Free Content Management System (CMS) Comparison table

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	Joomla!	Drupal	Mambo	Plone	Typo3	WebGUI	WordPress	Xoops

Like	6 Likes	3 Likes	0 Likes	1 Likes	0 Likes	0 Likes	5 Likes	0 Likes
Overall rating	4.1 7 ratings	3.5 2 ratings	0 no rating	5.0 1 rating	0 no rating	0 no rating	3.5 8 ratings	0 no rating
Website	http://www.joomla.org/	http://drupal.org/	http://mambo-foundation.org/	http://plone.org/	http://typo3.org/	http://www.webgui.org/	http://wordpress.org/	http://www.xoops.org/
Latest version	1.6.4	7.4	4.6.5	4.0.7	4.5	7.9.32	3.2.1	2.5.1a
Release date	2011-06-27	2011-06-30	2008-06-01	2011-06-10	2011-02-25	2011-07-05	2011-07-12	2011-04-20
License	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source	Open Source
Supported databases	MySQL	MySQL, PostgreSQL	MySQL	MySQL	MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL	MySQL	MySQL	MySQL
Platform	PHP	PHP	PHP	Python	PHP	Perl	PHP	PHP
Captcha	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Content Approval	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Email Verification	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Granular Privileges	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Authentication methods	LDAP, Custom	LDAP (plugin), NTLM (plugin), Custom	LDAP, Custom	LDAP, Kerberos (plugin), NIS (plugin), NTLM (plugin), SMB (plugin), Custom	LDAP (plugin), Kerberos (plugin), NIS (plugin), NTLM (plugin), SMB (plugin)	LDAP, Custom	LDAP (plugin), Custom	LDAP
Session Management	Yes	Yes	Yes Limited	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes Limited
SSL Compatible	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Login History	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Modifications History	No Plugin	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Support
Commercial Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Developer Community	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Public Forum	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plugin API	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Features
Drag & Drop Content	No	No Plugin	No	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Image Resizing	Yes	No Plugin	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Multiple Upload	Yes	No Plugin	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Spellchecker	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Style Wizard	No	Yes Limited	No	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No	No
Subscriptions	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Template Language	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Undo	No	Yes Limited	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes Limited
WYSIWYG Editor	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Extensible User Profiles	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No
Interface Localization	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Performance
Caching	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes Limited
Load Balancing	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Database Replication	No	Yes Limited	No	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No
Static Content Export	No	No	No	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No
Multilingual Content	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Multi-Site Deployment	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
RSS (Content Syndication)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Management
Advertising Management	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No	Yes
Content Scheduling	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes
Inline Administration	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Package Deployment	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Sub-sites / Roots	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Themes / Templates	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Web Statistics	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Web-based Translation Management	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes Limited	Yes
Workflow Engine	No	Yes Limited	No	Yes	Yes Limited	Yes	No	No
Interoperability
FTP Support	Yes	Yes Limited	No	Yes	Yes	No	No Plugin	Yes
UTF-8 Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes Limited
WebDAV Support	No	No	No	Yes	No Plugin	No	No	No
XHTML Compliant	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Built-in Applications
Blog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Chat	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin
Classifieds	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Contact Management	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Forum (Discussion)	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Document Management	No Plugin	Yes Limited	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes Limited	No	No Plugin
Events Management	No Plugin	No Plugin	No	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
FAQ Management	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
File Distribution	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Graphs and Charts	No Plugin	No	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No	No
Guest Book	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Help Desk / Bug Reporting	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No	No Plugin
Job Postings	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Link Management	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mail Form	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Matrix	No	No	No	No	No Plugin	Yes	No	No
My Page / Dashboard	No	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Newsletter management	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Photo Gallery	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
Project Tracking	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No	No Plugin
Search Engine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Polls	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Tests / Quizzes	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Surveys	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	Yes
Time Tracking	No Plugin	No Plugin	No	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
User Contributions	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Web Services Front End	Yes	Yes Limited	No	No	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Wiki	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes Limited	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Shopping Cart	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
SEO Features
Metadata	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin
SEO Friendly URLs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Site Map	No Plugin	No Plugin	No Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No Plugin	No Plugin
Additional
Website	http://www.joomla.org/	http://drupal.org/	http://mambo-foundation.org/	http://plone.org/	http://typo3.org/	http://www.webgui.org/	http://wordpress.org/	http://www.xoops.org/

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rated Drupal: Overall rating 3
Posted 2012-05-07 19:18:17 by Candyce Rowlandson
rated WordPress: Overall rating 2
Posted 2012-05-07 19:18:12 by Candyce Rowlandson
rated Joomla!: Overall rating 5
Posted 2012-05-07 19:17:42 by Candyce Rowlandson
voted for Joomla! (Like)
much easier learning curve. i found wordpress confusing and cluttered
Posted 2012-05-07 19:17:29 by Candyce Rowlandson
rated Joomla!: Overall rating 4
Posted 2012-04-30 18:14:39 by Blop
voted for Joomla! (Like)
Posted 2012-04-30 18:14:26 by Blop
rated WordPress: Overall rating 4
Posted 2012-04-25 12:40:00 by LeRatVert
voted for Joomla! (Like)
CMP complexe, mais très intéressant !
Posted 2012-04-06 22:28:30 by Irene Aliouat
rated Drupal: Overall rating 4
Posted 2012-03-25 18:50:07 by Nom4d
voted for Drupal (Like)
Posted 2012-03-25 18:49:59 by Nom4d
rated Joomla!: Overall rating 5
Posted 2012-03-06 13:45:17 by Fabrice Curto
voted for Joomla! (Like)
un CMS sans limite ou presque…
Posted 2012-03-06 13:45:01 by Fabrice Curto
rated Joomla!: Overall rating 5
Mise à jour fréquentes. Facilement administrable. Forte communauté.
Posted 2012-03-06 13:26:42 by backman
rated Plone: Overall rating 5
Posted 2012-02-25 22:11:58 by nicolaas
voted for Plone (Like)
Posted 2012-02-25 22:11:44 by nicolaas
suggested on WordPress to set Editor to gasparase-za1rrfq
Posted 2011-11-17 19:50:18 by gasparase
suggested on WordPress to set Viewer to unlisted
Posted 2011-11-17 19:50:06 by gasparase
voted for WordPress (Like)
Posted 2011-11-14 21:17:16 by Pachaw
rated WordPress: Overall rating 4
Posted 2011-11-14 21:16:39 by Pachaw
rated WordPress: Overall rating 1
Blog system only
Posted 2011-11-11 06:29:45 by DanielKlosse
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Posted 2011-10-28 22:46:29 by cristian
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Posted 2011-10-23 00:09:11 by ricman
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Posted 2011-10-20 16:01:56 by Seralo
voted for Drupal (Like)
I use it now over a year after testing and comparing it with Joomla! and Typo3. Drupal is the best CMS for me.
Posted 2011-08-25 15:55:32 by Specialist
rated WordPress: Overall rating 4
Posted 2011-08-02 21:23:44 by Alexis
rated WordPress: Overall rating 5
Posted 2011-07-26 15:51:40 by daveo
rated WordPress: Overall rating 3
Posted 2011-05-20 21:26:39 by Joomla Eesti
rated Joomla!: Overall rating 5
Posted 2011-05-20 21:25:45 by Joomla Eesti
voted for Joomla! (Like)
Posted 2011-05-20 21:25:40 by Joomla Eesti
voted for WordPress (Like)
Posted 2011-05-14 00:58:19 by cherif_b
rated WordPress: Overall rating 5
Posted 2011-05-05 18:35:10 by Honorgate
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Posted 2011-05-05 18:35:05 by Honorgate
rated Joomla!: Overall rating 4
Posted 2011-05-05 18:34:45 by Honorgate
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Posted 2011-05-05 18:34:40 by Honorgate
rated Joomla!: Overall rating 1
tres lourd
Posted 2011-05-05 11:35:31 by axellec
voted for WordPress (Like)
Posted 2011-04-12 18:18:21 by freeweird
voted for Drupal (Like)
Posted 2010-11-24 11:14:17 by alex-marseille
voted for WordPress (Like)
Idéal pour créer des blogs. De nombreuses extensions et notamment quelques extensions orientées SEO, très pratiques.
Posted 2010-11-19 09:15:10 by Jean-Sébastien Ordonneau

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