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What do you like best about Contensis?

Being able to reuse content across multiple page entries and how it supports users with SEO & Accessibility in mind when creating content. The support team and account manager are really helpful and responsive when dealing with tickets/major issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contensis?

Nothing major which I dislike other than it would be good to see new eCommerce related features being inteoduced in future product releases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Helping to become a more agile and manage a number of different page types more easily, reuse content more easily and provide guidance with assets and uploading documents that align with SEO & Accessibility best practices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Olivia Turner of Contensis

Hey there,

Thanks so much for taking the time to review our product, Contensis. We’re so pleased that you enjoy it. I'll be sure to pass on your lovely comments to our support and account management team. 🎉

We're always working on improving our product and hearing user feedback is instrumental to that.

Thanks again for your kind words and for choosing Contensis as your CMS of choice.

Contensis Overview

What is Contensis?

Contensis is a headless Content Management System (CMS) with an integrated deployment platform. It’s built by UK-based company, Zengenti. It provides a single place to create, maintain and deliver your content. Its content modelling, authoring, and governance features help you and your teams to create and keep on top of well-structured content. Open APIs make it easy to integrate with leading platforms and products to deliver immersive digital experiences for your customers. Contensis powers websites for world-leading organisations across various industries such as higher education, local government, and the private sector.

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Contensis is an enterprise CMS that powers the websites of organisations in a single place to create, maintain & publish content.


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Zengenti
Year Founded
2001
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Ludlow, Shropshire
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Paul R.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"The pros and pros of using Contensis!"
The platform it excellent for those beginning their journey into a career in editorial work. However it can also be utilised by those more proficie...
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Okon N.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"A modern and solid CMS solution"
The platform is straightforward to use with a clean, modern interface. Zengenti are constantly working to improve the platform with regular updates...
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Harshil T.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Very good interface and speedy customer service"
Contensis has modernised itself dramatically over the past 2 years which has helped our users and admins navigate and publish content with ease.
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Response from Laura McCullough of Contensis

Hey Ben,

Thank you for your positive review of Contensis! It's great to hear you appreciate the flexibility and ease of use. 🙌

At Zengenti, we're committed to continually improving our product to meet the evolving needs of our users. I'm pleased to hear that you benefit from our regular webinars. You can also see what's coming up in future releases by visiting our roadmap.

We appreciate your feedback and support, and we're excited for you to see the new features that we have in store.

Thanks again for your review!

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Brooke C.
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What do you like best about Contensis?

The best part about Contensis is how quickly and professionally tickets/help are dealt with. Me and my team have always had great experience with the support team. All feedback and suggestions for product updates are taken seriously as well, which is really great. It's clear that Zengenti cares about making sure that Contensis is as accessible and useable as possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contensis?

Some aspects of composition don't work, such as image cropping or image positioning in banners etc. This can get a bit annoying as sometimes things/bugs like this aren't always prioritise.

Also, sometimes the support team isn't always clear about reasons for why issues happen. It usually takes a few days to get a reason why something has broken or fallen over. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Contensis is doing a good job at making sure that communication between admins and editors is the best it can be. For example, implementing notifications for entries awaiting approval, and having a chat on the dashboard with editors will really help us, as our editors edit their own content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laura McCullough of Contensis

Hey Brooke!

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience using our product, Contensis. 🌟

We understand the importance of keeping up with the latest technology and constantly update our product to ensure it meets our users' needs. If you have any suggestions for how we can improve Contensis, please don't hesitate to let us know.

Thank you for joining us at Zengenti Velocity. We hope you had an enjoyable day.

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What do you like best about Contensis?

The platform it excellent for those beginning their journey into a career in editorial work. However it can also be utilised by those more proficient in coding to significantly enhance the customer offering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contensis?

The only real criticism I have of the product is there are sometimes unexpected and unusual bugs that present themselves. This is to be expected from digital software though and are promptly resolved via support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We have 2 seperate editorial teams with further devolved responsibility within the organisation. Contensis allows us to cleanly segregate the various areas of the website on a permission based level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laura McCullough of Contensis

Hello Paul,

Thank you for sharing your positive experience using Contensis! 🌟 We greatly appreciate your feedback.

We hope you continue to enjoy working with Contensis 🚀

ON
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What do you like best about Contensis?

The platform is straightforward to use with a clean, modern interface. Zengenti are constantly working to improve the platform with regular updates and takeaways from user suggestions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contensis?

Support can be a little restricted at times. Would like a bit more at the basic level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Putting an impetus on reusing content more flexibly, Contensis is taking the strain out of content creation. It used to be a tough ask, especially with fiddly formating using previous systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laura McCullough of Contensis

Hey Okon,

Thanks so much for taking the time to review our product, Contensis. 🎉 We’re pleased to hear our CMS helps with content creation.

We value your feedback and will pass this on to our product team.

Lucy H.
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What do you like best about Contensis?

Content types and entries are super easy to use, and great for web editors with limited experience. The UI is also great. The publishing process is quicker than any other CMS I have used. They're contsantly updating functionality to make it better and better, which is really great as you can tell that their customers are so important to them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contensis?

At times it can be tough to deal with the help desk when I do have issues to raise. I've had times where it was super easy to resolve my query, and times where it's the complete opposite. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Managing the vast amounts of content we have on the University website, in an easy and manageable way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laura McCullough of Contensis

Hello Lucy,

Thank you for taking the time to review Contensis.

We're glad to hear the publishing process is quicker than any other CMS you have used.

I will be sure to share your review with the team.

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What do you like best about Contensis?

Contensis is flexible and easy to use for our developers and editors.

The team at zengenti are very approachable and are eager to help you with any challenges.

As a developer I appreciate their responsiveness and updates to the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contensis?

Contentsis can sometimes be slow or give error messages which slows our work down. But this is occasional and not a frequent blocker. There isn't much I dislike about the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Contensis allows us to create a wide variety of pages across our multiple websites in a user friendly platform allowing our editors to create content quickly and developers a code base that is well documented and easy to get started in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Olivia Turner of Contensis

Hey Freya,

Thank you for your positive review of Contensis! It's great to hear you appreciate our CMS's flexibility and ease of use for developers and editors. 🙌

We appreciate your feedback and support, and we're excited for you to see the new features that we have in store. Thanks again for your review!

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What do you like best about Contensis?

I really like the UI and how easy it is to use. The building block model helps me explain to editors how to create good content.

It compares to well to competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contensis?

I find it difficult when things don't go to plan. We've had some down time recently for longer than we might have expected. I really like the idea of the canvas introduced today am would like this brought out sooner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Providing a better UX website, a better managed website and an overall user experience for editors. Contensis supports productivity across the council. It has supported taking less time to produce content management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laura McCullough of Contensis

Hey Matthew,

Thank you for taking the time to review our product, Contensis.

We are very excited about the introduction of Canvas too. I'm glad you were able to join us for Zengenti Velocity, we hope you had a great day.

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What do you like best about Contensis?

Contensis is really great at enabling us to have a large number of editors to have access. This means that we are able to keep things decentralised whilst at the same time retaining control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contensis?

I can't really find much to fault about the product. I'm a real actively new user though to date I haven't encountered any issues that have prevented me from carrying out what I want to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Contensis allows multiple editors to produce content in a decentralised system. It also works well by having an approval system meaning that we can check content before it's been published. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laura McCullough of Contensis

Hey Simon,

Thank you for sharing your positive experience using Contensis! 🌟

We hope you enjoyed your day at Zengenti Velocity, thank you for joining us.

Thanks again for your kind words and for choosing Contensis as your CMS of choice. 🚀

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What do you like best about Contensis?

This CMS system has great features and is easy to use with a simple user interface making it quite easy for new members to work their way around the system in a short period of time.

Zengenti offers reliable support and tickets and emergencies are responded to quite quickly. Updates and fixes are regular.

We are currently migrating from Classic Contensis towards the new headless CMS UI which Zengenti is providing excellent 1-to-1 support as we make the transition.

We are looking forward to the new features that the cloud-based Contensis will offer. Headless CMS gives our organisation the flexibility it needs to manage the content creation. Our developers can used their preferred skills sets without conforming to the limitations and concerns regarding the front-end development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contensis?

No complaints about the product. The new headless CMS may present a steep learning curve for some but we are receiving support from the Zengenti. No major issues that I know of with Contensis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Hosting several smaller public facing sites that support our main site. The smaller sites can be managed in-house allowing our developers to create fast solutions to meet our needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laura McCullough of Contensis

Hey,

Thank you for sharing your positive experience using Contensis! 🌟

It's great to hear that you find our content management system easy to use with a simple UI

I'm glad you are looking forward to the upcoming features. We are too!

Thanks again for your kind words and for choosing Contensis as your CMS of choice. 🚀

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What do you like best about Contensis?

The system is able to manage many hundreds of editors, thousands of pages and assets in a very simple, easy to use way.

We’ve used the system now for well over a decade for multiple sites and it’s proved reliable and adaptable for our needs.

The support and maintenance side has kept us up-to-date allowing us to reach our global audience with ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Contensis?

After almost 10 years of the "old fashioned" code model the move to react was quite a steep learning curve for us. However, now we are a couple of years in we are seeing major benefits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We host the main public website, plus two - soon to be three smaller business sites. We also have a password protected "intranet" running from Contensis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Olivia Turner of Contensis

Hey!

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience using our product, Contensis. We're thrilled to hear that you find our CMS to be simple and easy to use and can reach your global audience with ease😃

We understand the importance of keeping up with the latest technology and constantly update our product to ensure it meets our users' needs. If you have any suggestions for how we can improve Contensis, please don't hesitate to let us know.

We hope you continue to enjoy working with Contensis for the next decade! 🚀