Magnolia vs. Sitecore

Composable DXP - no rigid toolkits

Escape Sitecore complexity with a modular platform for seamless integration
Enable direct connections with every tool regardless of vendor: commerce, marketing, analytics, DAM, CDP, and more
Swap technologies in and out as requirements change - without building from scratch
Deliver content to any touchpoint and build frontends with any framework, including React, Angular, and Vue

Hassle-free collaboration

Empower marketers to publish content in a unified authoring interface with visual editing
Allow developers to start building components within an hour - unlike Sitecore XM Cloud, which requires complete rebuilding for headless migration
Accelerate development with user-friendly design and code-first approach vs. specialized knowledge, dedicated development UI and time-consuming installation processes for Sitecore

Customer-centric commitment

Don’t feel invisible - Magnolia builds on a robust, reliable technical foundation with a personalized touch to customer relationships
Get bespoke support and service from real architects that understand your business needs without costly certifications acting as a gatekeeper
Count on fair, transparent pricing that doesn’t balloon whenever you expand into a new region or need to make an update

COMPARE MAGNOLIA

No more trade-offs

Time to market (TTM)

User experience

Headless

Flexibility

Technology stack

Pricing

Sitecore

Sitecore is much more complex to implement and takes much longer to deploy. Some Sitecore projects have been in development for 1-2 years before going live.

Non-technical users find it difficult to use Sitecore. The user interface is not intuitive, and many components are configured via parameters, making it hard for marketers to know what they’ve changed.

Sitecore’s headless approach is less mature, less scalable, and may require rebuilding from scratch.

Sitecore’s packaged solution is complex, inflexible, and difficult to integrate with third-party technologies. Built through acquisition, it can be challenging to integrate Sitecore products with each other. Some users report needing to spend on development to complete internal integrations.

Sitecore only supports development approaches with ASP.NET C# and Headless. Sitecore requires a specialized, niche skill set - simply knowing .NET is not enough.

Complex commercial pricing model makes it difficult to scale and anticipate costs as business needs change.

Magnolia

Fast deployment speed, with some projects going live within two months and delivering 50% increase in ROI.

Magnolia's intuitive unified authoring experience and WYSIWYG features allow both technical and non-technical teams to use the platform seamlessly.

Magnolia has personalization features that allow authors to deliver individualized content in an effective and scalable way in a headless or hybrid headless scenario.

Magnolia provides the core capabilities of a composable DXP and enables users to integrate with other technologies through Connector Packs, Marketplace extensions, REST Clients, and webhooks. This allows customers to add functionality without any additional development.

Magnolia supports multiple development approaches, including Java, low/no-code using Light Development, and Headless, with many popular front-end frameworks supported. Customers can choose the technology that best suits their requirements and team’s skill set.

Magnolia is committed to real, transparent and predictable pricing.