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Contentstack vs Sitecore Experience Manager comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Contentstack
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (11th), AI Customer Experience Personalization (19th)
Sitecore Experience Manager
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Web Content Management (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Contentstack and Sitecore Experience Manager aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Contentstack is designed for Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) and holds a mindshare of 1.6%, down 1.8% compared to last year.
Sitecore Experience Manager, on the other hand, focuses on Web Content Management, holds 2.7% mindshare, up 2.3% since last year.
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Contentstack1.6%
Adobe Experience Manager12.5%
Liferay Digital Experience Platform9.5%
Other76.4%
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
Web Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Sitecore Experience Manager2.7%
Drupal9.2%
Adobe Experience Manager8.9%
Other79.2%
Web Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Gilberto Gonzales - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager at Honeywell
Flexible content workflows have transformed how our team updates seasonal messaging in real time
Overall, we have used Contentstack to great effect as our headless CMS. We have it connected to our custom UI, and it allows us to update basically in real time with updates reflecting on the site within seconds. The best features Contentstack offers are extremely flexible to our needs, meets all our use cases, easy to use, and the UI is very intuitive. It is easy for the whole team to manage content, and support is helpful and responsive. The flexibility and intuitive UI of Contentstack help meet all our use cases in our organization. The UI is very intuitive and user-friendly, making it very easy to use, even for new users who find it very easy to navigate. Additionally, Contentstack has continuous product improvement and enables us to build and architect content through the use of their easy-to-use software and user interface. Contentstack has positively impacted our organization by saving time deploying content and allowing our team members to manage content, thereby getting time to market faster. Precisely, we have been able to save 30 to 45 percent of our time. Also, having a rich partner network has improved the speed to adopt new functionality. The administration application is very user-friendly and does not require a lot of ramp-up for users, which has also decreased the time it takes to get content deployed.
it_user72771 - PeerSpot reviewer
Info Sec Consultant at Size 41 Digital
It's a CMS with the usual features and functions. It was an old version and for us to move to a newer version we had to take three separate projects with each one incurring significant cost.
I feel a little bad giving Sitecore a 6/10, because I think the problems the organisation I worked for had with it were partially because of:  - shiny toy purchase - not fit for the org's purpose (more to do with the org) - UX and UI was poor meaning users didn't engage with it even after…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
24%
Manufacturing Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Transportation Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise21
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Contentstack?
I do not have an idea about pricing, setup costs, or licensing as I am a developer and not the owner, so I do not have that information. High-level managers would know those details.
What needs improvement with Contentstack?
I believe performance-wise, Contentstack can be improved more. I noticed that sometimes it takes time, and I am not sure about the server side, as it may not be responding. We sometimes face legacy...
What is your primary use case for Contentstack?
My main use case for Contentstack is to display the content of the front end of the site, which is very helpful as our client can change the content directly without needing to go into the code. A ...
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Also Known As

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Sitecore XM
 

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Sample Customers

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easyJet, Toshiba, Thomas Cook Travel Group, Oxfam, New York Life, Jabra, Graf von Faber-Castell, Canon, Boy Scouts of America
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