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Depends. Buy only if you run a library publishing research guides — it is the category standard there. Everyone else should skip it: a generic CMS or link page is cheaper with less lock-in.
Medium. Based on ~40 public sources; pricing figures and security disclosures absent from sources reviewed.
Not published (quote-based)
Annual license
high
Content lock-in: librarians report difficulty migrating guides to other platforms
medium
Pricing not published — quote-based annual licenses; budget for renewal negotiations
medium
Stale guides accumulate; plan an annual audit or peer-review process
medium
Platform upgrades have required disruptive content migrations before
Value for money: 3/5
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Not published (quote-based)
Starting price
12
Sources
Analyzed
Not published (quote-based)
No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Librarians treat it as the default for research guides but complain stale guides become link graveyards and some seek open alternatives.
“Open discussion of Libguides. Useful tool or link graveyard?”
“Looking for an alternative platform for Library Guides”
“why do people still use libguides?”
Compare LibGuides with each alternative.
Open-source research guide platform librarians cite as alternative
Flexible, cheaper CMS for building your own guides
Student-centered custom guides beat tabbed templates
Free, simple pages for small libraries with few guides
LibGuides vs Guess: Google SitesBased on ~40 public sources; pricing figures and security disclosures absent from sources reviewed.
Category standard for library research guides. Right for libraries, wrong for businesses — quote-based pricing, content lock-in.
Based on ~40 public sources; pricing figures and security disclosures absent from sources reviewed.
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