Falling Short of Expectations As the global head of digital marketing, I was eager to implement Aprimo's SaaS platform to streamline my team's workflows and asset management. However, after over a year of frustrating usage, it's become abundantly clear that this software is riddled with issues that make it nearly impossible to leverage effectively. At its core, Aprimo fails to deliver on even the basic functionality required for digital asset management and marketing operations. Tasks as simple as searching for assets or configuring workflows require jumping through hoops of poorly designed interfaces and convoluted configuration. What should be seamless is instead a constant battle against the platform's limitations. This deficiency permeates throughout Aprimo. Whether I'm an editor needing to review content or a marketer managing campaigns, the software consistently gets in my way. Processes that should take minutes end up requiring hours of manual workarounds. The system's inability to smoothly facilitate everyday use cases makes Aprimo more of a hindrance than a help. Making matters worse is the disjointed nature of Aprimo's modules. What is configured in one area doesn't translate to others, resulting in a fragmented user experience. Workflows break, configurations don't carry over, and accessibility restrictions vary wildly. This lack of consistency across the platform creates a virtual landmine of usability issues. I hoped Aprimo's tight integration between modules would provide the needed transparency and efficiency. Instead, I'm stuck managing processes across disparate systems that don't communicate effectively. This forces my team to waste time piecing together data and insights that should be unified. The most frustrating thing is that Aprimo seems more focused on incorporating flashy new features than fixing these core problems. AI and analytics capabilities are useless when the platform lacks basic functional competency. The software feels like a house of cards—superficially impressive but lacking a sturdy foundation. After a year of trying to make Aprimo work for my team, the amount of manual intervention required has become unsustainable. Between the system's limited capabilities and inconsistent performance, I simply can't rely on it to be the workflow and asset management solution we need. While it may work great in product demos, the real-world experience has been nothing short of disappointing.