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Contentful vs Jive comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Contentful
Ranking in Web Content Management
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Jive
Ranking in Web Content Management
20th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (28th), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (7th), Enterprise Social Software (7th), Knowledge Management Software (14th), Enterprise Intranet (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Contentful is 1.4%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jive is 2.5%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Contentful1.4%
Jive2.5%
Other96.1%
Web Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Margaret  Thatcher - PeerSpot reviewer
Production Manager at Unilever
Content workflows have become faster and empower non-technical teams to update pages independently
Contentful makes it easier for non-technical teams to update content by providing organized, flexible data models with support for a variety of data types and content editors such as WYSIWYG form fields and raw text areas. It has great built-in versioning features with history and draft states, so it is easy to make updates and revert when needed. Some of the best features that Contentful offers include organized, flexible data models with support for a variety of data types and content editors such as WYSIWYG form fields and raw text. Contentful has great built-in versioning features with history and draft states, making it easy to make updates and revert when needed. Additionally, it has a very intuitive user interface and good support for multiple spaces, which can be helpful for companies that need separate projects for development, staging, and production. It is also very cost-effective and powerful, and it keeps a history of changes made to the content easily. The versioning and multiple spaces features of Contentful have helped my team manage content effectively, as we leverage Contentful's headless CMS capabilities to easily build a static website using modern technology such as GatsbyJS and ReactJS, making it an ideal solution for small businesses and startups seeking a low-maintenance approach. It is a very scalable tool. Contentful has positively impacted my organization as it is very scalable, can be used by any size of organization, and is a very cost-effective tool. It helps us save cost, especially when dealing with a lot of content compared to other alternatives. Its intuitive design facilitates seamless updates of photos and written content while providing the ability to revert changes when necessary. It has been a very good tool because I am able to spend less time maintaining websites, and my clients spend less time worrying about their site crashing or being hacked. This tool has allowed me to be much more flexible with the types of front-end technology I can use. Since it is very easy to use for all types of technical users, there is no time wasted. It enabled rapid project delivery and low-cost projects for my organization. Since adopting Contentful, we have seen an increase in sales and marketing from 45% to 65%. More work is delivered due to reusability and other features within a shorter time and with less manual effort.
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VP - International Business at Amtex S.A.
A flexible solution that improves our administrative efficiency
We use Jive-n for followups on details regarding purchase orders, shipping documents, and other information We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge. This solution provides great flexibility of permission…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Since adopting Contentful, we have seen an increase in sales and marketing from 45% to 65%."
"Contentful has impacted my organization positively because it has been a game changer since we started using this tool."
"Contentful has been affecting us positively."
"Website management has become very easy, and content updates to websites are straightforward."
"I have definitely seen a positive return on investment with Contentful, due to time-saving and efficiency gains, team collaborations, and resource optimizations, which have also positively impacted the revenue."
"Contentful has impacted my organization positively as I spend less time maintaining our website, the developer spends less time maintaining our website, and our clients spend less time worrying about their site being hacked or crashing."
"I advise using Contentful as the first option because it is scalable and stable with all features included."
"The best features Contentful offers are its APIs and how easy it is to integrate them."
"Colleagues are more informed, it is easier to find content, and silo breaking has significantly improved our collaboration."
"We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge."
"The platform works well to collaborate with creating documents or media for a specific goal."
"We recently rebranded our organization and used this tool as our primary channel."
"Jive-n offers the best curated experience of the social-based content for enterprises."
"In comparison to other platforms, Jive-n provides the fastest way to integrate new affiliates into your organization."
"Jive came out on top for feature, price, and ability to meet regulatory needs."
"Various business groups were able to collaborate effectively using this tool."
 

Cons

"The most annoying feature that I have experienced is that when we are editing the content, it is automatically saved, no matter what."
"A minor issue I have is that Contentful does not have a way to organize fields within an entry."
"One area where I believe Contentful can be improved is better handling of complex content relationships, as when content is deeply nested with references inside references, the queries can get messy and hard to manage on the front end."
"Contentful can improve by addressing one technical issue regarding the creation of builds."
"Apart from that, the price is a bit high when we are storing more content in the CMS."
"I have seen a return on investment with fewer employees needed and time saved, but the money costs are quite high."
"While Contentful already incorporates a lot of AI integration, improvements could be made in feature-wise AI integrations, such as generating SEO data for product catalogs or assisting marketers in writing new articles, which would make it more future-ready."
"Contentful would be improved if integrations could be made easier."
"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."
"Create a better way of adding users in bulk by email address."
"A visual navigator would be very useful as many colleagues have an issue to find their way and connect the dots."
"Jive-n can improve their integration, plugins and democratize their configuration abilities."
"Stream activity could be better organized."
"Standard Silver technical support is similar to standard support by all vendors, i.e., not quick enough."
"We had major performance issues when our user base went up."
"The mobile app could be better."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer with 51-200 employees
Aug 23, 2013
Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons
At Mediacurrent we often get requests to compare Drupal to other platforms used for intranet sites and social business platforms (like https://dev.twitter.com/ for example). This is often referred to as “Social Business Software”, which has grown in popularity in recent years. I decided to do a…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Media Company
12%
Construction Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Contentful?
Setup cost and pricing are handled by our organization's admin team. Currently, I do not have much information on this.
What needs improvement with Contentful?
I would prefer a model where template changes are stored locally in the browser or somewhere as an incomplete draft. If there is an explicit save or create draft action, that would make it easier w...
What is your primary use case for Contentful?
I have been using Contentful for around two to three years. Initially, we used Contentful as our CMS. From there, we transitioned from using it as a basic CMS to extensively using it for all the fe...
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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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Clearspace, Jive SBS, Jive Engage, Jive-x, Jive-n
 

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Sample Customers

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Eloqua, Hitachi Data Systems,T-Mobile, UBM, Thomson-Reuters, Groupon, Nike, Cisco, and others.
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