Composable DXP FAQs

Frequently asked questions

• What is a digital experience platform (DXP)? A DXP is a platform that enables brands to orchestrate dynamic, real-time journeys that captivate modern consumers. The goal is to unify content, data, AI and automation to deliver personalized experiences at scale.
• What is a composable DXP? A composable DXP is a digital experience platform built using a set of best-of-breed technologies that are "composed" together. It employs an API-first approach, offering flexibility and enabling seamless integration with your preferred tools, as well as adaptability to the ever-evolving digital landscape. This differs from a legacy monolithic DXP, which is often rigid, complex, and outdated.
• What is Contentstack Edge? Contentstack Edge is the first adaptive DXP built for the AI era. It redefines how brands deliver real-time adaptive and hyper-personalized experiences. It breaks the mold of legacy DXPs, offering the agility and intelligence needed to deliver meaningful, connected experiences across every digital touchpoint.
• What is the "context economy"? The context economy represents a shift in how brands relate to customers, where value is created by how intelligently brands adapt, rather than just by what they publish. It’s about understanding the full story of what each visitor is trying to solve based on their interests, historical behavior and real-time engagement. With Contentstack, brands can collect real-time insights and present hyper-relevant experiences, making context the most valuable currency.
• What are the core capabilities of Contentstack Edge? Contentstack Edge's core capabilities are grouped into three main solutions:
  • Content operations: This helps you streamline, automate and scale content with ease using a headless CMS, generative AI and front-end hosting.
  • Audience insights: This unlocks real-time audience insights by activating first-party data for dynamic segmentation and AI-driven personalization.
  • Experience optimization: This utilizes automation and AI to adapt digital experiences in real-time, leveraging A/B testing, hyper-personalized content, and seamless omnichannel engagement.

• Who is Contentstack Edge for? Contentstack Edge is designed for various roles within an organization:
  • Executives (CMO, CDO, CIO): To drive strategic growth, optimize brand impact and achieve scalable success.
  • Business users (Marketing Operations, Customer Experience Manager): To personalize at scale, unlock real-time insights and seamlessly deliver relevant experiences.
  • Developers and IT (Head of IT, Solutions Architect): For powerful flexibility, effortless automation and access to actionable insights at scale.

• How does Contentstack Edge use AI? Contentstack Edge is built for the AI era. It utilizes brand-aware AI to automate content creation, management and distribution. It also provides a platform for building, orchestrating and scaling intelligent AI agents that are contextually aware and on-brand by design. This allows you to leverage brand-aware generative AI and predictive insights to create an infinite array of personalized experiences.

• What is headless content management? Headless content management is an API-first approach that decouples the content "body" from its presentation layer or "head". This allows you to model modular reusable content once and deliver it everywhere across all channels, brands and markets. For business users, this means creating experiences more quickly across multiple channels. For developers, it means utilizing modern technologies to enhance the management of digital experiences.
• How does Contentstack differ from competitors like Sitecore or Adobe Experience Manager? Unlike legacy monolithic systems from competitors like Sitecore and Adobe, Contentstack Edge is a truly composable MACH-certified platform built on API-first principles. This provides greater flexibility, agility and faster time-to-value. With Contentstack, specialized developer talent isn't required, and our superior user experience allows you to onboard new users in under 30 minutes. This ultimately leads to a lower total cost of ownership, as you avoid the expensive and time-intensive upgrades common with legacy suites.

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