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At a Glance
Adobe Experience Manager
Adobe Experience Manager
Star Rating
(406)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (49.1% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
Contact Us
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WordPress.org
WordPress.org
Star Rating
(9,230)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.6% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about WordPress.org
Featured Products
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Adobe Experience Manager
Adobe Experience Manager Sites
Contact Us
Learn more about Adobe Experience Manager
WordPress.org
No pricing available
Free Trial
Adobe Experience Manager
No trial information available
WordPress.org
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
293
8.8
8,186
Ease of Use
7.8
346
8.3
8,226
Ease of Setup
7.5
180
8.2
4,366
Ease of Admin
7.7
98
8.5
4,380
Quality of Support
7.7
262
7.7
6,608
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.2
95
8.5
3,777
Product Direction (% positive)
8.2
293
8.0
8,050
Features by Category
Digital Asset ManagementHide 21 FeaturesShow 21 Features
8.3
59
Not enough data
Interface and Performance
8.5
49
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
7.9
50
Not enough data
8.3
48
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
Asset Management
8.5
54
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
8.5
46
Not enough data
8.3
47
Not enough data
8.5
46
Not enough data
7.9
45
Not enough data
8.6
46
Not enough data
8.7
50
Not enough data
Media Types
8.4
48
Not enough data
8.3
45
Not enough data
8.9
50
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
56
Not enough data
8.4
53
Not enough data
8.0
50
Not enough data
8.0
46
Not enough data
8.2
55
Not enough data
Web Content ManagementHide 21 FeaturesShow 21 Features
7.8
187
8.4
7,309
Content
8.2
166
|
Verified
8.9
6741
|
Verified
8.0
158
|
Verified
8.5
6700
|
Verified
7.8
145
|
Verified
8.3
1847
7.6
139
8.6
6741
|
Verified
7.9
138
|
Verified
8.6
1749
8.0
142
|
Verified
8.4
5866
|
Verified
8.1
158
|
Verified
8.1
5649
|
Verified
7.3
150
|
Verified
8.0
6079
|
Verified
8.1
154
|
Verified
8.4
5864
|
Verified
Design
7.3
141
|
Verified
8.4
6628
|
Verified
7.5
135
8.4
6421
|
Verified
7.7
145
|
Verified
8.5
6698
|
Verified
7.9
155
|
Verified
8.5
6887
|
Verified
Platform
7.5
120
|
Verified
8.6
5765
|
Verified
7.6
128
|
Verified
8.4
6014
|
Verified
7.7
139
|
Verified
8.3
6070
|
Verified
8.0
149
|
Verified
8.6
6447
|
Verified
8.2
132
8.2
4956
|
Verified
8.1
127
|
Verified
8.3
4565
7.7
127
|
Verified
8.2
6073
|
Verified
7.5
120
|
Verified
8.4
4948
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.8
17
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.7
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Administration
8.6
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
13
|
Verified
Not enough data
Standards
8.8
13
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
12
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
13
|
Verified
Not enough data
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)Hide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
8.1
37
Not enough data
Analytics
8.3
26
Not enough data
8.1
24
Not enough data
8.0
24
Not enough data
7.9
26
Not enough data
8.5
13
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
Content Management
8.7
29
Not enough data
9.0
28
Not enough data
8.7
26
Not enough data
Design & Development
7.1
22
Not enough data
7.1
21
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
Customer Communications ManagementHide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
8.3
38
Not enough data
Channels
8.4
33
Not enough data
8.3
33
Not enough data
8.2
31
Not enough data
Design
8.5
33
Not enough data
8.7
34
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
8.1
32
Not enough data
8.9
34
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.2
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
Content Experience PlatformsHide 2 FeaturesShow 2 Features
8.4
73
Not enough data
Content Creation
8.8
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
Optimization
8.0
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
User-Generated ContentHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
7.8
22
Not enough data
Visual UGC
8.0
19
Not enough data
8.1
20
Not enough data
7.9
20
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
Integrations
8.4
19
Not enough data
8.7
21
Not enough data
8.4
20
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
Support
8.4
18
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
Performance
8.0
18
Not enough data
8.0
17
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Adobe Experience Manager
Adobe Experience Manager
WordPress.org
WordPress.org
Adobe Experience Manager and WordPress.org are categorized as Web Content Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Adobe Experience Manager
Adobe Experience Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
22.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
28.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
49.1%
WordPress.org
WordPress.org
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
72.6%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
18.6%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
8.8%
Reviewers' Industry
Adobe Experience Manager
Adobe Experience Manager
Information Technology and Services
10.2%
Computer Software
7.8%
Marketing and Advertising
7.6%
Financial Services
7.0%
Retail
3.7%
Other
63.7%
WordPress.org
WordPress.org
Marketing and Advertising
11.8%
Information Technology and Services
6.9%
Computer Software
5.7%
Higher Education
4.4%
Internet
3.8%
Other
67.4%
Most Helpful Reviews
Adobe Experience Manager
Adobe Experience Manager
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Michele B.
MB
Michele B.
Verified User in Food & Beverages

The functionality and capabilities of AEM are great for a diverse audience with complicated and varying access levels. Components are easy to add and configure, and meet all of our content needs. It is simple to add resources from the Digital Asset Manager...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Josh S.
JS
Josh S.
Verified User in Automotive

I dislike how overly complex it is to build an easily maintainable CMS. What takes a week in WordPress or Drupal, takes months in AEM. Developers have to build the text boxes, submit buttons and edit screens for users. This adds additional time and...

WordPress.org
WordPress.org
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Kevin M.
KM
Kevin M.
Verified User

I can't see any reason to use another platform. Every designer, web developer, SEO hand and intern you meet will have used this platform before. You don't need to reinvent the wheel. Use the tools that your potential hires already know how to use!

Most Helpful Critical Review
Raviraj R.
RR
Raviraj R.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

The free version doesn't allow embedding Java Scripts and other applets which kinds of restricts its scalability. Lot's of spam comments are observed in wordpress blogs, though it distinguishes the spammer's but yet we need to read between each comments to...

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Adobe Experience Manager
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WordPress.org
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Discussions
Adobe Experience Manager
Adobe Experience Manager Discussions
Do you have any plan to improve it's scalability?
3 comments
JL
A couple of years ago Adobe was excited about AEM in the cloud SaaS, but this offering seems to have quietly gone away. We use AEM at Rackspace where we have...Read more
What is the best way to use
1 comment
Mohammad Rashid R.
MR
Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service is the best way to use, which makes AEM SaaS.Read more
How to reduce the reindex time for large index
1 comment
Mohammad Rashid R.
MR
We can reduce the indexing time by creating Lucene Index.Read more
WordPress.org
WordPress.org Discussions
Is WordPress org free to use?
6 comments
Nikunj C.
NC
Yes Wordpress.org is free to use, but you must invest in domain and hostingRead more
How the custom CSS option works ?
4 comments
Melinda P.
MP
First of all - ALWAYS make a child theme so that updates don't remove any customization you might make. Than you create your own style sheet and your own...Read more
Which is the best alternative to Wordpress?
4 comments
Dave L.
DL
If you're looking for ease of use then it's hard to beat WordPress unless you go with a solution like Squarespace or Wix which severely limits what you can...Read more