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Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) vs Salesforce Community Cloud comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Acquia Digital Experience P...
Ranking in Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Community Cloud
Ranking in Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
5th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Community Platforms (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) category, the mindshare of Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) is 2.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Community Cloud is 5.7%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP)2.4%
Salesforce Community Cloud5.7%
Other91.9%
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
 

Featured Reviews

AA
Software Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Site building has become faster and code deployments are managed smoothly across environments
In my opinion, one of the best features Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) offers is Site Studio. 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. Site Studio helps my team launch sites faster because, for example, when I have a new site from the client that needs to be added as a sub-site into the main branch, I don't have to do much. I can use the existing base and speed up the process by using it. It makes it really easy for me to do that with Site Studio. Sometimes it can be a little tricky, but in my case, it makes the process a little bit faster. Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) has positively impacted my organization because it eased the process.
Julio Divietro - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer success manger at Peletex
Helps us with sales management of customer life cycles with good business intelligence
Our primary use case for the solution is sales management of customer life cycles. We deploy the solution on cloud The stability and ease of use are valuable. Additionally, the granularity of the tool provides a great experience because of the several variables we can manage during the process.…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Before using Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP), we might manage two projects a year, but now we can deliver four to five projects and provide more features for each client."
"Acquia ensures we always have the latest releases available, which is a positive step forward in growth."
"Building pages using Site Studio components was very easy, and using Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) for our website and project was really great."
"Content Hub provides a centralized way to manage content."
"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."
"The best feature of Acquia is its deployment capabilities and the DX product, which recently released a new framework called DX Acquia."
"Every user is almost like a mini administrator, which spoke well to how they were connected globally."
"One of the most valuable aspects is working with a recognized firm, which sometimes surpasses the commercial and marketing requirements for big customers."
"All the business intelligence included in the tool gives more information about the cycle of the sales stage."
"What I found most valuable in Salesforce CRM is its reporting feature because it's extensive and it's very accurate. I also like that you can move opportunities by stages. I find that feature very important and very useful because it helps you understand where opportunities get stuck, and at what stage it is currently."
 

Cons

"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."
"In Site Factory, the provisioning of environments can take time."
"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."
"In terms of scalability, Acquia is not suitable for e-commerce; it's more suited for content publishing and marketing websites."
"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."
"Once the site was originally developed, it needed to be transferred onto Acquia, which was quite a task."
"My experience with customer support for Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) was terrible."
"In terms of scalability, Acquia is not suitable for e-commerce; it's more suited for content publishing and marketing websites."
"An area for improvement in Salesforce CRM is that there's still a lot of manual input you need to make. If it could pick up things automatically from an email and auto-populate, that would make the tool better. Another area for improvement is that the Salesforce CRM connector for G-suite does not work effectively."
"The user interface can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Pricing for Salesforce CRM is extremely expensive."
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Company Size

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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP)?
Acquia licensing works on a yearly subscription basis. The subscription amount is typically covered by the client as part of the agreement. I'm not sure about the current pricing, but it was a year...
What needs improvement with Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP)?
In terms of scalability, Acquia is not suitable for e-commerce; it's more suited for content publishing and marketing websites. Due to security concerns, Acquia and Drupal have not gained strength ...
What is your primary use case for Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP)?
I use Acquia primarily for front-end development and building reusable components. We employ a model approach with the paragraph model to build reusable components and layout builders. We also util...
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Sample Customers

ABInBev, MARS, Bayer, and more.
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