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Jive vs Magnolia CMS comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Jive
Ranking in Web Content Management
42nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (35th), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (7th), Enterprise Social Software (13th), Knowledge Management Software (20th), Enterprise Intranet (10th)
Magnolia CMS
Ranking in Web Content Management
6th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Jive is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Magnolia CMS is 3.5%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management
 

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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…
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it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
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

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Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Retailer
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Is Magnolia CMS the best CMS out there?
"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...
Can Magnolia CMS be used for personal use or just for businesses?
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 establi...
Do you need to be a developer in order to use Magnolia CMS?
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 ...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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

Eloqua, Hitachi Data Systems,T-Mobile, UBM, Thomson-Reuters, Groupon, Nike, Cisco, and others.
Ancestry.com, Migros, MOO, Al Arabiya, Alior Bank, Atlassian, Avis
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