Contently Pros and Cons

They have the best content marketing solution. It generates story ideas that align with my audience’s interests and connects you with your dream team of freelance creatives. optimizes my content for SEO, voice and tone, plagiarism, brand guidelines, and much more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When I was new to this platform it was difficult for me to manage it. but Since I started using it, it is easier now. I can use it easily now. No difficulties now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When I started using Contently, I was a content team of one. My account manager, managing editor, and bench of writers have helped us dramatically scale up content production to support our demand generation engine -- I now feel like I have a high-performing and talented content team on my side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At times writers are not great at following the briefs we provide, but my managing editor is excellent and reigning them in so that I don't have to deliver that feedback. My managing editor saves me hours of work each week. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It facilitates assigning, editing, verifying, authorizing and publishing content.

I trust their professionals to help me discover new and cutting-edge approaches to improve my content.

Content optimization for SEO, voice and tone.

Customized workflow systems.

Content strategy.

Plagiarism check. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The subscription price is relatively high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Contently makes the entire content creation process so much easier for our team. Their writers are skilled in the topics we need and produce quality content in great timing. They are flexible enough to pivot when plans change and our managing editor does a fantastic job at staying on top of content in progress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We've been very happy so far and look forward to continuing our work with Contently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We love the calendar view. There are days when we have to publish 1-2 blogs. The Contently UI offers an easy to digest view that keeps us organized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Contently has helped us scale our blog in amazing ways. The biggest feedback we receive is from collaborators on other teams who want the ability to edit in real-time. They're used to that functionality from Google Docs and in a fast-paced org, it helps keep work flowing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's wonderful to have a team of writers at your disposal to help craft content, and pitch new ideas. We've also enjoyed taking advantage off some of their other partners that we've worked with to bring more advanced or interactive elements to life. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I haven't seen a lot of value in some of the reporting or strategy work they've provided our team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Contently Content Marketing Is one of best software services for content marketing, SEO which helped us to grow better and it increased the growth of our marketing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing to dislike about the product all features are very good and helpful, except some of the technicalities to be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform offers an easy way to edit content and collaborate with the writer and subject matter experts to keep the work flowing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Initial setup can be cumbersome. Sometimes there are formatting issues that are hard to resolve when you need to cut and paste content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Contently platform provides our organization with an easy-to-navigate, intuitive platform that ensures the seamless delivery of our content from ideation thru to publication in an incredibly cost-efficient, time-saving way. The platform is not only a workflow tool, ensuring all lines of business are meeting their deadlines, but also provides us with access to hundreds of hand-picked, exceptional writers who truly make our jobs so much easier! The Contently Account team is second to none. We've worked together for over five years now, a testament to their caring & supportive account teams. They are an engaged group of incredibly knowledgeable Content Marketers, who have become an extension of our team. TRUE Partners in every sense of the word. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Contently has been able to help many companies connect their content development to their sales platform, we have not (we're a bank, so it is no easy task!). It would be a tremendous asset to easily determine true ROI on the stories & videos we produce. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The automated workflows and editorial calendar make it easy to see exactly where your content is in its creation process, what steps are next and any potential blockers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is some limited functionality in terms of customizing the experience for your specific needs. For instance, there's no way to default that all links should open in a new tab (you have to manually select for each link you add) and there doesn't seem to be a way to set an order for your custom tags or list of integrations when pushing to a CMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.