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We performed a comparison between Liferay Digital Experience Platform and Salesforce Community Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"I think that it could be interesting to expand the eCommerce capabilities to the B2C sector.""The web/mobile/portal integration was one of the features that we found most valuable, primarily because it reduced our development time.""We chose Liferay because it is open-source and that we can make any number of users apply, register into the system and use the system, as opposed to other solutions where the cost is based on user licenses. This is one of the most attractive features.""Manageability is very good and probably the most valuable part of a tool of this type. There is a little more of a learning curve than you have with a simple tool, but a business user can learn to manage the system as an administrator very easily.""It allows us to arrange and develop new ideas, then incorporate them into the portal. We can create a one stop information center, so people can access the information from one window.""The integration capabilities of the product are super easy to use.""The look and feel and the user interface are great.""The solution is easy to install."

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"What I found most valuable in Salesforce CRM is its reporting feature because it's extensive and it's very accurate. I also like that you can move opportunities by stages. I find that feature very important and very useful because it helps you understand where opportunities get stuck, and at what stage it is currently.""All the business intelligence included in the tool gives more information about the cycle of the sales stage."

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Cons
"Social area and capabilities need improvement.""It could have better built-in integration with a wider variety of extensions out-of-the-box.""The plugins should be more affordable.""The documentation provided needs to be more detailed. It's sometimes hard to develop things because the documentation is so sparse.""It could be improved in terms of adding filters to some of the rules. Therefore, you can retain how long a document would need to stay in an archive.""The integration and configuration need to be simplified."

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"The user interface can be improved.""An area for improvement in Salesforce CRM is that there's still a lot of manual input you need to make. If it could pick up things automatically from an email and auto-populate, that would make the tool better. Another area for improvement is that the Salesforce CRM connector for G-suite does not work effectively."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Their pricing model should be modified to include per user options instead of just servers/cores, etc."
  • "It is a bit expensive."
  • "It's an open-source structure. Other costs are for professional services to integrate Liferay to other existing systems."
  • "Licensing costs can be very expensive."
  • "The product is neither cheap nor expensive. What Liferay Digital Experience Platform offers at its current price can be considered something that is worth the money."
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  • "Pricing for Salesforce CRM is extremely expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: A tricky question because it'd depend on what your focus will be on Liferay as a digital experience platform. I mean, if for me the experience management is the best feature, for someone with… more »
    Top Answer:A non-developer here, and frankly, a little bit of a tech beginner in general. My company branched out into digital experience a bit later than we should have but picking Liferay as a DXP was one of… more »
    Top Answer: Yes, I think you can trust the cloud feature of Liferay pretty well. It gives you the option to back up your data as well as restore it and that's pretty vital for any digital experience platform. Do… more »
    Top Answer:All the business intelligence included in the tool gives more information about the cycle of the sales stage.
    Top Answer:We pay the license annually for Salesforce CRM. Pricing is extremely expensive. I'm not aware of any hidden costs besides the cost of the license.
    Top Answer:The user interface of the screenshots feature is a little bit old and hasn't been updated for a long time.
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    Also Known As
    Liferay DXP
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    Overview

    Liferay is a top-ranking digital experience platform used by companies in industries such as financial services, manufacturing, and energy and utilities. This product allows companies to initiate highly personalized digital experiences through mobile, social, and web. Organizations can use Liferay DXP for customer, partner, supplier, or employee portals, as well as integrational platforms, taking advantage of the platform's many customization options to suit their needs completely. The Liferay Experience Cloud offers companies the ability to use the Liferay DXP to build their own digital experiences, as well as to use it as a fully managed cloud platform, including options for self-management and self-hosting.

    Liferay Digital Experience Platform Features

    Liferay Digital Experience Platform provides various features in the following categories:

    • Identity management and access control (application security): These features include identity management support, user management, service access policies, and personal data management.

    • Platform services: Clustering and performance monitoring, auditing and optimization, back-end APIs, dynamic virtual hosting, site and search administration, and single-page applications.
    • Integration and interoperability: The features in this category include integration framework, developer studio, front-end toolkits, IntelliJ IDEA Plugin, Liferay connected services (LCS), Liferay marketplace and workspace, and Blade CLI.

    • Collaboration and social: Blogs, knowledge base, social networking, wiki, forums, message boards, calendar, AlloyEditor, inline image editor, and polls, among other features.

    • Forms, workflow, and business process automation: Features include forms, validation, field library, various types of form entries, data provider integration, and several other features.
    • Content management: Vast array of features for companies to take advantage of when preparing and publishing different types of content, including text and images.

    • Experience management: The features in the experience management category include building pages through fragments and editors for them, various widgets, as well as templates for pages, and SEO-friendly updates.

    • Segmentation and personalization: These features are designed for the full personalization of the platform in order to reach different types of customers and appeal to their individual needs regarding the company that is using Liferay.

    • Multichannel support: The features in multichannel support include APIs, adaptive media, and responsive design, providing companies with the ability to apply Liferay's full customization to their digital experience platform's design and function.

    • Search: Liferay Digital Experience Platforms provide various features for search integrations, multi-language search, and options for filtering and sorting.

    • Analytics and optimization: A crucial part of every digital experience platform is the analytics option for companies to monitor the data of their users and, based on it, improve their approach. That is why Liferay Digital Experience Platform provides five different analytics features.

    • Cloud capability: To provide companies with the best possible experience, Liferay offers various features regarding the proper operation of the platforms, including real-time alerts, monitoring, and options for backup and restoration.

    Liferay Digital Experience Platform Benefits

    Liferay Digital Experience Platform offers the following benefits:

    Salesforce Community Cloud, a social platform, that connects and collaborate with customers, partners, and employees. Build a community for everyone critical to your business ecosystem, from agencies, vendors, and suppliers, to patients, job applicants, and even retail locations. Community Cloud employs Salesforce's Chatter social CRM platform for chat and screensharing, allowing users to exchange data and images in real time throughout an ongoing conversation. The platform supports customer relationship management (CRM) and provides channels for customers to find information and communicate with other customers. The console also includes a "Buy" button to enable e-commerce.
    Sample Customers
    Adidas, Carrefour, Cisco Systems, Danone, Fujitsu, Lufthansa Flight Training, Siemens, Société Générale and the United Nations
    Brown-Forman, GE Aviation, Pernod Ricard, Toyota, Virgin America, GE, IAVA
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Government18%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Educational Organization11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    University12%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise46%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise55%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
    May 2024
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    Liferay Digital Experience Platform is ranked 2nd in Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) with 44 reviews while Salesforce Community Cloud is ranked 3rd in Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) with 2 reviews. Liferay Digital Experience Platform is rated 8.0, while Salesforce Community Cloud is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Liferay Digital Experience Platform writes "Offers integration capabilities that are very easy to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Community Cloud writes "Helps us with sales management of customer life cycles with good business intelligence". Liferay Digital Experience Platform is most compared with Adobe Experience Manager, WordPress, Magnolia CMS, SharePoint and Drupal, whereas Salesforce Community Cloud is most compared with Magnolia CMS and Adobe Experience Cloud.

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