| Product |
CMS Made Simple |
DotNetNuke |
Drupal
|
Ektron CMS400.net |
Joomla |
MOSS 2007 |
Share Point Portal Server 2003
|
Sitecore CMS |
WordPress |
| Last Updated |
9/5/2009 |
3/26/2010 |
2/26/2009 |
2/16/2010 |
1/11/2009 |
1/17/2010 |
12/7/2005 |
12/1/2009 |
7/25/2007 |
| System Requirements |
CMS Made Simple |
DotNetNuke |
Drupal |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Joomla! |
MOSS 2007 |
Share Point Portal Server |
Sitecore CMS |
WordPress |
| Application Server |
Apache |
IIS 5/6/7, supports IIS 7 integrated pipeline |
PHP 4.3.5+ |
.NET |
Any that supports PHP (Apache recommended) |
J2EE |
.NET |
.NET |
Apache recommended, any server that supports PHP and MySQL |
| Approximate Cost |
0 |
Free |
Free |
Starts at $30,000 USD |
Free |
$4,000 USD - $ 40,000 USD |
6000 (AUD) |
Varies with size. Starts at $15,000. |
Free |
| Database |
MySQL, Postgres |
MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 |
MySQL, Postgres |
Oracle, SQLserver, MSDE |
MySQL |
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or 2005 |
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 |
SQL Server, Oracle, My SQL, SQL Lite |
MySQL version 4.0 or greater |
| License |
GNU GPL + optional Commercial license |
BSD (Modified) |
GNU GPL |
per URL / Closed Source |
GNU/GPL v2 |
Closed Source |
Commercial, per CPU |
Commercial |
GNU GPL |
| Operating System |
Any |
Windows |
Any |
Windows 2000 / 2003 / XP / Vista |
Any |
Windows Server 2003 |
Windows Server 2003 |
Windows XP/2000/2003 |
OS Independent |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
ASP.NET 2.0 (VB.NET, C#), supports .NET 3.5 |
PHP |
ASP.NET, ASP, CFM, PHP, JSP |
PHP |
.NET, C#, XSLT, ASP.NET |
C#, ASP.NET, ASP, apps written in almost any language can be integrated. |
XSLT, ASP.NET (C#, VB.NET, J#) + client side scripting. |
PHP version 4.2 or greater |
| Root Access |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Shell Access |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Web Server |
Any php enabled server |
IIS 5/6/7, supports IIS 7 integrated pipeline |
Apache, IIS |
IIS |
Apache |
IIS |
MS-IIS |
IIS |
Apache, mod_rewrite |
| Security |
CMS Made Simple |
DotNetNuke |
Drupal |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Joomla! |
MOSS 2007 |
Share Point Portal Server |
Sitecore CMS |
WordPress |
| Audit Trail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
| Captcha |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Content Approval |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Email Verification |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
| Granular Privileges |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Kerberos Authentication |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| LDAP Authentication |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Login History |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| NIS Authentication |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| NTLM Authentication |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
| Pluggable Authentication |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Problem Notification |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
| Sandbox |
Limited |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
| Session Management |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| SMB Authentication |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
| SSL Compatible |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SSL Logins |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| SSL Pages |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
| Versioning |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Support |
CMS Made Simple |
DotNetNuke |
Drupal |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Joomla! |
MOSS 2007 |
Share Point Portal Server |
Sitecore CMS |
WordPress |
| Certification Program |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Code Skeletons |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Commercial Manuals |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Commercial Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Commercial Training |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Developer Community |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online Help |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pluggable API |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Professional Hosting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Professional Services |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Public Forum |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Public Mailing List |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Test Framework |
No |
Limited |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Third-Party Developers |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Users Conference |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
Limited |
Yes |
| Ease of Use |
CMS Made Simple |
DotNetNuke |
Drupal |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Joomla! |
MOSS 2007 |
Share Point Portal Server |
Sitecore CMS |
WordPress |
| Drag-N-Drop Content |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Email To Discussion |
No |
Cost Extra |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Limited |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
| Image Resizing |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Costs Extra |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
| Macro Language |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Mass Upload |
Limited |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Prototyping |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Server Page Language |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Spell Checker |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Style Wizard |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
No |
| Subscriptions |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
| Template Language |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| UI Levels |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Undo |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Zip Archives |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Performance |
CMS Made Simple |
DotNetNuke |
Drupal |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Joomla! |
MOSS 2007 |
Share Point Portal Server |
Sitecore CMS |
WordPress |
| Advanced Caching |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Database Replication |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Load Balancing |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Page Caching |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Static Content Export |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
| Management |
CMS Made Simple |
DotNetNuke |
Drupal |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Joomla! |
MOSS 2007 |
Share Point Portal Server |
Sitecore CMS |
WordPress |
| Advertising Management |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Asset Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Limited |
| Clipboard |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
No |
| Content Scheduling |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Content Staging |
Free Add On |
Limited |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Inline Administration |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Online Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Package Deployment |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Sub-sites / Roots |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trash |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Web Statistics |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Web-based Style/Template Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Web-based Translation Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
| Workflow Engine |
Limited |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
No |
| Interoperability |
CMS Made Simple |
DotNetNuke |
Drupal |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Joomla! |
MOSS 2007 |
Share Point Portal Server |
Sitecore CMS |
WordPress |
| Content Syndication (RSS) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| FTP Support |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| UTF-8 Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WAI Compliant |
No |
Limited |
Limited |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Limited |
| WebDAV Support |
No |
Costs Extra |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| XHTML Compliant |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Flexibility |
CMS Made Simple |
DotNetNuke |
Drupal |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Joomla! |
MOSS 2007 |
Share Point Portal Server |
Sitecore CMS |
WordPress |
| CGI-mode Support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Content Reuse |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Extensible User Profiles |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Interface Localization |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Metadata |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-lingual Content |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Multi-lingual Content Integration |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| URL Rewriting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Built-in Applications |
CMS Made Simple |
DotNetNuke |
Drupal |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Joomla! |
MOSS 2007 |
Share Point Portal Server |
Sitecore CMS |
WordPress |
| Blog |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
Yes |
| Chat |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
No |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Costs Extra |
Limited |
Free Add On |
| Classifieds |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
| Contact Management |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Limited |
Free Add On |
| Data Entry |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Database Reports |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
| Discussion / Forum |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
| Document Management |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Costs Extra |
No |
| Events Calendar |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Expense Reports |
No |
Costs Extra |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
No |
Costs Extra |
No |
| FAQ Management |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| File Distribution |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Graphs and Charts |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
No |
| Groupware |
No |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
No |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Costs Extra |
No |
| Guest Book |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
| Help Desk / Bug Reporting |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Limited |
No |
| HTTP Proxy |
No |
Cost Extra |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| In/Out Board |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Costs Extra |
No |
| Job Postings |
Free Add On |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Link Management |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mail Form |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Matrix |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
No |
| My Page / Dashboard |
No |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Newsletter |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
| Photo Gallery |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Polls |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Product Management |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Project Tracking |
No |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Costs Extra |
Yes |
| Site Map |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
| Stock Quotes |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Surveys |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Syndicated Content (RSS) |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tests / Quizzes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
| Time Tracking |
No |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
| User Contributions |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Costs Extra |
Yes |
| Weather |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Free Add On |
| Web Services Front End |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Wiki |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
| Commerce |
CMS Made Simple |
DotNetNuke |
Drupal |
Ektron CMS400.net |
Joomla! |
MOSS 2007 |
Share Point Portal Server |
Sitecore CMS |
WordPress |
| Affiliate Tracking |
No |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
No |
Costs Extra |
No |
| Inventory Management |
No |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Limited |
Costs Extra |
No |
| Pluggable Payments |
Free Add On |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Limited |
Costs Extra |
No |
| Pluggable Shipping |
Free Add On |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Limited |
Costs Extra |
No |
| Pluggable Tax |
Free Add On |
Costs Extra |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Limited |
Costs Extra |
No |
| Point of Sale |
No |
Costs Extra |
No |
No |
Free Add On |
No |
Limited |
Costs Extra |
No |
| Shopping Cart |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
Costs Extra |
No |
Costs Extra |
No |
| Subscriptions |
Free Add On |
Yes |
Free Add On |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Limited |
Costs Extra |
No |
| Wish Lists |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
No |
Free Add On |
Free Add On |
Limited |
Costs Extra |
No |
|
Free Quote
|