Content Fusion CMS Enterprise/Cloud vs XML Author Desktop - Distilled Feature Matrix
In the following table, I will try to create a feature matrix that compares the Content Fusion CMS (Enterprise and Cloud editions), and the Oxygen XML Author Desktop.
The Content Fusion Enterprise CMS (installed on the client's premise) and Oxygen XML Author Desktop are available for purchase.
The Content Fusion Cloud CMS (installed and hosted by Oxygen) is expected to be released in about 2 months time and is available for testing (email support@oxygenxml.com).
| Feature | Content Fusion Enterprise | Content Fusion Cloud | Oxygen XML Author Desktop |
|---|---|---|---|
| License | Subscription user-based for writers, floating for SMEs | Subscription user-based license for writers and SMEs | User-based, Subscription or Floating |
| Git integration (checkout, pull, commit, push, branching, history view, visual comparison) | ✅ | ✅ | Yes (by installing the optional Git client add-on) |
| DITA Map tree structured editor with specific actions (edit attributes, add new topics) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Edit profiling attributes in DITA Map | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Control edited profiling attribute values in DITA Map | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Validate and check for completeness (validate an entire DITA Map and all its referenced submaps, topics, create validation report) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Define and apply profiling condition sets in opened DITA Map | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| DITA XML visual editing (validation, toolbar actions, general editing) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Smart paste (paste content from Markdown, Word, Web browser and have it converted automatically to DITA XML) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Change tracking (insertions, deletions, attribute changes, add comments, highlights) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| DITA XML content reuse capabilities (insert content references, key references, show content references expanded as read-only content in place) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| DITA Reusable Components list (side view that shows and allows you to insert all available reusable components, keys and images) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Spell check current file | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Terminology check current file | Commercial third-party plugins | ❌ | Yes, using the Terminology Checker add-on |
| Keyword search to locate files | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Find/Replace in Files (batch) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Check spelling in Files (batch) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Check terminology in Files (batch) | ❌ | ❌ | Yes, using the Terminology Checker add-on |
| Batch Documents converter (convert multiple Markdown, DocBook, Word, HTML documents to DITA XML) | ❌ | ❌ | Yes, using the Batch Documents Converter add-on |
| Auto update references to moved/renamed topics | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Search for references (conrefs, links) to topics or reusable elements | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Customize the DITA XML editing (new file templates, modify toolbars, custom editing actions, etc.) | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Custom Schematron validation rules | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Add DITA specialization plugin with schemas/DTDs | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| AI Assistant | Yes, optional installation of AI Positron Enterprise (configured to use each company's LLM connection) | Yes, optional enablement of AI Positron Subscription-based assistant that uses the Oxygen AI Positron Service platform | Yes, by installing the AI Positron add-on that can use either custom connections to a LLM or the Oxygen AI Positron Service platform |
| Publish and customize WebHelp, PDF outputs | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Upload published outputs to servers like Amazon S3, Netlify or SFTP | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Host published outputs on CMS for publishing preview | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Trigger publishing based on modification or schedule build. | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Publish and customize other output formats (Windows Help, Word, EPUB, etc.) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Add DITA-OT publishing plugins | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Incremental publishing | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Translation support | ❌(WIP) | ❌(WIP) | Yes, using the optional Fluenta add-on to create xliff files, and the AI Translator to automatically translate them |
| Create review tasks | ✅ | ✅ | Yes, using the Content Fusion Connector add-on if the writer using Oxygen desktop also has an account as a writer on the Content Fusion platform. |
| Allow SMEs to edit review tasks (concurrent editing, finalize editing, control if editing is done only by adding comments or full editing or by using change tracking) | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |