Paligo vs Schema ST4The best alternative
Schema ST4 is a traditional CCMS that has been around for a long time, and it has a lot of features for single-sourcing and content reuse. But is it still right for you in today's modern cloud world? If you are looking for a modern CCMS built from the ground up as a cutting-edge SaaS platform, look no further than Paligo. Read on to find out more.
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See why Paligo is a great alternative to Schema ST4
User-friendly CCMS built for the cloud
While Quanos Schema ST4 and Paligo are both CCMS platforms, Paligo was built from the start as a modern cloud SaaS tool with a clear focus on making it the most user-friendly CCMS in the world.
Users today expect to have modern SaaS tools to perform their work, and it should be no different for technical writers. Paligo is a pioneer in being a native cutting-edge cloud platform for technical documentation.
It's currently the best web-based CCMS out there.
Publish to the modern channels you need
While most CCMS platforms (including Schema ST4) have multi-channel publishing in common, Paligo has taken it to the cutting edge.
Paligo publishes to all the standard output formats, like print/PDF and modern HTML5 web output, but also provides many more modern output channels, including the best publishing integrations with Zendesk and Salesforce on the market, as well as continuous deployment to GitHub, Amazon S3, and many more channels.
Paligo was so intuitive, with a few pointers we got onboarded very quickly.
5 reasons to choose Paligo over Schema ST4
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Book a demoModern Multi-Channel Publishing
Both Paligo and Schema ST4 can publish to multiple output formats. But the similarities end there.
Besides great-looking print/PDF and HTML5 help center outputs, Paligo also adds many modern output channels to the concept of multi-channel publishing, including the most powerful Zendesk and Saleforce CCMS integrations on the market, as well as a host of other options like ServiceNow, GitHub, BitBucket, Azure, Amazon S3, and many more.
Read more: ShipStation got the power of content management and single-sourcing in their Zendesk workflow.
Cloud-based Review Workflow
Paligo has a full cloud-based workflow with editing/contribution, review, translation, release workflow stages, and assignments, together with a powerful Planner tool for project management.
Teams can follow review, translation, and contribution release workflows and have a full history of the documentation activities and changes, from the document level down to the smallest text fragment.
User-Friendly XML-based Structured Authoring
Both Schema ST4 and Paligo use XML as the source for structured authoring. But Paligo’s focus has been on making sure this is done as user-friendly as possible as a modern SaaS platform. Because user adoption from your technical writers is critical to make sure the structured authoring approach is successful and provides the desired efficiency.
Up and running instantly
Paligo as a cloud-based SaaS platform requires no installation or deployment. No more tool chain headaches, requiring IT to set up complex infrastructures, or expensive consultants to get it all to work.
With Paligo you are literally up and running instantly with an all-in-one CCMS platform with authoring, content management, versioning, branching, release workflows, publishing, translation management built in. Updates are continuously and automatically applied in the cloud.
Integrations
As a truly native cloud application from the ground up, Paligo provides unparalleled integrations with tools you need.
Publish your content directly to Zendesk, Salesforce, Freshdesk, Amazon S3, and many more, or get continuous integration support for GitHub and BitBucket. Send translations to Memsource. Get high end search with Algolia or Swiftype by Elastic. All seamlessly integrated into your own technical documentation software platform.
Manage translations not tons of duplicate files
Paligo manages translations in a unique way that eliminates the need to keep track of separate objects or files. Every translation is simply a dimension of the same object. Even images are automatically selected based on the language selected.
Localization of our content would not have been possible without Paligo. It would have been completely manual and a nightmare to manage.
Easily create variants with smart filters & variables
When you have multiple product lines or versions you need to be able to create variants of your documentation from a single source. Paligo has made it super easy to do this with smart profile filters, dynamic variables and versioning made specifically for technical writers.
I find myself enjoying the abilities it gives me to really structure my content in a way that users can consume more easily.
Unparalleled control of your content components
Paligo gives you unparalleled control over every granular component at a level you’ve never seen in another CCMS. With Paligo’s unique reuse features you will always know where everything is reused, down to the smallest text fragment.
