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Effortless Content Management System
4.2
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Magnolia Reviews & Product Details

Magnolia Overview
What is Magnolia?

Magnolia is a java-based, open-source, enterprise web content management solution that allows organizations to go to market quickly, adapt quickly to changing business priorities, and integrate easily with third-party systems. Magnolia empowers companies to create outstanding multi-channel customer experiences while maintaining central control over all content assets via a simple, easy-to-use platform.

Company Magnolia International Ltd.
Year founded 1997
Company size 51-200 employees
Headquarters Basel, Switzerland
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Magnolia Product Details
Capabilities
API
CLI
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, On-Premise Linux, On-Premise Windows
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
Magnolia Features
API Access
Asset Management
Collaboration Tools
Content Analytics
Content Archiving
Content Migration
Content Personalization
Content Preview
Content Scheduling
Customer Support
Customizable Templates
Drag and Drop Interface
E-Commerce Integration
Form Builder
GDPR Compliance
Inline Editing
Media Library
Mobile Editing
Multilingual Support
Plugins and Extensions
Responsive Design
SEO Management
Search Functionality
Social Media Integration
Tagging and Categorization
Template Management
User Roles and Permissions
Version Control
WYSIWYG Editor
Workflow Management
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Last updated: May 30, 2025
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36 Magnolia Reviews
4.2 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 24, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
HG
Hillary Lynne G.
Company Owner
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"Better tool for agencies or large organizations"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

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What do you dislike about Magnolia?

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What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

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Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 15, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Magnolia has helped us make huge improvements to our digital capabilities"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

Ease of use of the platform Powerful integrations with a range of 3rd parties Fast, stable and secure Great product support

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

Missing some key features required in more complex situations or when needed for mass scale. Great for single sites / single-site -trees. Currently working with approx 200 sites

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

Poor experience with our current platform - very outdated and lacking in any real development roadmap Poor experience for marketeers with current platform and very difficult/complex for those with limited knowledge Magnolia has helped to unlock both of these two key areas

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Feb 15, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Amazing trip with Magnolia CMS"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

Its extremely easy to change files on the fly and publish in matter of seconds

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

It would be good if somehow there is a way to being able to deploy core files e.g java

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

Building components,developing microservices and fro ntend modules...for the whole frontend part new features are amazingly easy to be deployed, tested and debugged...with ci/cd functionalities same can happen for the backend part too

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jan 08, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great CMS"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

I like how its easy and flexible the CMS , though you need some time to mentally learn and adapt to the system.

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

documentation not enough for developers if you want to extend the code so it needs some time to understand it

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

We used it as Content Management System . so creating content , publishing it , development of new component .

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 04, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Easy to understand and develop"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

It is the best framework for CMS where we can easily manage our business needs.

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

The checkout flow in ecommerce. It will great if magnolia provides and develops the checkout flow in future.

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have migrated the ATG framework ecoomerce project to magnolia easily

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Dec 10, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Very powerful centralized platform."
What do you like best about Magnolia?

The best part is the platform is nicely customizable, And support from the magnolia product team is always amazing.

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

There are some complex bugs related to personalization feature plus few related to extended features like language translation.

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

The product helps us in managing the content in a centralized way while maintaining many multilingual websites.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 08, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Magnolia cms makes it simple to assemble sites and gives the clients."
What do you like best about Magnolia?

My experience is very positive, Magnolia is a great tool. It has allowed the business to manage multiple sites with a small content function.

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

CMS interface can be improved more, otherwise everything is perfect.

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

Implementation of web pages is very straight forward.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 08, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"the best and stable CMS platform that I know"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

User-friendly platform. Fast, scure and stable. It is a very good product. I recommend you.

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

The absence of an administrative interface and the lack of process details are notable limitations of Magnolia. Integrating an administrative interface can be a challenging and intricate undertaking. Upgrading from previous versions can be costly and time-consuming, particularly due to compatibility issues between certain editions. Removing plugins can also pose difficulties. Additionally, managing Magnolia CMS requires handling two separate datasets—one for shared folders and another for remaining content. The administrative interface itself is considered complex and challenging to navigate. Furthermore, the initial installation process of Magnolia CMS may appear intricate and demanding.

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

Magnolia is a highly intuitive content management system (CMS) that excels in creating and advancing contemporary websites and applications. It enables seamless integration of our products or selective components. It is purposefully designed for extensive integration capabilities and operates as an open-source solution, empowering cloud services. With its cloud-based nature, there is no data redundancy, and its user-friendly interface ensures easy utilization. Accessible from anywhere at any time.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 13, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Nice to learn and usage for maintaining Blogs or CMs"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

As CMS tool , the way template handling I've impressed very much.

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

While making the template inside the .asp pages spaces consideration gets defecult I've felt

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

I've used this CMS tool for company blog , before this tool there is no template handling ,after this we can easily handle with template side

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jan 08, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"I am a certified Associate Magnolia Developer"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

It has prebuilt libraries which help a lot in smooth content migration.

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

Sometimes, I find the UI difficult to use.

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used it for website content migration. It has less dependencies.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 27, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"A new experience with Magnolia CMS"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

Magnolia CMS is not so difficult to learn. The learning curve is not that high as long as you know the basics. I also like the multi-site setup that they have, it allows us as a developer and as a solutions provider to maintain all sites in one application only.

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

The only thing I dislike about Magnolia is the documentation. They are not that updated and most of the time we have to look at everything and it is not user-friendly.

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

End to end solutions for our clients. I benefited from Magnolia CMS because it is my first CMS and I enjoy the experience and the learnings.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jan 08, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Simple and helpful"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

Easy to learn and work .. especially for beginners

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

Cross platform is little slow in loading

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

Integrating with any other database . It is required

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 04, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Worked on Magnolia Content management system for an Client for Car Rental web application"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

The multiple features of components, dialog feature , different roles for security purpose and customization of the components.

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

The dislike is about the documentation and discussion forum other than Magnolia official documentation , there is no other source or discussion forums or help for the guidance of the customization or enhancement required for inbuilt features.

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

The clients can perform their own content management without involvement of the developers or without any code changes. It helps to duplicate the entire content to multiple languages and multiple sites/ locales with minimum efforts. Benefits are: Multiple features of components Dialog feature Different roles for security purpose Customization of the components Support for the different locales and languages Templates for multiple devices desktop, tab and phone view Multiple user with access roles to perform the task at the same time concurrently and helps to save the changes with the user names. The entire content of the application can be translated for different language and domains to develop multiple sites. The author view allow the authors to edit the content and save without any code changes.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
May 21, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Fantastic product "
What do you like best about Magnolia?

This product is fantastic. It’s very user friendly

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

There is not one thing that I dislike about this product. It is a great product to use and is very quick

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

Magnolia helped my company run better and more sufficiently

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jan 24, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Great CMS"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

Easy to create the pages and manage content

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

Sometimes layout is choppy when adding new components to the page

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

Product can create content and publish without developers help

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 24, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Organized, but inefficient when uploading multiple files"
What do you like best about Magnolia?

The server is well organized, so it's easy to track chapters/files quickly.

What do you dislike about Magnolia?

When I have to upload and publish a file, I have to do so individually every single time. It would be nice if I could select multiple files and upload them at once.

What problems is Magnolia solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am uploading updated/edited files (textbook chapters) to update our teacher toolbox server. I like how it gets published right away, but it's very time consuming having to upload every single file (especially because I have to upload hundreds).