Adobe Experience Manager vs Yammer comparison

Adobe and Microsoft are both solutions in the Enterprise Social Software category. Adobe is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.6, while Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.3. Adobe holds a 3.3% mindshare in ESS, compared to Microsoft’s 6.1% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Adobe users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 77% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Yammer and Adobe Experience Manager compete in the domains of team communication and content management, respectively. Adobe Experience Manager appears to hold an advantage due to its extensive features despite Yammer's favorable pricing and support performance.

Features: Yammer is designed for enhancing organizational communication and collaboration, featuring instant messaging, community building, and seamless integration with Microsoft tools. Adobe Experience Manager offers robust content creation capabilities, personalization options, and comprehensive asset management.

Room for Improvement: Yammer could benefit from improved global adoption, a richer set of communication features, and a more contemporary user interface. Adobe Experience Manager needs simplification of its complex deployment processes, enhanced user training resources, and more competitive pricing options for smaller enterprises.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Yammer provides a streamlined deployment process for Microsoft 365 users, supported by efficient customer service within Microsoft's ecosystem. On the other hand, Adobe Experience Manager's deployment can be complex, often requiring tailored solutions, but it is supported by extensive documentation and responsive support services.

Pricing and ROI: Yammer is competitively priced, often included in Microsoft subscriptions, offering favorable ROI for communication-focused teams. Adobe Experience Manager's higher pricing is justified by its advanced capabilities, which yield significant ROI for businesses with complex content management needs.

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Categories and Ranking

Adobe Experience Manager

Ranking in Enterprise Social Software

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Content Management (8th), Web Content Management (3rd), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (1st)

Yammer

Ranking in Enterprise Social Software

4th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Adobe Experience Manager is 3.3%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Yammer is 6.1%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Rishi Pande

Consultant at ATOS

Cloud-based platform supports seamless collaboration but needs branding flexibility

I have transitioned to using Yammer in the cloud for about six to seven years People share their files and ideas and attend meetings in a collaborative manner. They work on specific sales-related documents. Yammer allows collaboration anywhere, anytime, on any device. Its adaptability and…

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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

"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."

"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."

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

"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 like the profiling and segmentation."

"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."

"Adobe Experience Manager is quite a powerful product that you can use to design files and export them."

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"The design of the solution is its most valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature of Yammer is its interface."

"Groups is the most valuable feature in Yammer."

"The most valuable feature of Yammer is its integration with all the services of Office 365."

"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."

"Valuable features include the integration with Microsoft Office and the fact that it is in the cloud. Also, it's quite easy to use."

"The posting features are valuable."

"The tool allows us to post and keep track of company buzz and events without relying on email."

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Cons

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

"Adobe's technical support is so-so."

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

"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."

"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."

"Programming model could be improved, it's a monolithic solution."

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"The solution's feature for sharing could be better."

"Yammer has very limited features."

"Yammer should include more integrations."

"I would like to see a fancier user interface. That is one of the weak points of Yammer."

"It has a very limited use."

"The solution must be able to stream by itself, without integration, the same way that you are able to do it on Facebook Live, Instagram, etc. Streaming must be embedded into it."

"The interface is clunky and could be improved."

"The way you want to control the communication could be an issue. It depends on what kind of company you are. We are a public company, and there are some regulations that we need to comply with. Its ease of use can be an issue for a company because anybody can subscribe and use it. There are many competitors that are overlapping. Since Microsoft bought Yammer, it tends to be in the shadow. It is not put in the front from the service perspective."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"It's really costly."

"I don't know about the pricing. Now that Microsoft has bought Yammer, it should be a part of our subscriptions for Office 365."

"We get it as part of our Office 365 subscriptions, so I don't think we pay any additional cost for Yammer. It's included in the Office 365 subscriptions."

"Its cost is included in the license bundle for Microsoft."

"The pricing is not bad."

"Yammer is a pretty cheap solution, and it's included in multiple subscriptions."

"I think that there is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution."

"Compared to other products like Amazon, Yammer's pricing is fine."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

40%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

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Small Business

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?

While there are many aspects that could be improved, discussing them would require more time. The licensing model is opaque, and technical support could be improved, especially for smaller companies.

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What is your primary use case for Adobe Experience Manager?

I've worked with all major content management systems. Currently, I work with the leaders such as Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore, and Acquia.

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What do you like most about Yammer?

We can send out notifications and ask questions using Yammer.

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What needs improvement with Yammer?

Yammer should offer flexibility to allow branding without writing any code. It should also provide seamless integration with other products, utilizing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

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What is your primary use case for Yammer?

I have transitioned to using Yammer in the cloud for about six to seven years.

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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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Yammer is an enterprise social network that allows employees,managers, executives, teams and different office branches to engage,collaborate and innovate over one interactive virtual network.

Yammer creates a social workplace that drives innovationthrough the sharing of ideas and business intelligence, boosts productivity inteams and projects, and encourages communication and connectivity betweenemployees, no matter where they are located.

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Sample Customers

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Verizon, Rakuten,Nationwide, DHL, Westfield, Telefonica, 7-Eleven, Red Robin, Intuit, eBay,Darden, Suncorp, Tyco, Xerox, and ModCloth.

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