# Preside Reviews **Vendor:** Pixl8 Group Ltd **Category:** [Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)](https://www.g2.com/categories/digital-experience-platforms-dxp) **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 3 ## About Preside Preside is an open source cloud-ready platform which enables the rapid creation of enterprise applications, websites, CRM, Customer Data platforms and SaaS applications. It is used by 100s of organisations to build their websites and by customer teams, and partners who use it as a base for their software needs. With over 157,000 downloads to date, Preside is backed by four experienced partners and has been contributed to by a growing global community of developers. ## Preside Reviews ### 1. Very effective open source Digital Platform **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rahul S. | Co-Founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 12, 2021 **What do you like best about Preside?** Preside has very useful key features like CMS, form builder, Email center, free extensions, etc. **What do you dislike about Preside?** Preside is an open-source platform but it is a bit complex in comparison to other open-source platforms, its outstretched could be a reason. **Recommendations to others considering Preside:** Implement Preside in your organization when you need everything managed in-house. **What problems is Preside solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are managing development in-house at a very affordable cost. It is saving us cost & time with very broad features. ### 2. A state of the art plaform to build powerfull websites/web applications **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Guust N. | Senior Full Stack Web Developer, Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about Preside?** Preside, out-of-the-box comes with a solid feature base that kickstarts the development of any website/web application. This foundation allows getting started right away with the development of project-specific functionality instead of wasting time rebuilding the same features over and over again. On top of this, the data manager functionality scaffolds the required CRUD interfaces right away. Building a website/web application on top of Preside saves hours of work and allows to deliver projects faster than ever. **What do you dislike about Preside?** The documentation needs some extra attention. Diving into the source code of Preside is plan B, but a steeper learning curve. **What problems is Preside solving and how is that benefiting you?** Preside gets us started with a great foundation containing functionality like CMS, permissions, rules engine, scaffolding, email centre, form builder, etc. Because of this, we are able to deliver new projects faster than ever, since we don't need to re-invent the wheel ever single project. ### 3. Preside is one of the best cloud base platform that we used to build web application, Mobile App... **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about Preside?** - Rapid - Easy to code and easy to use - Struct is very clean - MVC & Coldbox base **What do you dislike about Preside?** - sync data when upgrading version - Lack of extension **What problems is Preside solving and how is that benefiting you?** - You can use preside to build any app as you want. - Preside admin is so cool and easy to use ## Preside Discussions - [What is Preside used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-preside-used-for) - [View Preside pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/preside/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-17+06%3A07%3A47+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=fc1f3460-f83a-4ef4-a9e8-516d1318013d&secure%5Btoken%5D=e120d300205826eb199751d341871d3ae1fe32c8252050a85731c566c37a02fc&format=llm_user) ## Preside Features **Content** - Content Authoring - Rich Text Editor - Versioning - Plug-ins/Widgets/Apps - Approval Process - Content Scheduling - Asset Management - Internal Search - Content Repository **Analytics** - Web Analytics - Campaign Tracking - Audience Insights - Reports & Dashboards - Personalization - Marketing Automation **Design** - Breadth of Pre-Built Templates - Mobile - Branding/Themes - Customization **Content Management** - Customizable Templated Workflows - Asset Management - Portals and Sites **Platform** - User Community - SEO - Flexible Navigation Structures - User, Role, and Access Management - Enterprise Scalability - Internationalization - Dashboards and Reports - API / Integrations **Design & Development** - Low-Code App Development - Self-Service Capabilities **Agentic AI - Web Content Management** - Cross-system Integration - Natural Language Interaction **Agentic AI - Digital Experience Platforms** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making ## Top Preside Alternatives - [Bloomreach](https://www.g2.com/products/bloomreach-bloomreach/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (757 reviews) - [Umbraco](https://www.g2.com/products/umbraco/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (933 reviews) - [Webflow](https://www.g2.com/products/webflow/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (974 reviews)