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What is Elcom Platform?

Elcom partners with medium to large organisations to deliver intelligent and personalised website, intranet, portal, digital workplace, form and workflow, eLearning and mobile app solutions to over 1 million end users. Elcom's Digital Experience Platform provides you with ability to manage multiple sites all on a single instance – saving on costs, administration time and improving performance. With over 100 out-of-the-box features and modules, the ability to integrate with your technology stack, as well as a full in-house team of project managers, designers, developers and trainers to guide you during and beyond deployment, you can count on Elcom to continue meeting your needs, now and in the future. Using Elcom makes it easy for you to connect, engage and support your audience, as well as to effectively and efficiently achieve key outcomes across all channels, on any device anywhere in the world.

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Product Description

Work smarter and faster with Elcom’s all-in-one digital engagement platform. Deliver digital experiences that delight your audience, on a platform your administrators and publishers actually like using. With a feature rich enterprise CMS, in-house experts who custom build functionality to your exact requirements and dedicated customer success team to assist post launch, Elcom can help you bring your digital vision to life.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Elcom takes clients on a journey to ensure solutions delivered match needs in terms of features, function, timing and cost. It's a long term partnership that requires close collaboration, high care factor and exceptional service. We like to spend time face to face with our clients to understand their digital strategies so we can grow together and co-create our product roadmap. Our modular approach enables our clients to acquire functionality to meet immediate needs and not pay for features they aren't using. We are also extremely flexible and inclusive, putting our clients needs first, and so are open to working with their design partners of choice or training up their in-house software development teams, whatever is needed to deliver the best outcome.

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Elcom Technology

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Elcom Technology Inc. is a service provider of web content management solutions, headquartered in Australia. Their platform, primarily designed for medium to large organizations, is versatile and rich in features, facilitating the creation, management, and deployment of digital content across various channels. Elcom's product suite is tailored to meet the needs of a diverse range of sectors including education, health, not-for-profit, and government institutions, offering tools for intranets, extranets, portals, and websites.Elcom’s technology emphasizes collaboration, efficiency, and enhanced user experiences. Their core platform integrates easily with other business applications, providing a seamless and cohesive digital experience. Elcom prides itself on delivering scalable solutions that not only meet the current demands of businesses but also accommodate future growth and technological advancements.

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Elcom Platform Demo - Australian Trade & Investment Commission (Austrade) - Government services

Austrade's website enhanced user experience and continues to provide many efficiencies after several years.

Elcom Platform Demo - Vita Group - Retail Telecommunications

Vita Pulse - a central communication portal with rich media, video, social interaction, recruitment, collaboration, dynamic content and more.

Elcom Platform Demo - Country Fire Authority - Fire Service

Country Fire Authority better serves 3.3 million Victorians and 50,000 members with their public website, members portal and news and media website - all from the one Digital Experience Platform.

Elcom Platform Demo - St Margaret's Anglican Girls School - Independent School

St Margaret's website met their brand expectations with its new clean design, beautiful images and easy navigation.

Elcom Platform Demo - Australian Parachute Federation (APF) - NFP

APF launched a website and membership system that are integral to the business. Since then, they have rolled out a membership mobile app which will roughly pay for itself within the first year.

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Liza C.

Executive Manager Communications

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/29/2022

"Amazing customer focus!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Elcom Platform?

The Elcome team has gone above and beyond to ensure that we deliver an intranet that meets our whole organisations needs. Their customer service is second to none. They are responsive and provide clear and helpful advice everytime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Elcom Platform?

Nothing. It has been a good experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Elcom Platform:

Elcom have been extremely helpful and quick to grasp the needs of our organisation. They have provided top-rate customer service and support, and have ensured that what we deliver to our staff will meet their needs. Highly recommended! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Elcom Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Elcom is building a new intranet to meet the needs of our staff. The intranet includes a full auditable policy library that will make auditing our work so much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kylie J.

Marketing Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/20/2020

"Partnering with Elcom to improve staff engagement."

4/5

What do you like best about Elcom Platform?

We have found the Elcom platform to be very comprehensive with the ability to customise, which was essential to our diverse organisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Elcom Platform?

We found there were some delays during the implementation process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Elcom Platform:

Know your main goal and discuss with the Elcom Team how they can make this happen. Be clear about what you are wanting to do and aware of possible customisation on costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Elcom Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

The Elcom platform is helping us communicate vital information in a very uncertain journey through the pandemic. This has made us more aware of our need to streamline our communication processes to ensure staff engagement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/8/2019

"Solving business problems with a stylish and functional design"

4/5

What do you like best about Elcom Platform?

The stylish and simple design has made our site eye-catching and easy to use. Elcom provided a great design to ensure our intranet quickly became the go-to resource and core of our Digital Workplace Experience.

Elcom is supportive and goes out of their way to assist with our development and ongoing upgrades. The Help Desk support is fast, friendly and knowledgeable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Elcom Platform?

Elcom offers an extensive range of software features to enhance our site and keeping our publishers trained in all aspects of the software can be challenging in an organisation with a small digital workplace team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Elcom Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Since launch, we have worked with Elcom to solve a number of business problems, such as coming up with ways to reduce the number of broadcast emails and creating specialised hubs for specific communication and knowledge bases. This has resulted in time savings, strengthening our team engagement and creating a more supportive and positive culture for our people. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Caroline R.

Intranet Manager

Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/16/2016

"Intranet manager"

5/5

What do you like best about Elcom Platform?

The support from the sales team, project managers and ongoing support desk, is second to none. The help desk are so approachable and helpful and quick to resolve any issues.

The CMS is easy to use and the ability to train users with little experience to update their content.

The ability to interface with many other products and display content on the page, so users still feel they haven't left the site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Elcom Platform?

In V10 sometimes the tables layout is a little tricky and doesn't always display as I hope for, but I believe this has been fixed in V10.5 - along with lots of other great new features! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Elcom Platform:

Like with all companies, ensure you have done your homework and you have scoped as best as possible and make sure your requirements are clear and detailed. We have built many tailored templates and integrated with many other programs, with minimal issues, due to open communications and detailed briefs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Elcom Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

We had to deliver a fully redesigned and redeveloped intranet, that will provide a better online experience for staff. The CMS is easy to use, with lots of optional modules (not expensive), some of which we added on at initial build or others we can add on later as we develop and grow our site.

We needed a CMS that allowed many publishers (users), to maintain their own department content. Setting up publishers and various level of access was easy and quick.

We have also created secure sections for limited staff access to confidential information - very easy to setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Annette Dockerty of Elcom Platform

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You are correct, the issue you raised is being addressed in the next version and I am happy to advise there are many new features in our new release that will offer a much richer experience.

Lynne E.

Director of Communications and Marketing

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/17/2016

"Elcom provides an easy and highly functional website solution"

4/5

What do you like best about Elcom Platform?

The ElcomCMS is very comprehensive, in fact it can do far more than we are using at present…limited more by my knowledge than that of the system – however we are very happy with the service and functionality that ElcomCMS has provided for our website. Our Account Manager is proactive and highly responsive to all our needs, and their Help Desk is supportive, fixing any issues that we encounter in a timely manner. The new and improved features and functionality are added to the CMS on a regular basis.

Once you know how to use the system, it’s pretty easy to publish content and administer the site – even for a novice like me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Elcom Platform?

I wish I knew more. The one-on-one training is very good, however the reference site contains material that I find too generic and not detailed enough to be really helpful. Including specific working examples that highlight how to do and implement certain tasks or features would be beneficial.

Custom development can add a level of complexity to your upgrades that needs to be considered when testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Elcom Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are in the process of moving our organisation to a paperless environment. To do that we need effective and integrated online solutions that do away with the paper form. As our staff realise the time and cost-saving measures that the elcomCMS platform can provide, they are enthusiastically getting on-board which is improving efficiency and the way we do our business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Annette Dockerty of Elcom Platform

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Thanks for your comments Lynne, it's always helpful to understand how our product is being used so we can improve. While our documentation is extensive across the entire product we do recommend that engaging us for professional training is the best way to get the most out of our product. Also our customer success team is always ready to assist you with product related questions over the phone or via our support hub.

Graeme L.

Website Coordinator

Government Administration

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/15/2016

"Powerful, standards compliant, scalable and friendly"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Elcom Platform?

Elcom have proven to be a responsive partner in all of our recent web initiatives. The basic product is comprehensive and with the addition of special-purpose modules and connectors, their solutions have been affordable yet competitive for building our Intranet and websites that require integration with our corporate applications. The content editor is actually fun to use. The cost-saving option of sharing modules across multiple ElcomCMS sites is a winner. Their trainer is excellent. Their after-sales support matches the quality of their pre-sales support. In particular, their Help Desk is responsive and dedicated to fixing your issues. Their CMS is updated regularly to meet client needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Elcom Platform?

Some of the reference documentation is thin if you are trying to learn how to make a module or connector perform as you wish. Working examples should be included to help you through the configuration process. The Form Creator is somewhat kludgy and not yet up to the standard of other competitors that use WYSIWYG. The formatting of column widths in Forms and TRIM container displays are not controllable and often require the intervention of Elcom support staff. There is no built-in email encryption to help fend off spam bots. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Elcom Platform:

Include Elcom in your short list. They are small enough to be flexible for smaller organisations and budgets yet big enough to tackle internationals' web requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Elcom Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

In local government we must be WCAG 2.0 standards-compliant so the addition of the Ephox editor was essential for our public-facing websites. This alerts non-HTML-conversant staff when their content is not compliant and provides advice on how to remedy the problem. The HP-TRIM connector allows us to follow our aim of maintaining TRIM as our "single source of truth" for our work document storage. We now have 26+ staff trained as elcomCMS Publishers so that we are able to more easily cover for the absence of key staff that maintain our various websites.

Although we only launched our new Intranet in May, the inclusion of the Social module in our Intranet CMS allows us to engage our staff in the journey of process (and morale) improvement in a way that we hope will transform the culture of the way we work. The user-centric and egalitarian design is sure to be the platform for ongoing process improvements and cost-savings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Annette Dockerty of Elcom Platform

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Hi Graeme and thanks for your comments, its always helpful to understand how our product is being used so we can improve. While our documentation is extensive across the entire product we do recommend that engaging us for professional training is the best way to get the most out of the platform. The good news is that our next release v10.5 will introduce a new drag and drop form designer that will provide an easy to use yet powerful way to build up forms, which I think you'll find hugely useful! Please keep in regular contact with your Elcom Account Manager to find out when this will be available. Also, we do have built in spam prevention tools such as captchas in our forms - our customer success team would be more than happy to assist you implement within your forms?

Lindsay W.

APAF, Director of Business Development

Biotechnology

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/14/2016

"Had no experience at 60, 5 years later I'm the webman"

4/5

What do you like best about Elcom Platform?

What I like best is that a complete novice like me has been able to maintain our website since starting with ELCOM and we are now developing a new site. We I ask for help it is almost immediate things are corrected and I think I've made them all. I have even braved changing the odd piece of HTML to get my own errors corrected. With the development of a now mobile friendly site I am finding it alot easier with a more advanced CMS to aim for better SEO. Had you asked me to describe those two acronyms 5 years ago I would have told you were to go. Newsletter feature is a wonderful additional unit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Elcom Platform?

Knowing too little is a dangerous thing and being quick to decide to go it alone has got me into some interesting spots. Always fixed though. I am still to really master the analytics to better suit my needs but we get there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Elcom Platform:

Having that CMS and webdesign is not cheap (and you can disagree with that but you get what you pay for) it is best to go with an experienced CMS group but make sure you have ideas on what you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Elcom Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Communication, Communication, Communication, Like the 3 Ps of realestate. As we advance our online approach with our clients it make a small business's life much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Annette Dockerty of Elcom Platform

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Thanks for your comments Lindsay. Do let us know if we can assist with helping you to master the analytics.

Antonio M.

IT Specialist

Computer Networking

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/16/2016

"System convenient "

3.5/5

What do you like best about Elcom Platform?

This system helps me up to automate my daily labor, with forms, reports ext.

Offline task very helpful for decisions. Using of form to gather data is very convenient. SSO really great, like this all my user can be controlled by my Active Directory, by groups and by users rights. It has granular folder security, also it can be controlled by functions, folders access generally. Search bar is very helpful, since it is very accurate with the coincidences. It has convenient widgets that helps you to bring Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Elcom Platform?

Lack of design for final user, I would like to custom the fields position in forms and the content blocks easily, no by hard code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Elcom Platform:

Be prepared for extended learning process, since it required to learn new concepts of content management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Elcom Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are trying to resolve communication problems, being able to centralize the communication making it more accessible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Annette Dockerty of Elcom Platform

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Thanks for your comments Antonio. I'm pleased to advise our next release will give you all the flexibility you will need to design complex forms including the use of repeatable panels and rules.

Peter S.

eLearning Librarian

Education Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/5/2016

"Great CMS and Customer Service"

4/5

What do you like best about Elcom Platform?

Compared to what else is on the market, this CMS is straight forward to use straight out of the box particularly for those with little or no experience with the backends of websites or content management. Additionally, the host of development options from Elcom make the skies the limit in terms of expanding your design and content platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Elcom Platform?

The system (inc. licensing etc) is somewhat pricey, although price shouldn't be a big issue given the product delivers on its promises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Elcom Platform:

Give them a vision of what you want/need, maybe in comparison to other sites you admire. Their designers work well linked in with your creative vision. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Elcom Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our old website was perhaps the worst-looking in Australia among education providers with limited capabilites. It's now one of the best looking and platform on which to build our eLearning vision, and for a fraction of the price that a university would be spending on their web systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Annette Dockerty of Elcom Platform

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Thanks for your comments Peter. elcomCMS was voted best value by independent analyst Gleanster which is reflected in your comment, we do our best to deliver on our promise, so thank you for recognising this effort.

Audrie J.

CMS Administrator

Hospital & Health Care

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/2/2016

"Flexible, multi-function platform"

4/5

What do you like best about Elcom Platform?

The Elcom CMS is evolving with our company as our digital needs evolve. When we discover a need, Elcom has the module to meet it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Elcom Platform?

While there are many modules to work with, they don't all integrate with each other. For example, I use Mailing List to communicate with my external Training Manager users (admittedly a hack), and it would be great if creating a user in one module made it available in another. Perhaps in future development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Elcom Platform:

Dream big - you will want more modules than you think you need so gather your colleagues' wish lists, not just requirements, at the start. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Elcom Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are publishing our website with several staff members instead of one webmaster; we are offering training courses online when it suits our clients; we are wrangling our documents; we are offering online compliance training to our staff when it's convenient for them; we are selling our resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Annette Dockerty of Elcom Platform

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Thanks for your comments, it's always helpful to understand how our product is being used so we can improve. We are constantly building out our developer framework which provides points throughout the entire product where you can extend what can be done out of the box in a formal way, and these points are great for extending and connecting functionality within elcomCMS and into other platforms.