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Compare Acquia Digital Experience Platform and Pantheon 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (34.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$134 per month
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
Acquia Digital Experience Platform
Star Rating
(218)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (34.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$134 per month
Learn more about Acquia Digital Experience PlatformPantheon
Star Rating
(724)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
Browse all 3 pricing plansAcquia Digital Experience Platform vs Pantheon
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Pantheon easier to use, set up, and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of administration with Acquia Digital Experience Platform.
- Reviewers felt that Acquia Digital Experience Platform meets the needs of their business better than Pantheon.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Pantheon is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Acquia Digital Experience Platform over Pantheon.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Acquia Digital Experience Platform
Starting At
$134
per month
Continuous integration development platform featuring Drupal-tuned LAMP stack and automated workflow
- Single-instance cloud environment
- Site uptime monitoring
- Configuration monitoring (performance, security, best practices)
Pantheon
BASIC PLAN
$41
per month (prepaid annually)
Hosting for local businesses, small blogs, and static sites.
Start with our Basic Plan and scale up in plan easily as your site needs grow.
- 25k Monthly Visits
- 125k Monthly Pages Served
- 20GB SSD Storage
Free Trial
Acquia Digital Experience Platform
Free Trial is available
Pantheon
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
168
8.8
498
Ease of Use
8.7
167
8.8
500
Ease of Setup
8.3
125
8.7
391
Ease of Admin
8.8
125
8.7
387
Quality of Support
8.1
166
8.7
475
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
123
8.8
372
Product Direction (% positive)
8.3
144
8.2
481
Features by Category
Content
8.6
84
|
Verified
9.1
119
|
Verified
8.4
84
|
Verified
8.9
114
|
Verified
8.6
83
|
Verified
9.2
135
|
Verified
8.4
77
8.8
127
|
Verified
8.3
74
|
Verified
9.0
112
|
Verified
8.2
76
8.9
106
8.1
77
|
Verified
8.9
116
|
Verified
8.1
81
|
Verified
8.6
108
|
Verified
8.5
79
|
Verified
9.1
115
|
Verified
Design
7.7
71
8.3
83
|
Verified
8.4
74
8.4
83
8.4
75
8.4
81
8.6
80
|
Verified
8.9
93
Platform
8.6
81
8.9
121
|
Verified
8.4
78
8.9
108
8.4
77
|
Verified
8.9
109
|
Verified
9.0
81
|
Verified
9.0
133
|
Verified
9.0
70
9.2
137
|
Verified
8.8
68
8.8
96
8.2
77
|
Verified
8.8
140
|
Verified
8.6
81
|
Verified
8.9
124
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Analytics
7.9
28
Not enough data
7.8
21
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.5
29
Not enough data
8.6
21
Not enough data
8.3
18
Not enough data
Content Management
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.7
23
Not enough data
9.3
31
Not enough data
Design & Development
8.5
25
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visitor Behavior
8.0
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
Templates
8.7
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
Personalization
8.7
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
Multichannel
9.0
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.2
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
10
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - E-Commerce Personalization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
7.5
23
9.5
103
8.1
21
9.2
92
9.2
23
9.8
104
Management
8.7
21
9.1
88
9.0
23
9.6
108
8.6
22
9.1
99
Support
7.9
19
8.5
90
Feature Not Available
8.8
90
8.2
19
9.3
89
Publishing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Development
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Headless CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
60
|
Verified
Management
Not enough data
8.5
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
65
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Not enough data
4.0
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Performance
Not enough data
8.5
19
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
7.6
18
Security
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
7.7
19
Not enough data
7.7
16
Not enough data
8.0
17
Free Resources
Not enough data
5.9
16
Not enough data
6.0
17
Not enough data
8.1
18
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Acquia Digital Experience Platform and Pantheon are categorized as WebOps Platforms, Web Content Management, and Managed Hosting
Unique Categories
Acquia Digital Experience Platform is categorized as E-Commerce Personalization, Digital Experience Platforms (DXP), and Headless CMS
Pantheon is categorized as Continuous Integration and WordPress Hosting
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Acquia Digital Experience Platform
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Pantheon
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
14.1%
Computer Software
9.7%
Higher Education
9.2%
Marketing and Advertising
5.8%
Financial Services
5.3%
Other
55.8%
Marketing and Advertising
15.6%
Information Technology and Services
14.9%
Internet
10.9%
Computer Software
10.6%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.6%
Other
42.4%
Alternatives
Discussions
Perhaps the cost is somewhat high for small businesses that are starting, a plan for small businesses, entrepreneurship or for individuals such as personal blogs and profile sites would be excellent, also a part of the community where access to the tools is provided with promotional coupons or plans donation this to encourage the use of this incredible platform more for new and small businesses that need projection.
4 Comments
NS
To open a small business, you need start-up capital, you need to calculate your financial capabilities. It is not bad to use advertising through social...Read more
What is Acquia Cloud?
3 Comments
RD
Acquia Cloud is a Managed Services Offering that runs Drupal Applications. Drupal is an Open Source application with very flexible addon features. Acquia...Read more
What is Acquia Drupal Cloud used for?
1 Comment
SS
Acquia Drupal Cloud is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution designed specifically for hosting, managing, and optimizing Drupal-based websites. Drupal is a...Read more
Is Pantheon considering offering price tiers for nonprofit/education organizations?
3 Comments
NC
As Ian said, it doesn't hurt to ask, but nothing has been announced publicly ( https://pantheon.io/industry-solutions/nonprofit ).
One way to save some...Read more
Any chance of allowing a Backup (on any Environment) to be easily used to spin up a MultiDev instance? It would be SO AWESOME to click a button and resurrect a 3day old backup on a new Environment and log into it and look around. :-)
2 Comments
DG
Doug.
Spin up the Multidev as you normally would, and then you can import your backup database to the environment via the database connection info pantheon...Read more
Can I host multiple URLs on one plan?
1 Comment
Official Response from Pantheon
Each plan hosts one domain and any subdomains. Read more
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