New Research In Action Report – Brand Content Management SaaS And Software: The Top 20 Global Vendors 2018

Germany – December 10th 2018: A whopping 75% of companies globally need a new system to support their Brand Content Management marketing process.

Research In Action GmbH continues to expand the areas of coverage and publishes its newest market analysis report Vendor Selection Matrix – Brand Content Management SaaS And Software: The Top 20 Global Vendors 2018.
The Vendor Selection Matrix is a unique, primarily survey-based methodology for comparative vendor evaluation. A minimum of 60% of the evaluation results are based on a combined telephone and online survey covering 1,500 IT buyers in enterprises worldwide. The analyst’s opinion accounts for a maximum of 40% of the evaluation results (not close to 100% as in most other vendor evaluations).

Detailed report information: http://bit.ly/VSMBCM

Peter O’Neill, Research Director for Marketing Software at Research In Action GmbH, comments:

• Managing brand and content is now a major business pain point in marketing organizations that seek a consistent process from content creation, through delivery to attribution. Not only has the recent explosion in content marketing and digital channels increased the complexity and volumes of content assets to be managed; the transition of the classical sales cycle to a buyer-led process also means that marketers are concerned to manage their brand message through an ever-increasing ecosystem of subsidiaries, distributors, resellers or even franchisees. Most companies use several software tools within this process as there are few vendors who cover the complete lifecycle for content and brand.
• Brand and content management investments are increasing in all segments and geographies. 75% of the 1,500 buyers we surveyed will invest in the topic this year – 54% are seeking new software or SaaS solutions, while 22% plan to migrate to a more suitable system.
• The market for Brand Content Management software is active and growing. We found nearly 50 active software and SaaS vendors globally generating an estimated total revenue of around $ 2 billion in annual software licenses, maintenance and SaaS. It is still quite fragmented across many vendors - the top 20 vendors selected by buyers in this survey generate less than $ 0.8 billion of that total.
• The number one investment priority cited by the survey respondents was consolidation of all content assets into one system. They also placed high importance on brand analytics and brand message management (or brand consistency) across the company.
• The vendor landscape is an interesting mix of software and SaaS vendors plus and several marketing agencies that also provide software platforms.
• The top three vendors rated by the users are BrandMaker, Censhare, and BrandMuscle. Three European-headquartered vendors are in the top 5 vendors scored in the survey.
• Our prediction is that brand content management will expand from corporate or product literature to include all digital content including social media communications, video and other formats. Brand Content Management systems will be expected to collect, manage and distribute these communication formats through partners and across the enterprise.

Vendor Selection Matrix Disclaimer:

Research In Action GmbH does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. The information contained in this research has been obtained from both enterprise as well as vendor sources believed to be reliable. Research In Action GmbH’s research publications consist of the analysts’ opinions and should not be considered as statements of fact. The opinions expressed are subject to change without further notice. Research In Action GmbH disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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