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Adobe Experience Manager vs Wix comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Adobe Experience Manager
Ranking in Web Content Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (8th), Enterprise Social Software (5th), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (1st)
Wix
Ranking in Web Content Management
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Web Hosting Services (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Adobe Experience Manager is 10.8%, down from 12.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Wix is 1.5%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Adobe Experience Manager10.8%
Wix1.5%
Other87.7%
Web Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Thomas Becker - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
Paul Akinleye - PeerSpot reviewer
An affordable solution that can be used to create or design websites
I work as a freelancer and use Wix to create websites based on my client's needs I like the solution's responsiveness, usability, and user interface. The solution’s scalability can be improved. I have been using Wix since 2021. I rate Wix an eight out of ten for stability. I rate Wix a seven…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The integration of customer behavior and website setup is impressive."
"The search capability in Adobe Experience Manager is superior, as search capabilities are determined by the metadata, and it also has metadata automation using AI."
"Adobe Experience Manager is quite a powerful product that you can use to design files and export them."
"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."
"The integration of customer behavior and website setup is impressive."
"It is easy to learn. You don't need to be an advanced Java developer."
"Adobe Experience Manager is pretty stable."
"I like the solution's responsiveness, usability, and user interface."
 

Cons

"The solution's pricing and stability could be improved."
"The licensing model is opaque, and technical support could be improved, especially for smaller companies."
"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."
"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."
"Many people complain about the price as it's one of the most expensive tools."
"Programming model could be improved, it's a monolithic solution."
"Adobe Experience Manager's pricing could be improved."
"Adobe Experience Manager could improve by allowing the reuse of components like a progress bar across multiple pages to make the development process more efficient."
"The solution’s scalability can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Users have to pay a yearly licensing fee to use the solution, which is highly-priced."
"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."
"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 really costly."
"Wix is an affordable solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
7%
Computer Software Company
20%
Comms Service Provider
12%
University
7%
Media Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise14
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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.
What needs improvement with Adobe Experience Manager?
Improvements could be made, though it's difficult to pinpoint because Adobe Experience Manager has been part of my world for the past several years. Many people complain about the price as it's one...
What is your primary use case for Adobe Experience Manager?
I am on the Digital Asset Management team and we coordinate projects through Workfront, tracking assets through Workfront and with Adobe Experience Manager. My use cases involve migration within Di...
What do you like most about Wix?
I like the solution's responsiveness, usability, and user interface.
What needs improvement with Wix?
The solution’s scalability can be improved.
 

Also Known As

Adobe Day CQ5, Ektron Social Marketing, Episerver Content Cloud, Adobe CQ5
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