Squiz provide a 'supported' open-source service which not only gives us the security of having someone to contact 24/7 if the site goes down but also comes with a community of users and developers to tap into for further help and enquiry. It supports multiple sites - we currently have 4 on the same instance, including an Intranet) and has an extensive range of features to improve your content management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Squiz Matrix is a great CMS but without expert knowledge of the CMS it can be costly for development work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The strongest suit for Squiz Matrix was the clear and simple user interface it provided, that gives confidence to non-expert users, while never seeming at all underpowered or limited in functionality. It does what so many other systems try and fail to do - do the complicated stuff for the technical people, while enabling simple stress-free editing for the basic user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Nothing different to any other CMS - it can be slow to process at times, when there are a large number of people using it at the same time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Squiz is an enterprise CMS and it doesn't scrimp on features. If you talk to the Squiz team, nothing is out of scope and Squiz Matrix can be coupled with any type of CRM or document management platform out there. It comes with many features that other comparable CMS don't and I often find myself opting for Squiz Matrix when others don't come up to scratch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Squiz Matrix (and it's predecessor MySource Matrix) are essentially open source platforms but they can't be compared to other open source platforms. There is less of a community developing for it and installation and server maintenance is a complicated business. With the advent of Squiz Matrix 5 they have dropped their open source tag so it can be expensive to opt for this platform now, which acts as a barrier to selecting Squiz Matrix unless you can have a long term investment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The flexibility of the Squiz platform is great - it lets us do all sorts of things to develop in new and innovative ways. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We had some teething trouble to start with due to the complex nature of our business. This was exacerbated by a high turnover of Squiz-client account managers. This has now been sorted out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's flexibility for content management for different types of users and it's ability to link up to other online tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Whilst Squiz provides a wide range of link ups to e-commerce providers, it takes quite a bit of work to upgrade or change this facility. I know that this is not unique to Squiz, but it would be great if this was a more standard process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.