Liferay DXP vs Magnolia DXP

Liferay DXP is an enterprise platform for building digital experiences for business customers, consumers, and employees. Its modules cover content management, digital assets, commerce, sites, low-code tools, and personalization. It also supports headless delivery, experimentation, and experience analytics. Organizations can choose SaaS, PaaS, or self-hosted deployment, including on-premise or a customer’s cloud for self-hosted installations. Integrations include SOAP, REST, GraphQL, RSS, and proprietary APIs; identity options include SAML 2.0, OpenID, Kerberos, CAS, and OpenIM. Security controls include multi-factor authentication, LDAP validation, roles, fine-grained permissions, and restrictions on access to personal information. Liferay lists ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, and ISO/IEC 27018 certifications. The Free Tier costs nothing and requires a free activation key and acceptance of the EULA. Free trials include a 7-day SaaS option and a 30-day sandbox. Enterprise subscription prices are on request.

Magnolia DXP is a digital experience platform for organizations managing content, channels, governed AI, and connected systems across multiple brands, sites, regions, and languages. Marketers get a visual WYSIWYG editor and a workspace for content, assets, and personalization. Visitor segments can use behavior, location, or device data to tailor websites, mobile apps, and portals. AI agents can find content, move through applications, generate assets and variants, and assist with workflows allowed by user permissions. DX Cloud is managed by Magnolia, while DX Core runs on customer-managed infrastructure, including on-premises or private cloud. Listed connectors include Salesforce, SAP, Segment, Algolia, commercetools, Netlify, and AWS. The platform supports headless delivery, experimentation, journey orchestration, digital assets, and experience analytics. A free plan is listed. DX Core starts at $3,500 a month; DX Cloud starts at $6,000 a month, with prices varying by deployment and service terms.