Adobe Experience Manager vs IBM Watson Real-Time Personalization comparison

The compared Adobe and IBM 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. IBM is ranked #25 in CEM , and holds a 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Adobe users are willing to recommend the solution.

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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)

IBM Watson Real-Time Person...

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Customer Experience Management (25th), Personalization Engines (22nd)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Customer Relationship Management 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.
IBM Watson Real-Time Personalization, on the other hand, focuses on Customer Experience Management, holds 1.2% mindshare, down 2.4% since last year.

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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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Educational Organization

14%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

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Large Enterprise

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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

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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.

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Watson Real-Time Personalization helps digital marketers improve customer experience and makes personalization easier by learning through each interaction and delivering the right content to each visitor in the context of their previous interactions with the brand.

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Sample Customers

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