Adobe Experience Manager Reviews & Product Details

easy updates - drag and drop feature blah blah

2 different dashboards - like using the old/ outdated one most

real time updates

Built on Java based technologies, easy to learn (only if coming from java background), integration with existing applications

Complicated installation, setup, maintenance, lots of settings to remember (big checklist); Not adequate documentation from Adobe; Expensive; No developer edition to test/try

Developing multiple regional websites for the enterprise, with translations, marketing needs for every region yet being on the same look & feel, integrating with existing web applications using REST

Ease of use, Intuitive author experience, Preview capabilities and real time publishing.

Too much configurations . Need alot of IT involvement .

Implementation of CMS systems for various web properties. Easy of publishing, real time updates to market.

When we looked at various portal and CMS solutions to replacing our aging legacy intranet portal, our committee evaluated about 10 different technology solutions and arrived at Adobe AEM as the best solution for us. It's not cheap, but while many competing solutions "CAN" meet requirements, it's worth the time to request a demo of "HOW" an editor and end user would use the platform and witness the steps involved to better understand the process. One of the features I like the best about the product from layout and design perspective is that you can drag and drop column control components on a row by row basis to layout your page. Gone are the dark days when you are constricted to a 2 or 3 column layout template for the whole page. You can decide that you want 3 columns of content components (text, video, images, or widgets, etc.) in the first row, and then decide on the fly that you want 1 or 2 columns on the next row. This allows designers and authorers the flexibility to layout each page as needed without resorting to templates. Of course there are page templates as well, but this was one of the many selling points. The fact that you can simply select text and in a couple clicks update the content makes updates easy, and encourages a culture of self publishing made easy.

The product definitely needs a 3rd party implimentor to set up the necessary templates, configurations, customizations of components and of course testing etc. Expect this to take at least a full year before actual launching the product - more if you want to ensure a truly bilingual experience for administrators and content editors.

We were looking to replace an aging oracle based portal intranet solution. We honestly aren't leveraging many of the marketing features and personalized content features yet, as we are focused mainly on migration from our old platform at this point.

Being newer to the AEM CQ platform, I feel that overall the background structure is quite simple to understand and maneuver throughout with having basic content management experience from different platforms. I also like that even though it is a simple process, it feels very secure when activating and making changes live. It takes going through a few confirming steps to make something go live on the website, which is good and causes us to make deliberate actions. I like the widgets, and the ability to have them customized for our use. The tree structure given allows us to house multiple global websites and keep them consistent across the board.

I dislike that the current version I have, does not do simple things such as automatically alphabetize tree structures/lists. In some areas you are not able to mass activated, which drags out something that should be simple and quick. I also find that after being within the program for awhile, it slows down quite a bit (not sure if this hinges more on the AEM program, or poor internet connection - that should be considered).

We are trying to get all of our global websites onto one platform to keep them consistent with each other, and this has been a great solution for that. It is currently housing several different websites, all in foreign languages, and we are finally being able to create a consistent brand for ourselves. It handles much content management storage without problem such as images, pdfs, etc - and offers a nice search feature. I like the ability to tag, add meta data, etc. For someone newer, at times this can be an overwhelming training process. However, we are confident this is the best route to go for our company and continuation of global development with our sites.

I will start by saying that I am a big fan of Adobe products in general. Have been using quite a few over the last decade....that said, so far, I’m happy using the AEM portion of the platform. It’s clean, easy to use and user friendly when it comes to classifying and organizing your digital assets.

Haven’t really come across any features yet that I dislike, hoping that once we get to do a whole “integrated campaign” all the other parts of the platform will work nicely and integrate well with the AEM portion.

Using AEM for enterprise content management and web marketing management. Hoping the see the benefits of doing more holistic integrated marketing campaigns once we get all the other portions setup.

author instance is very user friendly. for a CMS, great UX. workflows are seamless - flexibility for customization. great enterprise solution.

not necessarily a cq5 issue, but since we build and test on our (agency) server, then push to client's server for dev and prod, we have to bundle packages and push over for installation. have found that things break in the process, causing more qa time.

enterprise solution for multiple sites

It's like having a sophisticated command center that aligns perfectly with our intricate project needs. For targeting demographics and user preferences, the features it offers have been enabling and empowering our marketing team really well.

However, it's not all smooth sailing. For starters, its complexity, for non-marketing team team members, can be quite daunting. And then there's the cost factor, it's definitely an investment, making it a bit of a stretch for smaller projects.

AEM has transformed how we handle digital projects because all teams are now aligned. It's like having a digital assets manager that ensures efficiency and consistency in our content delivery. Our project communication lines have become more streamlined, and maintaining a unified brand voice across various projects is now much more manageable.

AEM has been super useful for doing targetted marketing. Handling the web-content has been easy and the integration with the Adobe suite makes the work flow to be efficient.

The complexity and features it offers are great but it is overwhelming not knowing where to start.The costing for this tool might not be for everyone.

Repetitive tasks have gone due to the automation feature and due to this, a lot of time is going towards brainstorming to create great campaigns. Furthermore, because of the automation features, scalability is no longer a worry and is easily manageable.

It enables me to create, manage, and optimize my content as I like while providing a complete security and privacy of data.

Can improve on load times and real- time updates. Lack of integration.

Its allowing me to eliminate differnt resouurces I used to manage my content and provided a single platform that takes care of all my needs.