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Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) vs Salesforce Community Cloud comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Acquia Digital Experience P...
Ranking in Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Community Cloud
Ranking in Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
7th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Community Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) category, the mindshare of Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) is 2.9%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Community Cloud is 4.5%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP)2.9%
Salesforce Community Cloud4.5%
Other92.6%
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
 

Featured Reviews

Talish Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Drupal Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Marketers have gained low‑code control and now build personalized journeys that boost conversions
One of the improvements needed for Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) involves platform sizing and pricing transparency, which is the most consistent complaint I have seen across various clients. The way Acquia sizes its platform for customers is described as ambiguous and often results in penalties after doing business. Users also note that overall cost can be high and limits accessibility for smaller businesses. Additionally, the Site Factory provisioning environment takes a lot of time, and often more environments are needed than what is available by default, requiring you to go through support and sales processes. For teams handling CI/CD pipelines and needing fast environment spin-ups, this lag is a real bottleneck. Support gaps exist since support follows standard SLAs, and sometimes there are different difficulties when dealing with critical issues due to the lack of a 24/7 available team.
Julio Divietro - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer success manger at Peletex
Helps us with sales management of customer life cycles with good business intelligence
Our primary use case for the solution is sales management of customer life cycles. We deploy the solution on cloud The stability and ease of use are valuable. Additionally, the granularity of the tool provides a great experience because of the several variables we can manage during the process.…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Acquia ensures we always have the latest releases available, which is a positive step forward in growth."
"The best feature of Acquia is its deployment capabilities and the DX product, which recently released a new framework called DX Acquia."
"Every user is almost like a mini administrator, which spoke well to how they were connected globally."
"Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) has positively impacted my organization primarily through its ease of use, making it easier to generate content and pages, especially from a marketing perspective, so entry-level people can access it and utilize it as well as advanced users, appealing to a range of people."
"Because for every new site that I have to spin up, it uses the same governed components, it makes it faster, launches with zero brand drift, and editors never need a developer for day-to-day page building."
"Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) offers the ability to provide a managed services cloud hosting environment for Drupal CMS, which is an open-source platform and can be a challenge to maintain independently due to the frequent updating and security patching required."
"Before using Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP), we might manage two projects a year, but now we can deliver four to five projects and provide more features for each client."
"Building pages using Site Studio components was very easy, and using Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) for our website and project was really great."
"All the business intelligence included in the tool gives more information about the cycle of the sales stage."
"What I found most valuable in Salesforce CRM is its reporting feature because it's extensive and it's very accurate. I also like that you can move opportunities by stages. I find that feature very important and very useful because it helps you understand where opportunities get stuck, and at what stage it is currently."
 

Cons

"Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) could be improved by allowing more customization options, as it currently has limitations with hooks in its core Drupal system that prevent us from making custom modules easily."
"One of the improvements needed for Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) involves platform sizing and pricing transparency, which is the most consistent complaint I have seen across various clients."
"My experience with customer support for Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) was terrible."
"One area where Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) can be improved is the cost structure, as it's quite an expensive solution for what it is."
"I have heard it was a little high, but I do not have the specific details."
"In Site Factory, the provisioning of environments can take time."
"Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) can be improved because sometimes it takes a lot of time."
"Once the site was originally developed, it needed to be transferred onto Acquia, which was quite a task."
"The user interface can be improved."
"An area for improvement in Salesforce CRM is that there's still a lot of manual input you need to make. If it could pick up things automatically from an email and auto-populate, that would make the tool better. Another area for improvement is that the Salesforce CRM connector for G-suite does not work effectively."
"The support for Salesforce CRM was not very prompt. It took us a lot of time to receive support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Pricing for Salesforce CRM is extremely expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Energy/Utilities Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
9%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP)?
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, since we are using an evaluation rather than full versions, the pricing is obviously quite high, so we are not making that commitment because of the pr...
What needs improvement with Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP)?
Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) can be improved in several ways. I believe there is still meaningful room for improvement in several areas. One area where I believe improvement is possible...
What is your primary use case for Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP)?
I have been using Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) for approximately six to seven years in my institute and across a few collaborative research and digital transformation initiatives. My ma...
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ABInBev, MARS, Bayer, and more.
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