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dotCMS

dotCMS Cloud

Composite Score

7.0 /10

CX Score

7.3 /10

27 Reviews Write a Review

What is dotCMS Cloud?

dotCMS provides the infrastructure your team needs to build powerful, engaging, and consistent customer experiences across all your channels. With a robust NoCode tool library and industry-leading content management capabilities, top brands trust dotCMS to drive results.

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Awards & Recognition

dotCMS Cloud won the following awards in the Content Marketing category

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2 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

dotCMS Cloud Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

82 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love dotCMS Cloud?

10% Negative

11% Neutral

79% Positive

Pros

Transparent
Respectful
Client's Interest First
Friendly Negotiation

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Content Creation

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Curation / Library Controls

Content Optimization

Content Storage

Editorial Workflow

Content Campaign Management

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Editorial Calendar

Content Analytics

Multi-Channel Distribution

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

dotCMS Cloud Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Education
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2020

Great value for money

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

AJ B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2020

Solid product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates dotCMS Cloud from other similar products?

Headless, hybrid, multi-site. REST and GraphQL support.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Push publishing and GraphQL dynamic queries.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Somewhat of a steep learning curve.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Being prepared to dive into the documentation a lot and watch the webinars. But this is true with every product really.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Kristoffer B.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Education
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2020

Great vendor to work with

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates dotCMS Cloud from other similar products?

dotCMS handles a high amount of traffic and and a very large and growing amount of content very well.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Extremely high amount of expandability with the plugin architecture.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes the product advances faster than its documentation.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Forming a good relationship with the vendor is simple and can make technical issues very easy to navigate.

Pros

Client's Interest First
Includes Product Enhancements
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Cons

Less Reliable

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dotCMS Cloud Ratings

82 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love dotCMS Cloud?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Content Creation Provides tools for creating content to be used and shared on the platform.

Web Experience Management Integration The ability to integrate with dedicated Web Experience Management platforms (either in the vendor's own product portfolio, or with 3rd party solutions).

Content Curation / Library Controls The ability to curate content through tagging and metadata management, as well as library services (such as version control).

Content Optimization The ability to dynamically optimize content deployed to certain channels (web, mobile, social) using customer profiles.

Content Storage The ability to store various content assets (including text, photos and video) in a defined, structured repository.

Editorial Workflow The ability to move content through a structured, automated workflow process (i.e. intake content from create applications, and move to specific folders.

Content Campaign Management The ability to deploy specific collateral or assets from the system to feed multi-channel marketing campaigns.

Personalization/Audience Targeting The ability to display certain content types in a given channel endpoint based on audience demographics (known profile) or traffic attributes (unknown profile).

Editorial Calendar The ability to create a common calendar view on when certain content assets will be published to customer-facing properties.

Content Analytics Analysis of file contents for data trends and any relevant characteristics.

Multi-Channel Distribution The ability to deploy content assets and collateral to multiple channel endpoints (for example, traditional websites, native mobile applications or social media

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

dotCMS Cloud Reviews

Great value for money

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

AJ B.

Solid product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kristoffer B.

Great vendor to work with

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Content Creation

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Curation / Library Controls

Content Optimization

Content Storage

Editorial Workflow

Content Campaign Management

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Editorial Calendar

Content Analytics

Multi-Channel Distribution

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization