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More about The Web CMS Report 2008

 

More than 1000 products purport to manage Web content. To make your life easier, we list only 40 of them, divided into 6 categories. These are not the "best" Web CMS tools, simply -- in our judgment -- the most significant today.

You can find a longer discussion of these categories -- along with comparative evaluations of these tools -- in The Web CMS Report. Note that products indicating "European Edition" are evaluated only in that edition of the Report.

Enterprise 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.

• IBM - Workplace WCM
  - HQ: White Plains, NY, USA -- Mentions: 10
• Interwoven - TeamSite
  - HQ: San Jose, CA, USA -- Mentions: 38
• Oracle - Stellent Web Content Management
  - HQ: Redwood Shores, CA, USA -- Mentions: 31
• RedDot (Open Text) - RedDot CMS
  - HQ: Oldenburg, Germany -- Mentions: 21
• Documentum (EMC) - Documentum Web Content Management
  - HQ: Pleasanton, CA, USA -- Mentions: 17
• Vignette - V7 Content Management
  - HQ: Austin, TX, USA -- Mentions: 31

Upper Tier

These are well-established web content management vendors that target large departments and corporations. Expect base licensing of $US 125-175k for most implementations.

• CoreMedia - CMS 2006 (European Edition)
  - HQ: Hamburg, Germany -- Mentions: 3
• Day Software - Communique
  - HQ: Basel, Switzerland -- Mentions: 19
• Percussion - Rhythmyx
  - HQ: Woburn, MA, CA -- Mentions: 16
• FatWire - Content Server
  - HQ: Mineola, NY, US -- Mentions: 22
• Mediasurface - Morello 5.6
  - HQ: Newbury, UK -- Mentions: 16
• SDL Tridion - R5.3
  - HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands -- Mentions: 16

Mid-Market Mainstream

These packages target mid-market firms or enterprise departments. They typically carry $50-125k licensing fees, and usually trade off ease-of-implementation for fewer integration facilities.

• PaperThin - CommonSpot Content Server
  - HQ: Quincy, MA, US -- Mentions: 6
• Microsoft - MOSS 2007 WCM
  - HQ: Redmond, WA, USA -- Mentions: 35
• Escenic - Escenic (European Edition)
  - HQ: Oslo, Norway -- Mentions: 3
• Serena Software - Collage
  - HQ: San Mateo, CA, US -- Mentions: 6
• Ingeniux - Ingeniux Content Management System
  - HQ: Seattle, WA, US -- Mentions: 2
• Ektron - CMS400.NET
  - HQ: Nashua, NH, US -- Mentions: 22
• Sitecore - Sitecore Content Manager
  - HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark -- Mentions: 10

Mid-Market Challengers

Although lower priced (typically $15k to $60k), these packages begin to offer customization opportunities and XML support.

• e-Spirit - FIRSTspirit (European Edition)
  - HQ: Germany -- Mentions: 2
• Refresh Software - SR2
  - HQ: Waltham, MA, US -- Mentions: 1
• GOSS - GOSS iCM (European Edition)
  - HQ: United Kingdom -- Mentions: 1
• Hannon Hill - Cascade Server
  - HQ: Atlanta, GA, USA -- Mentions: 4
• Vyre - Unify (European Edition)
  - HQ: London, UK -- Mentions: 2
• Immediacy - Immediacy (European Edition)
  - HQ: United Kingdom -- Mentions: 3
• Terminalfour - Site Manager (European Edition)
  - HQ: Ireland -- Mentions: 1
• Enonic - Vertical Site (European Edition)
  - HQ: Oslo, Norway -- Mentions: 1
• Hot Banana - Web Content Management Suite
  - HQ: Barrie, Ontario, Canada -- Mentions: 4
• EPiServer AB - EPiServer (European Edition)
  - HQ: Stockholm, Sweden -- Mentions: 6

Hosted Services

These are hosted CMS packages. For functionality and price, they tend to fall into mid-market range.

• Clickability - Clickability Platform
  - HQ: San Francisco, CA, US -- Mentions: 9
• Marqui - Marqui
  - HQ: Vancouver, BC, Canada -- Mentions: 2
• OmniUpdate - OU Campus
  - HQ: Camarillo, California, US -- Mentions: 1
• CrownPeak Technology - CrownPeak CMS
  - HQ: Los Angeles, CA, US -- Mentions: 11

Commercial Open Source

These are tools that have an open source code-base, but a single dominant commercial firm backing the project.

• Magnolia - Magnolia CMS
  - HQ: Basel, Switzerland -- Mentions: 2
• Hippo - Hippo CMS (European Edition)
  - HQ: Amsterdam, The Netherlands -- Mentions: 2
• eZ Systems - eZ publish (European Edition)
  - HQ: Skien, Norway -- Mentions: 4
• Alfresco - Alfresco WCM
  - HQ: Maidenhead, UK -- Mentions: 4

Open Source

The packages are available under open-source licensing terms and frequently bundle portal and community functions with the CMS.

• Drupal - Drupal
  - HQ: Global -- Mentions: 5
• Joomla Project - Joomla!
  - HQ: Global -- Mentions: 12
• TYPO3 - TYPO3
  - HQ: Global project -- Mentions: 4
• Plone - Plone CMS
  - HQ: Global project -- Mentions: 1
• OpenCms - OpenCms
  - HQ: Global project -- Mentions: 2

Wondering how we compile these lists? Review our criteria.