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Web CMS comparison update

24-Feb-2011

Tags: Web Content and Experience Management, Open Source, Selecting Technology, Software-as-a-Service, CM System, Content Manager Enterprise Edition, CoreMedia CMS, CrownPeak CMS, FirstSpirit, Joomla!, OpenCms, Site Manager, Sitefinity CMS

This month's update to our Web CMS Report evaluations offers the latest critiques of nine web content management vendors:

  • Alterian: Perking up a bit after a long period of distractions
  • CoreMedia: New UI warrants very careful testing
  • CrownPeak: Partly cloudy with a chance of rain
  • e-Spirit: Slow but steady improvements
  • Joomla!: May lose some simplicity amid enterprisey enhancements
  • OpenCms: More slow-but-steady
  • Percussion: Low-priced alternative may distract
  • Telerik: Staying wide and shallow
  • TerminalFour: Making the arduous trans-Atlantic trek

 

Version 19.5 of the Web Content Management report evaluates 44 Web CMS products and platforms, reviews their weaknesses and strengths, identifies their suitability for different use cases, and isolates vendor tendencies that can influence your long-term success.

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    Excerpt from the FirstSpirit Evaluation

    Web Content Management Report looks at... Product Licensing for e-Spirit FIRSTspirit

    "Rather than licensing by implementation scale (e.g., the number of CPUs), e-Spirit licenses its offerings by feature. There is a basic license for just getting started with the product. You then pay additionally, depending on how many channels you need to serve (intranet, Internet, extranet). Additional modules are extra, and there is an added rate for each additional concurrent user..."
    (p. 679)

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