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It goes beyond a CMS by adding audience targeting, testing, and integrations to CRM and commerce so one team can run the whole customer-facing experience."},{"q":"Composable or monolithic DXP?","a":"Choose composable if you have engineers and want best-of-breed tools you assemble via APIs, like Contentful plus a separate personalization engine. Choose monolithic like Adobe or Sitecore if you want one vendor, one contract, and fewer integration seams, and can accept less flexibility."}],"how_to_choose":["Start with your stack: on .NET lean Sitecore or Kentico, on Drupal lean Acquia, on a MACH build lean Contentful or Uniform.","If experimentation drives your roadmap, weight the testing engine heavily and Optimizely moves up.","For commerce, prioritize AI merchandising and Bloomreach becomes a serious contender.","Budget realistically: enterprise DXPs run six figures a year plus a multi-month implementation, so confirm you have the team to run it before you sign."],"faqs":[{"q":"How much does a digital experience platform cost?","a":"Enterprise DXPs like Adobe Experience Manager and Sitecore run from about $100,000 to well over $250,000 per year plus implementation. Mid-market options like Kentico and Sitefinity start near $15,000 to $25,000 per year. Composable tools like Contentful begin around $300 per month and scale with usage."},{"q":"What is the difference between a DXP and a CMS?","a":"A CMS manages and publishes content. A DXP includes a CMS but adds personalization, A/B testing, customer data, and integrations to CRM and commerce so you can tailor and measure experiences across every channel, not just publish pages."},{"q":"Is Adobe Experience Manager worth it for a mid-size company?","a":"Usually not. AEM is built for enterprises with six-figure budgets and dedicated teams, and a typical implementation runs 6 to 12 months. A mid-size company is better served by Kentico, Sitefinity, or a composable Contentful setup."},{"q":"What is a composable DXP?","a":"A composable DXP is an architecture where you assemble best-of-breed tools, a headless CMS, a personalization engine, a commerce platform, connected by APIs, rather than buying one bundled suite. It follows the MACH principles of microservices, API-first, cloud-native, and headless."},{"q":"Which DXP is best for ecommerce?","a":"Bloomreach is the strongest commerce-first DXP because its Loomi AI drives product search and merchandising that lifts conversion. Contentful paired with a headless commerce engine is the top composable route, and Adobe Experience Manager fits enterprises already on Adobe Commerce."}],"honest_disclosures":["Most platforms on this list are US or EU headquartered and priced in USD; buyers in other regions should confirm local support and data residency.","Pricing is opaque across the enterprise tier; the figures shown are typical entry points from public sources and real quotes vary widely by seat count and modules.","We did not score based on hands-on implementation of every platform; scores reflect documented capabilities, analyst coverage, and public customer feedback."],"glossary":{"term":"Digital Experience Platform","definition":"Software that unifies content management, personalization, and multi-channel delivery so one team can build and optimize customer-facing experiences across web, app, and email.","synonyms":["DXP","experience platform","customer experience 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