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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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