Adobe Experience Manager vs OpenText Content Manager comparison

Cancel
You must select at least 2 products to compare!
Adobe Logo
1,284 views|828 comparisons
93% willing to recommend
OpenText Logo
1,893 views|885 comparisons
85% willing to recommend
Comparison Buyer's Guide
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Adobe Experience Manager and OpenText Content Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Content Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Adobe Experience Manager vs. OpenText Content Manager Report (Updated: May 2024).
771,170 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Featured Review
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"It is easy to learn. You don't need to be an advanced Java developer.""Adobe Experience Manager is a content management system, and we use it to create and manage a website.""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.""Easy to work with the solution.""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.""I've used several CMS tools, but Adobe Experience Manager is feature-rich, especially for web security and content management. It's more efficient to manage content on Adobe Experience Manager, and you can do a lot with it, such as updating content at any time, and on any platform, even from mobile or tablet. Adobe Experience Manager is still getting updated daily, and it's the best CMS tool in the market for me. I like that you can manage assets in Adobe Experience Manager. I also like that the solution has an analytics dashboard that shows you where the traffic comes from, how many clicks come from a specific location, the number of clicks and impressions, etc. Adobe Experience Manager can be accessed by other teams, for example, the digital media department of my company, so the solution can be used and updated per each team's requirement. Adobe Experience Manager is more than just a web developer tool, as it also allows visibility tracking and has other uses. I also like that the GUI for Adobe Experience Manager is straightforward and catchy. It has separate folders and icons, so using Adobe Experience Manager isn't tough. The solution is straightforward to use and handle.""Adobe Experience Manager is quite a powerful product that you can use to design files and export them."

More Adobe Experience Manager Pros →

"The product can be integrated with different solutions.""The tool's implementation has made life easier for customers. It is sold by SAP. The integration between SAP and the solution is good, making it easy to access the documents. It is widely recognized as a market leader in enterprise document management.""We like how the solution allows us to have retention of records and workflows, as well as its fire plan.""An advantage is integration with your IP directory.""I did not face issues with the product's scalability...The solution's technical support is good.""It has a robust search but has often been difficult for people to learn."

More OpenText Content Manager Pros →

Cons
"In comparison to other CMS products, Adobe Experience Manager is missing some capabilities such as proper versioning or a better versioning system and backend connectivity. If something is deleted in AEM, the user cannot recover it. You have to call technical support, and they will need to recover the whole instance. So, it's really difficult. For example, if you delete a page, you cannot recover it. There should be an option to recover it. In AEM, you have to go to the previous state of the instance itself or the virtual machine, and you have to restore everything, which is not good.""Tool-wise, the Adobe Experience Manager support team is not very responsive when the user face issues in AEM as a Cloud Service.""Adobe Experience Manager's pricing could be improved.""I haven't seen any areas for improvement in Adobe Experience Manager as it's a full-fledged CMS tool, and Adobe is already working on enhancements for the solution. Adobe is working to make Adobe Experience Manager more valuable and easier to use for any user, even non-technical ones, through multiple components and templates. Day by day, Adobe provides the latest update to Adobe Experience Manager, and if my team needs any particular change, it just needs to be reported to the Adobe team. As Adobe Experience Manager has a broad scope and a lot of use cases and features, it's a solution that requires some time and effort from you in terms of learning, especially if you're implementing it for different clients, which could be an area for improvement.""The solution's pricing and stability 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.""Programming model could be improved, it's a monolithic solution."

More Adobe Experience Manager Cons →

"OpenText Content Manager needs to improve its user interface. Its installation process is difficult and can be made easier.""The ease of use should be addressed.""The product could improve its scalability.""The stability of the solution is an area of concern where improvements can be made.""Support could be enhanced. The first line of support consists of individuals who lack experience with some key aspects. When you create a support ticket, the time to resolve the issue may be prolonged because the first person may not understand the system or the solution.""Due to very limited use in the industry, vendor and contract support are hard to find."

More OpenText Content Manager Cons →

Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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."
  • "Users have to pay a yearly licensing fee to use the solution, which is highly-priced."
  • More Adobe Experience Manager Pricing and Cost Advice →

  • "I would suggest that you do a thorough evaluation of all competing products and look for support for these products in your local area."
  • "The fees incurred are for the licensing and maintenance."
  • "I rate the product price an eight or nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive. The solution is expensive."
  • "The solution's licensing cost depends on the customer domain. Though its costs are high, the product is worth the money. You have to pay a one-time cost and support costs."
  • More OpenText Content Manager Pricing and Cost Advice →

    report
    Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Enterprise Content Management solutions are best for your needs.
    771,170 professionals have used our research since 2012.
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It is easy to learn. You don't need to be an advanced Java developer.
    Top Answer:Area of improvement for Cloud Service: For the last four years, I've been working on AEM as a Cloud Service. I feel the tool has all the features needed for production, but the problem is with skills… more »
    Top Answer:It's a powerful content management system – there's really no competitor in the market right now. The main use case is digital marketing. For example, if you have offers you want to publish… more »
    Top Answer:An advantage is integration with your IP directory.
    Top Answer:The solution's licensing cost depends on the customer domain. Though its costs are high, the product is worth the money. You have to pay a one-time cost and support costs. You will have to pay more… more »
    Top Answer:Support could be enhanced. The first line of support consists of individuals who lack experience with some key aspects. When you create a support ticket, the time to resolve the issue may be prolonged… more »
    Ranking
    Views
    1,284
    Comparisons
    828
    Reviews
    6
    Average Words per Review
    635
    Rating
    8.2
    Views
    1,893
    Comparisons
    885
    Reviews
    4
    Average Words per Review
    410
    Rating
    8.3
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Adobe Day CQ5, Ektron Social Marketing, Episerver Content Cloud
    Micro Focus Content Manager, HPE Records Manager, HPE Content Manager
    Learn More
    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. 

    OpenText Content Manager, formerly Records Manager, is a governance-based enterprise content management system designed to help government agencies, regulated industries and global organizations manage their business content from creation to disposal. Regardless of how you create and collaborate on your content, Content Manager gives you the ability to leverage accurate, contextual, and complete information throughout its lifecycle. Managing your content in this way helps you significantly improve services to your customers, business decisions and insight for future strategy.

    Sample Customers
    Metra
    Missouri State Courts
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization41%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    REVIEWERS
    Government58%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Non Profit8%
    Non Tech Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government20%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise46%
    Large Enterprise43%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise30%
    Large Enterprise35%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise54%
    Buyer's Guide
    Adobe Experience Manager vs. OpenText Content Manager
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Adobe Experience Manager vs. OpenText Content Manager and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    771,170 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Adobe Experience Manager is ranked 7th in Enterprise Content Management with 16 reviews while OpenText Content Manager is ranked 10th in Enterprise Content Management with 21 reviews. Adobe Experience Manager is rated 7.8, while OpenText Content Manager is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Adobe Experience Manager writes "A powerful product that can be used for user experience, product design, and user journeys". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Content Manager writes "A document management system that integrates well with SAP, Salesforce and Oracle ". Adobe Experience Manager is most compared with Adobe CQ5, Liferay Digital Experience Platform, SharePoint, WordPress and SDL Tridion DX, whereas OpenText Content Manager is most compared with SharePoint, OpenText Extended ECM, OpenText Documentum, IBM FileNet and Microsoft Purview Records Management. See our Adobe Experience Manager vs. OpenText Content Manager report.

    See our list of best Enterprise Content Management vendors.

    We monitor all Enterprise Content Management reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.