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    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 round-up of a couple of the more well known platforms and compare their products to Drupal. In this roundup we will be comparing Jive, Sharepoint and Drupal Commons. Drupal Commons is a popular distribution created by Acquia to compete with some of these other proprietary platforms. There are many other options out there, commercial and otherwise, to compare with Drupal but I want to focus on Jive and Sharepoint for a couple of reasons. I chose Jive because it is one of the leading competitors in this space in respect to market share. Next, I chose Sharepoint because I have some history with Sharepoint. This experience dates back to when I built www.adhe.edu with Sharepoint 2007 a few years ago. I subsequently wrote this blog entry about my experience shortly after joining Mediacurrent. This roundup will also act as a refresher for those who read my original “Drupal vs. Sharepoint” blog. Yammer, which was recently bought by Microsoft and is the tool we currently use for office communication will also get some mentions throughout this article. As I went through and tested each of these tools I used three main criteria in my evaluation Cost Ability to Customize Overall features… Read more →
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    Top Answer: "The best" is a very subjective thing when it comes to CMS, as well as with anything in life. I've worked in a place where we used Magnolia as the content management system and I can't really find… more »
    Top Answer: Honestly, I don't see what should stop you from using Magnolia CMS for your personal use or to grow the digital experience you can provide. It gives you a free trial and from there you can establish… more »
    Top Answer:No, you don't have to be a developer or any kind of professional IT specialist to use the services of Magnolia CMS. In fact, if you're neither of these things, then Magnolia is the right thing for… more »
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    Overview
    Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications

    Magnolia is one of the oldest and most popular digital experience platforms, delivering high-quality services for customers looking for established CMS solutions. Having started out as an open-source content management system, today Magnolia provides digital experience for some of the largest companies in the world. This DXP is Java-based and uses a JCR repository to store, search, and restore data. Organizations that employ IT specialists with expert Java knowledge can benefit from the services of Magnolia, but the company also provides education for beginners. Through the Magnolia education program, business owners who are inexperienced in Java or other technologies can learn the concepts of the CMS and use it to benefit the digital experience of their company.

    The main industries that benefit from the services of Magnolia include retail and e-commerce, finance, travel, and media. According to Magnolia, companies from these industries benefit from increased revenues and improved customer service. Through the various services and features of Magnolia, an organization can build and establish a digital experience that can popularize the company online and expand the existing client list.

    Magnolia CMS Features

    The features of Magnolia CMS allow you to create a personalized multi-channel digital experience while managing all content in one place. Magnolia divides its features into four main categories:

    • Creation: Even though Magnolia provides companies with powerful tools, the interface remains relatively simple to use. This means that different businesses can benefit from the ability to create content that is specially catered to their users' digital experience. The features in this category include what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editing, single-page app (SPA) editing, optimized content authoring, content reuse, an option for multichannel preview, microsites and landing pages, omnichannel campaigns, and forms and marketing automation.

    • Management: The management features that Magnolia provides allow companies to access and manage their content, apps, and data in a single place. This is one of the biggest benefits of Magnolia: easy access to data. The features in this category include multi-source content, a unified user experience, AI federated search, automatic text classification and image recognition, multi-site management, automatic translation, concurrent editing, visual version compare, and custom workflows.

    • Delivery: Through features like the headless accelerator, Magnolia for eCommerce, SPAs/PWAs, Jamstack/Static Site Generation, digital signage, hybrid headless, and VR, AR & MR, Magnolia CMS helps companies deliver digital experience across all possible channels. Using a single interface for the delivery of personalized content allows organizations to save time while providing users with content that satisfies their individual needs.

    • Optimization: This category of features allows organizations that use Magnolia to learn from data about their performance and potentially improve it. Through personalization, A/B/n testing, analytics and insights, and SEO, Magnolia helps its users improve the digital experience they provide by discovering their weak spots and, based on insights, working to fix any issues.

    Magnolia CMS Benefits

    Magnolia CMS offers various benefits, including:

    • Educational resources
    • Easy personalization of web apps
    • Suitable for both small as well as larger companies and their clients
    • Free trial available
    Sample Customers
    BMJ, The Economist, New Republic, SpaceX, Lush, Danone, Tesla Motors, Peugeot, Stanford Law, Harvard, Oxford University, MIT Media Lab, The Beatles, MTV UK, The Weather Channel, NBC, BBC, grammy.com, Mus_e du Louvre, Whitehouse.gov, London.gov.uk, Gouvernment.fr, New Zealand Government, The Prince of Wales, British Council, NYC Metropolitan Transport Authority, Gatwick Obviously
    Ancestry.com, Migros, MOO, Al Arabiya, Alior Bank, Atlassian, Avis
    Top Industries
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    Marketing Services Firm20%
    Media Company20%
    Non Profit20%
    Retailer10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government16%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Educational Organization8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise28%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise63%

    Drupal is ranked 5th in Web Content Management while Magnolia CMS is ranked 6th in Web Content Management. Drupal is rated 8.6, while Magnolia CMS is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Drupal writes "Through my different companies, we have developed many Drupal sites, from simple ones to complex E-commerce sites and custom made applications. The UI could be improved, though". On the other hand, Drupal is most compared with SharePoint, WordPress, Adobe Experience Manager, Atlassian Confluence and Sitecore Experience Manager, whereas Magnolia CMS is most compared with Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, WordPress, Sitecore Experience Manager and CoreMedia.

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