Comparison of content management systems
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This is a list of content management systems that are used to organize and facilitate collaborative content creation. Many of them are built on top of separate content management frameworks.
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Commercial Inexpensive (< $2000 )
| Name | Info | Country(ies) |
| Accura Site CMS | ASP | US |
| Acuity CMS | PHP or ASP | US |
| Ajax Portal | PHP | US |
| Angelo Systems CMS | Complete easy-to-use low-cost Content Management Systems with Hosting/DNS and e-mail control included. Changes are made through an easy to use web-based interface with Word-style WYSIWYG editors. Optional modules include: Catalogs, On-line payment systems, Reservation systems, Product Inventory Databases, Blogs, Online e-Newsletter, Secure user/costumer logon, Photo Galleries and much more. | ALL, IE, EU |
| Aiyoota!-CMS | Website-Management-Suite. PHP4 and MySQL, WYSWYG, user-management, shop-addon etc. | DE |
| ArticleLive | A PHP + MySQL content management solution for managing articles, news and blogs. Search engine optimized URL's and code. Allows users to register and submit articles. Offers 30 day money back gaurantee. An Interspire product. | ALL |
| Article Manager | A content management software tool for updating your news-oriented website. Manage articles, categories, multiple writers, and much more. Lifetime free upgrades, free support, and free installation. Includes a 90-day money back guarantee. | ALL |
| Asbru Web Content Management | Programming languages: ASP, PHP and JSP/Java, Databases: Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL. | ALL |
| Astcon Content Management System | PHP | ALL |
| Atlantic Webfitters - CMS Web Portal Software Developers | Any database with provider, 100% Web-Based Software. CMS WebPortal - Internet/Intranet/Portal Software. CMS InventoryLive - We help people make the best buying decision regarding CMS. | Canada, USA |
| Aurora CMS | Web-based CMS (PHP/mySQL) | Australia |
| Azapi Small Business CMS | A hosted XHTML CSS CMS solution that includes detailed user statistics. | ALL |
| Big Medium | PERL | US |
| Bitrix | Programming language: PHP , Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL. | ALL |
| Caliban | Web based service that includes hosting and page optimization | ALL |
| wCom 2.0 Professional | Web based | |
| CityDesk | Windows client | |
| CompleteCampaigns SiteBuilder | Web based -- particularly designed for the needs of political campaigns | |
| CMS Encore Pro | Win32-(Delphi programming language) (Windows Desktop/Client CMS) | |
| Consolo | Server-client based content management system. It is aimed at small-mid sized organizations as well as developers who can use it for free, modify it to suit their needs and sell it to their clients. Consolo can be installed quickly in a 7 step process, it is modern and all graphical. Consolo handles xml, xhtml, Flash, databases and more. The server-part works with Win/Unix servers and the client is designed for Windows 2000/XP. | ALL |
| Content Control Room | ASP - Web-based content management system by Drive Thru Web Services for small- to medium-sized business websites and web-based applications. Add-ons include: e-Commerce modules, Product Inventory Databases, Events Calendars, Blogs, Online e-Newsletter and Subscriber Management, Photo Galleries, MP3 Music Players, and word processor-style content editor. | |
| Digimaker CMS | ASP.NET C# - universally accessible - scalable – leading .NET based Web Content Management Platform. | Global |
| DoInfinity CMS | PHP, MySQL,MS Access, Web-based content management system - US$ 700 | Malaysia |
| eDIY Software - eCommerce Content management and web hosting system | Word-processor style web page editing, online event calendar, visitor guestbook or a full online e-commerce enabled shop, with trade and retail pricing and multi currency support, without knowing any programming or web page layout languages. Offers domain registration, web and e-mail hosting. Windows based, no setup fees and 30-day free trial, afforable hosting subscription. | All |
| EasySite CMS | EasySite Lite - the entry level version of EasySite CMS from EIBS, ASP, SQL | All |
| EditArea | Website builder - no software download or server installation required - all editing via web browser | Italy |
| Ekklesia Systems | PHP with MySQL | |
| eRedaktør CMS | eRedaktør is a flexible content management system based on the .net framework. It is fast growing in Norway and getting very popular due to the flexibility and intuitive interface. | NO, SE, DK, US, UK |
| Expression Engine | PHP with MySQL | |
| ezy-Website | PHP with PostgreSQL CMS, with a true seperation of design and application. Based on a common markup and using CSS to create unique designs with a focus on standards. | |
| Feed Factory | Web-based content management tool that makes it easy to publish syndicated content to your web site *and* syndicate your own content to others. Designed specifically for use with syndicated newswire content. | ALL |
| Freestyler Live CMS | PHP, various SQL databases. Offers enterprise level features (workflow and metadata) with licence restrictions for number of pages. | ALL |
| Kentico CMS for ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0 | Full-featured CMS for ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0 and MSSQL 2000/2005. Workflow, multilingual, content staging, etc. | All |
| IntraWeb Studio | Client-server based CMS for any size of Web sites. Creates and manages blogs/RSS feeds. Deploys content to any Web server: HTML, ASP, ASP.NET, PHP. Editor and repository are based on .NET and communicate through Webservices. Supports multiple languages, link management, templates, variables, iterators, remote access, multiple users. | all |
| iSmart Create | Online software. Admin access via IE 5+. Very easy to use. WYSIWYG. MySQL,Access, .asp | Australia, United Kindom, Ireland |
| liveSite Content Management Server | A simple but powerful server-based Website CMS that requires no programming and allows anyone to create and delegate Web site updates to any number of people. Includes: Web page editing and content creation, direct e-mail newsletter distribution, sales quotes, collecting event registrations, membership management, process credit card payments online - including recurring charges, collect payments and dues, and intranet or extranet publishing and restricted access. | All |
| Kook Web Content Management System | Web Management System (Lite) is a cut-down version of the Business product. Programming languages: ASP, ASP.NET, Databases: Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server. | Australia |
| Macromedia Contribute | allows for instant web content management. Macromedia | |
| mkweb | Standards compliant XML based web content management system. Written in VB.NET on .NET 1.1. Source code available with developer license. Fully customisable, XSL based templating system. mkdynamic | UK |
| Movable Type | Perl, PHP with various SQL databases |
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| Mulingal | Low cost & easy to use real Multilingual CMS with hosting included. Php and MySQL, search and advanced search by item attributes, gallery, web shop, support. Free for non-commercial use (NGO's, artists) etc. | Global |
| Netagi Aplinx | A low maintenance, cost effective, feature-rich system; PHP and PostgreSQL | |
| Neton8 | Web-based website builder and content management system that builds easy to update search engine friendly websites. Good for collaborative editing and frequently updated websites. | |
| Nuvay Scepter | Infinitely customizable; PHP and MySQL | |
| pMachine ExpressionEngine | PHP and MySQL | |
| Power CMS | Produced by CoppeTeam Studio; Multi-language support; Very customizable; SEO Support; WYSIWYG; Templates; Modular; PHP and MySQL; PowerCMS | Global: en, sr, hr |
| Radical Software CMS Basic | Content and Data Management. Built in SEO. Options such as e-commerce. Industry specific web managment systems. | ALL; US, Australia, Jamaica |
| Sentias Content Server | PHP, MySQL, XML, WAP support, multi-lingual support | CA, US, JP |
| Symphony | PHP with MySQL, XML, XSLT, AJAX. | |
| SnippetMaster | PHP/Javascript. Editor for predefined text areas on HTML pages allows HTML changes through WYSIWYG editor and picture uploading. | |
| evoArticles | PHP article management system with life time support and License | US |
| phpFaber CMS | PHP content management system with life time support and License; could be extended using modules, blocks etc. | ALL; en, ru, ua |
| QneCMS | Accessible CMS. PHP with MySQL, forms and WYSWYG, members with simple workflow. | UK |
| sitekit CMS | ASP.Net (Sitekit offer a basic edition of their heavyweight CMS, but with a cut down feature list) | |
| ToolBook Assitant | ToolBook Assistant is the easiest solution for subject matter experts and business managers needing to create e-learning content. | |
| ToolBook Instructor | ToolBook Instructor is a comprehensive authoring solution to create software application simulations, assessments, and interactive content. | |
| WebEdit | Website editor for non-technical users to maintain their own website. Features file manager, WYSIWYG editor, private label. Offers 30 day money back gaurantee. An Interspire product. | PL |
| WZS CMS | Small, simply, but powerful in use polish CMS. PHP + MySQL, WYSIWYG, templates, easy-admin interface, lots of bulit-in modules. | PL |
| Cetera CMS | Content-management and website-management suite. PHP, MySQL, Smarty templates. WYSWYG, RSS, forms, user-management. | RU, EN |
| ubiCMS | CMS ASP. Hosted, accessible, international. For desktop and mobile. From turnkey entry level to custom services in Prolog and Java. | All; en, jp, de |
| Villoscope | French town Content-management. PHP/MySQL, WYSIWYG, easy-admin, templates,... | |
| zeta producer | Windows client |
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Commercial Medium (< $15,000)
| name | languages | members | forms | api | country(ies) |
| ADXSTUDIO CMS 2005 | .NET | Yes | Both | Yes | Canada, USA, All |
| Ariamedia Conductor CMS | ASP | YES | BOTH | YES | US |
| Astcon Content Management System | PHP, ADOdb | BOTH | YES | PL, ALL | |
| BlueOceanCMS | .NET | YES | BOTH | YES | CAN, US |
| Atlantic Webfitters - CMS Web Portal Software Developers | Any database (w/ Provider), SQL ready. | YES | BOTH | Web-based | CAN, US |
| CMS Encore Pro (Enterprise Edition) | Win32-(Delphi programming language) (Windows Desktop/Client CMS) | WYSIWYG | Yes | ||
| Buxus - CMS/Framework | PHP,MySQL | Yes | Both | Yes | Slovakia, Czech R., Europe |
| Colony | XML, XSLT, ASP, SQL2K | Yes | Both | Yes | UK |
| ConQuest from Silkfort | ASP dotNet | YES | BOTH | Yes | India |
| Constructioner | PHP | No | WYSIWYG | Yes | US |
| Contelligent | J2EE | Both + Fat-Client | Yes | ||
| ContentForces CMS | BE, NL | ||||
| contentpapst | PHP/MySQL | DE | |||
| CrownPeak | .Net | Yes | Both | No | US |
| CuppaWEB CMS | J2EE, Java WebStart and XML. | Yes | Both | Yes | Australia |
| DASAT CMS | DE | ||||
| Dynamicweb | Multilingual/.NET VB.NET with MS SQLServer or MS Access | ||||
| Day Communiqué | |||||
| Design for Life CMS | UK | ||||
| Document Locator | (Windows Desktop/Client CMS) | Uses its own software | US | ||
| Dozing Dogs CMS | |||||
| Duo Design CMS | PHP, Java Script, HTML | Yes | Both | UK | |
| Dynamix CMS | WYSIWYG. | ||||
| DXM Multilingual WCMS | |||||
| EasySite CMS | ASP SQL2K | YES | Both | YES | ALL |
| edeptive™ | .NET, C# and JavaScript, Microsoft SQL Server,mySQL | Yes | Both | Yes | Mainly UK, Installations in Netherlands and Germany |
| Editland CMS | PHP | YES | WYSIWYG | YES | DE |
| Ektron CMS400.NET | .NET | US | |||
| ElementCMS | .NET | Yes | WYSIWYG/Forms | Yes | Canada, USA, All |
| Enovatio | .NET | Yes | Both | Yes | Europe, Poland, All |
| EPiX Pro | J2EE | Yes | Both | Yes | All |
| FileNet | |||||
| Freestyler CMS | (PHP, with MySQL) | YES | BOTH | Uses webservices & xml as API | Australia, US |
| Fusion03 | |||||
| FLUiD CMS 4.5 | |||||
| Hot Banana | |||||
| Idium | J2EE, XML, XSLT | YES | BOTH | SCANDINAVIA | |
| Portula 3.0 | The complete web based Portal Solution on .NET Framework; Security enabled with SSO E-Login 3.0; Supports WAI Standards; Manage Content - Picture Gallery - Survey - RSS - Manuals; Variety of Templates; Generate Web Statistics Reports | YES | BOTH | ||
| Infopark CMS Fiona | XML, Java, TCL, PHP, SQL Server 2000 | Yes | Both | Yes | Europe, USA, TW |
| IgnitionWeb | |||||
| iCMS - IMAGIN8 Content Management System | (PHP, with MySQL) | BOTH | Australia, US | ||
| Infoswell | (Magazine Website CMS, ASP-PHP, MySQL) | YES | WYSIWYG | USA | |
| InSuite Professional | ASP.NET, SQL Server 2000, and XML | Yes | WYSIWYG | USA | |
| Komodo CMS | PHP, MySQL | Yes | WYSIWYG | No | Australia |
| Kook Web Management System | ASP, ASP.NET, AJAX, XML, XSLT, CSS | Yes | BOTH | Australia | |
| Litium Studio | ASP, ASP.NET, MS SQL Server 2000 | BOTH | Yes | SE | |
| Mainspring | PHP | Yes | Forms | US | |
| Managee | |||||
| Marwel | |||||
| Motionmill CMS | PHP, MySQL | Yes | WYSIWYG | BE, NL, Europe | |
| MoST | ASP.NET | Yes | WYSIWYG | No | NZ, Worldwide |
| MServerSuite | Yes | ||||
| Netdoc | |||||
| Numotion CMS | ASP/.NET | Yes | Both | Yes | Netherlands, All |
| Nuvay Scepter | PHP and MySQL | Both | |||
| ocPortal | PHP and MySQL | Yes | Both | Yes | All |
| OmniUpdate | |||||
| Orb Spinner Desktop CMS | Win32-(Windows Desktop/Client CMS)(Embeded TCL / SQLite) | Yes | |||
| Percussion Software | |||||
| PHLUENT CMS | ASP | US | |||
| pirobase CMS | |||||
| Polopoly | SE,UK,NO,DK, | ||||
| Quantum Art | ASP, ASP.NET, C# | Yes | Both | Yes | ALL; US, Europe, Russia |
| Radical Software CMS Pro | Managed Solution; Built in SEO | Both | Yes | ALL; US, Australia, Jamaica | |
| Refresh | ColdFusion | Both | Yes | ||
| Roxen CMS | |||||
| Savvy Content Manager | ColdFusion | ||||
| Simplicis | JSP | Yes | WYSIWYG | Open | All |
| Sitebox CMS | PHP XML | Yes | WYSIWYG | Sitebox API | NL, BE, UK, GER, FR, SP, IT, US |
| SiteLoom | PHP | Yes | Both | Yes | DK |
| sitekit CMS | ASP.Net | YES | BOTH | Uses webservices and XML as API | UK, US |
| SOLECTA | ASP dotNET | Yes | BOTH | AUS | |
| SpringCM, Content Management on Demand | SaaS | US | |||
| SWAA | ES | ||||
| Synapse Publisher CMS | |||||
| Tacklebox CMS | |||||
| Varius | |||||
| Vertigo | PHP5 | Forms | Yes, XML | UK | |
| Visual Content Constructor | |||||
| Xtive CMS | PHP, Java, XML/XSLT, JavaScript | Yes | Both | Webbased framework | NL, BEL, UK, GER, FR |
| WebHare Application Portal | HareScript, XML | Yes | Both | Webbased,SQL | NL, BEL, UK, GER |
| WebOS | ASP | Yes | Both | USA | |
| WhooshPro CMS | ASP.Net, XML, MS SQL | SG, MY, CN, HK, TW, TH | |||
| WordWEB CMS | PHP | US |
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Commercial Expensive (> $15,000)
| Name | Description | Countries |
| Aviniti CMS | Content and catalogue management system for manufactures, publishers and real estate industries. | US, Canada, All (multi-lingual) |
| Results Direct | Since 1995, Results Direct has provided Web solutions for more than 100 national and international associations. | US |
| ADXSTUDIO CMS 2005 | Content management framework for Microsoft® ASP.NET used to build websites and web applications. | Canada, US, All |
| sitekit CMS - XML Content Management System | ASP.NET | UK, US |
| Vertical Site | Web content management for J2EE. | NO, SE, DK, UK, US |
| AuthorIT (software) | (single source) | US |
| Activesite from Auriga Logic | ||
| Big Medium | ||
| c80 by protocol 80 | .NET based, heavily customisable, with full control of content and plugins | US |
| celum IMAGINE | J2EE based | |
| CommonSpot | ColdFusion | US |
| ContentForces CMS | A CMS for product information management, websites generation and integration. Focused on Dutch and Belgian market. | |
| CoreMedia CMS | Java based Enterprise CMS developed by CoreMedia AG, Hamburg (Germany), with preview based editing, portal server integration, web-based and installed clients, and collaboration, versioning, archiving and restoration functions. Furthermore it permits linear scalability and multi channel delivery. Running on large traffic websites like T-Online and Bild-Zeitung. | |
| Design for Life CMS | ||
| Digimaker .NET CMS | Userfriendly Microsoft .NET based CMS with SiteBuilder SDK for web developers. | NO, DK, IN |
| Documentum | The core product offering is the eContent Server or docbase. | |
| EasySite CMS | Community Edition | |
| edeptive™ | Enterprise version with full personalisation and sophisticated e-commerce. | UK focus but customers in Netherlands and Germany |
| Ellington | Ellington is a Django-based CMS designed for use in news and entertainment sites. | US |
| EPiX Enterprise | J2EE based CMS, specifically designed to integrate into large complex technological environments. | All |
| EXPLOit | EXPLOit is a CMS that stores fragments of XML or SGML documents in SQL Server. It uses Adobe FrameMaker (or ArborTextEpic) to assemble the XML and non-XML content in a document and publish it to a variety of formats. | IT, DE |
| FatWire | FatWire Content Server is an enterprise level WCM deployed in over 400 enterprises worldwide including IBM, J.P. Morgan Chase, New York Times, and Bayer. | US, GB, FR, DE, AT, IT, NL, ES, CZ, RU, JP, SP, CN, AU |
| HelpServer CMS | Platform for organizing large volumes of content and integrating the applications that drive your business | All |
| GOSS iCM | GOSS iCM is an intelligent content management system provided by Goss Interactive Ltd. | UK |
| IBM | The core product offering is IBM DB2 Content Manager. Content Manager is available through IBM Business Partners. Please contact CAS Severn for more information. | |
| I-ON Content Server4 | ICS(I-ON Content Server4) is a market leader in Korea & Japan CMS market. Supported cross platform, Samsung, Hitachi, Sony EMCS, Seoul city ... are using the product. And Mobile Content Management & Distribution System has lauched | Korea, Japan, US |
| Immediacy | Immediacy is a .Net based CMS providing ease of use for content editors and .Net support for developers. | UK,US |
| Inspera Content Server | J2EE- and XML-based single source CMS supporting various input and output formats, used by publishing houses and medium to large organizations | NO |
| InSuite Enterprise | Single or multi site management from an ASP.NET and SQL Server 2000 engine. | US |
| Interwoven | TeamSite, WorkSite | |
| Mediasurface | Enterprise content management | UK |
| Microsoft Content Management Server | ||
| Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server | ||
| nexecutive Webmanagement Suite | Searchengine optimized content management framework for low to highend corporate websites. | Germany, US, All |
| NQcontent | Produced by NetQuest. Enterprise web content management. Cross platform, ColdFusion, .NET, J2EE. | UK, Cyprus, Italy, USA, Worldwide |
| Numotion CMS | Numotion CMS is a powerful, awarded content management system to develop and manage internet, intranet or extranet websites, organize online information and add value to businesses. | Netherlands, Worldwide |
| Octane8 | Produced by Sungard EXP. Browser based administration (Flash as of version 5), cross platform (theoretically). Built on dotNet. | |
| OmniUpdate | Produced by WebsiteASP, Inc. (formerly known as Mainstay). Web content management focused on higher education. Has both ASP model and on-site appliance. Browser based, cross platform. | |
| OpenText ECM / WCM | Produced by OpenText Corporation Enterprise (Canada). Focus are enterprise and web content management systems. J2EE based technology. | Worldwide |
| Portula 3.0 | The complete web based Portal Solution on .NET Framework; Security enabled with SSO E-Login 3.0; Supports WAI Standards; Manage Content - Picture Gallery - Survey - RSS - Manuals; Variety of Templates; Generate Web Statistics Reports | |
| Radical Sofware - CMS Enterprise | Managed web platform for e-commerce content and data management. Built in search engine optimization. Customizable. Multi-server and global load balancing. Industry specific solutions. | |
| Rainforest Administration Suite | Developed by Janmdia Interactive, Inc. Rainforest is a leading Content Managment Framework built to support websites and web-based business applications. Rainforest is built with in search engine optimization in mind and is fully Customizable. Rainforest is built using J2EE and XML allowing for full flexibilty in hosting platforms, modular design for future scalabilty and the efficient integration of 3rd party APIs and external systems due to its inherent use of XML. | Global (mainly US, UK, AU, PL) |
| RedDot | The former "InfoOffice", Enterprise Content Management. | |
| SOLECTA | Select Online Elements of Content for Training and Assessment written in ASP.NET with WYSIWYG content creation, storage in Access or MSSQL and delivery in multiple document formats such as HTML, Word and PDF. | |
| Socialtext | The first commercial open source wiki and weblog solution, primarily for intranet use | |
| Sitecore | Sitecore is an Internet content management system based on the .NET framework. Sitecore V5 uses open W3C standards (e.g. XML/XSL, UTF-8) and supports Web Services (SOAP). Sitecore V5 also supports and uses the XAML concept and the AJAX communication layer. | |
| Stellent | The core product offering is the Stellent Content Server. | |
| SumTotal Systems | SumTotal Systems provides business performance improving products, services and solutions. | |
| ThoughtFarmer | ThoughtFarmer is a .NET/SQL based Wiki/CMS hybrid that powers intranets for medium to large-sized companies. | |
| Tridion | Recognised leader in Europe with clients including KLM, ABN Amro and VisitBritain. | Worldwide |
| Vasont | Multilingual content management for multi-channel publishing used by organizations such as Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and Symantec. | |
| Vignette | Large and expensive CMS, running on many well-known websites like those of The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian or Der Spiegel | |
| VYRE | J2EE based CMS with strong Digital Asset Management capabilities. | ALL |
| WebEngine CMS | A web-based CMS by Winsome Benelux completely written in Java. | |
| WebX | A web-based CMS by Webscape AS. | |
| WorldServer Global Electronic Publishing | XML and DITA-based based system for creating, translating, and publishing content to multiple formats. | |
| Xitex WebContent M1 | The enterprise-class J2EE web content management solution by XITEX Software. |
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Regional CMS Breakdown
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See also
- OSCOM, the central organization for open source content management, provides many resources on open source CMSes
- Internet forum
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External links
- CMSInfo -- news and announcements relating to open source content management systems
- Open Source Content Management -- open source content management systems
- CMS Watch -- independent evaluations of content management systems
- CMSWire -- news, reviews, and product information related to content management systems
- ContentManager -- news, reviews, product comparision and information related to content management systems (in German and in English)
- Hivemindz Content Management Magazine -- documentation, news, reviews, and resources related to open source content management systems
- Benchpark -- benchmarks and ratings of CMS products and vendor services by endusers (Germany, Switzerland, Austria)
- CMSLance -- find freelance designers and developers to work on your content management system
- CMSMatrix -- compare the most common content management systems against each other
- demosoftware.net -- demo links, docs, job and bounty board wiki for GNU GPL, web-based, Free software
- Australian CMS marketplace -- list of all the products in the Australian marketplace (both local and international)
- PROJECT CONSULT -- ECM and CMS vendors in Germany and Europe with product classification
- CMS List - Russian CMS Portal -- list of most of the products in the Russian marketplacezh:内容管理系统比较