Adobe Experience Manager vs Wordpress.com VIP comparison

Adobe and Wordpress are both solutions in the Web Content Management category. Adobe is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.6, while Wordpress is ranked #26. Adobe holds a 12.5% mindshare in WCM, compared to Wordpress’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Adobe users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Wordpress users who would recommend it.

Adobe Experience Manager

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95% willing to recommend

Wordpress.com VIP

Read 6 Wordpress.com VIP reviews

99 Views
71 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

Adobe Experience Manager

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Adobe Experience Manager and Wordpress.com VIP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Web Content Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Adobe Experience Manager

Ranking in Web Content Management

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Content Management (8th), Enterprise Social Software (6th), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (1st)

Wordpress.com VIP

Ranking in Web Content Management

26th

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Adobe Experience Manager is 12.5%, down from 15.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Wordpress.com VIP is 0.5%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Thomas Becker

Managing Partner(Austria) at a integrator with 11-50 employees

Impressive integration of customer behavior with an easy setup and okay support

I've worked with all major content management systems. Currently, I work with the leaders such as Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore, and Acquia Working with big companies, I help them either consider setting up a new content management system or address issues they might have with their existing…

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it_user134607

Founder at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It helps us quickly install blogs, publish articles, and optimize SEO, but scaling it requires experienced engineers.

To use any product, write down your desired goals and usage scenarios, implement the core product. Spend enough time using the product and testing its functionality. Start by searching readymade plugins to supplement your functionality. Do not rush to write your own code until you did enough search on readymade plugins. If any functionality is available through third party plugin with fees, do not write it if you can afford paying the price and asking for third party developer support and development. Act as the end user, do not deal with the product as a developer. Measure your results with users satisfaction and goals achievement, do not measure results with your own developer mindset. Work with users from day one, do not build and build for long time before you get users feedback. Implement the product, and monitor how your users are using it.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

48%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Adobe Experience Manager?

It is easy to learn. You don't need to be an advanced Java developer.

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What needs improvement with Adobe Experience Manager?

While there are many aspects that could be improved, discussing them would require more time. The licensing model is opaque, and technical support could be improved, especially for smaller companies.

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What is your primary use case for Adobe Experience Manager?

I've worked with all major content management systems. Currently, I work with the leaders such as Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore, and Acquia.

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Also Known As

Adobe Day CQ5, Ektron Social Marketing, Episerver Content Cloud

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Overview

Adobe Communique 5 (Adobe CQ5), currently manifested as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), is a web-based content management system which is developed to help businesses in offering high-end digital experience to their customers.

Wordpress.com VIP is the world's most elegant publishing platform and also its most loved. More sites are powered by WordPress than any other Content Management System (CMS) combined.

Sample Customers

Metra

Gigaom, Re/code, Grantland, National Post, TIME.com, National Post, LIN Media, NFL Blogs, Tim Ferriss, NextDraft, Metro UK, USA Today, Foreign Policy, NBC

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