Adobe Experience Manager vs HCL Verse comparison

The compared Adobe and HCLSoftware solutions aren't in the same category. Adobe is ranked #7 in ECM , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 3.0% mindshare in the category. HCLSoftware is ranked #13 in EA , and holds a 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Adobe users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of HCLSoftware users who would recommend it.

Adobe Experience Manager

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95% willing to recommend

HCL Verse

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Adobe Experience Manager

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Content Management (7th), Web Content Management (2nd), Enterprise Social Software (5th), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (1st)

HCL Verse

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Email Applications (13th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Adobe Experience Manager is designed for Enterprise Content Management and holds a mindshare of 3.0%, up 3.0% compared to last year.
HCL Verse, on the other hand, focuses on Email Applications, holds 1.5% mindshare, up 1.4% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Thomas Becker

Managing Partner(Austria) at a integrator with 11-50 employees

Impressive integration of customer behavior with an easy setup and okay support

I've worked with all major content management systems. Currently, I work with the leaders such as Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore, and Acquia Working with big companies, I help them either consider setting up a new content management system or address issues they might have with their existing…

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Marcos Roberto Silva

Diretor at MASTERDOM

Stable, scalable, and good interface

HCL Verse has a nice interface and it is a practical email solution. There are a diverse set of features, such as the search bar on top of the screens. The usability from the old applications to the new version has been very good. It was great that we were able to migrate applications from the older version to the new one.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Adobe Experience Manager is a content management system, and we use it to create and manage a website."

"The integration of customer behavior and website setup is impressive."

"It's a complete package. You don't need to look elsewhere for digital marketing."

"I like the native applications such as Adobe Target, Adobe Analytics, and Adobe Experience Platform. Because of these, it's very easy to connect and obtain reports on how my website is doing, how many have visited it, how frequently, etc. The multiple publisher concept is one of the best parts of this solution."

"It is easy to learn. You don't need to be an advanced Java developer."

"The most valuable features of Adobe Experience Manager include its capability to manage content and create reusable fragments."

"The integration of customer behavior and website setup is impressive."

"If you want to use content in a mobile application and you want the content in some other application, you can simply expose it from the CMS to different clients or different systems. It's easy. On top of that, the technology underlying AEM is open-source and is very powerful like Apache Sling and JCR."

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"The most valuable feature is the mail server."

"HCL Verse has a nice interface and it is a practical email solution. There are a diverse set of features, such as the search bar on top of the screens."

Cons

"Adobe Experience Manager's pricing could be improved."

"The latest trend is to render everything in the client-side framework. For example, SPA or single page application. This is a feature that needs improvement. The cloud deployment pipeline needs to be improved as well."

"The solution's pricing and stability could be improved."

"There is a feature missing where if content is created on the UAT environment and needs to be transferred or synced to the production environment, there is no direct way of doing the sync."

"Tool-wise, the Adobe Experience Manager support team is not very responsive when the user face issues in AEM as a Cloud Service."

"A little bit of background knowledge of coding and website structure is required."

"The licensing model is opaque, and technical support could be improved, especially for smaller companies."

"The licenses are very expensive."

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"Security is very important to us, so improvements to this functionality are welcome."

"The solution could improve by allowing us to use a color that we want in the editing boxes."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Users have to pay a yearly licensing fee to use the solution, which is highly-priced."

"It's really costly."

"There's a free trial for one month for Adobe Experience Manager, which you can use for learning purposes, then, after the trial period, you'll need to purchase the license. Adobe offers a few plans for Adobe Experience Manager, but I'm unaware of how much my company is paying."

"It's a costly solution. I would rate the price at two out of five on a scale from one to five, where one is the most expensive and five is the most competitive."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"This is an affordable solution but the price could be improved."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

25%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

18%

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Adobe Experience Manager?

It is easy to learn. You don't need to be an advanced Java developer.

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What needs improvement with Adobe Experience Manager?

The content is created as Adobe Experience Manager has an author, publisher, and dispatcher. However, there is a feature missing where if content is created on the UAT environment and needs to be t...

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What is your primary use case for Adobe Experience Manager?

We are working on digital experience platforms such as Adobe Experience Manager or Sitefinity. It's for powering their customer-facing website, not the transaction portal, but the brochureware port...

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Also Known As

Adobe Day CQ5, Ektron Social Marketing, Episerver Content Cloud

Verse, IBM Verse

Overview

Adobe Communique 5 (Adobe CQ5), currently manifested as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), is a web-based content management system which is developed to help businesses in offering high-end digital experience to their customers.

Adobe

IBM Verse is a powerful email hosting solution that enables users to access their business communications from a laptop or desktop browser or from a mobile device. This email and business messaging experience is based on an innovative user-centric design, including social analytics and advanced search capabilities. IBM Verse helps users quickly find and focus on what content is most important, empowering them to build stronger working relationships while optimizing business results.

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Metra

Canon Marketing Japan Inc., Australian Trade Commission, BTC, Havas, Canal Barge Co.Inc., RAVInvest, Elemental Path, WDR mediagroup

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