Brightspot CMS Review - why 4.9 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Jun 14, 2022

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What is Brightspot CMS?

Brightspot CMS is an enterprise content management system for businesses of all sizes. It offers dynamic and visual web experience and support for popular database systems. The software was designed and launched by Perfect Sense Digital LLC headquartered in Virginia, United States.

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Who is it best for?

Customers of the software include all business sizes and varieties. Major industries where the software has found deployment include media and entertainment, software development, technology, retail and sale, publishing, financial services, manufacturing, automation, and others. Some noteworthy customers of the software include Walmart, US News, and HGTV Front Door.

Main features and functionalities

The software features customizable dashboard to get started with the tasks. Dashboard also allows the rearrangement of modules on the page to suite the specific editorial needs. Other dashboard features include creating and editing of content, scheduling, recent activities monitoring, and content searching.

Brightspot CMS offers works streams for easy content sharing between the editors. Files can be uploaded in bulk directly from the desktop to the dashboard and can also be uploaded as drafts before publication. The software offers the management of multiple websites from a single CMS.

Editing tools offered by the software include rich text editor, image editing, text overlays, friendly URLs, and references. The software also features the services of production guides, cross-linkers, and moderation workflow etc.

What is the actual cost?

Brightspot offers a free plan for 30 days and two license pricing options; Brightspot GO and Brightspot Enterprise.

• Brightspot GO starts at $7,500 per month.
• The license cost information for Brightspot Enterprise is unavailable.

Brightspot Free Trial comes with features such as Editorially customizable workflows, Enterprise publisher-informed rich text editor, location-enabled, etc.

Brightspot GO comes with everything in the free plan plus features such as pre-configured, ready-to-use integrations, 24/7 infrastructure monitoring, Uptime & response SLAs, etc.

Brightspot Enterprise comes with everything in Brightspot GO plus Custom integrations created by Brightspot, Dedicated CSM, Front end development and experience design, etc.

ITQlick pricing score is 4.4 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for Brightspot CMS. You can also find here pricing information from Brightspot CMS's website.

Pros

• Brightspot allows users to create a workstream when they need to update a site which facilitates work
• Brightspot allows users to schedule pages for publishing
• The software provides a flexible and scalable solution that evolves with clients

Cons

• Users complain about the steep learning curve for all of the features

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of Brightspot CMS vs alternative software solutions.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Is Brightspot CMS right for you or your business?

Brightspot CMS is a good fit for teams seeking a powerful Content Business Platform and Delivery Team to help companies transform their business content and digital experiences by creating enterprise applications at scale with astonishing speed.