CMS Comparison
CMS Comparison
| Product | DotNetNuke | Ektron | Drupal |
WordPress |
Umbraco | Sitecore | Joomla | CMS Made Simple |
|
Last Updated
|
11/24/2010
|
2/16/2010
|
2/26/2009
|
1/14/2011
|
2/8/2010
|
12/1/2009
|
1/11/2009
|
9/5/2009
|
|
System Requirements
|
DotNetNuke Community Edition 5.6
|
Ektron CMS400.NET Version 8.0
|
Drupal 6.10
|
WordPress 3.0.4
|
Umbraco CMS 4.0
|
Sitecore 6.2
|
Joomla! 1.5.10
|
CMS Made Simple 1.6.5
|
|
Application Server
|
IIS/.Net
|
IIS/.Net
|
Apache
|
blank
|
IIS/.Net
|
IIS/.Net
|
CGI
|
Apache
|
|
Approximate Cost
|
$0
|
Varies with size. Starts around $30,000 USD
|
Free
|
Free
|
30EUR + VAT per domain
|
Varies with size. Starts at $15,000.
|
Free
|
0
|
|
Database
|
MSSQL
|
MSSQL
|
MySQL
|
MySQL
|
MSSQL
|
MSSQL
|
MySQL
|
MySQL
|
|
License
|
Open Source
|
Closed Source
|
Open Source
|
Open Source
|
Open Source
|
Closed Source
|
Open Source
|
Open Source
|
|
Operating System
|
Windows Only
|
Windows Only
|
Platform Independent
|
Platform Independent
|
Windows Only
|
Windows Only
|
Platform Independent
|
Platform Independent
|
|
Programming Language
|
Other
|
C#
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
C#
|
C#
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
|
Root Access
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Shell Access
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Web Server
|
IIS
|
IIS
|
Apache
|
blank
|
IIS
|
IIS
|
Apache
|
Any
|
|
Security
|
DotNetNuke Community Edition 5.6
|
Ektron CMS400.NET Version 8.0
|
Drupal 6.10
|
WordPress 3.0.4
|
Umbraco CMS 4.0
|
Sitecore 6.2
|
Joomla! 1.5.10
|
CMS Made Simple 1.6.5
|
|
Audit Trail
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Captcha
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Content Approval
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Email Verification
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Granular Privileges
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Kerberos Authentication
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
LDAP Authentication
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Login History
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
|
NIS Authentication
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
NTLM Authentication
|
Yes
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
|
Pluggable Authentication
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Problem Notification
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
|
Sandbox
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Limited
|
|
Session Management
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
SMB Authentication
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
|
SSL Compatible
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
SSL Logins
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
SSL Pages
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Versioning
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Support
|
DotNetNuke Community Edition 5.6
|
Ektron CMS400.NET Version 8.0
|
Drupal 6.10
|
WordPress 3.0.4
|
Umbraco CMS 4.0
|
Sitecore 6.2
|
Joomla! 1.5.10
|
CMS Made Simple 1.6.5
|
|
Certification Program
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Code Skeletons
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
|
Commercial Manuals
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Commercial Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Commercial Training
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Developer Community
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Online Help
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Pluggable API
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Professional Hosting
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Professional Services
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Public Forum
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Public Mailing List
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Test Framework
|
Yes
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Third-Party Developers
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Users Conference
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Ease of Use
|
DotNetNuke Community Edition 5.6
|
Ektron CMS400.NET Version 8.0
|
Drupal 6.10
|
WordPress 3.0.4
|
Umbraco CMS 4.0
|
Sitecore 6.2
|
Joomla! 1.5.10
|
CMS Made Simple 1.6.5
|
|
Drag-N-Drop Content
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Email To Discussion
|
No
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Limited
|
No
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Friendly URLs
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Image Resizing
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Macro Language
|
No
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Mass Upload
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
|
Prototyping
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Server Page Language
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Site Setup Wizard
|
Yes
|
No
|
Limited
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
|
Spell Checker
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Style Wizard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Subscriptions
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
No
|
|
Template Language
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
UI Levels
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Undo
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
WYSIWYG Editor
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Zip Archives
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Performance
|
DotNetNuke Community Edition 5.6
|
Ektron CMS400.NET Version 8.0
|
Drupal 6.10
|
WordPress 3.0.4
|
Umbraco CMS 4.0
|
Sitecore 6.2
|
Joomla! 1.5.10
|
CMS Made Simple 1.6.5
|
|
Advanced Caching
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Database Replication
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Load Balancing
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Page Caching
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Static Content Export
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Management
|
DotNetNuke Community Edition 5.6
|
Ektron CMS400.NET Version 8.0
|
Drupal 6.10
|
WordPress 3.0.4
|
Umbraco CMS 4.0
|
Sitecore 6.2
|
Joomla! 1.5.10
|
CMS Made Simple 1.6.5
|
|
Advertising Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
|
Asset Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Clipboard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Content Scheduling
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Content Staging
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
|
Inline Administration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Online Administration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Package Deployment
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Sub-sites / Roots
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Themes / Skins
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Trash
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Web Statistics
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
|
Web-based Style/Template Management
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Web-based Translation Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
|
Workflow Engine
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Limited
|
|
Interoperability
|
DotNetNuke Community Edition 5.6
|
Ektron CMS400.NET Version 8.0
|
Drupal 6.10
|
WordPress 3.0.4
|
Umbraco CMS 4.0
|
Sitecore 6.2
|
Joomla! 1.5.10
|
CMS Made Simple 1.6.5
|
|
Content Syndication (RSS)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
FTP Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
iCal
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
UTF-8 Support
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
WAI Compliant
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
WebDAV Support
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
XHTML Compliant
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Flexibility
|
DotNetNuke Community Edition 5.6
|
Ektron CMS400.NET Version 8.0
|
Drupal 6.10
|
WordPress 3.0.4
|
Umbraco CMS 4.0
|
Sitecore 6.2
|
Joomla! 1.5.10
|
CMS Made Simple 1.6.5
|
|
CGI-mode Support
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Content Reuse
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Extensible User Profiles
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Interface Localization
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Metadata
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
|
Multi-lingual Content
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Multi-lingual Content Integration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Multi-Site Deployment
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
URL Rewriting
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Built-in Applications
|
DotNetNuke Community Edition 5.6
|
Ektron CMS400.NET Version 8.0
|
Drupal 6.10
|
WordPress 3.0.4
|
Umbraco CMS 4.0
|
Sitecore 6.2
|
Joomla! 1.5.10
|
CMS Made Simple 1.6.5
|
|
Blog
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
|
Chat
|
Costs Extra
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Limited
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Classifieds
|
Yes
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Contact Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Limited
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Data Entry
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Database Reports
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Discussion / Forum
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Document Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
No
|
No
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Events Calendar
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Events Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Expense Reports
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
FAQ Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
|
File Distribution
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Graphs and Charts
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Limited
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Groupware
|
Costs Extra
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Guest Book
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Help Desk / Bug Reporting
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
Limited
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
HTTP Proxy
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
In/Out Board
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Costs Extra
|
No
|
No
|
|
Job Postings
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Link Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
|
Mail Form
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
|
Matrix
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
My Page / Dashboard
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
Newsletter
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Photo Gallery
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Polls
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
|
Product Management
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
|
Project Tracking
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Search Engine
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Site Map
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
|
Stock Quotes
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Surveys
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Syndicated Content (RSS)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
|
Tests / Quizzes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Time Tracking
|
Costs Extra
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
User Contributions
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Weather
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Web Services Front End
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Limited
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Wiki
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Commerce
|
DotNetNuke Community Edition 5.6
|
Ektron CMS400.NET Version 8.0
|
Drupal 6.10
|
WordPress 3.0.4
|
Umbraco CMS 4.0
|
Sitecore 6.2
|
Joomla! 1.5.10
|
CMS Made Simple 1.6.5
|
|
Affiliate Tracking
|
Yes
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Inventory Management
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Pluggable Payments
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Pluggable Shipping
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Pluggable Tax
|
Costs Extra
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Point of Sale
|
Costs Extra
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
|
Shopping Cart
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Subscriptions
|
Yes
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
Free Add On
|
|
Wish Lists
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
No
|
Costs Extra
|
Free Add On
|
No
|
