli - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Realmedia Network
Nov 6, 2024
One area for improvement is the way Acquia sizes their platform for customers, which can be quite ambiguous and often results in penalties after doing business.
Lisa Stephens - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Dean, SEAS Online at University at Buffalo (UB)
Nov 12, 2024
Once the site was originally developed, it needed to be transferred onto Acquia, which was quite a task.
Iyas Hamadet - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect / Technical Officer at SQLI
Nov 19, 2024
In Site Factory, the provisioning of environments can take time.
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SK
Software Associate at Wipro Limited
Dec 2, 2024
In terms of scalability, Acquia is not suitable for e-commerce; it's more suited for content publishing and marketing websites.
TS
Founder at a wholesaler/distributor with 51-200 employees
Mar 10, 2026
One area where Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) can be improved is the cost structure, as it's quite an expensive solution for what it is.
reviewer2808222 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Mar 10, 2026
We faced loading issues, performance issues, and some kind of optimization issues on some pages.
Talish Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Drupal Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 11, 2026
One of the improvements needed for Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) involves platform sizing and pricing transparency, which is the most consistent complaint I have seen across various clients.
Mark Aceves - PeerSpot reviewer
digital product owner
Mar 11, 2026
My experience with customer support for Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) was terrible.
AA
Software Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 22, 2026
Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) can be improved because sometimes it takes a lot of time.