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CMS Vendors

Legacy Platforms

  • HP: Autonomy TeamSite
  • IBM: IBM Web Content Manager
  • OpenText: Vignette - OpenText

Upper-Range Platforms

  • Adobe: Adobe CQ5
  • Alfresco: Alfresco WCM
  • CoreMedia: CoreMedia CMS
  • Oracle: FatWire Content Server
  • Percussion: CM System
  • SDL: SDLTridion
  • Sitecore: Sitecore

Mid-Range Platforms

  • Atex: Polopoly
  • Drupal: Drupal
  • EPiServer AB: EPiServer
  • Hippo: Hippo CMS
  • Microsoft: SharePoint 2010 WCM
  • Plone: Plone CMS
  • TYPO3: TYPO3

Mid-Range Products

  • CrownPeak Technology: CrownPeak CMS
  • e-Spirit: FirstSpirit
  • Ektron: CMS
  • Enonic: Enonic CMS
  • eZ Systems: eZ Publish
  • Hannon Hill: Cascade Server
  • Ingeniux: Ingeniux Content Management System
  • Limelight Networks: Dynamic Site Platform
  • Magnolia: Magnolia CMS
  • Vizrt: Escenic

Simpler Products

  • DotNetNuke: DotNetNuke
  • Joomla Project: Joomla!
  • Kentico: Kentico CMS
  • MODX: Revolution
  • OmniUpdate: OU Campus
  • OpenCms: OpenCms
  • Salesforce.com: Salesforce: site.com
  • Telerik: Sitefinity CMS
  • TERMINALFOUR: Site Manager
  • WordPress: WordPress

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Web Content & Experience Management Vendors

The 907-page Web Content & Experience Management Report evaluates solutions, comparing them head-to-head within each category.

Legacy Platforms

Large-scale platforms typically marketed in multidimensional "suites" that span many function points, but may be less well-suited for straightforward Web CMS projects. Expect about US $200-250k+ for entry-level licensing.

  • HP: Autonomy TeamSite
  • IBM: IBM Web Content Manager
  • OpenText: Vignette - OpenText

Upper-Range Platforms

Upper-range platforms occupy a moderately expanding space between departmental installations and full-blown Enterprise-tier vendors.

  • Adobe: Adobe CQ5
  • Alfresco: Alfresco WCM
  • CoreMedia: CoreMedia CMS
  • Oracle: FatWire Content Server
  • Percussion: CM System
  • SDL: SDLTridion
  • Sitecore: Sitecore

Mid-Range Platforms

These offerings serve mid-market companies, or departmental projects within larger enterprises. In particular, they target scenarios requiring above-average customization — often requiring an outside consultant.

  • Atex: Polopoly
  • Drupal: Drupal
  • EPiServer AB: EPiServer
  • Hippo: Hippo CMS
  • Microsoft: SharePoint 2010 WCM
  • Plone: Plone CMS
  • TYPO3: TYPO3

Mid-Range Products

A key advantage of this class of products as a whole is that they tend to offer more pre-packaged features. Many of them actively promote “website-in-a-box” solutions that include bundled social applications, analytics, collaboration, and more.

  • CrownPeak Technology: CrownPeak CMS
  • e-Spirit: FirstSpirit
  • Ektron: CMS
  • Enonic: Enonic CMS
  • eZ Systems: eZ Publish
  • Hannon Hill: Cascade Server
  • Ingeniux: Ingeniux Content Management System
  • Limelight Networks: Dynamic Site Platform
  • Magnolia: Magnolia CMS
  • Vizrt: Escenic

Simpler Products

These are smaller, albeit established vendors that come to the marketplace with packaged tools at attractive prices. However, sometimes the tools are not as feature rich or as well tested as many of their “mainstream” competitors.

  • DotNetNuke: DotNetNuke
  • Joomla Project: Joomla!
  • Kentico: Kentico CMS
  • MODX: Revolution
  • OmniUpdate: OU Campus
  • OpenCms: OpenCms
  • Salesforce.com: Salesforce: site.com
  • Telerik: Sitefinity CMS
  • TERMINALFOUR: Site Manager
  • WordPress: WordPress

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